SEPTEMBER 2010

• The Four Corners Folk Festival

September 3 - 5, 2010 -    Reservoir Hill, Hot Springs Blvd, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.  Featuring: The Sam Bush Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Solas, Over the Rhine, and much more! The Four Corners Folk Festival is celebrating its 15th year featuring three days of amazing performances. This event includes on-site and offsite camping, workshops, jamming and kids programs on one of the most beautiful forested sites in the country. Very close to the famous hot springs. Kids 12 and under are free.

Contact Info:
Call: (760) 765-3937
Email: dan@folkwest.com
Web Site:  www.folkwest.com 

• The 4th Annual Newport Music Festival

  September 10 - 12, 2010. - The 2010 Newport Music Festival, sponsored by the Inland Northwest Bluegrass Association (INBA), Newport City Park, First Street and Calispel Avenue, Newport, Washington 99156. Featuring: Heartbreak Pass, Stony River, Wide River, The Grasstones, Wild Honey, Kettle Creek  Enjoy continuous bluegrass and americana music on the main stage, non-stop through the daylight hours Friday through Sunday afternoon, and enjoy the spontaneous bluegrass jams and pickin' sessions that spring up in the campground throughout the weekend!  Admission: $5/Day. Onsite RV/Tent camping is included with admission pass. See the Scheduled Shows
   

  Contact Info:
  Call: 509-447-0671
  Email:  festivals @jimcrowleymusic.com
  Web Site: http://www.pvbluegrass.com/

   

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• The 5th Old Time Bluegrass Festivall

September 11, 2010. - Anderson Ranch Pkwy, Lower Lake, CA 95457.  Featuring: John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Anderson Family Band, Bill Evans & Megan Lynch, Rita Hosking, Fur Dixon & Steve Werner, Pat Ickes & Bound to Ride, Anderson Family Band, and other local favorites! 
 

Contact Info:
Call: 707.995.2658
Email:  bluegrass@andersonmarsh.org
Web Site: http://www.andersonmarsh.org/Bluegrass/AMIA-Bluegrass.htm

• 8th Annual Bluegrassin' In The Foothills

September 17 - 19, 2010 - Amador County Fairgrounds, 8261 Sheerwood & School Sts, Plymouth, California, 95669. Featuring SWBA Member Band, The Brombies, plus: Kenny & Amanda Smith, Larry Gillis Band (formely w/Gillis Brothers), Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, The Spinney Brothers, The Bluegrass Brothers, Spring Creek, Bound To Ride, Blue & Lonesome, Dalton Mountain Gang, Brothers Comatose A premier Northern California Festival in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley Wine Country in the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills of the Gold Country. A premium line-up, an art's & craft vendors, music workshops, a classic car show , kids on stage, great food & beverage a return of our late night dance, emerging artists performance, kids activities. Amador County Fairgrounds offers limited electric for RV campers on its thirty-five acres. There are rolling green lawns, old oak trees and immaculately groomed grounds as well as some dirt / gravel. All sites are first come first serve. No reservations taken. The Fairgrounds do have hot showers and dump station on site.  

Contact Info:
Call: (209) 785-4693
Email:  roaddog@caltel.com
Web Site:  http://www.landspromotions.com/plymouthhome.htm  

• 5th Annual Pickin' in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival.

September 17 - 19, 2010 Pine Mountain Amphitheater (PMA), Fort Tuthill County Park in Flagstaff, AZ. Featuring: Seldom Scene, Audie Blaylock & Redline, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, The Dixie Bee-Liners, Freighthoppers, Jeff and Vida Band, Town Mountain, Great Bear Trio, Cis Hinkle, Titan Valley Warheads, Burnett Family Bluegrass, Muskellunge Bluegrass, Tony Norris & Friends , Providence, The Knockabouts, Run Boy Run, Todd's Musical Petting Zoo, Chuck Cheesman's Dancing with No Shoes On, Tweeners. Pickin' in the Pines 2010 features three fabulous days of concerts, workshops, contra dancing, band contest, children's activities, camping and jamming, all in the Ponderosa pine forest surrounding Flagstaff.
 

