Amplify Decatur Music Festival Set For Saturday, April 13
THE AMPLIFY DECATUR MUSIC FESTIVAL returns Saturday, April 13 with its most acclaimed line-up yet. Join us for a day of music and fun, outdoors on the downtown square.
This year’s artists are two-time Grammy award winner Melissa Etheridge, the critically acclaimed folk rock band Dawes, six-time Grammy award winners Blind Boys of Alabama, Run Katie Run and Jitterbug—this year’s winner of Amplify’s 2024 Decatur High School Battle of the Bands.
All funds raised—including ticket sales—will be directed to Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM) and Decatur Education Foundation. DCM works to prevent and alleviate homelessness in Decatur and DeKalb County. Decatur Education Foundation collaborates 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 to foster their growth and ensure their academic success.
“We’re so excited about this incredible group of performers and the opportunity to support the vital work of Decatur Cooperative Ministry and Decatur Education Foundation,” said Drew Robinson, president of the Amplify My Community board. “The unwavering support from the city of Decatur, Eddie’s Attic and all of our wonderful sponsors, especially Lenz, is vital to Amplify’s mission of celebrating these locally based nonprofits and enhancing our community through the power of live music.”
Doors open at 3 p.m. and the show will close at 11 p.m. Tickets are available at AmplifyDecatur.org. General Admission tickets are $75. VIP tickets are $195, and premium seating is $275. Amplify Decatur is presented by Lenz and produced in partnership with Eddie’s Attic.
MORE ABOUT AMPLIFY MY COMMUNITY
Amplify My Community was founded in 2010 and is based in Decatur. Its mission is to leverage the universal love of music to fight poverty at the local level. To date, Amplify has produced more than 120 concerts and raised and donated more than $575,000 in unrestricted gifts to locally oriented anti-homelessness and poverty-focused organizations — including more than $360,000 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.
The organization has featured acts such as Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama, Old Crow Medicine Show, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Rodney Crowell, The War & Treaty, Patty Griffin, James McMurtry, 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.
