The 6th Annual Piney Woods Picnic is scheduled for Sept 12-15 at the Elks Lake Music Park. This four-day music festival features Camping, RV space, art, food and beverage and of course, lots of great music.
The efforts by the group have raised money for the Nature Conservancy and the Land Trust for the Mississipi Coastal Plains in order to preserve the Pascagoula River Basin. This is the largest river basin in the “lower 48” unchanged by man.
The region is also home to great music and the picnic highlight this fact every September.
A highlight of this year’s picnic is Sumrall native, Tom “Bones” Malone, an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer.
Malone specializes in trombone but also plays trumpet, tuba, various saxophones, clarinets, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments.
He is famous for being a member of The Blues Brothers band, Saturday Night Live Band (served as leader of the band from 1981 to 1985), and a member of the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman.
Other Pine Belt favorites will also be on the schedule.
Thursday:
6 PM Down ‘N’ Good
7 PM The Icemen
8 PM Tom “Bones” Malone
9:30 PM Blackwater Brass
11 PM Hattiesburlesque
Friday
12 PM Joe Johnson
1 PM Scott Chism & the Better Half
2 PM Mississippi Shakedown
3 PM Lil’ Detroit
4 PM Brotha Josh & The Quickness
5 PM Pine Belt Pickers
6 PM Thomas Jackson Trio
7 PM Cloud Wars
8 PM Royal Horses
9 PM South Jones
10:30 PM Cary Hudson
Saturday
12 PM Wes Lee
1 PM Burns and Jane
2 PM Sugarmouth
3 PM Wild Frames
4 PM Midnight Revel
5 PM Tribute to Lloyd Green
6 PM Molly Thomas
7 PM Mark and Allen Mann
8 PM Mike Doussan
9:30 PM Grayson Capps
11 PM PWP All Stars
A variety of ticket packages are available. There are also sponsor packages available. For more information, visit pineywoodspicnic.org.
