Allandale: August Under the Stars

Allandale Mansion’s August Under the Stars – a free summer concert series – begins this evening. The four week event showcases some of the best regional bands performing across the South.

Tonight’s performance will be by Carson Peters and the Iron Mountain Band.

The concerts take place every Thursday in August at the Allandale Amphitheater. Gates open at 5 p.m., craft beer and food will go on sale at 5:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Schedule of performers:

–          Aug. 11: Queens of Country with Hearts Gone South

–          Aug. 18: Elliott and the Untouchables

–          Aug. 25: Big Daddy Love

For more information about the concerts visit www.augustunderthestars.com.

About Allandale Mansion

Allandale Mansion was built in the early 1950s and donated to the City of Kingsport in 1969 after the death of its owner, Harvey Brooks. The property includes the mansion, two barns, a picnic pavilion, two man-made ponds, the Heron Dome and a 2,000-square-foot amphitheater. For more information visit www.allandalemansion.com.

About the City of Kingsport

Founded in 1917, the City of Kingsport (pop. 55,400) is located on the Tennessee-Virginia border at the crossroads of I-81 and I-26 near the geographic center of the eastern U.S. The city is widely known as a planned community, designed by renowned city planner John Nolen and wrapping around the foot of Bays Mountain – a 3,650-acre park, nature preserve, planetarium and observatory. Kingsport is recognized as an International Safe Community by the National Safety Council, a Healthier Tennessee community, and won the 2009 Harvard Innovations in American Government Award for its higher education initiatives. While many city names are duplicated throughout the U.S., there’s only one Kingsport – a fact that invokes community pride, known locally as the “Kingsport Spirit.”