AC Entertainment

AC Entertainment is a music promotion company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nationally, they are best known as the co-producers of the Bonnaroo Music Festival and Vegoose, both with Superfly Productions. In Knoxville, they are best known as the managers of the Tennessee Theatre and Bijou Theatre and as the producers of "Sundown in the City", a summer concert festival in Market Square. The company produces and promotes a variety of music and performing arts events across the country with an emphasis on the Southeast. The company was also involved in starting the alternative weekly "Metro Pulse", although the two companies are now independent.

AC Entertainment is headed by Ashley Capps of Knoxville, who founded the company in 1991. Its name is derived from his initials. Capps got his start as a music promoter during the 1970s, when he booked events at the University of Tennessee and at off-campus venues in Knoxville. During the 1980s he operated a music club in Knoxville called Ella Guru's. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/arts/music/18play.html Norwegian Improv, French Cabaret and 1,000 Years of Pop] , by Jesse Fox Mayshark, "New York Times", June 18, 2006]

ources

* [http://www.metropulse.com/articles/2005/15_13/cover_story.html Story on Ashley Capps from Knoxville's Metro Pulse]
* [http://www.celebrityaccess.com/news/profile.html?id=199 Industry Profile from CelebrityAccess]

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External links

* [http://www.concertwire.com/ Official website] (used for promotion of shows; not much information about company itself)
* [http://www.sundowninthecity.com/ Sundown in the City]
* [http://www.interference.com/ashley-capps-and-bonnaroos-euphoric-sense-of-community/ Article on Ashley Capps and Bonnaroo from Interference.com]
* [http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/3538 Interview with Ashley Capps, Mega-Festival Producer of Vegoose] , by June Caldwell, "American Chronicle", November 05, 2005
* [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-11-18-bonnaroo_N.htm Bonnaroo firm hired to boost Birmingham festival] , "USA Today", November 18, 2007