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June, 2009 Announcements
Comstock Bluegrass Festival tickets now on sale! What a line-up this year!
Join the fun in Virginia City's outdoor park, July 10-12. One of the best bargains around---only $35 for a Weekend Pass! You'll see TEN incredible bands from northern Nevada, Montana and California. Workshops with the incredible Jessica Kilroy (right--the next Alison Kraus!), jamming, food, beer garden and fun for the whole family in unique Virginia City, NV. Click here or call 775-348-4692 for more information.
UH OH!! The Californians have beat us to it!The RV spaces in the park in Virginia City are SOLD OUT for the Comstock Festival! There are still a few tent sites left. Call 775-847-0999 to get one. Also, special rates are being offered at the Ramada Inn (775-847-4484) and some B&B's in town. Check here for more information (scroll to the bottom of the page). RHONDA VINCENT AND THE RAGE tickets are available online here.
Saturday, July 25, 7:30pm at Bartley Ranch Amphitheatre. Before the concert, there will be FREE happenings including a Bluegrass Petting Zoo, a clogging demonstration and jamming. Then, at 5:45, all those with a ticket are invited to a "Conversation with the Artists" in the Western Heritage Center. Don't miss this chance to get "up close and personal" with the hottest stars in bluegrass! Then, at 7:30, Reno's own eclectic band of doctors, Contraband will open the show at the Amphitheatre. Tickets are $35 for regular seats. $25 to sit on the lawn. Call 823-6526 for more info. Another Artown event featuring great bluegrass music will be held on Saturday, July 18 at Bartley Ranch Amphitheatre---"Cowboy Up for Hunger" featuring the Mission Mountain Wood Band from Missoula, MT, cowboy poet and singer, Richard Elloyan as well as Reno area favorites, Ponderosa and Bad Neighbors. Reserved seats - $30. Lawn seating - $20. Call 331-3663 extension 118 for more info. Yet more great bluegrass in July! Get your advance tickets now for Seldom Scene at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, Sunday July 12, 7:30pm. Get your tickets here. Local band, Hick'ry Switch will open the show. $23 reserved seating. Or call 775-883-1976 The 5th Annual Steve Kaufman Guitar Workshops and Concert will be held here in Reno on October 23-25, 2009. This year, due to popular demand, Steve will offer an Advanced Flatpicking Workshop (limited to 20 students) on Sunday, as well as his All-Level Flatpicking Workshop on Friday and Saturday. To qualify for the Advanced class, you should be able to play lead on at least 8-10 fiddle tunes at "jam tempo". You should also have attended at least one of his other workshops. He'll expect you to play leads using "down up" strokes at a moderate tempo in the Advanced class. If you want to learn "basic flatpicking" from the most award-winning flatpicker in the world (3-time Winfield Champion---no one else has ever won it 3 times!), sign up for his "All-Level" Workshop.
Information on both workshops is here. We sell out every year, so register early! * * * * June, 2009 Calendar
Thursdays and Sundays, Celtic Sessions (or, "Seisiúns") up at the Lake (Tahoe, that is). There is a lively community of musicians who play Irish music at both the north and south ends of the lake. "Seisiún"etiquette is expected. (click here to find out what that means!).
More info - contact Bev at bpalfreyman@att.net
Friday, June 12, 7pm Celtic Session at The Studio On Fourth Street (on the southwest corner of 4th and Valley streets, downtown Reno). All players (and listeners!) welcome. Singers and dancers are welcome, too. Come and learn more about this unique form of traditional music and dance! For more info, email Peter at: petergrant55@gmail.com
Friday, June 12, 9pm Local band, Nevada Rain will be playing at Ceol Irish Pub (corner of S. Virginia and California). Come out and support live, local bluegrass!
Saturday, June 13, 7pm. Bluegrass Jam in Susanville. All players welcome!
Call or email Rick Shoen for details and directions: twothphry@earthlink.net or 530-257-1068.
Saturday, June 13, 7:30-10:30pm Contra Dance with live music by "Coyote Thistle". Plumas Park Gym, 475 Monroe St., just off Plumas, 6 blocks south of California St. . The dance fee is $10.00. Sponsored by the Sierra Contra Dance Society. If you've never danced this style of group dance, come at 7:00 for a quick lesson. Wear sneakers! It's a blast! More info at 775-240-6117.
Thursday, June 18, 9pm The Waybacks in a free show at the Crystal Bay Club (north shore, Lake Tahoe). Check out this funky but virtuostic acoustic band! More info about the show, call (775) 831-0512. Friday, June 19, 7pm Bluegrass Jam at the Red Dog Saloon, 76 N. C Street, Virginia City. Yes, the Red Dog Saloon is back in business! At the same famous location that was immortalized in the documentary, "The Life & Times of the Red Dog Saloon". Here's what a review of the documentary said: "The origins of the 1960s San Francisco sound and scene started in Virginia City, Nevada at the Red Dog Saloon where, some people say, a whole lifestyle was born." Woo-hoo! Be a part of history! More info, call 775-847-7474. Friday, June 26, 7-9pm, Celtic/American Tune Session, Comma Coffee House, 312 S Carson St.Carson City (just across from the Legislature).. Focus will be on the repertoire of "traditional" Celtic/American fiddle tunes. Open to players of acoustic melody instruments such as fiddle, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, tenor banjo, lead guitar, penny whistle, Irish flute, etc. More info: cdadbayer@aol.com Saturday, June 27, 2pm. Bluegrass Jam in Susanville. All players welcome! Call or email Rick Shoen for details and directions: twothphry@earthlink.net or 530-257-1068.
Saturday, June 27, 7pm, Bluegrass & Old Time Jam at Jennifer Webb's house, 3413 Ridgecrest Drive, northeast Reno (just off Clear Acre). Everybody welcome! Call 674-6411 or email to magiccomm@aol.com for directions.
Saturday, June 20, Summer Solstice Dance at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada,
813 N Carson St, Carson City. Contra dancing is easy and fun. If you can walk, you can contra dance! The caller will teach each dance before you do it, and then call the steps throughout the dance or until everyone "has it." Dance fee is $10. Live music by "Train Wreck".
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If you can't make it to one of our jams or concerts, get your acoustic music fix on the radio! We're very lucky to have 3 great radio shows here in northern Nevada that feature acoustic music:
Jimbos Juke Joint & Acoustic Roadhouse Café. Saturday afternoons, 2-3 pm, FM 88.7 KUNR. Jimbo showcases his incredible collection of bluegrass and eclectic acoustic recordings---everything under the bluegrass sun (and then some!). We like to think of it as JimboGrass!
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The Risky Biscuit Hayseed Hoot with Don Darue, Saturday mornings, 8:00-10:00am FM 100.1 KTHX, The X. Dondo plays music that will definitely put the twang back in your thang!
AND Into The Blue, nationally syndicated bluegrass radio show hosted by Terry Herd, Saturdays and Sundays at noon on AM 750, KHWG. Check out the website for this great show here |
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