Shaky Boots Music Festival May 16-17
Mike Strong, Arts & Living Editor
Kennesaw State University’s Sports and Entertainment Park will be the stomping ground for the first Shaky Boots Music Festival on May 16-17. It will be the first multi-day, multi-stage Country music festival in Georgia. Distinguished performers such as Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley and Rascal Flatts will lead the lineup of more than 25 Country artists.
Tickets for the two-night event are on sale now and start at $169. VIP ticket packages go for $499. Purchasers of VIP packages will get access to exclusive lounges and viewing areas as well as complimentary food and beer and private restrooms.
The festival will likely draw in more than 30,000 people to the stadium each day. The stadium itself, which recently hosted the second annual Owl-O-Ween hot air balloon festival, has an estimated capacity of 35,000 occupants, so expect a packed couple of nights with boot-clad country fans abound.
The entire lineup includes The Band Perry, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sara Evans, Justin Moore, Joe Nichols, Eli Young Band, Kip Moore, Jana Kramer, Josh Thompson, Kristian Bush, The Devil Makes Three, Brothers Osborne, Cracker, The Cadillac Three, The Whiskey Gentry, Drake White, Amanda Shires, Claire Dunn, The Railers, Brooke Eden, Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band and many more.
Other festival lineups have been announced. First up is the annual Sweetwater 420 Festival in Centennial Olympic Park. The festival will take place from April 17-19 and has an all-star musical lineup. Headlining the festival will be Snoop Dogg, 311, Thievery Corporation, Primus, Cage the Elephant and Slightly Stoopid. There will be four stages accommodating 48 bands and other comedy acts.
CounterPoint will be returning to Georgia Memorial Day weekend, May 22-24. The Festival will be held in nearby Kingston Downs, Georgia. The festival will feature such acts as Widespread Panic, Zedd, Dillon Francis and Knife Party.
Keep your eyes on The Sentinel in the coming weeks for a possible chance to win passes to CounterPoint 2015.
