Jubilee City Fest is a three-day, family-friendly, arts and music festival that takes place in downtown Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

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United States

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. It is the city's largest music and children's festival on the streets of Montgomery featuring three stages with national, regional and local entertainment, fireworks, ArtsFest, 8 km / 2 mile run, and a free concert by the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra

Montgomery Symphony Orchestra

The Montgomery Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in Montgomery, Alabama.The MSO began in 1976 as a project of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, with thirty volunteer musicians and a part-time director. A board of directors now governs the orchestra, which is funded by concert...

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Organization

Jubilee City Fest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has one full-time and four part-time employees.

History

Jubilee City Fest has traditionally been a three-day festival over Memorial Day Weekend, spanning from Friday evening to Sunday night. After the 2006 Jubilee had taken place, a decision was made to move the date of Jubilee to April. This is in part to take advantage of cooler weather, but also to help in gaining larger name acts to sign on without conflicts in their own summer tours.