4th Annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival

From 4th Annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival Website:

The Fourth Annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 28th 2016.

2016 is being themed the Year of Georgia Music by the Georgia Department of Economic Developments Tourism Division. So what better way to celebrate this theme than with our annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival!?

H.Y.D.R.A. of Hart County, Inc. is hosting its 4th annual Lake Hartwell Music Festival to be held on Saturday, May 28th 2016 at the end of old 29/Long Point! Mark your calendars for the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to Party with a Purpose for H.Y.D.R.A. on Lake Hartwell. This years lineup will have a large variety of music.

Our lineup for this year is:
1:00-1:30 Hannah Richardson
1:30-2:30 New Realm
2:30-3:00 HCCT National Anthem & Veterans/CMA Performance
3:00-4:00 Ethan Crump
4:00-5:00 2nd Time Around
5:00-6:00 Di-Mar-Co
6:00-7:00 Clay Page Band
7:00-8:00 Reservoir Dogs
8:00-10:00 Michelle Malone "Banned"

We are extremely excited about our headliner this year! As a part of the Year of Georgia Music celebration, the Lake Hartwell Music Festival has booked Michelle Malone, winner of the 2015 Georgia Music Award for Best Female Rock Artist. Over the course of her 20-year career, Malone has won numerous awards including Best Acoustic Guitarist (Creative Loafing), and Album of the Year (Atlanta Magazine). Her albums Sugar Foot and Debris, released on SBS Records, both made the Grammy Award ballot for best Contemporary Blues and Best Americana Albums. Malone has collaborated in the studio and on stage with such artists as Gregg Allman, Chuck Leavell, John Mayer, Sugarland, Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, Drivin' N Cryin', Little Feat, Albert King, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Winter, ZZ Top, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Marcia Ball, Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Ellen DeGeneres. Michelle also performed at Hartwells own High Cotton Music Hall in March and will be at Laid Back Festival in Atlanta where she is performing with Gregg Allman, ZZ Top, Blackberry Smoke, and Kevin Kinney Band.

After last years outstanding performance we are excited that the hot local band Reservoir Dogs from Hartwell, GA return this year to rock the crowd with southern classic rock hits like no other. John Atkinson will be returning from a mini tour in Europe for this event. Playing for the Reservoir Dogs are John Atkinson-Vocals and Harmonica, Randy Rhea-Drums, Rich Smith-Guitar and Tony Stewart-Bass Guitar.