TIFTON — Southern rock lovers will be able to go to an outdoor concert featuring The Hasbeens in downtown Tifton on July 7 at 8 p.m.

The event is being put on by 41 and Main at Gateway Park, which is right next door to the restaurant, according to owner Hal Baxley.

“It’s free,” Baxley said. “It doesn’t cost you anything to get in there. We’re just trying to generate some more activity downtown. If it goes like I hope it goes, we’ll do it once a month or even twice a month.”

Baxley said that there is a portable stage being built for the end of Gateway Park that can be folded and stored whenever it isn’t being used, and there will 30-inch oscillating misting fans to keep the temperature down. There are plans to move the concert inside the restaurant should the weather not cooperate.

Baxley said that there will be a camera out in the park and the concert will be streamed into the restaurant, so that anyone who chosoes to sit inside can see and hear the concert.

41 and Main has a catering license and will be serving food and alcohol in the park for the event.

“I think we can get maybe 250 people, maybe squeeze 300 in there,” Baxley said.

The Hasbeens features musicians from Stillwater and Doc Holliday and will be playing old southern rock.

“They play The Eagles, The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd,” Baxley said. “Anything that’s in that genre of old southern rock, that’s what they play.”

The event will begin at 8 p.m. and will go to 11 p.m., but Baxley suggests attendees get to the park earlier and set up their chairs or blankets.

Baxley has plans for future concerts as well. He said he plans to rent the Tift Theatre and put on concerts, and wants to donate a portion of the proceeds to the Division of Family and Children Services.

“That’s what I’ve been wanting to do for a good long time,” Baxley said. “So I said, ‘By George, I’m just going to do it.’”

He is also planning on a John Berry concert for Sept. 20.

“We’re going to try to keep the downtown turning if we can,” Baxley said. “If it goes well we’ll be doing this once a month, anyway.”