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Shows (See 'Around Town' below for local venues)
May 21 2008:
Third Semi-Annual
All-Star Tribute to Bob Dylan On or Near Hi Birthday at the Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill, at
7:30 pm. The night features Spring
Creek Bluegrass Band, Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams, KC Groves, Reed Foehl,
Gregory Alan Isakov, Kort McCumber, The Expedition Quartet, Danny Shafer and
more. Tickets at the door. All
proceeds to benefit the Oral Cancer Foundation. For directions and details call 303-443-6461.
June 7 2008:
KGNU's 30th Birthday Benefit Concert with Tim
O’Brien, Molly O’Brien, and Rich Moore at Boulder Theater, 2034 14th St., Boulder, at 8pm. For more information call us at
303-449-4885, or the Boulder Theater at 303-786-7030.
Around Town
May 10 2008:
High Plains Tradition at The Bertolin Barn, 11965 Wasatch Road, Longmont
from 8-11PM.
May 11 2008:
Kantankerous at Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Rd, Centennial,
from 12-2pm.
May 13 2008:
Bob Turner and Friends at Mead Street Station, 3625 W. 32nd,
Denver, 9pm- 12:00 am.
May 14 2008:
Boulder Acoustic Society,
Zebra Junction, and Gregory Alan Isakov at Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, at 9p.m. This show is 21+. For more information call 303-443-3399
or 303-447-0095.
May 16 2008:
The Billy Pilgrims at Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. Gold Hill, Boulder,
at 8 pm. For more information call 303-443-6461.
Cottonwood Club at Fat Frog Café, 2530 W Main St, Littleton.
May 19 2008:
The Stanleytones at Longmont Council for the Arts, 10515 Mooring Rd,
Longmont, at 03:30.
May 20 2008:
Bob Turner and Friends at Mead Street Station, 3625 W. 32nd,
Denver, 9pm- 12:00 am.
May 22 2008:
Jessum Buds at The Speedtrap, 84 Hwy 105, Palmer Lake, from
7:15-9:00 pm.
May 23 2008:
Spring Creek Bluegrass
and Town Mountain at Fox Theatre,
1135 13th St., Boulder, at 9p.m.
This show is 21+. For more
information call 303-443-3399 or 303-447-0095.
KC Groves, Jason Hicks
and the Lyons Road Agents at the
Rock Inn, 1675 Highway 66, in Estes Park.
For information and times call 970-586-4116.
Kantankerous at White Fence Farm, 6263 West Jewell Avenue,
Lakewood, 5 pm-8pm.
May 26 2008:
Town Mountain at Swing Station, 3311 W Cr 54G, LaPorte, at
8pm. For more information call
970-224-3326.
May 27 2008:
Bob Turner and Friends at Mead Street Station, 3625 W. 32nd,
Denver, 9pm- 12:00 am.
May 29 2008:
The Billy Pilgrims at Oskar Blues Grill and Brew, 303 Main St., Lyons,
at 8p.m. For more information call
303-823-6685.
May 30 2008:
Hit & Run Bluegrass for one night only at the Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main
St. Gold Hill, Boulder, at 9 pm.
Hit & Run is composed of former Colorado favorites Rebecca &
John Frazier, Todd Livingston and Andy Thorn (Broke Mountain Bluegrass) as well
as New Hampshire bassist Steve Roy. For more information call 303-443-6461.
May 31 2008:
Kantankerous at Pearl Mack Library, 7611 Hilltop Cir., Denver, from 1-3pm.
Kantankerous at White Fence Farm, 6263 West Jewell Avenue,
Lakewood, 5 pm-8pm.
June 27 2008:
Cottonwood Club at Fat Frog Café, 2530 W Main St, Littleton.
July 6 2008:
Quickdraw Homegrown Music at Edgewater Days in Citizen's Park, 24th &
Chase, Edgewater, CO.
July 16 2008:
Blue Canyon Boys at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, 400
Quail Road, Longmont.
July 25 2008:
Cottonwood Club at Fat Frog Café, 2530 W Main St, Littleton.
August 7 2008:
Blue Canyon Boys will be performing at the Thornton Concert in the
Park, 2141 E. 95th Avenue, Thornton.
August 22 2008:
Blue Canyon Boys at the Rock Inn, 1675 Highway 66, in Estes
Park. For information and times
call 970-586-4116.
