Lisa Mills confirmed for SouthSounds Music & Arts Festival
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Founded in 2011, SouthSounds Music & Arts Festival is the first festival in the country dedicated to showcasing the best emerging and independent Southern music and art.
SouthSounds is held annually on the second weekend in April in various music venues and on outdoor public stages throughout Downtown Mobile, Alabama. SouthSounds 2018 will be held on April 13-15, 2018.
SouthSounds 2017 brought an estimated 7,500+ people into Downtown Mobile to watch over 84 shows in 15 different venues over a 3-day period. Musical artists spanned an array of musical genres (including Americana, indie, country, bluegrass,rock, alternative, metal, soul, funk, jazz, brass band, blues, R&B and hip-hop) and came from throughout the Southeast, with at least 9 different states being represented. SouthSounds has won the Lagniappe Weekly “Nappie Award” for “Best Local Music Festival,” has been named by Charleston City Paper as “a Southern music festival worth the road trip,” and won the 2017 International Downtown Association Certificate of Merit Award for outstanding events that improve the image and vitality of downtown areas throughout the world.
The following artists have been announced for this year’s fest.
- of Montreal
- Corey Smith
- J Roddy Walston & the Business
- Dumpstaphunk
- Dr. Dog
- Boyfriend
- Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
- Paul McDonald
- Charley Crockett
- Sweet Crude
- Cordovas
- Great Peacock
- Walker Lukens
- Kyle Craft
- The Underhill family Orchestra
- Lisa Mills
- Jamell Richardson
- The Red Clay Strays
- I’magene
- Jimmy Lumpkin
- Kalu & the Electric Joint
- Blackwater Brass
- Frankie Boots
- Eric Erdman
- Molly Thomas
- Magnolia Bayou
- Forest Fire Gospel Choir
- Love Moor
- Abe Partridge
- John Milham
- The Shunnarahs
- Vitamin Cea
- Laurie Anne Armour
- Brenda Bledsoe
- Basshead Jazz
- More TBA
SouthSounds is held in various music venues and public spaces in Downtown Mobile, Alabama, including the following:
- Lagunitas Stage — Corner of Conti Street & S. Conception Street
- Hargrove Stage at O’Daly’s Irish Pub — 564 Dauphin Street
- Alchemy Tavern — 7 S Joachim Street
- The Blind Mule — 57 N Claiborne Street
- Brickyard — 266 Dauphin Street
- Callaghan’s Irish Social Club — 916 Charleston Street
- Hayley’s Bar — 278 Dauphin Street
- Kazoola Eatery & Entertainment — 558 Dauphin Street
- Levelz Bar & Lounge — 105 N Jackson Street
- The Merry Widow — 51 S. Conception Street
- Moe’s Original BBQ — 701 Spring Hill Avenue
- Pinky’s (next to Union Restaurant) — 659 Dauphin Street
- Soul Kitchen — 219 Dauphin Street
- The Listening Room — 78 St. Francis Street
- The Steeple on St. Francis — 251 St. Francis Street
http://mynbc15.com/news/local/7th-annual-southsounds-music-arts-festival-lineup-announced