Arts On Main is a FREE and open to the public summer concert series sponsored by the Allen County-Scottsville Arts Council, which, for over 30 years now, has served as an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to broadening public awareness and enjoyment of the performing arts, namely live music and theater via community interaction and involvement.
For 22 years now, the Arts On Main stage has hosted a wide variety of world class talents, including performing artists from afar, from within the region, and some from within our community’s very back yard. Concerts by such performers as the 113th Fort Knox Army Band, Michael Gough, Tommy Womack, Red River Fiddlers, Darrell Scott, Annie Sellick Jazz Trio, Curtis Burch, Ned Van Go, Farewell Drifters, Scotty Anderson, John Edmonds, Chris Carmichael, Ching-Yi Lin with the Symphony at WKU, Johnny Crawford, Eddie Pennington, Alison Brown, Mike Keneally, Will Kimbrough, The Reneaus, Harpeth Rising, Emi Sunshine, The Harp Twins, Reeves Gabrels, Craig Duncan, Justin Kalk, Marbin, Guilhem Desq, and Howard Levy, to name but a select few.
The 2019 season has continued in this tradition with its June and July concerts and there are still two chances to catch incredible performances in August, the first of which is THE LOCAL HONEYS on Saturday August 10. On the heels of their smash European tour, The Local Honeys, described as Old Time/Kentucky/Hillbilly, continue to tour stateside as a trio in support of their latest release, “The Gospel.” Their rock star credentials include…
- Two personal letters of praise and encouragement from Kentucky’s own “The Storyteller,” Tom T. Hall;
- The first women to receive Bachelor of Arts degrees in Traditional Hillbilly Music from Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky.;
- Tours in Ireland, Jamaica, Europe, and the U.S.; and
- Winners of the 2017 Chris Austin Memorial Songwriting Contest at Merlefest in Wilkesboro, N.C., for their anti-strip mining song “Cigarette Trees.”
To learn more about this extraordinary group, please visit www.thelocalhoneys.com.
The 2019 Arts On Main Season Finale is a return command performance by CHRIS CARMICHAEL & FRIENDS. Chris Carmichael is a giant among our regional musical luminaries. His recording and touring credentials include such noteworthy artists as Miranda Lambert, TobyMac, Lee Ann Womack, Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Owl City, Lionel Richie, Amy Grant, Taylor Swift, Alison Krauss, Steve Earle, Peter Cetera, Martina McBride, and Government Cheese, to name but a fraction of those to whom he has lent his arrangement and string skills.
After moving to Nashville, Tenn., in the late 1980s, his group Fifteen Strings, a hard rock band, landed a major record deal with Atlantic Records in New York City. A few years later, he signed as a staff writer for Warner/Chappell in New York, but remained a Nashville resident.
In the early 1990s, Chris transitioned into full-time studio work and arranging. His orchestral arrangements have been performed by major groups such as the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Carmichael’s television and radio appearances include the 71st Academy Awards, The Tonight Show, The Academy of Country Music Awards, The Country Music Association Awards, CBS Morning Show, The View, A Prairie Home Companion, and many others.
For this Saturday August 24, concert, Carmichael will be joined by Master Musicians, Nick Nguyen [BONEPONY] and Kyle Frederick (www.kylefrederickmusic.com).
The concerts are held on Saturdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Arts On Main pavilion located at 201 East Main St. in historic downtown Scottsville, Ky. (with an adjacent rain locale at The Allen County Cooperative Extension Agency at 200 East Main St.) Bench seating is limited, so be sure to bring enough blankets and lawn chairs for the entire family. For further information, please visit www.acsarts.org
