WDVX is partnering with Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s to give away a pair of weekend passes to this year’s festival! To enter, stop by Trailhead Beer at 1317 Island Home Ave, Knoxville and register in person at the giveaway table. One entry per person. Winner will be chosen at random and announced on May 1st.

Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s is the only family-friendly Americana Roots music and arts festival providing world class entertainment along with humanitarian outreach to the underserved populations of the Appalachians.

The Council of Americana Roots Music, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2010 with a mutual benefit of cultural enrichment and community service. Our mission is to promote, present, and preserve Americana roots music, while serving the under-served people of Appalachia with fairness, dignity, and compassion.

Programming originally included the production of a 16-episode annual public television series titled Jammin at Hippie Jack’s (JAHJ). This half-hour music series focused on preserving and showcasing original singer-songwriters representing historically significant forms of Americana grassroots music. The series was distributed nationally by the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) to public television stations, libraries, and educational institutions.

Additional initiatives at that time included a regional radio program, The Hippie Jack Radio Hour, broadcast on WDVX in Knoxville and throughout East Tennessee and streamed worldwide at www.wdvx.com; a public engagement music festival held each May; and a series of benefit concerts held throughout the year. Proceeds from these programs supported outreach efforts for underserved populations in former coal-mining communities in rural Overton County, Tennessee.