**THE PEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL** Scranton, PA . The Allman Brothers Band (ABB) announced this morning the return of The Peach Music Festival to The Pavilion at Montage Mountain & Montage Mountain on Thursday, August 14 to Sunday, August 17th. The Peach – the first-ever ABB-inspired festival in the Northeast Pennsylvania region – continues in the tradition of previous years with four days of camping, multiple stages, music, a water park and so much more! ABB will be performing two headlining sets, including a set to close out the festival for the FIRST time ever. This will also be the only chance fans have to see ABB in PA/NJ this summer! The Iconic Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning band formed in Florida in 1969 before moving to Macon, GA and became one of the biggest American rock bands in the world, famous for their musical prowess and legendary live concerts. Allman Brothers Band consists of GREGG ALLMAN (vocals and keyboards), BUTCH TRUCKS (drums and tympani), JAIMOE (drums), WARREN HAYNES (vocals, lead and slide guitar), DEREK TRUCKS (slide and lead guitar), OTEIL BURBRIDGE (bass) and MARC QUINONES (congas and percussion). THE CITY OF SCRANTON Located in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S. Census, making it Pennsylvania’s sixth-most-populous city after philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, and Reading. DIRECTIONS Easily Accessible: Scranton is within three hours driving distance from Newark Int’l Airport in New Jersey, JFK Int’l Airport and LaGuardia Int’l Airport in New York City, and Philadelphia Int’l Airport in Philadelphia. *By Car: The main highways that serve Scranton are Interstate 81, which runs north to Binghamton, New York and Ontario and south to Harrisburg and Tennessee; Interstate 84, which runs east to Milford and New England; Interstate 380, which runs southeast to Mount Pocono and Interstate 80 east to New York City and west to San Francisco; Interstate 476/Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, which runs south to Allentown and Philadelphia; U.S. Route 6, which runs east to Carbondale and parallel to I-84 to New England and west to Erie; and U.S. Route 11, which runs parallel to I-81. *By Plane: The city of Scranton, PA is located about 20 minutes north of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca. The airport recently added a new terminal, and operates daily flights to Atlanta, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Charlotte. Rental cars are available from Avis, Budget, Hertz, National, and Alamo at the terminal. *By Bus: Martz Trailways and Greyhound Lines provide coach bustransportation from its downtown station to New York City, Philadelphia andother points in the northeast.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:16:45 +0000
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