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# Southern Festivals 2023
- URL: https://pamphleteer.co/post/southeastern-music-festivals-2023/
- Published: 2023-01-02T21:59:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-17T12:14:48.000Z
- Author: Edward Landstreet
- Tags: Music, #hidden, #Import 2026-08-01 20:40

### January

#### 1/20-24

**Mile 0 Festival** \- Key West, FL  
Americana music  
[Info](https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/festivals/mile-0-festival-key-west-2023/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### March

#### 3/2-5

**Okeechobee** **Music Festival** \- Okeechobee, FL  
Underground rap, edm, rock, funk... This is will be ratchet.  
[Info](https://www.okeechobeefest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 3/21 - 4/8

**Savannah Music Festival** \- Savannah, GA  
Highlights: Buddy Guy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Galactic, Infamous Stringdusters, and some interesting jazz and non-western acts.  
[Info](https://www.savannahmusicfestival.org/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### April

#### 4/14

**TN River history, heritage, and weaponry fest** \- Saltillo, TN  
Aimed at the preservation of our history & ancestors. This event will be packed full of demonstrations, and hands on activities. Demonstrations include period encampments, cooking, flintknapping, woodworking, soap making, firearm and artillery demonstrations, field hospital & surgeon, colonial church service, sutlers, trade blankets, food & crafts/etc.  
[Info](https://www.tourhardincounty.org/events/tennessee-river-rendezvous-history-heritage-and-weaponry-festival/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/13-16

**French Quarter Festival** \- New Orleans, LA  
Incredible music and it’s FREE.  
[Info](https://frenchquarterfest.org/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/15-16

**High Water Fest** \- Charleston, SC  
Highlights: Beck, Big Boi, Wilco, Sierra Ferrel  
[Info](https://www.highwaterfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/22-23

**Main Street Fest** Franklin, TN  
[Info](https://williamsonheritage.org/events/main-street-festival/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/23

**Rarity Festival** \- Memphis, TN  
Beer festival held by Wiseacre. Breweries from all over the country showcase their beers. A ticket gets you a taster glass and 4 hours of unlimited drinking.  
[Info](https://tastetherarity.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/27 - 4/30

**Merlefest** \- Wilkesboro, NC  
One of the largest bluegrass festivals in the country. Large lineup, a variety of stages, camping, and, unfortunately, thain't no alcohol allowed.  
[Info](https://merlefest.org/lineup/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/28-30

**Something in the Water** \- Virginia Beach, VA  
This is a West Coast music festival, rap, r&b and such.  
[Info](https://somethinginthewater.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 4/29 - 5/1

**SweetWater 420 Fes**t - Atlanta, GA  
Jam band heavy lineup.  
[Info](https://sweetwater420fest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### May

#### 5/6

**Sevier Park Fest** \- Nashville, TN  
[Info](https://www.sevierparkfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/5-7

**Shaky Knees** \- Atlanta, GA  
Highlights: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tenacious D, Cyprus Hill, Pond, Fidlar, Muse, The Flaming Lips  
[Info](https://www.shakykneesfestival.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/5-7

**Beale Street Music Festival** \- Memphis, TN  
Southern Rap + Rock. This one's ratchet.  
[Info](https://www.memphisinmay.org/events/beale-street-music-festival/line-up/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/5-7

**Boxcar Pinion Bluegrass Festival** \- Chickamauga, GA  
Another good ole bluegrass fest tucked away just south of Chattanooga.  
[Info](http://foreverbluegrass.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/7

**Spring BierFest** \- Helen, GA  
Helen is a Bavarian style village in North Georgia famous for it’s Oktoberfest.  
[Info](https://www.helenchamber.com/events/bierfest.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/12-13

**Middle TN Strawberry Festival** \- Portland, TN  
82nd annual. 55,000 in attendance in 2022.  
[Info](https://www.middletennesseestrawberryfestival.net/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/17-20

**World Championship BBQ Cooking Competition** \- Memphis, TN  
[Info](https://memphisinmay.org/events/world-championship-barbecue-cooking-contest/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/19-20

**Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival** \- Crossplains, TN  
High likelihood of a jug player here.  
[Info](https://kilgorestation.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/20-21

**Step Through Time** \- New Bern, NC  
Demonstrations and reenactments of different eras in history.  
[Info](https://reenactingschedule.org/event/step-through-time/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/21-22

**Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival & Games** \- Townsend, TN  
Festivities include hammer throw or caber toss, a medley of bands including bagpipes and drummers, and clan challenges like the kilted mile run or the battle axe competition.  
[Info](https://smokymountaingames.org/about/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/19-20

**Poorcastle** \- Louisville, KY  
The poor man’s Forecastle.  
[Info](https://www.poorcastle.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/19-21

**Hangout Fest** \- Gulf Shores, AL  
Stages on the beach. Variety of genres.  
[Info](https://www.hangoutmusicfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/27-29

**Forecastle Fest** \- Louisville, KY  
No Forecastle this year!  
[Info](https://www.forecastlefest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 5/27-29

**Atlanta Jazz Fest** \- Atlanta, GA  
Free!  
[Info](https://atljazzfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### June

#### 6/2-4

**Riverbend Festival** \- Chattanooga, TN  
3 river front stages. Lineup includes Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Big Boi, Goose, Trombone Shorty, and Lucius  
[Info](https://www.riverbendfestival.com/about?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 6/3

