Zac Brown, Photo Credit: C. Taylor Crothers
While Charleston has a great local music scene, for years some have complained about larger bands skipping over Charleston citing the city not as convenient to pass through for tours. Well, this week, Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band changes that by bringing Southern Ground Music and Food Festival to Charleston on October 21-23 at Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island. Zac Brown Band will play each night of three-day festival as well as an array of music talent from My Morning Jacket and Warren Haynes Band to Train, Fitz and The Tantrums and Del McCoury to name only a few.
Billed as much a food festival as music, some of the experiences for foodies include Front Porch Stage Boxes that feature seating on-stage close to the performers with a four-course gourmet meal prepared by Southern Ground Executive Chef Rusty Hamlin and James Beard Award-winners Sean Brock (Executive Chef – Husk, McCrady’s, Charleston, SC), Mike Lata (Chef/Partner – FIG, Charleston, SC), and RJ Cooper (Owner/Executive Chef – Rogue 24, Washington, DC) as well as complimentary drinks including premium beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks. Having had the pleasure of attending a Zac Brown Eat & Greet where Chef Rusty prepared a feast pre-show in “Cookie”, the band’s mobile kitchen trailer, I know the food element of the weekend will be fantastic as well.
MUSIC SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY:
SATURDAY:
SUNDAY:
DOORS 12PM DOORS 11AM DOORS 12PM
Stage A: Stage A: Stage A:
My Morning Jacket 8:30pm Zac Brown Band 8:30pm Zac Brown Band 6:30pm
Zac Brown Band 6:45pm Train 6:45pm Eric Church 4:45pm
Warren Haynes Band 5pm Fitz and The Tantrums 5:15pm The Del McCoury Band & Preservation Hall Jazz Band 3:15pm
Blackberry Smoke 3:30pm Steel Pulse 3:45pm Sonia Leigh 1:45pm
Trigger Hippy 2:15pm Brett Dennen 2:15pm Nic Cowan 12:30pm
Levi Lowrey 1pm Wood Brothers 1pm
Clay Cook 11:45am
HONEST TEA STAGE: HONEST TEA STAGE: HONEST TEA STAGE:
The Whigs 8pm The Dirty Guv’nahs 8pm The Infamous Stringdusters 6pm
Dangermuffin 6:15pm Ponderosa 6:15pm Sarah & Christian Dugas 4:15pm
Cornmeal 4:30pm Vintage Trouble 4:45pm Jon Pardi 2:45pm
Blue Dogs 3pm Blind Pilot 3:15pm Joe McGuinness 1:15pm
The Wheeler Boys 1:30pm Moon Taxi 1:45pm
Cordovas 12:30pm
WHAT: Southern Ground Music and Food Festival
WHEN: October 21-23
WHERE:
Blackbaud Stadium
1990 Daniel Island Dr.
Charleston, South Carolina
TICKETS: Start at $57 with 3 Day Pass at $99 and are available here or by calling 1-877-435-9849.
FRIDAY: SATURDAY: SUNDAY:
DOORS 12PM DOORS 11AM DOORS 12PM
A Stage: Stage A: Stage A:
My Morning Jacket 8:30pm Zac Brown Band 8:30pm Zac Brown Band 6:30pm
Zac Brown Band 6:45pm Train 6:45pm Eric Church 4:45pm
Warren Haynes Band 5:00pm Fitz and The Tantrums 5:15pm The Del McCoury Band & Preservation Hall Jazz Band 3:15pm
Blackberry Smoke 3:30pm Steel Pulse 3:45pm Sonia Leigh 1:45pm
Trigger Hippy 2:15pm Brett Dennen 2:15pm Nic Cowan 12:30pm
Levi Lowrey 1:00pm The Wood Brothers 1:00pm
Clay Cook 11:45am
HONEST TEA STAGE: HONEST TEA STAGE: HONEST TEA STAGE:
The Whigs 8:00pm The Dirty Guv’nahs 8:00pm The Infamous Stringdusters 6:00pm
Dangermuffin 6:15pm Ponderosa 6:15pm Sarah & Christian Dugas 4:15pm
Cornmeal 4:30pm Vintage Trouble 4:45pm Jon Pardi 2:45pm
Blue Dogs 3:00pm Blind Pilot 3:15pm Joe McGuinness 1:15pm
The Wheeler Boys 1:30pm Moon Taxi 1:45pm
Cordovas 12:30pm
