Rockin’ festivals planned at Blairs amphitheater sound a require for ordnance alter | Govt. and Politics
A member of Complete Journey — a tribute band for Journey — rocks out at the Ridge Classic Rock Festival in late September at the White Oak Mountain Amphitheater near Blairs.
Propelled by impending situations planned at a Blairs amphitheater — such as a rock festival in September — Pittsylvania County is looking at modifying its musical pageant ordnance and inviting inhabitants to a community data session Wednesday evening.
Throughout the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors conference in April, customers froze accepting apps for impending songs festival until eventually the 30-calendar year-old ordnance could be up to date, the county noted on its Fb web page.
“This new Ordinance, which is scheduled to be introduced at the May perhaps meeting, will serve as a comprehensive regulator of long run functions and festivals in Pittsylvania County,” county leaders mentioned in the publish. “This will provide all laws up to day to secure our assets owners and residents and assure that events can continue securely.”
In March, Purpose Driven Occasions declared options for Blue Ridge Amphitheater — previously recognised as White Oak Mountain Amphitheater — and started marketing functions for 30,000-capability facility in Blairs by summer season.
In a news release, the organization claimed it purchased the nearly 300 acres in Blairs due to the fact of its locale between Lynchburg, Roanoke, Danville and Greensboro, N.C. It also touted the structure would make it possible for for scalable activities, which means the capacity could be as small as 5,000 but have the ability to arrive at up to 30,000.
