A Savannah, Georgia-based band that played at an outdoor concert in Hopkinsville last spring will return on Jan. 8 for a benefit concert to aid Western Kentuckians affected by the tornado outbreak that devastated Mayfield, Dawson Springs, Bowling Green and other communities.
The Fabulous Equinox and local talent will play gospel and big band music for the show at the Alhambra Theatre, the Pennyroyal Arts Council announced.
The show will start at 7 p.m. Tickets, available online, are $25. Livestream tickets are $10.
The arts council said 100% of the proceeds will be dispersed to two campaigns that are helping with tornado relief — the Christian County Chamber of Commerce Gift Cards for Compassion and the Kentucky Sports Radio and Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Tornado Relief Fund.
The Fabulous Equinox played a sold-out concert at Arthur Plaza on Sixth Street on May 7. They also played at the Alhambra in 2015.
“Jeremy Davis and Clay Johnson of The Fabulous Equinox reached out following the storms to see how they could help donate their talent and time to helping the Western Kentucky community during the time of crisis,” Margaret Prim, the arts council’s executive director, said in a press release.
Organizers said the concert will serve as a night of healing and impact.
When the band’s bus travels to Kentucky, it will be followed by a second bus provided by the city of Savannah and packed with donated goods for tornado victims, Prim told Hoptown Chronicle.
“This is a very impressive thing they are doing for us,” she said.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
