One evening last fall at historic 30-acre farm outside Athens, as a group nibbled on heirloom tomatoes with basil and locally raised pork and later made vanilla ice cream under a dark sky lit up by a campfire with the sound of bluegrass filling the space, the group wondered: Why can’t more music festivals be like this?
Why must music festivals be awash with greasy, overpriced, processed food? Why is there so much trash — piles of plastic bottles?
Libby Terrell, 32, and friends posted photos from their potluck on social media and people responded: Do it again, they pleaded. Make it bigger. Invite more people.
That’s how Libby Terrell, 32 older brother Jesse Collier, and friend Brooke Holder got the idea for organizing the Wildwood Revival, a festival that mixes farm-to-fork dining, live music and an open-air barn for an evening billed as a truly Americana experience. The July 19 event will be held at Cloverleaf Farm, featuring flowering magnolia trees, tree-lined lanes and wide-open space.
Terrell calls the event a cultural revival, adding, "what's old is new again." In fact, here's one throwback: Water is free — and will be served in glass Mason jars. Tickets for the event cost $38 and cover the festival and music from several bands playing Americana with a blend of country, rock, bluegrass, folk and blues. (You can go online to buy tickets at www.wildwoodrevival.com.) There is no additional cost for camping overnight.
For more information about the revival, go to www.myajc.com/news/entertainment/music/wildwood-revival-to-mix-food-music-nostalgia/ngbmT/
