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Sweet September Music
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: 2021/09 – September
Free weekend music concerts in downtown Highlands keep the sweet summer spirit rockin’ into the fall.
The Knotty G’s
The Plateau’s Busy Season pauses in September before the arrival of beautiful fall foliage and the attendant leaf lookers.
But that doesn’t mean that the easy beat of summer has to disappear completely.
The Highlands Twin Concert Series – Friday Nights Live and Saturdays on Pine – is an invitation to keep that beat going.
Friday concerts are a jamboree of traditional Mountain Music – music made on banjos, fiddles, mandolins, dobros, and guitars. It’s a wistful reminiscence of the famous dance parties of years ago at Highlands’ Helen’s Barn.
Saturdays on Pine are a welcome amalgam of several music genres. Bring a blanket and some blanket-ready fare and join friends and neighbors under the evening sky. In fact, turn to Page 122 to catch my account of a sublime Saturdays on Pine evening with friends and a picnic from Rosewood Market.
Friday Night Live concerts take place at Highlands Town Square from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturdays on Pine are at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street and also begin at 6:00 P.M. The weekend series continues through October 22 and concerts are free.
It’s an irresistible plunge into the joys of live music, which vanished from the Plateau’s cultural landscape last year.
Here’s the lineup for sweet September sounds:
September 2: Friday Night Live features Silly Ridge Roundup
September 3:No Saturday Concert
September 10: Friday Night Live features The Curtis Blackwell Band
September 11: Saturdays on Pine features Full Circle
September 17: Friday Night Live features Southern Highlands
September 18: Saturdays on Pine features The Will Thompson Trio
September 24: Friday Night Live features The Foxfire Boys
September 25: Saturdays on Pine features The Knotty G’s Band
by Luke Osteen
