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KERRVILLE
FOLK
FESTIVAL TIME IS HERE
KERRVILLE,
Texas - - - It is time to put aside our yard work and head to
beautiful Texas Hill Country for the 35th Annual
Kerrville Folk Festival. The
festival begins, as always, on the Thursday before Memorial
Day and will run for 18 consecutive days, May 25 – June 11.
This
year’s celebration includes the return of Guy
Clark who is scheduled to appear on Sunday, May 28, as
well as Sue Foley
on Monday, May 29, Dar
Williams on Sunday, June 4, and The Limeliters on
Saturday, June 10.
There
are several special concerts slated for this anniversary year
including the Music To
Life songwriting contest which is sponsored by the Public
Domain Foundation. On
closing night, June 11 there will be the Memorial Festival
Orchestra where homage is paid to performers, family and
friends that have been lost over the last 5 years.
Not your usual
Kerrville
musical event, the Memorial Orchestra, conducted by David
Amram, will feature solo performances by Jonathan Byrd, Jimmy
LaFave, Christine Albert & Chris Gage, Trout Fishing in
America
, and Bobby Bridger.
The
site of all this musical celebration is the hospitable 50-acre
Quiet Valley Ranch located nine miles south of the Texas Hill
Country resort community of
Kerrville
on Texas Highway 16. For
18 days and nights the ranch accommodates thousands of concert
goers and overnight campers from every state in the
U.S.
plus avid fans from a dozen countries overseas.
Additional
highlights of this year’s evening concerts include
appearances by the Asylum Street Spankers, Terri Hendrix,
Slaid Cleaves, The Resentments, Vance Gilbert, Ruthie Foster,
Susan Gibson, Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, The Lucky
Tomblin Band, Austin Lounge Lizards, Trout Fishing in
America
, among dozens more.
The
Festival’s corporate sponsors for this 35th
season including media sponsor TEXAS MONTHLY magazine and
Kerrville
’s YO Ranch Resort Hotel, and 5-Star Wireless, and Grassy
Hill.org. Their
generous support allows the Festival to continue with its
reasonable ticket prices ranging from $15 to $30 per day with
free camping on site included with the purchase of tickets for
three or more consecutive days.
The
family audiences at this outdoor music festival are treated to
60 arts and crafts booths, food and beverage service in both
the theater and in the campgrounds, vintage private label
wines from Texas, and, for those interested in developing
their teaching, songwriting, harmonica, or guitar-playing
skills there are workshops, seminars, and the 5th
Annual Professional Development Program for Teachers providing
in-service training for music educators pre-school to high
school.
For
additional information on concerts, tickets, camping out,
special events like the festival’s bike rides and canoe
trips, or details on the workshops, guests are invited to
visit us on-line at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com
or by calling the festival office at (830) 257-3600.
Tickets will be available at the gate, on our website,
or through Ticketweb toll-free at (866) 468-7621.
If you plan to purchase at the gate you should call the
festival office to make sure tickets are available.
7 PM
night time schedules for the
11 six-hour Evening Concerts are included below:
MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND (performers
listed in order of appearance – subject to change)
THURSDAY,
May 25 – Annie Wenz, Michael Fracasso, Johnsmith,
Asylum Street
Spankers, Nathan Hamilton & No Deal
FRIDAY,
May 26 – Slaid Cleaves, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Joel Rafael, Matt
Andersen, Chairlie A’Court
SATURDAY,
May 27 – Billy Jonas, Terri Hendrix, Jack Williams, Ray Bonneville,
Groovelily, SONiA and Disappear Fear
SUNDAY,
May 28 – Dulcie Taylor, Eric Taylor, GUY CLARK, Butch Hancock, David
Jacobs-Strain, Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan
MONDAY,
May 39 – Django Walker, Bill Hearne Trio, Stefan George, The Resentments, Sue
Foley
SECOND
WEEKEND
FRIDAY,
June 2 – Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey, Vance Gilbert, Susan Gibson,
Thad Beckman, Ruthie Foster
SATURDAY,
June 3 – John Flynn, Amilia K Spicer, Taxi Chain, Lucky Tomblin Band, Los
Texmaniacs
SUNDAY,
June 4 – Kevin Danzig, Bill Staines, Dar Williams, South Austin Jug Band,
Austin Lounge Lizards
THIRD
WEEKEND
FRIDAY,
June 9 – Bob Franke, James Durst with Work O’ The Weavers, Carolyn Hester,
Northern Lights, Red Dirt Rangers
SATURDAY,
June 10 – Beth Wood, Darden Smith, The Limeliters, Trout Fishing in
America
, Jon Dee Graham, Gary Primich Band
SUNDAY,
June 11 – The Hudson’s, Festival Memorial Orchestra
Copies
of all KFF press releases as well as selected high resolution
photos of festival performers can be found on our website at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/kff06_media.htm
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