NEWS FROM CATAWBA RECORDS
To all our friends who love music of all genres by artists from the Blue Ridge Mountain Region, we provide this news update about our artists and other associated news we hope is of interest to you. Please support these artists and all live music in your community!
Tis The Season of "Live" Music!
Catawba Records is happy to be associated with the following music events this summer! We hope you all will go out and support live music in your area!
The Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival
May 23 & 24, 2009
Three Martinsville natives are organizing a music festival to help turn the loss of two friends into a positive event that benefits the community.
The Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival will be held from 11 a.m. May 23 to 2 a.m. May 24 at the Blue Mountain Festival Grounds at 2067 Coopers Mountain Road, Martinsville. Organizers hope it will become an annual event.
Several bands are slated to perform, including Town Mountain; Kings of Belmont; Lazy Man Dub Band; Sanctum Sully; Joe Washrag; Jason & the State, featuring Hunter from Existor; Moon Rats; Andy Thorn, Jon Stickley and friends; Johnny Guitar; and Rebel Guns. The bands perform a variety of musical styles, including rock, bluegrass, reggae and blues.
http://roosterwalk.wordpress.com/
Blue Mountain Gemini Fest
“Blue Mountain Productions is Pleased to Announce Gemini Fest III!”
Join us June 19th and 20th for the Third Annual Gemini Fest! We are excited to host some new and some returning bands this year. Come and camp so you don't miss a moment of the festivities. Make it a family affair and you will want to return year after year to enjoy the wonderful music and breathtakingly beautiful natural surroundings.
Join us for Gemini Fest III and understand that after you enjoy the Blue Mountain experience it will be on your calendar year after year.
Click on the calendar to the left to view all upcoming events.
http://www.bluemtnmusic.com/index.html
Bluegrass in Sedalia
June 25 - 27, 2009
The Sedalia Center is proud to present Bluegrass at Sedalia for the 12th consecutive year. This festival offers a wide variety of bluegrass groups showcased in a mountainous setting for the entire family. Bring your lawn chair and enjoy the show!
http://www.sedaliacenter.org/?q=events/bluegrass_in_sedalia_2008
Sedalia Blues Festival and Blues Talent Competition
July 11, 2009
Gates open at 11:30 amAdmission: $15 in Advance, $20 at the gate, children under 12 free The Sedalia Blues Festival returns July 11th with its sanctioned Blues Competition in the afternoon, followed by headliner Michael Burks and E G Kight who will be featured in a Blues workshop as well. Definitely the hottest blues ticket in Virginia, this is a must on your summer calendar! Beer, wine, and food available. Rough camping ($10 per day) and limited RV camping electrical hook-ups ($20 first day / $10 for each additional day) available on a first come, first serve basis.
The Sedalia Blues Society will sponsor the 12th Annual Blues Talent Competition as part of the Sedalia Blues Festival on July 11, 2009.
http://www.sedaliacenter.org/?q=events/sedalia_blues_2009
Roanoke Blues & BBQ Festival
July 18, 2009
Tickets are $15 in Advance, $20 at the gate!
http://www.blueridgeblues.org/
Roanoke Fiddle Fest
July 31 & August 1, 2009!
Welcome to FiddleFest, one of Virginia's premier traditional music events. Our tradition of top-quality entertainment with concerts, workshops, and jam sessions with the pros will continue this year. Held entirely on the Hollins University campus, daytime events will again be indoors at the various galleries, auditoriums, and lounge areas of campus, in climate-controlled comfort. Evening concerts from the outdoor main stage at Tinker Beach begin each day at 6:00 PM. A new schedule of concerts, workshops, and jam sessions can be viewed by visiting the schedule page.
http://www.roanokefiddlefest.org/
Shenandoah Valley Acoustic Roots Songwriting Contest
Deadline for entries August 15, 2009
Final Peformance on October 3, 2009
It’s a songwriting competition open to all songwriters with American Roots influence. Think folk, acoustic blues, bluegrass, and country, but think of American Acoustic Roots Music. Preliminary judging of CDs will occur throughout the summer of 2009. The finals competition will take place in Luray, VA on October 3, 2009.
For more info click here!
Blue Mountain Bluegrass Festival IV
October 2 - 3, 2009
Click here for more info:
http://www.bluemtnmusic.com/BlueMountainPerformers.html
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Affiliate Organizations
We want to share some exciting news with you that the James River Blues Society has merged with the Sedalia Center! With this merger, the JRBS is now a committee of the Sedalia Center consisting of appointed members from both organizations. This partnership will allow both groups to grow stronger and utilize a wider range of resources that will augment our mission statements, goals, and objectives. Rest assured that blues music will still be promoted and perpetuated in Virginia!
We look forward to moving in a new direction with our longtime affiliate and offering the community a strong, viable entity that will continue to promote blues music in Virginia and beyond! For more information about the Sedalia Center, please visit www.sedaliacenter.org.
Membership meetings are held the second Wed. of every month at 7:00 pm at the Blue 5 Restaurant in Roanoke. After the meeting there is an open Blues Jam or workshop or both. Our web site www.blueridgeblues.org is updated continuously to reflect current activities of the society and to relay Blues and Cultural Arts related news and events. A member of the BRBS hosts and produces The Blues Show radio program on WROV 96.3FM every Sunday night and the BRBS supplies some of the recordings used on this program.
http://www.svsa.info/svsa_website_2005.htm
Monthly Meetings are normally scheduled for the fourth
Wednesday each month at the Third Street Coffeehouse.
3rd St. and Mountain Ave. SW.
Roanoke VA
Upcoming at Third Street Coffeehouse
May 22: Danielle Miraglia
May 29: SVSA Songwriters in the Round
June 5: Donna Pearson
June 12: Dan and Marian McConnell
June 19: Paul Rucker
June 26: Three Old Guys with Guitars
July 3: Grounded Granite
July 10: Bob Grubel, Sharon Feury and Friends
July 17: LVNMUZIQ
July 24: Mike Franke
July 31: Woody (Bill Payne and Friends)
Aug. 7: Randy Walker and Marian McConnell
Aug. 14: How to Be Band
Aug. 21: Koinonia (Will Staton and Friends)
Aug. 28: City of Statues
DIRECTIONS:
US 220 approaching Roanoke from south: Pass Electric Road and Wonju exits; take Franklin Road exit; turn right on Mountain Ave; go one block. Coffeehouse is on left.
From I-581: take Elm Ave. exit; turn right on Elm; go through Jefferson St. intersection; turn left on Third St.; go one block. Coffeehouse is on right.
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