520 Etc.: Boomsday 2006!
Ooo, ooo, ooo...what a little corporate sponsorship can do!
This year, Boomsday--now known to the entire Western World as the 2006 Chysler Jeep Boomsday Festival--will carry on for 3 whole days. The live music events, NASCAR activites, kid's stuff, a football game and fireworks display are expected to draw more than 300,000 people to downtown Knoxville between 3pm on Friday and Sunday evening of Labor Day weekend. (I wonder how many mullets that will be?)
To help you make the most of your long weekend, the 520 Gang has listed the schedule of the official Boomsday event. We've also included links to some of our favorite writers' suggestions for alternate activities--in case the crowds are too much to bear. (Montgomery Gentry pun intended, of course!)
Here we go...
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, Sept. 1 - 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.
"Boomsday Bash" at the World's Fair Park. Enjoy a full day of activities plus the sounds of country music superstar duo Montgomery Gentry at 8 p.m.
Cost: $35 per person
Saturday, Sept. 2 - 10 a.m - 9 p.m.
"Shaggin' on Saturday" at World's Fair Park features a full day of activities plus performances by The Tams, The Drifers, The Coasters, Clifford Curry and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Watch the Cal vs. UT game in the large "open-air" theater on the World's Fair Park Lawn.
Cost: $15 per person
Sunday, Sept. 3 - 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
2006 Chrysler Jeep Boomsday Festival concludes with a full day of activities plus the nation's largest Labor day weekend fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.
Cost: FREE
TICKETS
Tickets are on sale now. Festival pins on sale starting July 31.
3-Day Festival Pin - $45
# Good for admission to concerts and festival Fri. & Sat
# VIP Viewing area on Sunday for fireworks show
# VIP Parking on Sunday for fireworks show
Purchase at area Goody's or Pilot Convenience Stores
3-Day Festival Pin - $40
# Good for admission to concerts and festival Fri. & Sat
# VIP Viewing area on Sunday for fireworks show
Purchase at area Goody's or Pilot Convenience Stores
Friday Tickets - $35
# Good for admission to Montgomery Gentry's concert and festival on Fri. only
Purchase at Tickets Unlimited outlets.
Saturday Tickets - $15
# Good for admission to concerts and festival on Sat. only
Purchase at Tickets Unlimited outlets.
For more info, click here.
ALTERNATE ACTIVITES
Big Head Todd and the Monsters are playing at The Shed over in Maryville. Read about the show at Steve Wildsmith's blog.
Big Head Todd album cover
You can also find out about all the First Friday! activities in by clicking here. There are many exciting things happening this evening in Downtown Knoxville. Be sure to check some of 'em out.
Oh! By the way...if you didn't get the Montgomery Gentry joke, be sure to catch up before you head out to see the fool:
MetroPulse rips Gentry a new one--and rightly so.
CNN explains the debacle (nice choice of the Mickey Mouse shirt photo, CNN!).