Casting Crowns And Denver & The Mile High Orchestra In Atlanta This Week

December 1, 2008 7:11 a.m. EST

Atlanta, GA (CNS) - Bells will be ringing as Casting Crowns rolls into Atlanta this week with their Christmas Celebration concert. Casting Crowns is a Grammy award and Dove Award winning Christian band known for their soft rock music style.

Casting Crowns will be joined at the Philips Arena by Denver & The Mile High Orchestra, a horn-driven band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. DMHO was formed by a group of friends at Belmont University in 1999 and they have traveled across the world, playing at churches, conferences, and festivals. In the fall of 2007, DMHO finished third on "The Next Great American Band," a "battle of the bands" reality show that aired on Fox.

A list of concerts and events in the Atlanta area this week, according to Celebrity News Service, is as follows:

Fastball at Smith's Olde Bar on 12/01

Ray Davies at Variety Playhouse on 12/02

Lingo at Blind Willie's on 12/02

The Medic Droid at Masquerade Music Park on 12/03

All That Remains, In Flames, 36 Crazyfists at The Tabernacle on 12/03

Theory of a Deadman at Masquerade Music Park on 12/04

Born of Osiris at Masquerade Music Park on 12/05

Ledisi at Variety Playhouse on 12/05

Delbert McClinton at Variety Playhouse on 12/06

Fishbone at The Loft on 12/06

Randall Bramblett at The Five Spot on 12/06

The Ghost Inside at Smith's Olde Bar on 12/06

Natives of the New Dawn at The Loft on 12/06

The Swear at Drunken Unicorn on 12/06

The Bridges at Vinyl on 12/06

Casting Crowns and Denver & The Mile High Orchestra at Philips Arena on 12/07

Melissa Ferrick at The Five Spot on 12/07

My Brightest Diamond at The Earl on 12/07