Savannah Stopover Music Festival announced today the list of confirmed local bands for the 2019 Festival March 7th-9th, 2019, including a combination of new and established local acts across multiple genres. Seven of the bands are playing the festival for the first time.

Confirmed to play are:

Aaron Paul Zimmer

Basically Nancy

Bero Bero

Damon & the Shitkickers

Dope KNife

Early Branch

ENEN

Heavy Books

Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains

Nancy Druid

The Train Wrecks

Valley Gals

The 2019 list was curated from more than 50 local bands that submitted to play. Each year the festival devotes 10-15% of it’s lineup to Savannah bands with an emphasis on rising acts and bands with newly released material.

City Hotel’s Aaron Paul Zimmer is putting the finishing touches on a new solo album, while Bero Bero just released their sophomore EP, Symbiosis and newcomers Early Branch dropped their debut EP January 11th with a 2nd EP to follow in March. Bios and details on all local bands will be available on the Savannah Stopover website on 1/18.

Stopover GenNext

In addition to these confirmed bands, the festival announced that it is creating a Stopover GenNext Competition for local middle school and high school students across rock, hip-hop, rap, folk, americana and electronica which will culminate in an all ages showcase on Saturday afternoon, March 9th. Three piece girl rock band Basically Nancy, whose members attend Savannah Arts Academy, will headline the showcase. Other student bands interested in playing can submit by posting a short music video to Instagram. Video captions must mention the @SavStopover Instagram account and include the hashtag #StopoverGenNext for the band to be considered. The deadline for entry is February 7th. Artists who submit must be able to play a 15-20 minute live set and currently be of middle school or high school age.

Festival CEO Kayne Lanahan added “I kept coming across friends who had children who are studying classical music, piano and jazz or violin in school but exploring other types of music with their friends and so it seemed like a really fun way to shine a spotlight on what some of the next generation of Savannah talent is up to.”