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August 2 - 3
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Mark your calendars for the the 2012 Kick Off Concert! Saturday April 28th, 2012 at 5pm at the High Noon Saloon. We are presenting a special early family friendly concert featuring Dave Landau http://www.happytrails.biz/ (children’s entertainer extraordinaire) and the Cash Box Kings acoustic set, featuring Oscar Wilson, Joel Paterson, Beau Sample and Joe Nosek!
During the show take advantage of early bird, two-day, bargain basement price fest tickets priced at $25.00 each. Tickets are available at this price only on this day! You can also sign up for to volunteer at the fest, or join are mailing list. Tickets to the concert are $10 per person and available at the door. Humans 12 and under free with adult (so no excuses about not finding a baby-sitter)! Food will also be available for purchase from the Brass Ring.
Mike Compton will be playing a VERY rare solo performance at the Cafe Carpe, in Fort Atkinson, on Wednesday, Sept 21st (8pm). Mike will be playing and singing tunes off of his soon to be released solo record, including many of his unreleased original tunes.
You’ve probably heard Mike’s mastery of the mandolin from his work on two award winning projects: “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?” and “Down From the Mountain”. And maybe you’ve caught him with The John Hartford String Band (or maybe with John himself!), The Nashville Bluegrass Band, or with Elvis Costello. But unless you live in Australia, you’ve probably not seen his solo show.
Now’s your chance!
The Carpe is in downtown Fort Atkinson, right off the Rock River and features excellent food, great beers and a great sounding, intimate listening room. Seating is very limited at the Carpe so reservations are recommended.
To reserve seats ($10) call the carpe at 920-563-939.
Please join us Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 9pm at the Crystal Corner Bar for an evening of rockabilly, roots, & Bluegrass from Nashville with Sugar Maple fest alumni Jeff & Vida! This is their first show in Madison since their debut at the 2007 Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival. And this time, they have their full, five-piece band as featured on their 2010 release “Selma Chalk” heralded by Bluegrass Unlimited “contemporary bluegrass at its finest.” Sharing the stage is Madison’s native folk son, Josh Harty, and his band!
The first 40 Festival Volunteers & Friends (ages 21+) sporting an official Sugar Maple t-shirt get FREE admission! And perhaps a party favor, or two, but you’ll have to join us to find out. Grab your Sugar Maple shirt, and a friend or two, as we celebrate the volunteers and friends who make the Sugar Maple Trad. Music Fest a huge success!
The Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective will host the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival Kick Off Show on Friday, May 6th, 9:00 PM at the High Noon Saloon, in Madison, Wisconsin. The kick off show with feature two artists that played the Festival last year: The Modern Sounds and the Currach.
The Modern Sounds is a Chicago based trio featuring Joel Paterson on guitar and vocals; Beau Sample on string bass and vocals; Alex Hall on drums and vocals. This big little band is dedicated to performing traditional American music; specializing in rockabilly, hot jazz, western swing, classic blues and everything in between.
The Currach, features Darl Ridgley on bodhrán, Josh Perkins on guitar and Daithi Wolf on fiddle. This group is a Madison institution in the Irish traditional music scene, treating audiences with lively jigs and reels—“the stuff that’s been played in Irish pubs for hundreds of years,” according to Daithi Wolfe.
During the show, fans will have the opportunity to purchase weekend passes to the 2011 Sugar Maple Festival at a special Kick Off Show price of only $25! Amongst the acts lined up for this year’s Fest are Chulrua, a traditional Irish band who delivers music that has been handed down from generation to generation in Ireland, and folk legend Greg Brown, whose songwriting has been recorded by the likes of Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Shawn Colvin, and many more.
