Amplify Decatur Music Festival Announces Lineup

Press release from Amplify My Community:

March 13, 2023

Amplify My Community, organizer of the Amplify Decatur Music Festival, announced today it will be hosting three days of charitable music concerts April 28-30 on and near the Decatur Square.

It begins 7 p.m. Friday, April 28 with a free concert at the gazebo stage on the Decatur Square. Folk rock band Ghoststories kicks off the evening. Tumbling Dice: The Ultimate Tribute to The Rolling Stones follows with two full sets of classic Stones cuts from “Satisfaction” to “Start Me Up” and all points in between.

Simultaneously, an array of other performers will be playing free shows at venues near the Decatur Square, including Leon’s Full Service, Brick Store Pub, and Mellow Mushroom Pizza. Additional details will be available soon on AmplifyDecatur.org.

“The free Friday night concerts are not only the perfect way to start the weekend, but our way of saying thanks to the great people of Decatur, who support our festival each year,” says Drew Robinson, president of the Amplify My Community board.

The music continues at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29 on the Decatur Square with the signature, ticketed Amplify Decatur Music Festival. The line-up features St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Patty Griffin, James McMurtry, The Suffers, Town Mountain, Jackson County Line,
and The Sundogs. Tickets are $75 for general admission, $195 for VIP, and $275 for premium VIP. Fans can purchase tickets at AmplifyDecatur.org.

The weekend concert series wraps 7 p.m. Sunday, April 30 with Amplify Vs.: Elliott Smith. An all-star roster of local acts each perform songs from Smith’s catalog at Waller’s Coffee Shop in Decatur. Tickets are $10.

The Amplify Decatur Music Festival series is presented by Lenz and produced in partnership with Eddie’s Attic. Proceeds will be directed to Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM), Decatur Education Foundation (DEF), and Giving Kitchen to aid their vital missions. The 2022 festival weekend featured Ben Harper, Old Crow Medicine Show, Son Volt, and The War & Treaty, and raised $50,000 for DCM.

“We’re excited to bring great music back to the downtown square and strengthen our community,” Robinson explains. “Amplify continues to be impressed and humbled by unwavering support from the Decatur community and sponsors – especially Lenz. It’s enabled us to procure an incredibly talented, musically diverse line-up while celebrating and fundraising for DCM, DEF, and Giving Kitchen.”

Additional sponsors are Decatur Package Store, Leafmore Group, Iris and Bruce Feinberg, Oakhurst Realty Partners, Decatur Travel and Tourism, Natalie Gregory & Co., Savannah Distributing Co., Three Taverns, Creature Comforts Brewing Co., 97.1 The River, WABE, Georgia Urology, Plumb Works, Hall Booth Smith, Brick Store Pub, Verisail Partners, Trove, Topo Chico, and Atlanta United.

The 2023 Amplify Decatur Music Festival Concert Series

Friday, April 28
Tumbling Dice: The Ultimate Tribute to The Rolling Stones with Ghoststories. 7 p.m. April 28. Free. Gazebo stage on Decatur Square, corner of Church Street and E. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, Ga.

Additional free shows at venues near the Decatur Square, including Leon’s Full Service, Brick Store Pub, and Mellow Mushroom Pizza. Details will be available soon on AmplifyDecatur.org.
Saturday, April 29

The 2023 Amplify Decatur Music Festival featuring St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Patty Griffin, James McMurtry, The Suffers, Town Mountain, Jackson County Line, and The Sundogs: 2-11 p.m. April 29. $75-$275. Decatur Square, corner of Church Street and E. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, Ga. AmplifyDecatur.org.

Saturday, April 30
Amplify Vs.: Elliott Smith. 7 p.m. April 30. $10. Waller’s Coffee Shop, 240 Dekalb Industrial Way, Decatur, Ga. WallersCoffeeShop.com.

Amplify My Community was founded in 2010 and is based in Decatur, Georgia. Its mission is to leverage the universal love of music to fight poverty at the local level. To date, Amplify has produced more than 100 concerts, and raised and donated more than $550,000 in unrestricted gifts to locally oriented anti-homelessness and poverty-focused organizations — including more than $335,000 in Decatur. Amplify has held concert series in Atlanta, Athens, Decatur, Suwanee, and Duluth, Georgia; Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlottesville, Virginia, and featured acts such as Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama, Old Crow Medicine Show, Rodney Crowell, John Paul White, Son Volt, Justin Townes Earle, Bruce Hornsby, Milk Carton Kids, Ricky Skaggs, Julien Baker, Drivin’ N Cryin’, Junior Brown, Amanda Shires, Bobby Bare, Jr., Lucero, Colin Meloy, The Mavericks, Shawn Mullins, The Lone Bellow, The Jayhawks, Jay Farrar, and Harold Holloway & Co.

Decatur Cooperative Ministry’s mission is to help families facing homelessness settle into safe, stable homes and build healthy lives filled with peace, hope, and opportunity. Founded in 1969, Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM) offers transitional housing, shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing, and permanent supportive housing programs. DMC’s programs span the entire spectrum of currently recognized homelessness interventions. To accomplish this, DCM partners with 35 congregations from 14 denominations as well as private foundations, universities and schools, government agencies, community groups, and local businesses.
Decatur Education Foundation works together with the City Schools of Decatur, Decatur Housing Authority, and City of Decatur to bolster community efforts and ensure that ALL students have the resources, opportunities, and experiences in order to foster their growth and ensure their academic success.

Giving Kitchen provides emergency assistance for food service workers through financial support and a network of community resources.

This press release was produced by Amplify My Community. The views expressed here are the author's own.