40th annual Mountain Makins Festival

From 40th annual Mountain Makins Festival Website:

Rose Center is preparing for the 40th Annual Mountain Makins Festival on October 24 and 25, 2015 in Morristown, TN. Once again, there will be musical entertainment on two stages during both days of the Festival, and a Preview show on Friday night, Oct. 23.

The festival features bluegrass and old time music, but also new grass, rockabilly, and other styles. Musicians interested in performing at this years Mountain Makins Festival will need to contact Rose Center by May 30, 2015. Bands should send audio samples of their music, information about their group, photos, and contact information.

Mountain Makins Festival, a celebration of Appalachian culture, is the largest event in Hamblen County, drawing 7000 visitors from throughout the region. It has been designated a Top 20 Event in the Southeast four times by the Southeast Tourism Society; and was voted Best Festival in East Tennessee by readers of Tennessee Magazine in 2011.

The festival is a fundraiser for historic Rose Center, an 1892 school building, now a museum and cultural center. Musicians may contact Rose Center at: PO Box 1976, Morristown, TN 37816; beccy@********.***; or (***) ***-****.