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Ska Weekend
Ska Weekend is a music festival in Knoxville, TN, United States, that began in 2003 with only a few bands and has grown to be one of the largest gatherings of ska musicians in the country. Popularity The festival is touted as the largest ska festival in the country by its organizer Ben Altom. The event usually takes place during the spring, but the two most recent festivals have been moved to Summer (Ska Weekend 2008 was July 19) The Event draws some of the most popular ska, Punk rock, punk and rocksteady band (music), bands in Northern America (The Planet Smashers, The Know How, mu330, Catch 22 (band), Catch 22, Go Jimmy Go, Mustard Plug, Royal City Riot, SGR (band), SGR, High School Football Heroes, Last Martyrs of a Lost Cause, The Taj Motel Trio, 50:50 Shot and Perfect Orange have all played at the festival) it also routinely attracts more than 1,000 people. History Ben Altom held first ''Ska Weekend'' at Brick Yard Blues restaurant in Powell, TN in 2003. There were only abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third largest city after Nashville and Memphis.U.S. Census Bureau2010 Census Interactive Population Search. Retrieved: December 20, 2011. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 869,046 in 2019. First settled in 1786, Knoxville was the first capital of Tennessee. The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century. The arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom. The city was bitterly divided over the secession issue during the American Civil War and was occupied alternately by Confederate and Union armies, culminating in the Battle of Fort Sanders in 1863. Following the war, Knoxville grew rapidly as a major wholesal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
