Safe Sounds is BACK this spring! We're excited to bring y'all together (safely) for the third installment of Safe Sounds at Firefly powered by REV Federal Credit Union in partnership with Ear For Music at our new Park Circle location!
Tickets are available today for purchase with presale code SAFESOUNDS2021, and will open up for general sale February 10.
Presented by Bud Light Seltzer, our outdoor summer concert series will bring the y'all together in a safe place to listen to live music from local and national artists. Each concert will run from 7 to 10 pm in the 4-acre Field. Doors open at 6pm.
DJ NattyHeavy is back again to emcee the series and spin during set breaks each concert! We'll have different food trucks each week and beer + wine from Drink Babe and Bud Light Seltzer.
We're limiting capacity to 10% to keep our guests safe in their VIP “Safe Sounds Squares” for each concert. A square secures 4 guests a 10 x 10 footprint on the field, separated on all sides by 8-feet. Single back lawn tickets are also available for select concerts.
This event is ticketed and 21+. We encourage you to bring your own blankets and chairs to enjoy the concert, but will need to leave dogs, children and outside food and drink at home.
We highly recommend coming before the show to enjoy a Firefly Distillery tour, tasting and cocktails.
Safety and health of the community and staff is of the utmost importance to us, our partners and our sponsors, Bud Light Seltzer, Drink Babe, Rodgers Wranglers, Hero Heating and Air, David Aylor Law Offices, MassMutual SC, Charleston City Paper and Southern Flavor Magazine. Masks are required by all guests anytime they are in line at concessions or interacting with event staff and vendors.
Thursday, May 20 - Jimmie Allen
Signed to BBR Music Group’s Stoney Creek Records, platinum-selling recording artist and songwriter Jimmie Allen has already made history as the first Black artist to launch a career with two consecutive No. 1 hits on country radio – the first being his debut single “Best Shot” – which claimed the No. 1 spot for three weeks – and second being his latest single “Make Me Want To” off his debut album Mercury Lane, released fall 2018.
Named in tribute to the street he grew up on and the origin of his incredible journey, Mercury Lane features a cutting-edge mix of country, rock, R&B and pop that draws upon the influence of his family and small-town upbringing of the critically acclaimed rising star. Rolling Stone raved Allen’s debut “challenges the narrowly defined model of what constitutes a next big thing in country music in 2018” and The New York Times dubbed it one of 2018’s strongest, calling it “a conventional country album, filled with songs about the small details.”
His latest project Bettie James, released in July 2020, is a star-studded collaboration EP featuring Brad Paisley, Charley Pride, Darius Rucker, Mickey Guyton, Nelly, Cyrus, The Oak Ridge Boys, Rita Wilson, Tauren Wells & Tim McGraw. Wanting to weave his late father and late grandmother’s legacies into his music, Allen named the project after them, with each featured artist on the project having touched their respective lives through their own music. The result is a musical composition of love, heartbreak, perseverance, hope and faith. Bettie James has garnered 110+ million streams since release, along with critical acclaim for the music, the historic nature of various collaborations, and its subsequent place in country music history. NPR calls the project an “announcement of [Allen’s] arrival” and a “huge step for country” while Billboard hails it “a powerful statement from a developing voice.” Rolling Stone describes “Why Things Happen” – which brings together three generations of Black country artists in Allen, Darius Rucker and Charley Pride – as “part polemic, part proclamation, and part prayer… opening up space for the artists to bear witness.”
Allen was most recently nominated for New Artist of the Year at the 54th Annual CMA Awards – his first ever CMA nomination. On July 13, 2021, Allen will publish his debut picture book, My Voice Is a Trumpet, with Flamingo Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. Illustrated by veteran illustrator Cathy Ann Johnson, the book is a powerful story about speaking up for what you believe in, at any age.