Hank Williams’ Festival, June 1 and 2

The 33rd Hank Williams’ Festival in Georgiana Alabama will feature Moe Bandy, Larry Gatlin and Jett Williams as well as many other entertainers.

The yearly festival is held on the grounds of the Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum. Outdoor concerts featuring a full lineup of performers take place Friday and Saturday evenings, June 1 and 2, 2012. Events run through the day Saturday.

The program with ticket information is HERE.

And the Museum website is here.

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Hank Festival concert will be broadcast on Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree

The Hank Williams Festival in Georgiana Alabama wrapped up   with a Saturday night ‘mini Opry’ concert hosted by Jett Williams. The concert will be broadcast in June on WSM radio’s Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree. Attendance and ticket sales were strong for  both  Friday and Saturday  events at the park next to the Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum.

The Saturday concert featured Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius, David Frizzell, Jimmy Fortune, and Razzy Bailey as well as  Jett Williams. The Jamboree website lists June 4 as the date of the broadcast but there are few details. WSM broadcasts on the internet so the world wide family of readers of this blog will be able to tune in.

Here are some links:

The Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree schedule. Looks like June 4 will be the date.

Here’s the WSM homepage where you can find a link to listen to the broadcasst.

Here’s the article in the Greenville Advocate.

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New dates for Hank Williams Festival in Georgiana

A note from John Wise President of the Hank Williams Fan Club that the dates of the annual Hank Williams Festival in Georgiana Alabama are changing this year.  Instead of the first weekend of June, the Festival is moving ahead to May 19, 20 and 21.

The Fan Club web site has posted a letter from Mike Middleton the Mayor of Georgiana who is also the Chair of the Board of the Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum explaining the change to interested parties. He says the Board made the change because one of the weekends in June is not available and the other is Fan Fair in Nashville which creates a conflict with artists schedules.

The Festival website has an order form for purchasing tickets.

This is the 31st annual edition of the Festival which is held on the grounds of the Museum.

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Hank Williams Fan Club President dies suddenly

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of  organizations in Hank Williams home state of Alabama in preserving and promoting his artistic legend and preserving his memory for centuries to come.

With this in mind, it came as a shocking loss to many to learn over the holidays that Mary Wallace the  President of the Hank Williams Fan Club based in Georgiana had died in a tragic accident. Wallace was also one of the chief organizers and a founder of the of Hank Williams Festival which is held annually in Georgiana and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hank Williams Museum and Boyhood Home.

John Wise will take over as President of the Fan Club.

Courtesy of Robert Ackerman’s Newsletter here is the  sincere, heartfelt  statement from John Wise.

It is with heavy heart that I write this letter. Our beloved President, Mary Wallace was accidentally killed in her home December 21st, 2009. Everyone I know in the Hank Willliams Fan Club and around the world has lost a great leader and  friend. There is no doubt Mary will be missed. She made a huge impact on Butler County, Alabama, Georgiana and the world. As a friend and Vice President of the Hank Williams International Fan Club, I saw her in action many times. There was no more dedicated person to her community and the fan club which she helped organized. Upon her death, as Vice-President, I had to move up to the President’s chair. I know how Harry Truman felt when President Roosevelt died. How can I fill the shoes of Mary Wallace? Well I’ll tell you that no one alive that I know can do it; especially me. She can never be replaced. But the fact is, we must go on. That is what I think Mary wanted. As a matter of fact, I am sure of it. I assure you that myself, officers and board members will give it our best. We must not fail and we will not fail. I ask for your prayers and support as I lead this club forward. I will be available to any club member or non-member. Feel free to contact me at 678-752-9589, or e-mail “johnr749@bellsouth.net”. My home address is John R. Wise, 122 Woody Road Jackson, GA 30233. In closing I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope to see you all at the festival in Georgiana, Alabama the 2nd weekend in June 2010.

Here is the Greenville Advocate Newspaper account of Mary Wallace’s passing.

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