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Mark
your calendars for the 24th Annual
Bower's
Mansion
Bluegrass Festival
August
21-23, 2009!
"Back To Our Roots"
Gate
opens at 9AM, festivities start at 9:30AM with
Wyatt Troxel performing his Anthem Medley
The
Line-Up:
10:00
am: The Monday Night
Volunteer Band
11:00
am: The Ragged Rogues
12
noon: Bonnie Larsen's Bluegrass Cloggers
12:40
pm: Riffle Hitch
1:40 pm:
Wild Horse Drive
2:40
pm: Strange On The Range
3:40
pm: The Silver State String
Busters
4:40pm:
Raffle drawing and Door Prize
4:55
pm: West Wind
$15
Adults, $3 kids 2-12
Spend a
fun family weekend in the pines,
between Reno and Carson City, Nevada, at the 2008 Bowers
Mansion Bluegrass Festival. The popular Nevada bluegrass
festival, in its 24th year,
is sponsored by the Northern Nevada Bluegrass
Association (NNBA) and offers offers one of the best values in
arts and entertainment with bands performing some of the
finest Americana music around including hard driving blue grass,
sweet gospel harmonies, and "old time" music.
Also featuring workshops, food and craft vendors, a
bounce house for the kids.
Camping
and free festivities in the tall pines at nearby Davis
Creek Campground will round out this weekend!
Three Days of Fun in the Pines!
In addition to the Bowers
Mansion Festival on Saturday, we have great activities
planned on Friday and
Saturday nights and Sunday morning with other great
FREE activities. Here's the whole
weekend's schedule in a nutshell:
Friday Night Aug 21st, Bluegrass Show featuring
local talent, Davis Creek Amphitheater, 7-10PM - FREE!
Saturday Aug 22nd, The 24th Annual Bower's Mansion
Bluegrass Festival on the grounds of the historic
Bower's Mansion Regional Park!
Saturday Night Aug 22nd, Contra Dance at Davis
Creek Campground, 8-10PM - FREE!
Saturday Night Aug 22nd, 10-??? - Jam around the
campfire at the group camping area, Davis Creek
Campground - FREE!
Sunday Morning August 23rd, Gospel Show at the Davis Creek
Campground Amphitheater, 10AM - FREE!
'Tweener
Performers!!!
What's a 'Tweener, you
ask? It's a short performance held on the grass
just off the side of the stage during the time it takes
to set up for the next regular band. With less
than 10 minutes between bands there's usually time for
about 2 songs.
Workshop Schedule TBA
Music
Workshops offered throughout the day - more information
to follow.
August 21, 22 and 23: Free Events at Davis Creek Park and
Campground
7:00pm Friday, August
21st: Jam and concert featuring local bluegrass
talents. Location: Davis Creek
Amphitheater
8:00pm Saturday, August
22nd: Contra Dance at Davis Creek Park parking lot.
10am Sunday, August
23rd: Gospel show at Davis Creek Amphitheater.
Workshops,
Vendors
As always, and included in the price of admission,
Saturday's activities will include music
workshops,
many of them taught by the performers. This is a
great opportunity to bring your
instrument and learn directly from the professionals.
The festival will also have a variety of vendors
offering food, arts and crafts. So get out
your calendar, and put the Bowers Mansion Bluegrass
Festival under "fun
things to do", then join us August 21-23, 2009 and enjoy a
weekend in the country
with exciting live music, dancing, jamming and fun!
Bower's
Mansion Regional Park and Davis Creek Campground are
located in Washoe Valley, NV, just off HWY 395 and conveniently located
just
a short drive from Reno, Carson City, Minden,
Gardnerville, Virginia
City, and Lake Tahoe.
Directions
Volunteer!
The Bower's Mansion Bluegrass Festival
is organized and presented by an all-volunteer staff.
And WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We need volunteers the weekend of the
festival to help set-up, tear-down, and staff the
booths. Volunteers get great benefits: free
admission to the festival and a cool t-shirt.
To volunteer contact via email at
info@bowersbluegrassfestival.org
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