2024-2025 Southern States Bank Entertainment Series at The Grand Theatre Events Announced
The Grand Theatre in downtown Cartersville has released the lineup for the 2024-2025 Southern States Bank Entertainment Series at The Grand Theatre. “This series continues to a tremendous success in our community with a record high in season ticket sales last year and four of our five events were sold out. We take great pride in bringing top level talent to our stage.” stated Grand Theatre Administrator Matt Santini. “Southern States Bank’s leadership and commitment to The Grand and our community continues, and we are thankful for their continued support of our entertainment series.”
Season tickets and tickets for individual events are on sale now. Tickets are on sale at www.thegrandtheatre.org, and at The Grand Theatre Ticket Office at 7 North Wall Street in Cartersville or by phone at 770-386-7343. Season ticket holders to the 2024-5 series have the opportunity to renew their season tickets for the same seats now through Friday, Nov 15 and can renew them online, at the box office or by phone. Season ticket holders get a 10% discount off the single event ticket prices with orchestra level seats remaining at $35 each and balcony level seats at $30 each. Season tickets for the orchestra level are $157.50 each, and balcony level seats are $135.00 each.
All seats are able to be purchased online, including new season ticket sales, and tickets can be printed at home or digitally downloaded to your phone eliminating the need to stand in a “will call” line on the night of the show. A layout of the theatre’s seating area is available on online at www.thegrandtheatre.org.
Information on the five acts in this year’s Southern States Bank Entertainment Series is listed below, and more information on the performers can be found at www.thegrandtheatre.org or on the series Facebook page “Southern States Bank Entertainment Series at The Grand Theatre.”
Excitable- Def Leppard Tribute
Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
$35 Orchestra, $30 Balcony
Atlanta’s Excitable are the ultimate tribute to the legendary Def Leppard. They have quickly become one of the Southeast’s most sought after acts, enthralling fans with their sound and exciting show. Playing all the big hits, from “Wasted,” “Rock Rock ’Til You Drop” and “Pyromania,” to “Animal,” “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Promises” and many more. Featuring top notch talent, including members of the popular Van Halen tribute 84, and Excitable show is…well…beyond exciting!
Atlanta Pops Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
$35 Orchestra, $30 Balcony
The Atlanta Pops Orchestra returns for this year’s holiday program, and features a blend of contemporary and familiar holiday classics. This show will also feature local soloists performing with the Pops. The Atlanta Pops Orchestra is the premier provider of live orchestra music programming for the state of Georgia, the southeastern US, and beyond. With a rich history spanning seven decades, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra has captivated audiences throughout the world with a diverse repertoire of popular music. This show will sell out quickly. Find out more at atlantapops.org.
DRIVIN N CRYIN
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
$35 Orchestra, $30 Balcony
In 1985 Drivin N Cryin played their first show at Atlanta’s famed 688 Club. Recent inductees to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Music Hall of Fame, founding members Kevn Kinney, Tim Nielsen and longtime drummer Dave V Johnson find themselves enjoying a continued legacy, having survived the pressures of fame, a shifting musical landscape, multiple lineup changes, traveling miles of back roads and highways to arrive here. Comfortable in their past and confident in their future, Drivin N Cryin are armed with an arsenal of songs, a full tank of gas and no intention of stopping any time soon.
Confederate Railroad
Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
$35 Orchestra, $30 Balcony
Confederate Railroad first rolled onto the national country music scene in the early 90s with its unique style and sound. Headed by founder and frontman Danny Shirley, the former backup band for both David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck got their big break by signing with Atlantic Records. The first single from their debut album (“Confederate Railroad”) was “She Took It Like A Man”. It went to No. 26, a preview of what was to come. “The next two singles, “Jesus and Mama” and “Queen of Memphis” went to the top of the charts. Three more huge hits followed, “Trashy Women”, “When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back”, and “She Never Cried”. “Trashy” would lead to a Grammy nomination and become their signature song. That album with six hits and nearly three million sales brought Confederate the Academy of Country Music’s Best New Group Award in 1993 as well as numerous nominations from the Country Music Association and the British Country Music Foundation.
Wilson Banjo Co
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
$35 Orchestra, $30 Balcony
2024 began as a new chapter for Wilson Banjo Co. as Pinecastle Music continued rolling out the hit singles for South Carolina’s Wilson Banjo Co. The full album, MEMORY LANE launched in March and has been on fire with radio and the charts.
Steve Wilson is clear about the vision for the band in that he says “There’s never been a specific theme or sound bucket in mind for the band or our projects, I wouldn’t want to pigeonhole our creativity in that way. We are really all about the song. When we hear something that we like and we think we would be good at making it special, we just go for it, and then hope others will like it too!”
The latest album on Pinecastle Records, MEMORY LANE, has recently spent five weeks in the number one spot on the Roots Music Report Bluegrass Album and Contemporary Album Chart, and holding down multiple singles in the Top 10. MEMORY LANE proved to be their biggest hit yet with radio. Bonfire Recording Studio released three new videos for three of the singles, “Holler,” “The Gavel,” and “Memphis Anymore,” again supporting local venues in their home region of Upstate South Carolina.
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