Boom Days Heritage Celebration and \3rd
Saturday-it here!
Boom Days Heritage Celebration is a
family-friendly event offering an incredible lineup of music, a children’s
entertainment area, arts and crafts, exhibits and more. Now in its eleventh
year, the annual event attracts music fans from across the southeastern United
States. Along with headliner Atlanta Rhythm Section, the lineup includes over
30 bands on seven stages. This year’s event Friday night and all day Saturday
from early till late.
On
Friday, September 16, a special kick-off event featuring Highway To Hell and
Appetite For Destruction is set for the Main Stage from 5 to 10 p.m.
Covering
five blocks in the downtown district, street performers will take to the
streets as a variety of music flows from seven stages on Saturday, September
17. Early risers can enjoy a feast at the Kiwanis Pancake breakfast beginning
at 7 a.m. (admission charged). The city’s downtown district will be closed to
traffic from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Activities held throughout the day include our
traditional 3rd Saturday vintage automobile cruise-in, cultural and
historical exhibits on display at the Depot Museum and Hosiery Museum, a
children’s activity area in Alabama Walking Park, and sidewalk sales from
downtown merchants. The popular pet parade takes to the streets at 10 a.m.,
there will be a wine tasting in the Coal and Iron Building at 1 p.m. (admission
charged) and dozens of skilled artisans including quilters, potters, painters,
and workers in iron, wood, and glass will be demonstrating their talents in
City Park.
Live
music cranks up at 10 a.m. and thirty-seven bands on seven stages are lined up
for this year’s event. All outdoor music is presented for free. Scheduled to
perform (subject to change) are:
City
Park Stage
10:00
a.m. Trade Day Troubadours
11:00
a.m. Will Dooley and the Tatum Brothers
12:00
p.m. Eric McKinney and Bent Creek
1:00
p.m. Grace Pettis
2:30
p.m. Judge Talford
Courtyard
Stage
10:00
a.m. Michael Cooley
11:00
a.m. Jared Cushen
12:00
p.m. Dana Owens
1:00
p.m. Billy Louvin
2:00
p.m. Chris Hale
3:00
p.m. Marc Womack
Rotary
Pavilion Stage
10
a.m. Wolves of Chernobyl
11:30 a.m. Jess Goggans Band with Ryan
Chambliss
1:00
p.m. Permagroove
2:30
p.m. If Birds Could Fly
Rock
the Block Stage
11:00
a.m. Prolific
12:30
p.m. Soul Karnival
2:00
p.m. 3 Times Driven
3:30
p.m. The Protest
5:00
p.m. Men and Mountains
6:30
p.m. Katrina Barclay
8:00
p.m. Headwires
Fort
Payne Opera House
11:00
a.m. Underwood Sisters
11:15
a.m. The Underwoods
11:30
a.m. Simply for Jesus
11:45
a.m. The Williams Brothers
12:15
p.m. 5 for the Lord
2:00
p.m. The Church Sisters
3:00
p.m. A Tribute to the Louvin Brothers
DeKalb
Theatre Stage
5:00
p.m. N 2 Christ
5:30
p.m. Soul Redeemers
6:15
p.m. The Spiritual Highlights
7:00
p.m. The Gospel Legends
8:00
p.m. Doc McKenzie and the Hi-Lites
Main
Stage
4:00
p.m. Jacob Stiefel
6:00
p.m. The Kentucky Headhunters,
8:00
p.m. Atlanta Rhythm Section
The
Atlanta Rhythm Section has been a part of the Southern Rock scene for more than
40 years. In 1977, “So In To You” became the band’s breakthrough single,
reaching the U.S. Top 10, and the album from which it came, A Rock and Roll Alternative, went
gold. Their platinum follow-up album, Champagne Jam, broke into the Top 10 in 1978, together with
the blockbuster single “Imaginary Lover.”
During
the late nineteenth century, Fort Payne experienced a huge coal and iron boom,
and in the twentieth century, a boom in textile manufacturing led to the city’s
one time claim of “Sock Capital of the World.” As a nod to its manufacturing
heritage, the mountaintop town hosts the Boom Days Heritage Celebration. In
2015, it was named Event of the Year by the Alabama Tourism Department during
the 2015 Alabama Tourism Awards.
