Chattanooga continues to grow in importance for Drew and Ellie Holcomb, the Americana duo who will perform Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Tivoli Theatre. On Tuesday, the lineup for the Moon River Festival in September was announced.
Memphis is home for the Holcombs. It’s where Holcomb co-founded the festival before moving it here three years ago. Knoxville is where the couple met while students at UTK, but Chattanooga holds a special place in their hearts.
“We definitely have a few cities that we put on the schedule first, and Chattanooga is one of them,” he said.
The feeling is apparently mutual as the couple’s annual show had to move to the larger Tivoli after outgrowing Walker Theatre.
“So much so, that we decided to bring a couple of my bandmates on the tour,” Holcomb said. “Nathan [Dugger] will be on piano and Rich [Brinsfield] will be on the upright bass. It’s still going to be kind of the acoustic show from previous years.”