Contact Info:
Call: (928)525-1695
Email: info@pickininthepines.org
Web Site:  http://pickininthepines.org/index.html  

• 40th Annual Julian Lion's Banjo, Fiddle Music Festival

September 18 - 19, 2010 -    9am - 6pm (Sat.) 9am - 4pm (Sun.). Frank Lane Park, Farmer Road, Julian, , California, 92036. Featuring: Various performers TBA and much more! The Julian Bluegrass Festival is the oldest Bluegrass Festival in California. Many of the finest bluegrass artists today started on this stage in contests and in performances. The Festival is held annually at Frank Lane Park in beautiful Julian, CA, and attracts artists and visitors from throughout the west. In 2010, the music festival returns to its roots with the return of the contest, while still retaining the music concert portion of the event. Saturday will be the contest concluding with a couple professional bands and Sunday will be a day of professional entertainment.  .The Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, and Mandolin Contests are on Saturday only. There will be an Open Mic stage and lots of Jamming Opportunities all weekend. See website for all pricing, applications and forms. For further information, contact Festival Coordinator, Terry Cox (phone and e-mail below). 

Contact Info:
Call: (760) 765-3937
Email:  info@julianbluegrassfestival.com
Web Site:  http://www.julianbluegrassfestival.com/index.shtml

• Southern California Bluegrass Associations Campout and Jam,

September 24 - 26, 2010 - This event replaces the campout that, for many years, had been held at this time at Pioneer Town.  It now is held at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Sante Fe Avenue, Vista, California, 92083. on the last weekend of September 2009. Arrival can be as early as Wed. Sept 22rd, with departure as late as on Monday Sept. 27th.  Camping is dry with limited water, bathroom facilities, a dump station, and limited electrical for Handicapped, needing to charge wheelchairs or breathing machines. Overnight camping is $10.00 per day, and day use is a $3.00 donation. All proceeds go to the museum, so camping checks will be made payable to the AG&SEM, and will be collected by George Finkle.  There will be a potluck dinner on Saturday at 5PM. Those who wish to provide dinner musical entertainment will be appreciated.  If possible (depending on the number of players present), on Saturday night at approx 10PM a selected group of Grinners will be out to judge the Best Jam. ARRIVAL: Try not to arrive between 2 and 3:30PM on weekdays, due to the school traffic. In past years, this event has been assisted by the great help of Bud and Barb Watson.

Contact Info:

Please contact George Finkle at (909) 883-7132 home, (951) 315-0778 cell , gfinkle1@verizon.net.
 

• Hobbs Grove Bluegrass Festival ,

September 24 - 26, 2010 - Hobbs Grove Park, Sanger, California, 93657. Featuring: Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys, 49 Special, The Tuttles with A.J. Lee, The Dalton Mountain Gang, The Smiley Mountain Band, Snap Jackson and the Knock on Wood Players, Red Dog Ash| Highway 65, Red Rag Andy Band, Groundspeed, Uncle Ephus, The Kings River Gsopelaires. This is a California Bluegrass Association (CBA) event, with free camping Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Showers are available, as well as ice, food, drink and concessions. The festival will be held in beautiful Hobbs Grove Park in Sanger California. There's plenty of room for RV's (no hookups), and lots of shade for tent campers (dry camping only). Music runs Friday 5pm - 9pm, Saturday 10am - 10pm, and Sunday 10am -6pm. For more information, including travel directions, visit website or telephone and/or e-mail Kelly Broyles.

 Contact Info:
 Call:  No information provided
 Email: No information provided
 Web Site: http://hobbs.cbaontheweb.org/index.aspx

OCTOBER  2010

• 10th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival

October 1 - 3, 2010 - Speedway Meadow in Goldan Gate Park, San Franciso, California.  Featuring Peter Himmelman, Lucero, Railroad Earth, Hot Tuna Electric, Umphrey's McGee, Evie Ladin, Justin Townes Earle, Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, the subdudes, Hazel Dickens, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Band of Heathens, Moonalice, Patty Griffin, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Rosanne Cash, Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, Robert Earl Keen, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, David Grisman Quintet, Indigo Girls, Doc Watson & David Holt, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Avett Brothers, Conor Oberst, Kinky Friedman, The Del McCoury Band, Wendy Bird, The Ebony Hillbillies, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Magnolia Sisters, Patti Smith, Buddy Miller, Nick Lowe, Anderson Family Bluegrass, David Olney & Sergio Webb, The Felice Brothers, T Bone Burnett and Friends, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Jonathan Richman, Blue Highway, Keller & the Keels, Citigrass, Steve Earle and the Dukes, Jenny & Johnny featuring Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice, Nathaniel Rateliff, Richard Thompson, James McMurtry, Randy Newman, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jackie Greene, Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang, Emmylou Harris, Martin Sexton, Earl Scruggs, The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Mondo Cane, Carolyn Wonderland, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, The Wronglers, The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs, Gillian Welch, Skip Gorman, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Fountains of Wayne, Jon Langford, Joan Baez, Kelly WillisSince this is a FREE EVENT (NO TICKETS NEEDED), we do not have the manpower to answer all of your questions...there is a list of the most frequently asked questions on the website (see below)

