Liberty Mountain: The Revolutionary Drama
Fri, Oct 10
|Kings Mountain
A historical live-performance about the Battle of Kings Mountain that happened during the American Revolution. Local militia from every southern state gathered to attack a well-trained Loyalist force in the Carolina Backcountry. The result defied expectation and helped win the war for Patriots.
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Kings Mountain, 202 S Railroad Ave, Kings Mountain, NC 28086, USA
Guests
About the event
Liberty Mountain is a dramatic, live-performance theatre event that uses professional lighting, projections, live-firing historical weaponry, pyrotechnics, professional performers, reenactors, musicians, and singers, as well as some of the most experienced technicians in the industry, to bring history to life.
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The play is devoted to more than retelling, but capturing the emotional impact and significance of the Battle of Kings Mountain, that took place on October 7th, 1780, helping put a stop to the momentum of Britain's lightning-paced 'Southern Strategy'. Kings Mountain, geographically, sits about 7 miles from the Joy Theatre (downtown Kings Mountain, NC) where the play is performed, and even though among the Appalachians it more resembles a hill, what makes this spot so important is the chaotic clash between gigantic forces of militia in a one-of-a-kind military campaign that has no equal. In no other time of war have two larger, more organized and formidable forces…