SAUTEE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL SERIES

Start off summer by listening to local musicians play on our Outdoor Stage! Sautee Summer Music Festival returns this June and July for outdoor concerts twice a month on Saturday nights on the Outdoor Stage.

Join us as we feature

• Steve Welsch and Friends
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  Steve Welsch became interested in bluegrass music in 1975 when he moved to Georgia at the age of 20. He started with guitar and banjo while a member of the Southern Crescent Bluegrass Band. Within a few years he started to play fiddle. He is currently a member of the Shoal Creek Bluegrass Band and also sings and plays both guitar and fiddle with the band Bittersweet. He has recently begun a solo act and can be seen at various venues in the Northeast Georgia mountains.
  
  Alabama native Greg Fleming began enjoying music at nine years old. He studied music in school, played in a jazz ensemble and studied music at Truett McConnell College. He has been playing bluegrass music primarily on guitar and mandolin ever since. He loves to pick!
  
  Beth Perry started piano lessons when she was 6 years old and has played classical music all her life. She discovered bluegrass 15 years ago at an outdoor jam in North Georgia. She fell in love with the bass a few years later and has joyfully been playing ever since. She considers herself extremely fortunate to make music with so many wonderful musicians and friends!
• Bluegrass Confidential
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  It all started at the local music store. Guitar player Luke Cotton, mandolin player Cameron Watkins and banjo player Laura Ray met and discovered a mutual love for old time fiddle tunes and classic bluegrass numbers. Laura's brother Jason Ray soon joined in on the upright bass for Friday night jams and there was no turning back - Bluegrass Confidential was born.
  
  Bluegrass Confidential utilizes their wide variety of musical influences to give a fresh sound to bluegrass standards. Hard-driving rhythms and complex arrangements of genre favorites, as well as newly-written original songs, make for entertaining and high-energy live performances. This North Georgia-based band is ready and rarin' to go, and is excited to take their musical talents out on the road.
• In the Pines
  This 4 piece band of local young musicians brings the best in americana, blues and rock.
• Lisa Deaton and Debbielee Whelchel
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  Lisa Deaton is a local Sautee Nacoochee singer and occasional songwriter. She began singing as a kid in church and just never stopped. Her musical interests and influences range from traditional Appalachian to blues to Irish and all shades in between. She aspires to uplift as well as entertain, and embraces the power of music to touch the heart and soul.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase at each of these events, as well as outdoor activities. Folks are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs or blankets as they enjoy an evening of music to kick off summer in our community.

SATURDAY NIGHTS: June 3 & 17, July 1 & 15
7pm-9pm on the Outdoor Stage

Season Pass: Members: $40.00, Non Members $50.00


Regular Tickets: Students $5, Members $12, Non-Members $15

• June 17: Bluegrass Confidential
  
• July 1: In the Pines
  
• July 15: Lisa Deaton & Debbielee Whelchel