Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile headline Moon River

Grammy winners Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell will headline this year’s Moon River Festival.

Monday’s announcement came one day after Carlile performed her award-winning song “The Joke” at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards show.

She is one of 24 acts that will perform Sept. 7-8 at Coolidge Park. It’s the second year for the festival here in the Scenic City.

Also announced are Isbell and the 400 Unit, Goodbye Road (Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, JOHNNYSWIM, Penny & Sparrow), St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Moon Taxi, Drew & Ellie Holcomb, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, The Lone Bellow, The Oh Hellos, Joy Williams, Rayland Baxter, The Band Camino, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, The Suffers, Devon Gilfillian, Cedric Burnside, The New Respects, Birdtalker, Lady Wray, and The Brook & The Bluff.

Last year, Isbell won Grammy Awards for Best Americana Roots Song for “If We Were Vampires” and for Best Americana Album for “The Nashville Sound.” Famed producer Dave Cobb produced that album and “The Joke.”

Carlile won for Best Americana Roots Performance (“The Joke”), Best Americana Roots Song (“The Joke”) and Best Americana Album (“By the Way, I Forgive You.”) It was her performance of “The Joke” that had people standing on their feet and blowing up social media Monday night.

Previous festival-goers will have the chance to purchase specially priced tickets today from 10 a.m. until midnight, while supplies last. Tickets for the public will be $145 with VIP costing $400, and they go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday and will be available at moonriver festival.com.

The festival was co-created in 2014 by musician Holcomb and Paul Steele, manager of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors. When it outgrew the Levitt Theatre in Memphis, Holcomb handed over operation of the event to AC Entertainment in Knoxville so that it could grow even bigger, he said.

He said being able to step back and enjoy the festival as a

fan was especially meaningful for him.

“It was so amazing to be part of, it was like a dream,” Holcomb said. “I watched a lot of memories being made and music bringing people together.”