4TH ANNUAL STRING BAND FESTIVAL IN DRIFTWOOD (OCTOBER 16-18)
The Austin String Band Festival takes place October 16-18, 2009 at Camp Ben McCulloch in Driftwood, and features workshops and bands performing in various
styles of string band music: Bluegrass, Old-time, Cajun, Latino, and other types
of string band music.It is a weekend festival and participants are invited to camp Friday
and Saturday nights, and to play music together around the festival grounds when
they are not in the Pavilion watching the stage show. There will also be
local and organic food for sale at the festival.
The Austin Lounge Lizards headline this year’s festival which begins with a concert Friday night, a full day on Saturday with music workshops Saturday morning, a concert Saturday afternoon and evening; the festival ends with a gospel jam session on Sunday morning. 5 bands perform Friday evening, 9 bands perform on the main stage Saturday, and a number of other bands perform mini-sets on a second stage.
The ticket price ranges between $15 (for Friday only) and $35 (for the whole weekend).
The line-up Friday includes Sieker Band, Christy and The Plowboys, Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang, the Border Blasters, and the McMercy Family. The Saturday line-up includes Charles Thibodeaux, Milkdrive, Double Eagle String Band, Manuel "Cowboy" Donley, The Lost Pines, The Wrights, Mariachi Corbetas (with Anthony Ortiz Jr), Hays County Burn Band, and The Austin Lounge Lizards.
Editor's Note: Best band name? Hays County Burn Band!
The Austin Lounge Lizards headline this year’s festival which begins with a concert Friday night, a full day on Saturday with music workshops Saturday morning, a concert Saturday afternoon and evening; the festival ends with a gospel jam session on Sunday morning. 5 bands perform Friday evening, 9 bands perform on the main stage Saturday, and a number of other bands perform mini-sets on a second stage.
The ticket price ranges between $15 (for Friday only) and $35 (for the whole weekend).
The line-up Friday includes Sieker Band, Christy and The Plowboys, Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang, the Border Blasters, and the McMercy Family. The Saturday line-up includes Charles Thibodeaux, Milkdrive, Double Eagle String Band, Manuel "Cowboy" Donley, The Lost Pines, The Wrights, Mariachi Corbetas (with Anthony Ortiz Jr), Hays County Burn Band, and The Austin Lounge Lizards.
Editor's Note: Best band name? Hays County Burn Band!
Posted by DSBabble.com at Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:14 AM 
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