Uncle Dave Macon Days July 7-8
Monday, July 3, 2017 12:30 pm
Grab your banjos and shine your dancin' shoes-- the 40th Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days old-time music and dance festival is set to kick off July 7th and 8th, in Cannonsburgh Village located in historic Murfreesboro. With a $1.2 million local impact, the festival held in the heart of Tennessee is considered one of America's premier summer festivals. The family-oriented event annually gathers more than 25,000 people to Murfreesboro for a hearty helping of fun, southern style. Slated as one of the most dynamic music festivals in the Southeast, Uncle Dave Macon Days has been honored with numerous awards--one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast for July by the Atlanta-based Southeast Tourism Society. Uncle Dave Macon Days was also designated as one of the best festivals in Middle Tennessee by the Tennessee Magazine. Uncle Dave Macon Days is a musical festival which honors traditional American music and the career of the first superstar of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Famer, Uncle Dave Macon. The event began as a one-day pickin' banjo contest, the brainchild of Murfreesboro businessman, Jesse Messick, who wanted to have an event to attract business into the downtown area. For 40 years, this down-home, shade-tree pickin' festival has evolved into the National Championships for Old-time Banjo and Old-Time Clogging and Buckdancing as designated by the US Congress in 1986. At Cannonsburgh on Friday, July 7th, Uncle Dave Macon Days Music and Arts Festival officially begins and continues through Saturday evening, July 8th, On July 7th around 7 pm, the festival will feature the 2017 Trail Blazer Award presentation and performance of "The Grascals" and the following evening Saturday, July 8th with the presentation and performance of the 2017 Heritage Award winner, the legendary, "Russell Moore and III Tyme Out". For 2017 after the contests on the Dixie Dew Drop stage will feature the addition of the Dew Drop Jamboree with a mix of classic old-time country music.
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