“I’m excited about the fact that we’ve booked a lot of bands that have never played Mobile,” said Ryan Johnson, who booked the SouthSoundsFest lineup along with David Mathews and Chris Schwall. The festival starts Thursday. Learn more:
On a recent weekday, long before The Merry Widow normally would have opened, a half-dozen or so people occupied tables in the bar at Conti and Conception Streets in downtown Mobile. Instead of cocktails, the tabletops in front of them held laptops, notepads and cell phones.
“I’m excited about the fact that we’ve booked a lot of bands that have never played Mobile,” said Ryan Johnson, who booked the lineup along with Mathews and Chris Schwall. “It’s a lot of young bands that have been created in the last two or three of years.” SouthSounds has taken an independent, grassroots approach since 2012, or even a couple of years further back if you count precursor events. The focus has always been on up-and-coming music from the Southeast, and that has made for a broad palette. By 2019 the fest had grown into a major happening that sprawled across half a dozen venues plus a stage in Cathedral Square.
That set the stage for something more in 2023. Though the budget and the timetable are considerably bigger than in 2022, they haven’t exactly been luxurious.“It’s a testament to the festival that all these bands were excited when they were contacted,” said Johnson.
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