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Shows (See 'Around Town' below for local venues)
July 20 2008:
Kgnu Presents the 20th
annual Charles Gnu Mountain Jam at
The Gold Hill Inn. This year we
have Tony Trischka, The Ross Martin Trio, Spring Creek Bluegrass, and John
William Davis. Tickets are $15
for members, and $20 for non-members.
Micro brews and BBQ will be available. For more information call us at 303-449-4885.
July 24 2008:
Pete Kartsounes Band w/ members of the String Dusters play a Rocky
Grass Kick off Benefit in support of Hike for Cancer at Oskar Blues, 303
Main St., Lyons, at 10 pm. They’ll
have a raffle, music, and good times for a good cause. For
more information about the hike, and to donate to the fund, log into www.hike4cancer.org.
July 28 2008:
etown featuring music and conversation with The Punch
Brothers featuring Chris Thile and Tift Merritt at The Boulder Theater,
2034 14th Street, Boulder, at 7pm.
For more information call the Boulder theater box office at
303-786-7030.
August 6 2008:
Emmitt Nershi Band at Boulder Theater 2034
14th St., Boulder, 8:30 pm. Tickets go on sale June 27 2008, for more
information call 303-786-7030
Around Town
July 19 2008:
Lonesome Traveler
Bluegrass Band at Avagadro's Number,
605 so Mason St, Ft Collins, at 8pm.
July 22 2008:
Bob Turner and Friends at Mead St. Station, 3625 W. 32nd
(W. of Lowell), Denver, from 9- 7:00 pm.
July 23 2008:
The Billy Pilgrims at Oskar Blues 303 Main St., Lyons, at 8:00 pm.
July 25 2008:
Cottonwood Club at Fat Frog Café, 2530 W Main St, Littleton.
Packway Handle at the Swing Station, LaPorte, at 9 pm.
Jessum Buds at Speedtrap Hwy 105 Palmer Lake, 7:30 pm.
Spring Creek Bluegrass
Band at Oskar Blues, 303 Main st,
Lyons, at 7 pm.
July 26 2008:
Jessum Buds at Estemere Mansion Open Day 380 Glenway St, Palmer
Lake, at 1pm.
July 31 2008:
Southern Exposure at Foote Lagoon Amphitheatre, 3rd Street &
Washington, Loveland, 7 pm.
August 1 2008:
Quickdraw Homegrown Music
at The Fat Frog, 2530 W. Main, Littleton,
at 8:00 PM
Spring Creek Bluegrass
Band at The Rock Inn, Estes Park, 7pm.
August 7 2008:
Blue Canyon Boys will be performing at the Thornton Concert in the
Park, 2141 E. 95th Avenue, Thornton.
August 22 2008:
Mountain Standard Time at Shining Star Café, 95 E. 1st St., Nederland,
11pm. For more information call
303-258-3999.
Blue Canyon Boys at the Rock Inn, 1675 Highway 66, in Estes
Park. For information and times
call 970-586-4116.
August 23 2008:
Mountain Standard Time at Shining Star Café, 95 E. 1st St., Nederland, at
11 pm. For more information call
303-258-3999.
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.
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.
Kgnu Presents the 20th annual Charles Gnu
Mountain Jam on July 20 2008 at The
Gold Hill Inn. This year we have
Tony Trischka, The Ross Martin Trio, Spring Creek Bluegrass, and John William
Davis. Tickets are $15 for
members, and $20 for non-members.
Micro brews and BBQ will be available. For more information call us at 303-449-4885.
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.
The 10th Anniversary Creastone Music Festival is August 1- 3 in Creastone, Colorado. Featured performers include Eileen
Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Oakhurst, and The Rifters. For tickets and more information, visit
www.crestfest.org or call 866-891-8382.
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.
Pickin in the Pines the annual stageless picking festival will be held on August 15th-
17th, at Casey Jones Park in Elizabeth, CO. Sponsored by Cańon Rose Acoustic
Society, The Black Rose Acoustic Society, and The Colorado Bluegrass Music
Society. Bring your instruments
for a weekend of picking. Details
at http://coloradopickininthepines.com/
On-Going
Hike 4 Cancer is a non-profit fund developed to sustain organizations who assist
families living with childhood cancer.
In 2008 Hike 4 Cancer is supporting Camp Wapiyapi located
in Estes Park, CO USA. The major fund raising event will be held July 30th
(beginning of hike) through September 5th, 2008 on the Colorado Trail. Boulder
musician Pete Kartsounes will be hiking the trail the 500 mile
Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango, CO with legendary backpacker and
outdoorsman Namie "Nean" Bacile. Pete will be playing shows in
Breckenridge, Leadville, Salida, Creede, and Durango along the way to raise
money for Camp Wapiyapi. Pete will also be using the 6-week hike to write new
songs specifically for a CD release after the hike. Proceeds from the CD will
benefit Camp Wapiyapi. For more
information on the fund, Camp Wapiyapi, and to donate please log into www.hike4cancer.org.
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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