Chattanooga, Tennessee – 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival
October 2011 – CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Peter Rowan
Who likes bluegrass ??? If you’re a bluegrass music fan, then you have to attend the 3 Sisters Bluegrass festival in Chattanooga.
We attended the festival in October 2011 and heard some fantastic bluegrass music from The Dismembered Tennesseans, The Travelin’ McCourys, and Peter Rowan! Everyone who attended had a great time watching the bands and enjoying the local cocktails. The best part of the festival is that it’s free! Just show up and enjoy some great music.
The Pennie Tour was lucky enough to catch a backstage interview with bluegrass legend, Peter Rowan. Check it out!
Can you dance to bluegrass ? Watch this episode of The Pennie Tour to see if anyone does interpretive bluegrass dancing.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – Memorial Day 2012 – Slightly NSFW!
Be advised. There’s some naughty words and songs in this one!
May 27, 2012 – MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Pennie Tour visited Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during Memorial Day weekend 2012. Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States. Named after the locally abundant shrub, the Southern Wax Myrtle, Myrtle Beach is a top beach destination!
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is situated on the center of a long stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand. It’s a major tourist destination, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each summer. Pennie Tour visited Myrtle Beach to up that number to1 4 million and 1!
Sunny Ledfurd
Pennie Tour was excited to spend Memorial Day Weekend listening to music by Sunny Ledford at TheBoathouse Bar and Grill. The Boathouse is located right on the Intracoastal Waterway and offers a fantastic summer concert series. You can drive your boat up and listen to live music!
Black Bike Week, founded in 1980, takes place around Memorial Day Weekend and is the largest African American motorcycle rally in the US and attracts as many as 400,000 visitors. The event was created in response to a history of discrimination against African-American visitors and riders.
Myrtle Beach has been called the “Golf Capital of the World” but there are lots of other attractions from shopping, music, amusement parks, seafood and of course … the beach!
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A whole new series of episodes will be coming soon…starting with our Memorial Day episode from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
Chattanooga, Tennessee – Wine Over Water
October 2011 – CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
The Pennie Tour attended Wine Over Water in Chattanooga, TN in October 2011. Wine Over Water is a wine tasting on the Walnut Street Bridge – over the Tennessee River! The scenery is unbelievable as the sun set while walking down the bridge and drinking some fantastic wines!
We’ve been to other wine tastings, but none have the quality of wine that WOW has. To top it off, there is music such as Blue Mother Tupelo performing along the way. It’s an unbelievable evening of wine, food, and fun.
And it’s all for a good cause. Proceeds go to Cornerstones, Inc – Chattanooga’s only non-profit historic preservation organization.
Little 5 Points Halloween Parade – Slightly NSFW!
Cover the kiddies’ ears for this one…there’s a bit of naughty language!
OCTOBER 22, 2011 – ATLANTA, GEORGIA
October means Halloween and the best way to kick it off in Atlanta is with the Little 5 Points Halloween Festival & Parade. This free celebration is one of the biggest in the southeast and one of the top ten Halloween events in the country!
The 11th annual Little 5 Points Halloween Celebration is a festival and parade located in the L5P community along Moreland and Euclid Avenues. Along with the parade, several stages are set up throughout the community with music from local bands…… and of course drinks and food are also available to keep the party festive!
Little 5 Points is well-known for being an eccentric and diverse neighborhood. The whole community comes
together to experience counter culture, mainstream and obscure costumes, scary, funny, the unexpected – but always memorable!
Not sure which is more fun to watch – the parade OR the people attending the parade. What do you think??
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Coming soon….The Little 5 Points Halloween Parade!
The Pennie Tour attended The Little 5 Points Halloween Parade and met so many interesting people! In order to show it before Halloween it’s leapfrogging all others currently in production and will be available online tomorrow! Look for it! It’s going to be slightly NSFW for a little bit of language…but don’t be scared, it’s like no other parade you’ve ever seen.
Asheville, NC – Bele Chere 2011
July 31, 2011 – ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Bele Chere 2011 – Asheville North Carolina’s largest street partyl! Over 30,000 people attended the 33rd annual festival in downtown Asheville. The Pennie Tour visited the festival once again and found lots of fun people, interesting sites, and some great bands!
Bele Chere comes from the old Scottish dialect meaning “beautiful living”. Pennie Tour once again enjoyed beautiful living by experiencing Bele Chere’s art, food, drum circle, street performers, street vendors and our favorite – the bands! The hard part was picking which music venue. There were 4 stages to choose from – situated throughout downtown Asheville and all within walking distance! Over 40 Bands played continuously throughout the day and into the night!
A Pennie Tour favorite – The Whigs – put on a fantastic show! The Whigs are a trio of artists that tout themselves as being an American garage rock band. The 
Whigs, from Athens, Georgia were named one of the 10 artists to watch by Rolling Stone in 2006.
Bele Chere offers a unique opportunity to see, taste, hear and experience the finest that Asheville, North Carolina has to offer. The local restaurants offer a “Foodtopia” farm to table experience. No time for sitting – choose from the many food booths – several from surrounding Asheville restaurants.
Where’s the beer? Once you purchase a $2 wristband, you can walk around with your beer on the streets that are designated for Bele Chere. FYI – Asheville holds the title for the“Beer City” award – with many different top-notch craft beers to enjoy! No two Aheville beers are the same – My personal favorite – Highland Gaelic Ale.
A popular Asheville slogan is a perfect way to enjoy Bele Chere – “any way you like it”
