07.26.2010 | Posted By Jessica

Please see the Concert Crawl page for the latest schedule. The event is now nine venues with 41 bands, playing throughout Macon. More all-ages and non-smoking venues remain than ever before, featured on the interactive Concert Crawl web page, which also includes the option to sample the music before the show.

Printed Concert Crawl schedules will be available at each venue during the event. BraggJam.org will also have a downloadable, printable schedule available later this week.

The Hilton Garden Inn is the official hotel for Bragg Jam, offering a discounted rate through its reservation page found via the Macon page. Ocmulgee Expeditions and the College Hill Corridor have partnered to offer free shuttle service from the hotel to downtown’s trolley stop at Third Street Park. Francar’s Wings is also extending their restaurant hours the night of the Concert Crawl to accept late night food orders, available for hotel delivery. 

Bragg Jam’s Concert Crawl will take place, rain or shine. On Cherry Street in downtown Macon, the open container regulations will be the same as Macon’s First Friday. Two trolleys are routed to venues outside of downtown. The trolleys pick up and drop off at the Third Street Park stage at the intersection of Cherry and Third. One trolley is routed to the Shamrock and back. The other is routed to Rivalry’s on Northside and the Mellow Mushroom and back. The trolley rides are free for those with Bragg Jam armbands, which are $20 and can be purchased at any of Bragg Jam’s nine venues after 5 p.m. on July 31 (no pre-sale tickets).

Inspired by late musicians and brothers Brax and Tate Bragg and operated as a 501c3 under a volunteer board of directors, the Bragg Jam Festival has contributed over $110,00 of its net proceeds to the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail. Since 1999, Bragg Jam has evolved from an impromptu jam session to citywide music festival to a full-scale arts festival and Macon’s premier music event. 

Proceeds from Bragg Jam Festival 2010 will be donated to the expansion of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail in memory of Brax and Tate Bragg.

08.19.2010 | Posted By Jessica

Thanks to the musicians, volunteers, sponsors, festival-goers and the great community of Macon, Georgia for making this year's Bragg Jam Festival a huge success. Stay tuned because we're going to be making a donation to the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail soon. Mark your calendar for July 30, 2011, the last Saturday of July for Bragg Jam Festival 2011!

09.29.2010 | Posted By Jessica

Please join the Bragg Jam board of directors on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m., at the Porter Pavilion at Amerson Water Works Park (off North Pierce Avenue, Macon, Georgia) for the check presentation of this year's festival donation to the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail, Inc., in memory of Brax and Tate Bragg.

10.05.2010 | Posted By Jessica

Bragg Jam's organizers presented a check for $25,000 to the expansion of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail today in memory of Brax and Tate Bragg. Since Bragg Jam's inception, proceeds contributed from the festival have nearly reached $150,000 towards the Trail. At the check presentation, Bragg Jam announced it will be handing over the helm of the Fly South Festival to the local community organization Friends of the Ocmulgee Trail. 

Bragg Jam's Board President Brad Evans said, "Bragg Jam was a springboard for Fly South's debut. Now we have Friends of the Ocmulgee Trail investing their resources to take the event to the next level at Amerson Water Works Park. It not only benefits the mission to the Trail, but it demonstrates the benefit of community organizations working together."

The Fly South Festival will take place at Porter Pavillon in Macon's Amerson Water Works Park on Saturday, Nov. 6. Headling the festival is the Marshall Tucker Band. For more information, visit FlySouthFest.com.

10.28.2010 | Posted By Jessica

Bragg Jam's little sister festival, the Fly South Festival, returns to Macon on Saturday, November 6 at Amerson Water Works Park. Hosted by the Friends of the Trail, all proceeds from Fly South Fest will go to the expansion of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail. Headlining the music and tailgating event will the Marshall Tucker Band.

Gates open at 2 p.m. and the music starts at 4 p.m. with the A to Z band, followed by Gringo Grande, Ocha La Rocha and Marshall Tucker. 

For more information and tickets, visit the website at FlySouthFest.com.