ONLINETo buy the 3 Sisters 2014 poster and get more information about the festival, go to 3sistersbluegrass.com.IF YOU GO• What: 3 Sisters Festival• When: Friday-Saturday, Oct. 3-4; 6-11 p.m. Friday; noon-10 p.m. Saturday• Where: Ross’s Landing• Admission: Free• Information: 3sistersbluegrass.com
Brian Murphy owns a Chattanooga graphic design firm called That Murphy Boy and has created 3 Sisters bluegrass concert posters for the past several years.
The Chattanooga graphic design firm That Murphy Boy has created 3 Sisters bluegrass concert posters for the past several years.Brian Murphy’s No. 1 fan starts phoning each year in April about a beautiful concert poster that won’t exist until September. The gentleman always worries that there won’t be enough posters left for him to buy, beg or barter for one.
Murphy — who owns That Murphy Boy Graphic Design in Chattanooga — creates the 3 Sisters Festival of Bluegrass Music poster after spending months playing with fonts, color swatches and iconic images for the outdoor event at Ross’s Landing. And that devoted fan is right to be worried about nabbing a poster.
“It’s hard to keep Brian’s posters on the walls as advertisements because people steal them out of restaurants, bartenders give them to customers who plead for them,” says Ann Ball of Chattanooga Presents, which handles 3 Sisters publicity. “But this year, for the first time ever, we’ll have screen-printed versions of his poster as well as a digital one.”
It’s also the first year fans will be able to buy the posters on the 3 Sisters website. But, as she does each year, Ball will make sure there is one set aside for that devoted fan.