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🎶🍂 Fall Fun, Music & Memories! 🍂🎶

Searching for the perfect autumn entertainment? Look no further…we’ve got something for everyone in the family!

Our Center Stage will be rocking all weekend long with FREE live performances…from toe-tappin’ country and soulful southern gospel to good old-fashioned rock & roll (and plenty more surprises!). 🎤✨

Stay tuned as we get closer to the Fest for the full entertainment lineup—you won’t want to miss it! 🎸🎵

MARTY BROWN

Marty Brown puts on amazing country music concert, performing a combination of hit songs he has written and cover songs by George Jones, Hank Williams Jr, and Johnny Cash, leaving crowds screaming for more!

Marty Brown is a very popular traditional country music singer and hit songwriter who recorded three (3) albums for MCA records in the early 90s including Wild Kentucky Skies, Wildest Dreams and High and Dry. He recorded a 4th album for Hightone Records called, Here's To the Honkytonks. Marty Brown was personally endorsed by Sam Walton and was the first artist to play the Grand Openings of Walmart's all across the South.

Marty Brown has toured with George Jones, Hank Williams Jr, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn and many more. Marty Brown is a hit songwriter. He wrote the heartfelt and groovy hit song, I'm from the country and I like it that way for Tracy Byrd.

Marty Brown was a huge sensation on America's Got Talent Season 8! His audition went viral with over 25 million online views when he sang Bob Dylan's, Make You Feel My Love.

Marty Brown was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

JIMBO WHALEY - Singer-Songwriter

Singer and songwriter Jimbo Whaley grew up in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, with music always being a part of his life. Whaley has pulled so many memories reflecting that upbringing and written numerous songs, including “The Foundation,” “M.R.s Rolling Store,” “The Legend of Jack Huff,” and the fan favorite, “The Kings of Orebank.”

Whaley currently performs with the bluegrass band Greenbrier although some remember him for his time with Pine Mountain Railroad, which he co-founded in 1998. Whaley helped lead this band to become an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Emerging Artist of the Year nominee for two years in a row. He wrote and performed numerous songs on their chart-topping album, THE OLD RADIO including the title cut co-written by Roscoe Morgan. The album, produced by multi-Grammy winner Bil VornDick, stayed on the Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s Top 15 Album Chart for eight months and the single on the Top 30 Single Chart for twelve consecutive months.

Whaley’s songwriting has garnered him well-deserved recognition, including being chosen to perform at the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association’s Songwriter Showcase at the 2002 and 2003 IBMA convention. Add film to his credit, with four original tunes appearing on the Bell Witch: The Movie soundtrack, where he also made his film debut. The film’s premiere was a red-carpet event held at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, in September 2005. Whaley was the featured performer at this sold-out concert movie premier, including performances by the other artists on the movie soundtrack.

Whaley and Greenbrier bandmates deliver a high-energy performance each time they take the stage. Their ability to perform traditional standard bluegrass, mixed with incredible original works and then covering pop songs from any era, makes them a band to please every listener.

TRYPHENA DENTON

Tryphena is a proud East Tennessee native who grew up in the mountains with a deep love for music. She started singing in church at a young age and quickly found herself performing at weddings, local events, and talent shows.

In 2007, she landed her dream job as a singer and dancer at Dollywood, and has been sharing her voice on stage ever since. She spent 14 wonderful years as a featured vocalist at Country Tonite Theatre, and more recently performed for two seasons with the Array Variety Show.

When she’s not on stage, Tryphena is a dedicated mom to two sweet girls and works as a registered nurse in Sevierville. She’s excited to be part of this year’s Fall Festival and hopes the music brings a little extra joy to your day!

Tim Chandler

Tim is a songwriter dedicated to telling the truth in a way that doesn’t just focus on telling his own story, but his audience’s. Combining his influences of bluegrass, country, and folk, his music is drawn from life he knows in labor, family, and frustrations with songs that don't say anything.

Growing up a preacher’s son in Western Kentucky, Tim’s first exposure to music came through the traditional hymns that made up every service. Now, his influences range all over the board, drawn from the places and people he has worked with, roamed with, and written with, complete with a quirky style and ever-piercing sense of storytelling.

Having been featured on stations across the Southeast, recorded with musicians who have backed up the likes of Charlie Daniels and Shania Twain, and performed on live broadcasts that have featured the likes of Ricky Skaggs, and the Avett Brothers - the stories Tim tells of his fellow man are only getting started.

His music is available to purchase or stream on all platforms.

Owen Walsh

Owen Walsh has been telling stories and performing music his entire life. Born and raised on the banks of the Lackawaxen River in Honesdale, Pennsylvania—a small, historic coal-mining town that spawned the American railroad—Owen grew up surrounded by relics of 19th Century American life and imagery ripe for musical exploitation. Now a resident of Asheville, NC, Owen has recently released his debut full-length album, “On My Way,” which quickly jumped up to #9 on the Folk Radio Charts in August.

Dustin Martin

Steeped in Pre-2K Country, Roots Music and Southern Rock, blended with modern ideas and sounds, Dustin has been taking his music on the road 3-5 days a week for the past 5 years, playing every dive bar, pool hall and roadside pub from Carbondale, Illinois, south to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from Texas, Oklahoma and the Missouri Bootheel west to the Carolinas, and way down to Southern Florida, always somehow ending up back in Tennessee.

Currently living in Nashville, TN, Dustin is playing shows downtown on Broadway, as well as road shows in the Southeast on an independent circuit he’s built on his own. Formerly he was traveling to Palm Beach, Florida (2015-2018) to play with Southern Rock/Country 5 piece band Burnt Biscuit, along with playing all over the Southeast with his own trio, The Ramblers(2013-2015) and various other bands.

Dustin was born in Blytheville, Arkansas and raised across the state line in Rives, Missouri. After 5 years in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and short stints in Athens, Alabama, as well as living in a camping trailer on the Current River in the Missouri Ozarks, he made his home in Nashville, Tennessee in 2014.

Matt Prater, a singer songwriter from North Alabama, is a soulful storyteller with Country, Honky Tonk, Folk and Roots Rock Music influences. His songs are relevant to all generations. Matt has had success in writing everything from independently produced solo projects as an artist, to custom songs for others.

“Picking up a guitar and learning to play is the easy part of songwriting. Stitching stories with a straight forward frankness and making it look easy is the tough part. Matt Prater aced both" -The Alternate Root Magazine

“Real and pure country music from North Alabama. Matt Prater's album Tables and Chairs, Great songs!" -Ear to the Ground

“There's plenty of love in his music, which centers around his stories, and his rich melodic voice. The stories are delightful southern slices of life, each one complete in it's telling; his voice draws you in and makes you want to listen to every word. It's music that never gets old." -No'Ala Magazine "

Matt Prater is country music." -30A Songwriter Radio

“Matt Prater is a breath of country fresh air...he is real music and real songs" -Jim Seales, Shenandoah

Matt keeps a full schedule independently touring songwriter showcases, music venues and festivals. He is often featured in songwriter rounds with hit writers and top shelf performers and has opened shows for several major artists.