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Like camping and/or music? The BamaJam Music and Arts Festival, a new three-day festival, kicks off Thursday just north of Enterprise [map]. Its lineup eclipses the other music festivals in state and echoes June Jam, the Fort Payne event put on by country legends Alabama in the ’80s and ’90s.

Who’s on the lineup? An all-star roster of country, bluegrass and rock, including:

  • Gov’t Mule
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Randy Owen
  • ZZ Top
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Hank Williams Jr.
  • Ricky Skaggs
  • Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Ralph Stanley
  • Nanci Griffith
  • Dan Tyminski
  • Claire Lynch
  • Marc Broussard

Up to 30,000 attendees are expected. Hotels have already begun to fill up.

One-day tickets start at $49.50 in advance and $59.50 at the gate, and three-day tickets are $129.50 in advance, $159.50 at the gate. Additional charge for on-site camping. Part of the proceeds go to charities targeting Coffee County.
• Official site

Video previews, after the jump …

Gov’t Mule, ‘Mississippi Queen’ (live)

Hank Williams Jr., ‘A Country Boy Can Survive’

Miranda Lambert, ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ (live)

ZZ Top, ‘Legs’

Ralph Stanley, ‘Glory Land’ (live)

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