Bienville hosts Party In The Pines launch party

Published 9:00 am Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Tobacco Rd Band performed at the Party In The Pines launch party.

WHITE SPRINGS — At a launch party Thursday night, Bienville Plantation announced some of the biggest names in country music will perform at the Party In The Pines.

The second Party in The Pines country music festival is set for Oct. 19-20 at Bienville Plantation. It will be headlined by the Zac Brown Band and Little Big Town.

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Country music stars Kip Moore, Luke Combs, Mark O’Connor Band and Runaway June will also take the stage at north Florida’s largest country music festival.

General admission, VIP, camping and RV tickets are now on sale. Tickets start at $159, including parking, and will be available for purchase at partyinthepines.com.

The star-studded lineup kicks off at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, and continues Saturday, Oct. 20. Gates to the festival open at noon both days.

New artists, performance schedules and additional entertainment will be announced in the coming months.

Moore, a Tifton, Georgia, native, who grew up dreaming of life outside the small South Georgia town. With a debut album Up All Night that went platinum and four top 10 hits including chart-topper “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck,” Moore has found success in big city Nashville.

Combs’ debut album This One’s for You, released last year, debuted at No. 1 on the country charts and is Gold-certified. He also had back-to-back No. 1 singles in “Hurricane” and “When It Rains It Pours,” the first male artist to debut with that success since Sam Hunt.

Mark O’Connor Band, which first performed in 2015, took home its first Grammy last year for Best Bluegrass Album with Coming Home, its debut effort. O’Connor has performed for four decades, winning national championships on the fiddle, guitar and mandolin and has won numerous Grammys. The band includes his son Forrest, daughter-in-law Kate and wife Maggie.

Runaway June is a three-member band that includes Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne. Their debut hit single was “Lipstick,” released in 2016. That was followed up by “Wild West” last year.

Bienville Plantation is located at 16673 SE 81st Drive, CR 137 in White Springs.