Jams, Dance Groups, and On Going events (Do be sure to thank these fine establishments for supporting local bluegrass.)
Sunday:
Swing Station, LaPorte’s
premiere Honky Tonk, features a bluegrass jam every Sunday at 6pm. Swing
Station is located at the corner of Overland Trail and North College Avenue in
LaPorte, five minutes northwest of Old Town Fort Collins. Please call 970-224-3326
for more information.
There's
an Open Bluegrass Jam every 1st Sunday of the month at 4:00 pm. This jam
is held at Wahoo's Fish Tacos located at I25 and County Line Road near the Park
Meadows Mall. Look for Walter
Josey to be your host. For
information call 310-962-5977 (cell), or email mailto:joseywalter@hotmail.com.
There’s an Acoustic Jam (bluegrass and such!)
every Sunday at OZO Coffee Co, 5340 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, from
noon-2pm. Look Richard Weiman to be
your host. For more information
call 303-440-0233.
Every 4th Sunday of the month there’s a Gospel and Bluegrass Jam from noon to 2PM at the
River Community Church (if you're coming from Boulder it's just past Lyons on
highway 36) in Lyons. All
levels are welcome, beginner friendly.
For directions or more information call Amy at 303-823-0362.
Monday:
Denver Folklore Center has a jam on
Mondays at 7p.m. The Folklore center is located at 1893 S. Pearl in Denver.
Every 2nd and 4th Monday night at 7:30 pm there’s an open
Bluegrass Jam at O’Malley’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, located in Palmer
Lake, about half way between Denver and Colorado Springs off I25. Look for Walter
Josey to be your host. For information call 720-273-2354, or email joseywalter@hotmail.com.
Tuesday:
Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons,
has a jam on Tuesdays from 7-11p.m. Look for Eric Thorin of Open
Road and KC Groves of Uncle Earl to be your jam hosts. All levels
are welcome. For more information call 303-823-6685, or subscribe to the
Lyons Jam email list by sending an email to: LyonsJam-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
There’s a jam at the Buffalo Rose every 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays of the month at 8:15 p.m. The Buffalo Rose is located at, 1119
Washington Avenue, Golden. For more information call the Rose at 303 278 6800,
log into http://www.buffalorose.net/,
or contact Jelene & Warren Kennison, 303-206-9248 or jeleneattablemtn@aol.com.
There’s a bluegrass jam every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Swallow
Hill Café, 71 E Yale in Denver, at 7p.m. For more details call the CBMS
hotline at 303-281-9473, 303-777-1003, or go to http://www.swallowhill.com/.
Wednesday:
There’s a bluegrass jam at Ziggi's
Coffee, 400 Main St, Longmont, every 1st and 3rd
Wednesday of the month from 7-9 p.m. Look for members of the Pearl Button
Ramblers to be your hosts. For more information call Ziggi’s at 303-682-5120.
Avogadro's Number, 605 So. Mason St. in Ft. Collins holds a jam on
Wednesdays at 8p.m. Remember that Avo's offers good acoustic entertainment on
weekends too. Call Avogadro's Number at 970-493-5555.
The Big Pick is back every Wednesday at The Pioneer Inn, 15 1st
St., Nederland, starting around 9 pm. For more information call 303-258-7733.
Look For Todd Lilienthal to be your host.
There’s a Bluegrass Jam Wednesday nights from
6pm to 9pm at Super Joe Specialty Coffee, 100 Superior Plaza Way,
Superior. All levels welcome. For
more information call 303-494-1380; or contact Jim Fischer at bass@boulderbluegrass.com, or
303-349-2246 for Info
Thursday:
There’s an open jam at Borders
Books, in the new 29th St Mall in Boulder, every Thursday from
6-9PM.
Thursdays mark the traditional jam at The White Fence Farm, 6263 Jewel
Ave. in Lakewood, from 7-9:30 p.m. The Bluegrass Music Preservation Society
sponsors this jam on 1st and 3rd Thursdays; and the Colorado Bluegrass Music
Society sponsors on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th (if there is one) Thursdays of the
month.
Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Rd., Arvada, holds a jam on the 2nd
and 4th Thursday of the month. For information call the church at 303-422-1235.
