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Mule Day Barn Bash

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A Spectacular Americana Celebration featuring David Phelps

We are excited to join the nearly 200 year old celebration of Maury County’s Mule Day! Come explore the amazing city of Columbia, TN and the surrounding areas, enjoy the Mule Day Week festivities and parade – then head over to The Barn at The Phelps Farm for a spectacular night of music, friends, and fun! At 6:30 the concert begins in The Barn.  David and the band prep a great concert special for this Americana Celebration with special guests.  Be sure and visit the concession stand in Barn & Bale for refreshments during the event.

 

 

Mule Day Barn Bash Pre Show Garden Party

 

 

About Mule Day

What is Mule Day?

Mule Day is an annual celebration of all things related to mules and is held in Columbia, Tennessee, the “Mule Capital” of the world. Begun in 1840 as “Breeder’s Day”, a meeting for mule breeders, it now attracts over 200,000 people and takes place over four days. In addition to mules, traditional Appalachian food, music, dancing, and crafts are featured.

Mule Day History

“Mule Day” has been a popular Columbia tradition for nearly 170 years, since the 1840s. It began as “Breeder’s Day”, a single day livestock show and mule market event held on the first Monday in April. Over time, “Mule Day” evolved from a single day event into a multi-day festival, attracting thousands of attendees, lasting almost a week. The heavy involvement of Maury County in the mule industry has caused the event to grow over time into “one of the largest livestock markets in the world.”

Mule Day Events

If you visit during Mule Day celebrations, you might see a square dance, a mule-driving contest, a horse show, a crafts festival, or attend a flea market. Other events include “working mule”, “best of breed”, or even lumberjack competitions. Food served at the event includes barbecue, roasted corn, home-made pies and funnel cakes.

Since 1934, the festival has been highlighted by a “Mule Day Parade” held on Saturday during the celebration. Floats in the parade compete, with winners in each judged category receiving awards such as ribbons or money.

The contest for the Mule Day Queen is also held on Saturday. The competition is open to contestants age 15 to 21. The winner is selected based on an essay and other criteria.

The annual mule pull contest requires a pair of mules to pull a sled loaded with cinder blocks 10 feet. Each pair is given 3 tries to make it the full 10 feet. The team that pulls the most weight wins.

 

 

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About MULE DAY

 

About The Artists

 

Good Bellows

The “Würst Band in Music City”?! That’s what you get when you combine the misfit instruments of the musical world … accordion, banjo, tuba, and clarinet. Throw in just enough saxophone, trumpet, percussion, Irish whistle, guitar, kazoo, recorder, drums, and vocals to make things interesting, and guess what you’ve got?! Four guys in leather shorts playing your favorite polkas and waltzes! Just for everyone’s sanity, they mix in a healthy dose of pop, standards, jazz, and country. Since they’ve gone that far, find out what the Beatles, Disney favorites, and Lady Gaga sound like played by a polka band! They may be the WÜRST, but you’ll have the BEST time being entertained by Good Bellows.

 

 Good Bellows Website 

 

 

Down River Collective

Down River Collective is an amalgam of influences from across the roots music world. Blurring the lines between traditional folk and progressive acoustic music, DRC draws on diverse backgrounds to create a sound that is both fresh and familiar. Following the lead of Virginia native John Gray and Floridian fiddler Bailey Warren, the DownRiver Collective has evolved from a three-piece folk group to a full-bodied string band with the added help of fellow Belmont University alumni. Connected by a love for bluegrass, Gray and Warren were drawn naturally to vocalist Ali Vance, mandolinist Rico Wallenda, and guitarist Jonny Therrien, who were all members of the same college ensemble. In the harbor of the classroom, the DownRiver Collective began to take shape.

Now, after a pilot run as the original three-piece with their debut album Kettleridge, DRC has released three new songs and re-captured two from Kettleridge in a new light. The new music is a reflection of the band’s growth and signals a new sound from the young up-and-comers.

 

Down River Collective Website

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