A Civil War Evening – Songs & Stories with Bobby Horton

Kingsport Cultural Arts and the Tri Cities Civil War Round Table are co-sponsoring “A Civil War Evening” next week in the Renaissance Center Theatre.

The event – “Songs and Stories from the Civil War Era” – will be performed by Bobby Horton, one of the country’s leading authorities of music from the Civil War era. The two-hour event will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 8 in the Kingsport Renaissance Center Theatre (1200 E. Center Street).

Horton is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and music historian, who has performed with the musical – comedy trio, Three On A String, throughout The United States and Canada for more than 50 years.

He has also produced and performed music scores for nineteen PBS films by Ken Burns including “The Civil War,” and “Baseball,” two films for the A&E network, twenty-three films for The National Park Service, and many others. Horton’s series of recordings of authentic period music has been acclaimed by historical organizations and publications throughout America and Europe.

Tickets for the event are $10 each and can be purchased at the Fun Fest store in the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce (400 Clinchfield Street).

For more information about the event, please visit https://bit.ly/4f2jSNV or contact Wayne Strong with the Tri-Cities Civil War Round Table at 423-367-4545 or trustwrks@aol.com.