After a five-year hiatus as a result of the pandemic, Billy Reid is reviving his Shindig festival, the fashion, music, food and art event he had hosted annually in his hometown of Florence, Ala., as he gears up to celebrate his 20th anniversary.anniversary of Shindig, which started in 2009 as a press junket for editors to visit Reid’s studio and personally experience his Southern culture.
The first time Reid held a runway show during Shindig was in 2016, when he showed current season merchandise. This time around, the runway show will be a retrospective of his two-decade career creating theThe weekend will kick off on Oct. 11 with entertainment that should be confirmed shortly. Oct.
Private tours of well-known music studios — Fame and Muscle Shoals Sounds — will be offered along with the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Rosenbaum House. Artists who have performed in the past include Kacey Musgraves, Jack White, The Raconteurs, Justin Towne Earle, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Alabama Shakes, John Paul White, and The War & Treaty.anniversary retrospective show and the concert by Welch and Rawlings to $3,000 for an all-access pass for two which includes two nights of accommodations, a welcome dinner, customized gift bags filled with limited-edition Billy Reid pieces and gifts from other partners, and tickets to the runway show.