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Schedule of Events

Friday Night, January 25 7:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
7:15 Singer/Songwriter Night - Folk Fest Style!
Saturday Afternoon, January 26

12:00 to 12:45 p.m. – Join Billy Jones & Jan Schmal in the Centennial Foyer 
1:00 to 4:30 p.m. - Side Stages (see schedule below)
4:30 p.m.  –  Billy and Jan’s Homemade Jam in the Centennial Foyer  - all musicians welcome
6:15 to 7:00   – Alison Demeter entertains the evening line-up

Saturday Evening, January 26 7:00 p.m. Valdy, Romi Mayes and the Temporarily Employed, Jim Byrnes and the House of Refuge

 

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CENTENNIAL FOYER

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SOFT SEAT AREA

C
CROWFOOT ROOM

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E-160

1:00 - 2:00

 

* Workshop Host

 

Sub-zero Groove

Combine R&B with gospel and you’ve got funk and soul to “git  your groove on.”  Wide open to interpretation from Ray  Charles, to rousing southern gospel spirituals.

Jim Byrnes
Sojourners
Derek Hintz
* Donna Becker
with Geoff Hicks
Tom Twisty Fodey

Search My Soul

Songs of truth, triumph, tryst, and tyranny.
From impassioned  60’s songs that “Blow in the Wind” to today’s poetic interpretation of life and love.

* Romi Mayes
Chelsea Eden
C.E. Jeffrey
Kerry McDowell

with Chris Saywell
Keith Lowe

Family Fun

Music, games, activities, and more for kids and their young-at-heart chaperones.

* Ron Mason
Paul Stock
Alison Demeter

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2:15 – 3:15

Pickin’ In the Country

Bluegrass to Newgrass; old   Country to New country. Nashville, meet  Alberta! 

Romi Mayes
* George Arsene
Kerry McDowell
Chelsea Eden

with Steve Dawson
Keith Lowe
Marcus Mosely
Billy and Jan

Twisted Tales n’ Tangled Stories

Provocative stories about heckling rock ’n roll bars and imbibing donkeys. You haven’t heard it all ‘til you’ve heard this!

Valdy
Donna Becker
* Jeff Fry
Derek Hintz

with Jaxon Haldene
Jesse Zubot
Ron Small

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3:30 – 4:30

Blue Blizzard

Fusion fix: Delta Blues, Chicago Blues, Texas Blues, Blues Rock and Canadiana Blues. We made the last one up, but hey, no matter what you call it, it’s hot blues.

* Jim Byrnes
Steve Dawson
George Arsene

with Elliot Pollsky
Tom Twisty Fodey
Will Sanders

Full Throttle

Live dangerously! Unleashed, high energy collaboration created for maximum impact!  Yowzer!

* Valdy
C.E. Jeff
Jeff Fry

with
Jesse Zubot
Jaxon Haldene
Chris Saywell

Do-the Didge

You’ve head it said, “Don’t blow this chance.”  Well, here’s a chance that you can actually blow!  Learn the breathing techniques of playing the Didgeridoo.

  • Kevin Werre

 

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