The Inaugural Beltline Boil April 4-5, 2014

The 1st annual Beltline Boil happened this past weekend at Atlanta's Old 4th Ward Skate Park Meadow with huge success. Saturday was presented by some of the top restaurants from the neighborhood competing for a $5000 cash prize going to their choice charity. Festival goers got to sample each restaurants helping of their own versions of low country boil. 4th and Swift, Loca Luna, Parish, Barcelona, Two Urban Licks, Serpas, Metro Fresh, One Midtown Kitchen, and Bantam Pub brought their best dish and were voted on by the crowd. Bantam Pub was the overall winner and their charity was 4th Wards own Operation Peace. The weekend was filled with live music to fit the meal with bands Swamp Funk Quartet, Saint Francis, Mudcat, The Quaildogs, The Mad Violinist and the Crack Symphony Orchestra, MS. Francine Reed, SansAbri, and Gurufish.
The weekend was rounded out with Absolutes "Worlds Best Bloody Mary Bar" on Sunday afternoon.
See the full set and all the info on Beltline Boils Facebook page.
*for- Rival Entertainment*

The Whiskey Gentry at Terminal West 4/5/14

The Whiskey Gentry played to a packed Terminal West  Saturday night. A celebration of a little homecoming and the release of their first ever live album, Live From Georgia, recorded at Athens' Georgia Theater and Atlanta's own Center Stage. Crowd favorites Radioluscent and The Defibulators opened up the show.
(I must do a shameless cross self promotion here. Not only is the album great! But... Some of my shots made it in to the CD cover. Ok, shameless self promotion is over. Go about your day now. But buy one of the CDs soon!) The cd will be available soon here- http://thewhiskeygentry.storefrontier.com/
*for- The Whiskey Gentry*

Hard Rock Rising Atlanta

An event hosted by Hard Rock, 97.1 The River, and Guitar Center at the Velvet Underground at Hard Rock Atlanta. Hard Rock rising is a global competition at all Hard Rock venues and will end with the grand prize winners being flown to Rome, Italy to play at the first ever Hard Rock music festival. Bands featured in Atlanta were Sumilan, Courtney Dickinson, and RoshambeauX who won the evenings competition.
*For- Hard Rock*