05/22/2020
The People Behind Mighty Roots Music Festival
The festival’s co-founders are Greenville, MS-based hit singer-songwriter and recording artist Steve Azar and Mississippi native and festival producer Howard Stovall. Decades-long veterans of the national music scene, the two worked together closely on the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival (2013-2018), which Azar co-founded in Greenville, MS as one of the two premier anchor events for the highly successful “Bridging The Blues” tourism and marketing program. Mighty Roots Music Festival is very much a re-boot of that festival in a new location - Stovall Farms, the place where Muddy Waters grew up and was first recorded. ”We created such an inspiring and honest experience at Mighty Mississippi, and Howard’s farm is just the perfect place to recapture that all over again with an authentic roots music festival. The venue is beyond cool and says so much about our delta’s rich history and culture.” states Azar.
In addition to great music and a great party, the event represents an important economic boost to the creative economy of Mississippi and to Coahoma County, MS, a rural area that has historically suffered from higher unemployment rates and lower income metrics than average. “The economic impact of a major tourism event like this is immediate and can be significant, “states Stovall, who worked in the 1990’s to help establish Coahoma’s County’s tourism tax. “Bringing in several thousand people and their buying power can move the needles noticeably in our community.”
Join us for the inaugural Mighty Roots Music Festival held October 2 and October 3 on historic Stovall Farms just outside of Clarksdale, MS and 70 miles south of Memphis, TN. The lineup promises a wide-ranging array of performers and a unique experience on the site of the old Stovall Gin Company cotton gin complex, which is being reinvigorated as a concert venue.
For more info visit www.mightyrootsmusicfestival.com
