ALABAMA’S JUNE JAM CONCERT AT FORT PAYNE’S
VFW FAIRGROUNDS TAKES A YEAR OFF
_Iconic Country Band’s Fan Appreciation Weekend Set for June 26-28,
2025_
Organizers of country group ALABAMA’s June Jam concert announced today the event is taking a
strategic pause in 2025.
The decision to take a year off at the VFW Fairgrounds in Fort Payne,
Alabama was based on several components: The economy in the region at
this time, availability of guest talent and the moving of a large
festival, “Rock the South,“ to Cullman, Alabama, 80 miles away from
its traditional dates in July to now June.
Additionally, ALABAMA has confirmed that the Fan Appreciation Weekend
(June 26-28, 2025) will continue and will feature a number of events
this year: The Teddy Gentry “Singing with the Stars” contest, the
award-winning Songwriters Concert, “Fandemonium on the Farm” at Randy
Owen’s property, as well as various events held at the ALABAMA world
headquarters in Fort Payne. More details and ticket information will be
announced in the coming weeks.
Tony Conway, manager of ALABAMA, Mike Smardak, co-CEO of Outback
Presents, and Greg Fowler, manager of the June Jam Foundation, today
released the following joint statement: “We look forward bringing the
Jam back in 2026. ALABAMA is so thankful and appreciative of the
assistance and help from the city of Fort Payne, the state of Alabama,
VFW Fairgrounds, all of the hundreds of volunteers, first responders,
local police and businesses that sponsor the event. Randy Owen, Teddy
Gentry and the Jeff Cook Estate are thankful for the support of the Jam
concerts in the past and look forward to the annual Fan Appreciation
Weekend of events this year. Our world-class event remains a key
component of the June Jam concert to fund the June Jam Foundation as we
continue to raise the bar and present iconic, unforgettable performances
and moments. We have the best team and volunteers in the business and
are thankful for their hard work and dedication to make the revised June
Jams successful.”
About ALABAMA
Over 50 years ago, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen left the
cotton farms of Fort Payne, Alabama to spend the summer playing music in
a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bar called The Bowery. It took them six
long years of tip jars and word-of-mouth to earn the major label deal
they’d been dreaming of. Then, seemingly no time at all to change the
face of country music. ALABAMA, country music’s first band, was
inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005. The group is known
for hit songs including “Mountain Music,” “Roll On,”
“Dixieland Delight” and “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta
Have A Fiddle In The Band).” From humble beginnings picking cotton in
the fields, to international stars, ALABAMA went on to sell 80 million
albums and charted 43 No.1 hits, becoming the most successful band in
the history of country music. In November 2022, ALABAMA co-founder Jeff
Cook passed following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. With
his prior encouragement and wishes, ALABAMA continues touring on a
limited basis, keeping the iconic music they created alive for the
current and future generation of fans.