Saturday:
Old Town Music, 285 S. Pearl St.,
Denver (NW corner of Alameda & Pearl. due west of the 7-11), has a pick on
the first Saturday of the month from 3-5 pm.
Open Bluegrass Pick, featuring some if Boulders best professional and amateur
pickers, every Saturday at the Southern Sun, 627 S. Broadway St.,
Boulder, at 10pm. For information call 303-543-0886.
Lonny
Lewis hosts a Saturday night jam from 6:30-9:30pm at the Northglenn
Borders Bookstore, located at 241 W. 104th Avenue. (It's close to I-25
& 104th Ave where the old Northglenn Mall used to stand). For more
information call 720-272-8897.
Dance Groups:
CFOOTMAD is the acronym for the Colorado
Friends Of Old Time Music And Dance. They meet twice a month in Boulder,
and twice a month in Denver. Learn the dances of our forebears to the thrill of
live, old-time music, and a real caller. Call 303-652-3306 or visit http://www.cfootmad.org/
for more details.
The Ft. Collins Friends Of Traditional Dance meets at the City Park
Center on 1st and 3rd Saturdays. Call them at 970-493-8277 or visit www.FortNet.org/FoTD for
more information.
Ongoing Bluegrass Shows
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, at 1000 W. 15th St (that's 4 blocks west of Main
street on 15th) in Longmont holds a bluegrass worship service every second
Sunday of each month. There are two services, at 8:15 am and 10:30 am, and
everyone is welcome. If you're a musician who'd like to join in please
check" Musicians Wanted" below
For other Jams and Dance groups call The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society
Hotline at 303-281-9473, or log into http://www.coloradobluegrass.org/. If there's a jam you
would like to see posted and announced, contact Cousin Nickles at bluegrass@kgnu.org.
2nd Annual Southern Colorado Bluegrass Festival runs May 10 2008 at The Fox Theater in Walsenberg,
beginning at 11 am. This little
festival features Ozark Bluegrass Boys, The Ackermans, South Wind, Jessum
Buds, and more. Information
can be found at www.fiddlehangout.com.
The 19th Annual Bluegrass on the River runs May 30-June 1 at The Nature and Raptor of
Pueblo, 5200 Nature Center Road, Pueblo CO. This largely local event features Pete Wernick and
Flexigrass, Hickory Project, Sons and Brothers, Bluegrass Patriots, Palmer
Divide, Fireweed, High Plains Tradition, Hot Club of Santa Fe, Second Wind,
High Atmosphere, The Ackermans, The Hartman Family Band, Matt Flinner Trio, The
Stanleytones, Quickdraw, Rocky Road Gals, County Line Ramblers, Blue Canyon
Boys, Fulton County Bluegrass, and Silver Mountain Fiddlers. For more information call 719-549-2414.
North Fork Bluegrass & Roots Music Jam Camp will run June 9-12, 2008 in Hotchkiss,
Colorado. Camp Hosts Chele's
Kitchen Band and The Hickory Project will be on board for Beginner
to advanced bluegrass students, and The Metamoocil Mountain Boys will be
on board for guitar students working on blues, finger-style folk and basic
guitar essentials. For more
information and to register go to http://www.northforkbluegrassfestival.com/.
5th
Annual North Fork Bluegrass & Roots Music Festival will run June 13-15
2008 in Hotchkiss, Colorado. This
festival features The Kruger Brothers, Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, Kane,
Welch & Kaplin, Diana Jones, The Hickory Project, Mighty Squirrel, Halden
Wofford & The Hi Beams, Rock 'n' Rye, 3 Wire, David Starr & Friends,
Chele's Kitchen, and Metamoocil Mountain Boys. For tickets and information go to http://www.northforkbluegrass.com/.
35th Telluride Bluegrass Festival will run June 19-22, 2008 in Telluride. This year
features Sam Bush Band, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky
Thunder, Ani DiFranco, Yonder Mountain String Band, John Cowan & Darrell
Scott Band, Tim O'Brien, Béla Fleck, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer,
Brett Dennen, and Spring Creek Bluegrass Band. Town Park camping passes or sold out, but there are still
plenty of other tickets available.
For tickets and information call http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride.
