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🌱 Who’s playing when at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2026?
Bristol, Tennessee Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Bristol! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Who’s playing when at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2026?
- How investigators traced a Bristol man in a roadside dog killing case
- Remember when Bobby Labonte took the checkered flag at Bristol?
Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 46 degrees.
- Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 53.
- Monday: A shower in the a.m.; breezy, with a high of 60 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2026 Daily Lineup Announced (gratefulweb.com) — Downtown Bristol will turn into a three-day music hub September 11–13 as Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion celebrates its 25th anniversary with headliners like St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Sierra Ferrell, and Old Crow Medicine Show. Single-day, shuttle, and new VIP Experience tickets are on sale now, with prices increasing June 30, and fans can also grab collectible festival posters from the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Store. 
• Bristol man accused of fatally shooting dog turns himself in (wjhl.com) — A Bristol man has been taken into custody after authorities say he turned himself in to the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office on an aggravated cruelty to animals charge. Investigators allege he was identified from motorcycle registration after a dog was shot along a roadside, with surveillance video reportedly showing a helmeted motorcyclist approaching the animal with a handgun.
• Bobby Labonte: Former NASCAR driver, 2000 Cup Series champion, brother of Terry (news-journalonline.com) — Longtime NASCAR fans in Bristol will recognize Bobby Labonte from his many runs at Bristol Motor Speedway, including the Food City 500 and the 2001 Food City 500 win. This photo-packed retrospective traces the 2000 Cup Series champion’s career from early victories through his Hall of Fame induction, with several stops in Bristol along the way.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Off the Clock Chamber Social
Bristol Chamber of Commerce Cascade Draft House 828 State Street Bristol, TN 37620
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5th Annual Discover Bristol Wing Walk
Bristol Chamber of Commerce Participants will check-in at Cascade Draft House and show proof of registration where they will receive their wing pass and information on how to vote prior to beginning their Wing Walk. From there, participants will complete their Wing Walk in any
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Early Frontier Days & Colonial Trade Faire →
Rocky Mount State Historic Site, 200 Hyder Hill Rd, Piney Flats
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DJ B Digital at O'Mainnins →
O'Mainnin's Pub, 712 State St, Bristol
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The Audacity →
Stateline Bar & Grille, 644 State St, Bristol
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Good morning neighbors,
I have a question. Why do people let their animals out without them? I simply don’t understand it. It makes me so nervous to see dogs running around… (Nextdoor Fairmount)
- Allied Universal Security Services posted a job opening for Security Officer Mobile Patrol in Bristol. Apply here.
- Murphy USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Bristol. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bristol here.
🗞 Nearby News
Blountville
- Trial date set for Kingsport man charged with aggravated sexual battery against a child (wcyb.com)
Elizabethton
- NAHF selects Tennessee Educator Dan Mills for 2026 A. Scott Crossfield Aerospace Educator of the Year (elizabethton.com)
- TN Plant Show, Music on the Square: Weekend events in the Tri-Cities (wjhl.com)
- Lady Cyclones fight off elimination in district doubleheader, claim regional berth (elizabethton.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: At a shingles bar! (Thank you Yann P. for sending it in!)
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