Ellicottville, NY (Top40 Charts/ Bullpen PR) - Southern rock will be 'alive and well' at the Ellicottville Brewing Company (www.ellicottvillebrewing.com) this fall as Jimmie
Van Zant (brother of both Ronnie and Johnny
Van Zant of
Lynyrd Skynyrd fame) headlines EBC Live! Waking up the Village, a powerhouse event created by EBC owner/operator
Peter Kreinheder to coincide with the ever popular Fall Festival in Ellicottville.
'We wanted to do something uniquely different this year by creating an all day concert experience,' says Kreinheder. 'Ellicottville Brewing Company is more than a microbrewery; we're a destination restaurant and we want people to know that they can come out and enjoy not just great beer and food, but great music. It's all about creating a unique experience.'
The all-day event kicks off with country singer Jackson Rohm www.jacksonrohm.com whose 15-year career as a professional recording artist includes singing the national anthem at Wrigley Field prior to the start of a Chicago Cubs baseball game.
Rohm is followed by Beatle Magic (www.beatlemagic.com) at 3:30 p.m. - considered by many to be the finest Beatles tribute bands in North America. The group, which has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada, puts on an impressive three-hour show which painstakingly recreates the aura and sound of the Fab Four through numerous phases of The Beatles' phenomenal career.
Rohm returns to the stage at 7 p.m. to open for headliner Jimmie Van Zant ((www.jimmievanzant.net) at 9 p.m. and closing out the show is a late night after party featuring the Horseshoe Lounge Playboys. Concerts are free from 1 to 6 p.m., with tickets available for $35 at the door ($25 pre-sale price) from 6 p.m. onward. 'Just to give you an idea of the depth of the bands that will be appearing... some of them appear at other concerts as the headliner,' notes Kreinheder.
He adds that 'we're providing wristbands so people can come and go throughout the day. So whether you enjoy the energy of southern rock, the softer styling of bluegrass and country, or the classic sound of the Beatles, EBC Live! Waking up the Village promises to be a unique experience you won't want to miss.'