Collierville is about to get a heavy dose of island time, with A1A — the Jimmy Buffett tribute show billed as the original and official — set to play the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre on Thursday, August 13. The 7 p.m. concert lands just as the town’s new Harrell Live season gets underway, giving Parrotheads a chance to swap the Gulf Coast for Shelby County without leaving Tennessee.
The booking surfaced in the Town of Collierville’s Facebook post, which pitches A1A as a high-energy, Margaritaville-approved experience and directs fans toward tickets. The show is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Harrell Theatre, with the audience presumably bringing whatever level of flip-flop enthusiasm the dress code can tolerate.
A1A’s Buffett Credentials Go Back To 1992
The theater’s official Harrell Live page lists A1A as the opening act for the 2026–2027 series and notes that the venue has only 350 seats per show. That makes this less of a giant outdoor beach party and more of an intimate Buffett-style singalong, minus the need to locate parking near an amphitheater.
A1A’s own band history traces the group to founder Jeff Pike and the early 1990s, including a 1992 Jimmy Buffett sound-alike contest that helped put the act on Buffett’s radar. The group says it later appeared in Buffett’s “Fruitcakes” video and became the first tribute show personally sanctioned by Buffett and his organization.
That history is why the Collierville booking is being framed as more than a standard cover-band night. A1A has spent decades building a full Trop Rock presentation around Buffett’s catalog, with a larger ensemble, backing vocalists, horn players and the colorful pirate-and-paradise atmosphere longtime fans expect.
The Show Opens A Seven-Act Harrell Live Season
As Action News 5 reported when the lineup was announced, A1A will kick off a seven-performance season that also includes Collin Raye, Puppy Pals Live, magician Chris Funk, Skye Darling and The Atlantic Crossing, KT Tunstall, and Buffalo Rose. The mix gives the new series a broad reach, but A1A is unquestionably the entry most likely to inspire Hawaiian shirts in the lobby.
For the practical details, the venue’s ticket guidance says front doors open about an hour before curtain, while seating begins roughly 30 minutes before showtime. The town also warns that only tickets purchased through the Harrell Theatre box office are valid, so unofficial resale sites are best approached with the same caution as a suspiciously cheap cheeseburger.