Contact:

Call:

E-mail: questions@hardlystrictlybluegrass.com

Website:http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/

• Mountain Music Day

October 3, 2010 - , Old School House in Oak Glen, 11911 So. Oak Glen Road, Oak Glen, CA 92399. Featuring SWBA Member Band Mill Creek Boys, plus When Pigs Fly, South Coast, Kattywompus, and Kinfolk Mountain Music Day is a fun day with live music and workshops! This is a fund raiser for the Old School House. STAGE CONCERTS all day. WORKSHOPS: Mountain Dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer, Autoharp and Guitar. PRICE: $8.00ea Kids under 12 free! Workshops $10.00 for 1 hour! SOUND BY: Walden Dahl!  This is a fund raiser for the Old School House. This is held during apple season in beautiful Oak Glen. A Bake Sale will be held inside the Old School House. No Dogs! Bring lawn chairs! Program runs 11:00am-5:00pm Rain or Shine! The event goes on Rain or Shine!

Contact:

Call: 909-987-5701

E-mail: doug.thomson2@gte.net

Website: None

• 39th Annual Old Time Fiddlers' Convention and Festival

October 10, 2010 - Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros, Goleta CA 93117. Featuring: Laurie Lewis, Tom Rosum, The Foghorn Trio, Steve James,,Wild Asparagus, Little Black Train, Triple Chicken Foot and Special Guests TBA.  The festival is a family friendly celebration of Old Time American music and more. Enjoy contests in Old Time fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, band, and song, plus workshops in Old Time fiddle and acoustic blues guitar as well as jam sessions in various musical styles on the grounds all day. Produced by Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise. All profits support the club's local and international community service projects.

Contact Info:

Call: 805-450-2243

E-mail: roadtunes@cox.net

Website: www.fiddlersconvention.org

• 21st Annual Logandale Bluegrass Festival

October 8 -10, 2010 - Clark Country Fair Grounds, 1301 W Whipple, Logandale, Nevada, 89021. Featuring SWBA Member Band: Lonesome Otis, plus The Chapman Family, Jerry Butler and the Blu-J’s, Red Desert Ramblers, Just For Fun  Thanks to everyone who attended last year and hope to see you again this year. Parking Lot Jams - RV and Tent Camping - Food and Craft Vendors - Free Nevada Style Band Scramble (5 band limit). Early arrival Wednesday. Advance tickets available. Visit website for prices, camping information (some partial hook-ups available, first-come, first served) and other accommodations in the area. No dump stations or showers available on site. Venue is 50 miles north of Los Vegas and off I-15 at exit 93. Visit web site below for more information, including advance ticket sales.  
 

Contact Info:
Call: 702-566-9372 (ask for Al)
Email:  blgrasmand@cox.net
Web Site: Southern Nevada Bluegrass Music Society » Our 10/10 Festival! 

• 11th Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival

October 29 -310, 2010 -AVA Amphitheater 5655 W. Valencia Rd (New Location). Featuring IIIrd Tyme Out, Palmer Divide, Special Consensus, Tangled Strings, Peter McLaughlin & X Train, Jam Pak Blues 'n' Grass Neighborhood Band. Free Camping.  Free Admission on Friday, October 29  -  3rd Annual Band Contest (7-9pm)  -  $1,000 in prizes.  Sat & Sun 10 am - 5:30 pm  -  Admission: $20 per day or $30 for the weekend  -  Children under 16 free--visit website below for details and further information.

Contact:

 Call:  No information provided
 Email: No information provided

Website: http://www.desertbluegrass.org/

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