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Confederate Railroad comes to Athens Tennessee this Saturday!Friendly City Festivals announces the final concert of 2026 will feature regional favorite Confederate Railroad.

The concert will be held at the Lake Pavilion in the Athens Regional Park and concert goers are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets to enjoy this special evening. Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7:00 p.m. Admission will be $10.00 per car and featured food trucks will be: Batter Axe Waffles, Southern Street Eats, Tennessee Pop Shop, Wild Dawgs, Sweet Stuff, Mock and Mule, Kona Ice, Nomas Snacks, Kenney's Smokehouse and Taste of China.

Confederate Railroad is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia. After serving as a backing band for outlaw country acts David Allen Coe and Johnny Paycheck, the band signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records releasing their self-titled debut album that year. The band's debut album is certified as double platinum and their second album Notorious has also had platinum level sales. They have also had 18 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts,

Sound is provided by Integrity Sound Solutions and media support by The Morning Fax, The Daily Post Athenian and the Monroe County Advocate Democrat.

This free to the public series is produced by Friendly City Festivals, a 501(c)3 subsidiary of Willsonthropic, Inc. and is made possible by the financial support of: The City of Athens Tourism Fund, McMinn County Tourism Board, Madison Avenue Pharmacy, Tennessee Overhill Association, Tennessee Arts Commission, DENSO, VEC Customer Shares, Citizens National Bank of Sevier County, Simmons National Bank, Simmons Private Wealth, Mayfield Dairy Farm, Valley Oil, Starr Regional Medical Center, Kona Ice, Warren Jackson CPAs, Athens Kiwanis Club, Athens Insurance, Pendleton's Playground, Let's Bounce Rentals, Smile More Orthodontics, The Financial Mart, REMAX Freedom Realty, KARM Stores and River Valley Health.

📅 Saturday, August 15
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Athens Regional Park
🎵 Confederate Railroad
🎟️ $10 per car

Come help us close out the Sounds of Summer Concert Series in style!

#FriendlyCityFestivals #SoundsOfSummer #ConfederateRailroad #LiveMusic #AthensRegionalPark #AthensTN #SummerConcerts #DiscoverMcMinn
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