Submitted photoThis year’s concert features performances from 12 different acts.

THOMASVILLE — Crossroads Music Festival is returning to Thomasville later this month with a dozen performances spread across two days at the Deep South Fairgrounds.

The music will begin Friday, August 23 with a showcase concert headlined by the award-winning country music artist Bryan White and opened by Grammy-nominated songwriter Jamie Floyd.

Friday night’s showcase event starts at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Festivities will continue the following day with performances by Stringonometry, Ralph Rodenberry, The Skinks, Marion Rose, The Manly Hero, Anna Benton, Dana & Lily, Aubrey Wollett, Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers and Will Thompson.

Seating is not available at the fairgrounds, and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and pop-up tents to stay comfortable. Pets, coolers and fireworks should be kept at home.

Alcoholic beverages will be provided by Farmer’s Daughter Vineyards.

General admission costs $25, and all proceeds are directed toward disaster recovery efforts for farmers. Children under 12 can enter for free.

Last year’s event generated $8,400 for relief efforts after Hurricane Michael, and Dana King, the concert’s organizer and one half of a performing duo with her daughter Lily, wants to top that this time around in an effort to relieve ag producers who are still recovering.

“My goal for this year is anywhere from $10,000 to $15,000,” she said.

All proceeds from the concert will be directed to a local nonprofit that will then distribute the funds as needed.

King was researching charitable causes for this year’s event when she became moved by the plight of south Georgia farmers who were hit hard in back-to-back years by Michael and Hurricane Irma.

“A lot of them are just having to give up because the obstacles are too great,” she said.

In support of this cause, King interviewed numerous farmers from nearby counties as part of a supplemental documentary.

Previous Crossroads concerts have taken place in November, but King decided to move this year’s event to the end of August to avoid competing with football and holidays.

The idea for Crossroads began in 2017 as way for King to raise money for charitable causes.

“It came out of a place of me wanting to do something and feeling like there’s power in numbers,” King said. “If I could get my community together, maybe we can all come together and make a difference.”