{"id":2438177,"date":"2026-05-30T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2438177"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:13:32","slug":"new-randy-owen-center-at-jax-state-honors-north-alabama-music-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-randy-owen-center-at-jax-state-honors-north-alabama-music-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"New Randy Owen Center at Jax State honors North Alabama music legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ribbon cutting at the Randy Owen Center for the Performing Arts on May 26th. (City of Jacksonville, Alabama \/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacksonville State University<\/a> held a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts (ROC).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Named in honor of Jax State alum, Board\u00a0 of Trustee member and Alabama lead singer Randy Owen, the 100,000 square foot performance, educational, rehearsal, recording and collaborative space is located at the corner of Church Street and Roebuck Waters Drive in Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3396.5245006891446!2d-85.76163932433496!3d33.82458082971713!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x888a51007354777f%3A0x2ee048fb81979e55!2sRandy%20Owen%20Center!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1779965756511!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany universities have named buildings after people over the years, but very few, if any, are named after an artist whose music became part of the soundtrack of American life. We finally have a place where our students\u2019 talents can be displayed, and we have a place where students can learn how to record and even perform their talents. And that has been worth the wait.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><cite>Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr., Jacksonville State University<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New state of the art Randy Owen Center<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1254583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hvilleblast.com\/20241021_144758\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hvilleblast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241021_144758-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Galaxy S23&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1729522078&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00038880248833593&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20241021_144758\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;There are three Another Broken Egg locations in Huntsville, all of which have never disappointed me. (Cooper Smitherman \/ Hville Blast)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hvilleblast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241021_144758-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/thebamabuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ROC-April2026-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"center\" class=\"wp-image-1254583\" title=\"New Randy Owen Center at Jax State honors North Alabama music legend 2\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Randy Owen Center for Perfoming Arts. (Jacksonville State University)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new center includes the following amenities:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1001-seat Phil and Denise Webb Concert Hall and lobby<\/li>\n<li>ROC Educational Wing that includes: recital hall, rehearsal hall, backstage artist suites, recording studio, educational classrooms, creative cooperative workspaces and event spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Randy Owen Center at Jacksonville State University\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDH-AD3bAhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to this week\u2019s ribbon-cutting, Jax State held a sold-out concert with Randy Owen and Friends on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the university is holding guided tours of ROC between 11AM to 1PM and a free advance public screening of My<em> Home\u2019s in Alabama: The Randy Owen Story<\/em> at 6PM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Tuesday opening ceremony Owen summed up why the new performing arts center at Jax State matters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy wishes, and my hopes, and my dreams are that someday some kid will come through here, like me, and when they leave here, they have a dream. Because if I can make it, anybody can. I\u2019ve been so blessed to be here, and this is one day that I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Are you excited about the new Randy Owen Center for the Performing Arts? Follow their<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jsuROC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Facebook page<\/a> for a schedule of upcoming  2026-27 performances and events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v21.0&#038;appId=710362912475811\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source hvilleblast.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ribbon cutting at the Randy Owen Center for the Performing Arts on May 26th. (City of Jacksonville, Alabama \/ Facebook) This week, Jacksonville State University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts (ROC).\u00a0 Named in honor of Jax State alum, Board\u00a0 of Trustee member and Alabama lead singer Randy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2438178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New-Randy-Owen-Center-at-Jax-State-honors-North-Alabama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438179,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438177\/revisions\/2438179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}