The
Ballad Tree
Songwriters
from the festival audience have a chance to share their
original songs with an appreciative crowd of listeners under
the BALLAD TREE on Chapel Hill every weekend during the
Kerrville Folk Festival. Chapel Hill is located at the north
end of the ranch. The Ballad Tree is held from 3 –
5 pm on all Main Stage Performance days. Suggested by Bobby
Bridger and Tom Paxton, the Ballad Tree has become an important
aspect of the song sharing that makes Kerrville so unique.
You
bring your guitar, fill out a slip and put it in the hat
to be drawn by the guest host, as time permits, who will
introduce you and others until time runs out.
Each
day of the Ballad Tree, the guest host will sing a song
or two to get things going and then begin to draw the names
of participants from the hat. On the first two days, Dalis
will choose some regional writers from that year’s
New Folk competition who will be introduced to share one
of the songs they entered in the competition.
If
you are not a singer or songwriter, the Ballad Tree is also
a good spot to hear two or three dozen original songs each
of the Main Stage performance days, including during the
Wine & Music Festival.
The
Ballad Tree Hosts for the 2013 Kerrville Folk Festival
|
Thurs, May 23 |
- |
Jon
Brooks |
|
Fri, May 24 |
- |
Korby
Lenker |
|
Sat, May 25 |
- |
Brian
Cutean |
|
Sun, May 26 |
- |
Amy
Speace |
|
Fri, May 31 |
- |
Chris
Chandler |
|
Sat, June 1 |
- |
BettySoo |
|
Sun, June 2 |
- |
Claudia
Nygaard |
|
Fri, June 7 |
- |
Bill
Nash |
|
Sat, June 8 |
- |
Graham
Warwick |
|
Sun, June 9 |
- |
Butch
Morgan |
The
Ballad Tree Hosts for the
2013 Kerrville
Fall Festival
|
Fri, August 30 |
- |
TBD |
|
Sat, August 31 |
- |
TBD |
|
Sun, September 1 |
- |
TBD |