**Folk Medicine Festival** \- Red Boiling Springs, TN  
[Info](https://www.facebook.com/folkmedicinefestival)

#### 6/3

**Dunlap Coke Ovens Bluegrass Festival** \- Dunlap, TN  
Bluegrass festival held on a historic coal mining site containing the ruins of 268 Beehive Coke Ovens built in 1902.  
[Info](http://cokeovens.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 6/8-10

**Cherokee Bluegrass Festival** \- Cherokee, NC  
Bluegrass in the smokies.  
[Info](https://www.facebook.com/cherokeebluegrassfestival/)

#### 6/8-11

**Dirty Bird CampINN** \- Orlando, FL  
House music  
[Info](https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/festivals/dirtybird-campinn-2023/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 6/9-10

**Redneck Rumble** \- Lebanon, TN  
Great gathering of gearheads, possibly the rowdiest party on the list.  
[Info](https://bothbarrelspromotions.com/events?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 6/15-18

**Bonnaroo** \- Manchester, TN  
The Coachella of the TN.  
[Info](https://www.bonnaroo.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 6/21-24

**Rompfest** \- Owensboro, KY  
Large bluegrass music festival with camping.  
[Info](https://rompfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### July

#### Early July

**Byrd’s Creek Music Fest** \- Crossville, TN  
Country and Bluegrass heavy lineup, notable names include Del Mcoury, Hannah Juanita, The Tillers, and Chelsea Lovitt.  
[Info](https://www.byrdscreekmusicfestival.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### Late July

**Cave Spring Motorcycle Rally & Music Fest** \- Cave Spring, GA  
[Info](https://www.cavespringga.com/cave-spring-motorcycle-rally-musicfest.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 7/26-30

**Floydfest** \- Patrick County, VA  
Big lineup of bluegrass, blues, country, folk, and rock. Highlights: MMJ, Sheryl Crow, Goose, Circles Around the Sun, Nikki Lane.  
[Info](https://floydfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### August

#### 8/11-12

**Tomato Fest** \- Nashville, TN  
Only fools don’t dress up like a tomato for this.  
[Info](https://www.tomatoartfest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 8/18-19

**Deep Tropics** \- Nashville, TN  
House/Techno  
[Info](https://www.deeptropics.org/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### Mid August

**German Bierfest** \- Atlanta, GA  
One day of biers, brats, döners, pretzels, kraut, and schnitzel.  
[Info](https://www.facebook.com/events/537905400719932)

### September

#### 9/7-10

**Oktoberfest** \- Helen, GA  
This Bavarian style village has it's 53rd Oktoberfest this year.  
[Info](https://www.helenchamber.com/oktoberfest-menu/oktoberfest-info.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/8-10

**Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion** \- Bristol, TN  
Bluegrass, Country, Folk...  
[Info](https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/festival/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/9-10

**Middle TN Highland Games** \- Hendersonville, TN  
Music, food, scotch, athletics, bagpipes  
[Info](https://www.midtenngames.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/14-17

**Bourbon & Beyond** \- Louisville, KY  
This is a huge festival with 140,000 in attendance in 2022\. Rock, country, blues, bluegrass, folk, indie.  
[Info](https://bourbonandbeyond.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/15-17

**Imagine Music Festial** \- Rome, GA  
EDM + camping  
[Info](https://www.imaginefestival.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/16-23

**Americana Fest** \- Nashville, TN  
Taking place in bars all around the city. Expansive lineup of country, bluegrass, folk and the like.  
[Info](https://americanamusic.org/events/americanafest-2023?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/21-24

**Louder Than Life** \- Louisville, KY  
Most aggressive lineup on the list. Slipknot, Helmet, Incubus, Tenacious D, and the like.  
[Info](https://louderthanlifefestival.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/23-24

**Pilgrimage Festival** \- Nashville, TN  
Country, bluegrass, folk  
[Info](https://pilgrimagefestival.com/past-lineups?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/22-24

**Furnace Fest** \- Birmingham, AL  
Most sacrilegious lineup on the list. Thanks to Black Sabbath, these bands really love Christian symbolism, but hey, don’t we all?  
[Info](https://www.furnacefest.us/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### Late September

**Creekers Ball** \- Pegram, TN  
The Creekers are a community in Pegram, and Nearing it's 40th year, the Creekers Ball is their annual music festival. All proceeds going to various groups in their community and county.  
[Info](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1047458149003824/)

#### 9/28-29

**Black Mountain Jamboree** \- Monticello, KY  
Intimate bluegrass fest on a beautiful stretch of the Cumberland River. Looks like the ideal bluegrass festival, honestly.  
[Info](https://www.blackmountainjamboree.com/location?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/29 - 10/1

**Mempho** \- Memphis, TN  
Jam, rock, jamgrass.  
[Info](https://www.memphofest.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 9/29-30

**GA Mushroom Fest** \- Cave Spring, GA  
Music and mycology.  
[Info](https://georgiamushroomfestival.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)  

### October

#### 10/12-15

**Moonshiner's Ball** \- Mount Vernon, KY  
Jam, rock, folk, country, bluegrass, and moonshine hosted by The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers in Livingston, KY  
[Info](https://themoonshinersball.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

#### 10/27-29

**18th Century Market** \- Louisville, KY  
Participate in an reenactment of 18th century life. Food, drink, markets, and battle reenactments.  
[Info](https://reenactingschedule.org/event/18th-c-market-fair/?ref=pamphleteer.co)

### December

#### Early December

**North Beach Music Festival** \- Miami Beach, FL  
This one's funky. The 2022 lineup included Lettuce, Moe, Keller Williams, Lotus.  
[Info](https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/festivals/north-beach-music-festival-2022/?ref=pamphleteer.co)