Decatur has always had a music identity. The Indigo Girls played here as teenagers. John Mayer came up in its clubs. The Amplify Decatur Music Festival has been part of that fabric since 2010 — and a decade ago, it claimed the downtown square as its own.
This week, the festival marks ten years outdoors with an anticipated lineup yet: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings headline the June 6 ticketed show, joined by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Dylan LeBlanc, Kyshona, the Georgia Mountain Stringband and the winner of an upcoming high school Battle of the Bands. The four-day festival runs June 4–7 on and around the Decatur Square, with additional events at the Avon Theatre in Avondale and Eddie’s Attic.
The weekend also marks something new: the Decatur Square itself. After a two-year renovation, the city has completed a permanent downtown stage. Amplify Decatur will be the first group to perform on it. That debut comes Friday night, June 5, with a free concert by The Sundogs Present: The Tom Petty Show.
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