Music has the power to unite, restore, and revive. The Pennyroyal Arts Council and Equinox Global Missions are organizing a benefit concert at the Alhambra Theatre in downtown Hopkinsville on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 7 p.m. to aide Christian County and western Kentucky victims impacted by the tornados and the severe weather system on December 11, 2021.

The benefit will serve as a night of healing and impact featuring gospel and big band music from The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra and local talent as we gather as a community to recover and rebuild. 

“Jeremy Davis and Clay Johnson of The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra reached out following the storms to see how they could help donate their talent and time to helping the western Kentucky community during their time of crisis,”says Margaret Prim, Executive Director of the Pennyroyal Arts Council. “Their passion for music mission outreach is unmatched and I’m glad that we were able to quickly organize and bring their Savannah show to help those who need it most.”

The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra has history with the Christian County community performing in the Alhambra Theatre several times. A Louisiana native, saxophonist Jeremy Davis relocated his family and the band he founded, The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra, to Savannah, Georgia on the very day of Hurricane Katrina. Raised in a family of preachers, teachers and folk/Southern gospel singers, vocalist Clay Johnson’s love for the gospel has taken him all around the U.S. and the world to work with churches and communities as a minister and missionary. The Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Benefit show will include diverse musical styles from gospel to the Great American songbook.

100% of proceeds from the concert will be directed to disaster relief efforts for Christian County and western Kentucky families. Funds raised from the show will be dispersed between the Christian County Chamber of Commerce Gift Cards for Compassion campaign and the Kentucky Sports Radio & Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Tornado Relief Fund. 

$25 in-person and $10 livestream tickets are on sale now at pennyroyalarts.org. An online giving component will also be available at the show and online. Click HERE to make you donation.

Individuals or businesses who are interested in matching donations should contact Margaret Prim at margaret.prim@pennyroyalarts.org.