Candice Glover, Tony Jackson, Springsteen cover band headline event
From staff reports
Head down to downtown Beaufort on Saturday to get your fill of good music and good food at the first Music Festival of the Lowcountry.
The festival will feature 2014 American Idol winner Candice Glover, country singer Tony Jackson and Bruce In The USA, a well known Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band tribute band.
The event is free and open to the public, and you do not need a ticket to get in.
“I just wanted to create an event where people could get together and listen to good music,” said Jamie Peart, organizer of the event.
Peart said that she has a lot of musically inclined friends and family who said it would be nice to just get up on the stage in downtown Beaufort and play, so she decided why not have a festival where local music groups can get together and play.
The Opening Ceremony and National Anthem will kick off the event at noon on Saturday afternoon.
The music line-up for the afternoon includes local bands and music groups such as Fresh Vibes out of Hilton Head Island, the Charleston Pipe Band (Bang Pipers), Lowcountry Whalers, Battery Creek Drum Line (Code Blue), Beaufort Drum Circle and Toby & Kevin.
Several local food trucks and vendors such as Mother Smokin’ Good BBQ, Palmetto Kettle Corn, Belly Full by Tyger, Sassy Sweets, Sunset Slush and Taste of Mexico will be there.
The event will run until 8 p.m. at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park and is a family friendly event.
Patrons can bring their own food and drinks into the festival, but alcoholic beverages will have to be purchased at the festival.
