Rivers and Spires Festival rocks hard with KISS Tribute Band, Mr. Speed

Clarksville, TN – The 13th annual Rivers and Spires Festival kicked off Thursday afternoon, April 16th in downtown Clarksville. Rain that morning had left the area, clouds parted and the sun dried up the streets. There was a cool breeze to go with the blue skys. Perfect weather for the start of the event.

Everything got started at 5:00pm with the opening of the Quilts of the Cumberland exhibit at Madison Street United Methodist Church. The winning quilts had their awards pinned next to the quilt. At 5:30pm, there was a Trunk Show with Charlie Rehea entitled “Quilting Through the Years with Jamie and Charlie.”

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Rivers and Spires Festival begins tonight with KISS tribute band Mr. Speed

Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s Rivers and Spires Festival begins tonight, April 16th with musical entertainment for everyone. The free festival will have musicians of all genres. Tonight’s hours are from 5:00pm-10:00pm.

Driven, a local pop group, will kick things off at 5:00pm on the Strawberry Alley Stage. Driven boasts smooth harmony with high energy show.

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Rivers and Spires Festival begins Thursday, April 16th

Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s award winning Rivers and Spires Festival returns with a packed three day schedule of free entertainment for everyone April 16th-19th.

Long considered Clarksville’s largest event, the Festival has an estimated 40,000 in attendance annually. Festival goers enjoy expertly combined dynamic music, artistic exhibits, thrilling competitions, and intriguing vendor booths.

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Rivers and Spires Festival to be held April 16th-18th

Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s award winning Rivers and Spires Festival returns April 16th-18th with a packed three day schedule of FREE entertainment for everyone.

Long considered Clarksville’s largest event, the Festival has an estimated 40,000 in attendance annually. Festival goers enjoy expertly combined dynamic music, artistic exhibits, thrilling competitions, and intriguing vendor booths.

For its thirteenth appearance, the Rivers and Spires Festival has again set the stakes high with multiple well known musical headliners, 11 concentrated areas of interest, the return of fan favorites and a host of fresh ideas.

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2011 Rivers and Spires Begins

Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, April 14th, the Rivers and Spires festival kicked off in Clarksville TN. The Roxy Regional Theatre sang songs from the upcoming “Civil War” on the Public Square stage. The Roxy was followed by the rhythms of The Bucket Boys.

The last act of the evening was Mr. Speed, America’s KISS Tribute band. By the end of the night, Mr. Speed had the crowd a rocking.

April Chamber of Commerce Events

Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of April.

On Tuesday, April 5th, the Chamber will be hosting a Women In Business event at 11:30am at the Riverview Inn, 50 College Street. Dale Thomas will serve as the Keynote Speaker. Born and raised in rural Mississippi, Dale Thomas pulls from her life history and the choices she made to teach “real life” lessons to each audience. Dale has been teaching for over 17 years and owns and operates a series of Boot Camps. They are workshops that educate and empower others to take their lives to the next level. The Boot Camps are topic specific and have gained national recognition including a documentary series on The Travel Channel entitled, “Cool Summer Camps”. She has been a special guest expert on The Dr. Phil Show, The Big Idea on CNBC, CMT, Vh1 and MTV. Dale is also the author of several books and empowerment CD’s. [Read more]

Top Acts lined up for Rivers & Spires

Clarksville, TN – The Rivers & Spires Festival (April 14th-16th, 2011) has announced more big-name acts for this year’s festival, including a Grammy nominated blues vocalist and musician as well as top Christian artists, kids entertainment and cover bands for some of the greatest acts in Rock music.

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