9th Annual Rocky Mountain Summer GospelGrass will run from June 26-29 2008 at El Paso County
Fairgrounds, Calhan, CO. For more
information go to http://www.gospelgrass.com./
Old Country Church Bluegrass Festival runs Saturday June 27-29 at Colorado Christian
University, 8787 West Alameda Ave, Lakewood. This festival features County Line Ramblers, Acoustic
Mining Company, Quickdraw, Blue Canyon Boys, McCumberland Gap, Crossroad Gospel
Band, and Old Country Church.
For more information go to http://oldcountrychurchbluegrassfestival.com.
High Mountain Musicfest will run on July 5 2008 in Leadville, CO, on the
courthouse lawn.
High Mountain Hay Fever festival will run from July 10-13 in Westcliffe,
CO. This festival features Laurie
Lewis and the Right Hands, The Bradley Walker Band, Michael Cleveland and
Flamekeeper, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, The Alicia Nugent Band, The
Corndrinkers, The Charlie Sizemore Band, The Wronglers, Diane Ferlatte, Heidi
Clare and Lonesome Cowboy Hobo Wyoming Slim, Coal Creek Bluegrass, The Blue
Canyon Boys, Lonesome Traveler Bluegrass Band, Sons and Brothers, and Dry
Branch Fire Squad. For more
information go to http://www.highmountainhayfever.org./
Happy Ass Ranch Bluegrass and Jam Festival runs July 11-13 at Happy Ass Ranch, 202-CR 368, Lake
George, CO. This event features Grass
It Up, Creating A Newsense, Okie Weiss, Bruce Hayes, Stanleytones, Ackermans,
Acme Bluegrass, Quickdraw Homegrown Music, OTC Varmitz, Simmer Down, COW,
Marianne Louise, Florissant Fossils, and More! For more information go to www.grassitup.com, or www.happyassranch.com.
36th annual RockyGrass will run July 25-27 2008 in Lyons, Co. This year features Dan Tyminski
Band, Natalie MacMaster, Sam Bush Bluegrass Band, Abigail Washburn & The
Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck with Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee, Sam
Bush, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer, JD Crowe & The New South,
Psychograss, John Cowan Band, Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton, Peter Rowan,
Infamous Stringdusters, Chatham County Line, Bearfoot, The Steeldrivers,
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie, Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, And many more. On-Site camping is sold out but other
passes are available, go to http://www.bluegrass.com/rockygrass.
12th Annual Beer and Bluegrass Festival runs August 2 & 3, at River Run Village in
Keystone. This year they
feature Spring Creek Bluegrass, Quickdraw, The Ackermans, Kantankerous,
Grass it Up, White Water Ramble, Oakhurst, and 3 left Feet. Proceeds benefit High Country
Conservation Center. For more
information call 970- 496-4386.
Musicians
Wanted:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Longmont holds a bluegrass worship service,
and they're looking for additional bluegrass musicians to accompany this service
who are willing to perform on a volunteer basis. For more information, please
contact Nadia at 720-494-9707.
Deadlines and Notes
Please submit your gigs at least one week in advance. The deadline for
Kgnu’s Concert and Community Calendars, which run during the week, is two weeks
in advance. These deadlines apply to the web pages as well as the radio
announcements. Please note that due to Kgnu’s non-profit status we can't post,
or announce, prices for non-KGNU performances, sorry. The Hotline is a community
service provided by KGNU, any one playing, or promoting, bluegrass may submit
their gigs, jams, and festivals regardless of membership status. (But wouldn't
you want to be a member?)
The easiest way to send in your submissions is email; use http://www.bluegrass@kgnu.org/. You can also call KGNU at 303-449-4885,
or walk by 4700 Walnut St. in Boulder and have a message left in the Old Grass
Gnu Grass Box. You can also mail information and flyers to KGNU 4700 Walnut St
Boulder Co, 80301 Attn: Bluegrass Hotline.
Thanks for supporting KGNU, and local bluegrass.
Keep Pickin'
Cuz’N Nickles
Good Morning Friends and Neighbors; I regret having to announce that Daniel
"Buck" Buckner passed away this past Thursday 10/2/2003, around 1:30
p.m., at his home in Boulder Heights; he was 62. He had been battling advanced
prostate cancer for more than a year before he expired. He survived by a close
family, and group of friends, who will miss him deeply. More...
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