Carl Perkins Civic Center & Unity Park

A true multipurpose building, it is named after Jackson's own rock 'n' roll music pioneer, Carl Perkins, who spent his adult life in Jackson. The main-stage auditorium seats 2,200 and hosts a multitude of events, including the annual Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant. Across the street you will find Unity Park, dedicated in 2001 as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the 1999 tornadoes that devastated the area, and as a tribute to the spirit of unity in Jackson/Madison County. The park itself was hit by a tornado in 2003, a storm so strong it picked up one of the giant concrete spheres and deposited it nearby. At the back of the Civic Center parking lot, you will find the Jackson Chamber of Commerce which houses the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.