MusicFile Productions and Savannah Stopover invite fans to come along on a road trip from Savannah to Macon’s Bragg Jam Music Festival on July 26.
A 36-passenger bus from Savannah’s locally owned Spanish Moss Charters and Tours will depart Ellis Square the morning of July 26 and return to Savannah late that night, following the festival. The bus includes couches, tables and chairs, five TVs, wireless Internet, a mini kitchen and bathroom.
The trip is $50 per person and includes roundtrip transportation, a ticket to Bragg Jam, food from The 5 Spot, free beer and wine on the bus and a “Bragg Jam or Bust” gift bag.
“We’re normally focused on bringing great bands to Savannah, but we thought it would be fun to bring Savannah music fans to another Georgia music festival that they might not ordinarily go to,” MusicFile Productions CEO Kayne Lanahan said. “We wanted to make it fun, safe, easy, affordable and turn key.”
Savannah-based music blog hissing lawns will co-host the event as well as provide photos and press coverage of the Macon festival.
The 2014 Bragg Jam Music Festival, celebrating its 15th year, will showcase 57 bands across 14 venues in downtown Macon, with headliners including Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Whigs, Those Darlins, Sam Hunt, Kopecky Family Band, American Aquarium, Black Cadillacs, Randall Bramblett Band, Savannah’s own CUSSES and many others.
A number of the bands are Savannah Stopover or Revival Fest alums. Savannah’s Revival Fest is sponsoring the 567 Gallery Stage at this year’s Bragg Jam, featuring Tha Hugs of Milledgeville; Family & Friends of Athens; sunDollars of Macon; and Good Graeff of Sarasota, Fla.
“With over 75 music festivals statewide, there is no shortage of experiences to engage fans in Georgia,” said Lisa Love, director of music marketing and development in the state’s film, music and digital entertainment office. “The bus excursion from Savannah to Macon is cross-pollinating among festival organizers and audiences, and it’s a creative collaboration that I hope we see more and more of in music and tourism statewide.”