Annual Wire and Wood Festival Returns In October

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Returning for its third year, Alpharetta’s Wire and Wood Songwriters Festival will expand into a three day event that will take place Oct. 15-17.

Over 30 nationally recognized singer-songwriters will gather for three days of concerts on three stages to perform their original songs.

Music lovers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the stories that inspired country, rock, blues, Americana and bluegrass songs. Attendees will experience nationally recognized veteran songsmiths and local up-and-coming talent as music fills the streets of Alpharetta.

The event will take place in downtown Alpharetta on Friday, October 16 from 6-10 p.m. and Saturday from 3-10 p.m. A free kickoff event for Wire and Wood will take place at Avalon on Thursday, Oct. 15.

The purchase of a $30 wristband will give you entry to both Friday and Saturday concerts.

Tickets and more details are available online.

“Wire and Wood is set to take an entirely new and better direction this year,” said Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle. “We have tapped the managing talent behind the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida, perhaps the nation’s best songwriters festival. We believe this year will be our very best year as we attract an incredible lineup of songwriters and artists to the city of Alpharetta, which is quickly becoming a music city.”

In its inaugural year in 2013, Wire and Wood took place on one night with artists performing at various locations around Alpharetta. This year, the event is moving to three days and is being sponsored by the city of Alpharetta and the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The event will be produced by Russell Carter Artist Management, which developed and produces the popular and well attended 30A Songwriters Festival along Scenic Highway 30A in Florida.

“The Wire and Wood Alpharetta Songwriters Festival will present musically diverse songwriters of national prominence to the cultural arts minded community north of Atlanta,” said Russell Carter, owner, Russell Carter Artist Management. “The streets off of Main Street will be converted into concert stages for audiences to experience provocative performances amidst the many galleries, bars and restaurants in Alpharetta. Our goal is to make this fall weekend event a musical destination not to be missed.”

Wire and Wood has also been recognized as one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast for October 2015 by the Southeast Tourism Society, a very prestigious honor in the event industry.

“The city started the event three years ago with a long term goal to grow it into a weekend event filled with lots of music from talented songwriters,” said Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau. “For a destination marketing organization, Wire and Wood is the perfect event that will contribute to bringing visitors into Alpharetta to stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants and shop in our stores.”

For the most complete details on the festival, including performers as they are announced, visit www.wireandwoodalpharetta.com.

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Image via Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau