By Wyatt Boyle | KOAL News | Photo courtesy of Price City

Uniting Price, Wellington, Helper and Scofield, the annual Rock and Coal music festival kicks off June 11. The festival is a series of six concerts that runs until June 13 and is a fun, family-friendly, free event.

“I got to looking at the music that we have in Carbon County during the summer,” said Price City Councilman Layne Miller. “There were weeks where we’d have a concert on Thursday and we’d have a concert on Saturday in Helper. I thought, ‘all we have to do is have a concert on Friday and we could put together a music festival.’ Well, guess what? We have a music festival. We have six concerts in three days.”

On June 11, the Tom Petty musical experience will be playing in Price City’s Washington Park. This will also mark the beginning of Price City’s Culture Connection concert series.

June 12, Jim Fish and the Mountain Country will be playing in Wellington. The Wayne Hoskins Band will be playing at the Carbon Fairgrounds. Kirk Dath and the Bruisers will be playing at the Rio Theater.

June 13, Desert Sage will be playing at Nine Mile Ranch. The Boxcars will perform at Scofield Pavilion, and Allie Colleen will be at Helper City Park.

“They’re outdoors, and they’re all family events,” Miller said. “So get your kids, take your lawn chairs, and go participate. You need to get one of our flyers and decide which ones you absolutely have to see, and then decide on the ones you want to see, and then the ones that maybe you’ll see.”

Rock and Coal has been named to honor Carbon County’s heritage and love of rock music. There is something for everybody at the festival. You might not like one performer, another might not be your cup of tea, but you’re bound to find something you love.

Miller expanded, “People are always saying, ‘ Oh, I don’t know what to do out here. This is something you can do, and it’s not going to cost you a cent outside of the gas money.”

The festival also marks a collaboration between Price, Wellington, Helper, and Scofield.

“Our goal has been the music center of Eastern Utah,” Miller said. “It’s the first time that I can remember where everybody in the county has been behind and participating in something.”

Miller concluded, “This is just the beginning. This is the opening weekend of music for the summer. The opening weekend. There’s more great stuff to come. Stay tuned.”

For more information on the Rock and Coal event, visit the event’s Facebook page here.