Boom Days Heritage Celebration and \3rd Saturday-it here!

Boom Days Heritage Celebration and \3^rd 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 3^rd 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.