WALLACE — The second Wallace Music Fest is this Friday and Saturday.
Wallace Music Fest was created last summer as a last-minute replacement for the Wallace Blues Festival, which was canceled at the 11th hour by organizers due to several factors
Nick Freije, president of the Wallace Music Fest Committee, said the group wants to return to what made the defunct blues festival so popular.
“Last year, we put a lot of bands in bars,” Freije said. “It worked out great, but we want to get back to having multiple different stages in bigger spaces.”
As part of this, the festival will feature a main stage and a gazebo stage. The gazebo stage will be for smaller, acoustic-style sets, while the main stage will showcase featured artists.
Each day, the main stage acts will begin at 11 a.m., with a different act every two hours. The headliner for each day will begin at 9:30 p.m.
The committee also wanted to make sure they honored the people who loved the music of the former blues festival, so they made sure to keep blues artists.
“Friday is going to be more rock music, but on Saturday we’re keeping it bluesy,” Freije said.
Friday night will be headlined by rock band Snacks at Midnight, while Saturday’s festival closer will once again be blues legend Sammy Eubanks.
The festival is free and is open to all ages.
“None of us are music promoters, but we all knew we didn’t want this to go away,” Freije said. “We had some really good donors step up to help us make this happen and I’m really excited.”
Wallace Music Fest is July 11 and 12 in downtown Wallace. For more information, including a full lineup of artists, check out the Wallace Music Fest Facebook page.
