Wolf Creek Amphitheater Partners with McDonald's for The Gift ATL Singing Competition

For Immediate Release
March 30, 2016 

McDonald's “The Gift ATL Singing Competition” Returns to Wolf Creek Amphitheater During The ATL Soul Life Music Festival on Saturday, May 28, 2016
Wolf Creeks and McDonald's Partnering for 11th Annual Competition
 

ATLANTA - March 30, 2016 Wolf Creek is excited to announce their continued partnership with McDonald’s for “The Gift ATL Singing Competition.” This year, the event will take place on Saturday, May 28, 2016 (Memorial Day Weekend) during The ATL Soul Life Music Festival, featuring: Lala Hathaway, Eric Robertson, The Robert Glasper Experiment, Syleena Johnson, and Anthony David.

This is the 11th Annual McDonald’s “The Gift ATL Singing Competition,” where patrons can enter by submitting an audition video via instagram (@atlthegift), to perform live at Wolf Creek. Registration opens on Monday, April 4th and closes on Friday, April 29th. The competition will award two lucky winners with $5,000 in cash and prizes.

All applicants must be 18 to 25 years of age at the time of the final competition on May 28th and the competition is open only to legal residents of the state of Georgia living in the following counties, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, Dekalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rabun, Rockdale, Spalding, Towns, Union, Walton, and White. . For a full list of rules and regulations, please visit www.thegiftatl.com.

All shows at Wolf Creek will be ages 18 and up only. Parking lots will open at 4:00 p.m. and venue gates will open at 5:00 p.m., 90 minutes prior to show time at 6:30 p.m. Parking at Wolf Creek Amphitheater is free with the proof of a purchased ticket. General Admission tickets and VIP table tickets for all shows are available through Ticket Alternative and can be purchased at ticketalternative.com or by calling 877-725-8849. All events will take place rain or shine.

About Wolf Creek Amphitheater: Wolf Creek Amphitheater is a world-class outdoor venue owned and operated by Fulton County Government. It is located on a picturesque 435-acre wooded site in South Fulton County, it is known as South Fulton’s shining new jewel. The outdoor Amphitheater accommodates 5,300 guests with VIP table seating, reserved seating, spacious lawn seating and two new Sky Boxes which seat a total of one hundred and twenty (120) additional patrons. The Amphitheater’s peak performance season runs from April through September and provides the perfect location for live outdoor concerts, plays, performances and festivals. Its related facilities (i.e. The Wolf Den, and future enhancement plans for a Special Events and Conference Center) are available for use on a first come, first serve basis throughout the year. The Amphitheater is fifteen (15) minutes from the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.

About Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operators Association: The Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operators Association includes more than 50 owner/operators and operations managers, representing 289 restaurants in the 45 county Greater Atlanta area. Consumers can follow @mcdonaldsatl on Twitter for ongoing news, promotions and deals from the restaurants in this area.

About McDonald’s: McDonald’s USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to approximately 27 million customers every day. Nearly 90 percent of McDonald’s 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by businessmen and women. Customers can now log online for free at approximately 11,500 participating Wi-fi-enabled McDonald’s U.S. restaurants. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @mcdonaldsatl and Facebook www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.

About Ticket Alternative: Ticket Alternative tickets thousands of events and venues annually across the U.S. Based in Atlanta, Ticket Alternative can ticket almost every type of event, large or small, including concerts, sporting events, theater productions, festivals, and parties. Ticket Alternative's range of services includes online ticket sales, an in-house call center, box office software, local ticket outlets, advance ticket sales, including subscriptions and season tickets, donation & fund development, event marketing, access control, and event staffing. In 2012, the company added software development. Ticket Alternative is also one of the largest sellers of event wristbands and custom printed tickets. The company has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private U.S. companies for the past five years.