little late....... kath Music & Entertainment Events - Memorial Weekend Fun - 5/10/01 Thursday, May 10, 2001 Dear M&E Enthusiast, Memorial Weekend is but 15 days away so if you are looking for something special to do over the long weekend look no further. We have a great line-up of events for this occasion for you to relax and contemplate the meaning of Memorial Day--you can also have tons of fun. Whatever your travel plans are, we hope you have a good holiday. On to this weeks issue: * BLUEGRASS * BLUES * CAJUN FESTIVALS * MORE GREAT FESTIVALS ------------------------------------------------------------- * BLUEGRASS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Tri-State Bluegrass Festival May 24-27 Kendallville, IN http://www.ft-wayne.com/bluegrass/nibgas.htm Dry Branch Fire Squad (DBFS), The Collins Brothers, Front Range, Wildwood Valley Boys, Echo Valley, Ezells, Buckeye Ridge, Waterloo Boy Bluegrass, Bluegrass Impressions, and Open Highway. * Western Colorado Bluegrass Music Festival May 25-27 Grand Junction, CO http://www.oldblue.com/ Lost Highway, Bluegrass Patriots, open Road, Glen Wilbourn with Flinthill Special, Larry Stephenson, Julie Wingfield, and Bluegrass Etc. * Bass Mountain Music Festival May 24-27 Burlington, NC http://www.bassmountain.com/ Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Raymond Fairchild with Humphammer, James King Band, Country Current US Navy Band, Josh Graves & Kenny Baker, Ramona Church & Carolina Road, The Bluegrass Cardinals "Reunion", The Lewis Family, Continental Divide, Mountain Heart, The Chapmans, A.L. Wood, Goldwing Express. * The Acoustic Café May 26 Hayden, AL http://www.theacousticcafe.com/ Doc Watson, The Overalls, Lamar Morris, Greg Jones & Ray Brindley, Uncle Bud's 'Lectrowood Experience, The Herb Trotman Band, Crossing The Gap, The Other Guise ------------------------------------------------------------- * BLUES ~~~~~~~~ * Black Diamond Blues Festival May 26-27 Pittsburg, CA http://www.ci.pittsburg.ca.us/depart/leisure/Festivals/page2.html Killin Floor-so blue, Andy Santana & the West Coast Playboys, Henry Clement & the Gumbo Band, Beverly Watson, Little Charlie & the Night Cats, Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers Denise La Salle. * Denver Blues & Bones Festival May 26-28 Denver, CO http://www.denverfestivals.com/blues/blueshome.html Delbert McClinton, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets featuring Sam Myers, Tommy Thomas & Sammy Dee w/the TT Band, Curtis Salgado, Marcia Ball, Eddie Cotton, Robert Belfour, Converse/Hornbuckle Band, Erika Brown Band, Coco Montoya, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Chris Daniels & the Kings. * Santa Cruz Blues Festival May 26-27 Santa Cruz, CA http://www.santacruzbluesfestival.com/ This year's festival, our ninth, features luminaries JONNY LANG and KEB' MO', and a host of veteran blues warriors and sensational performers covering the spectrum of blues styles. On SATURDAY, MAY 26, the festival kicks off with Lang, Roy Rogers, Tinsley Ellis, Lloyd Jones Struggle and Hamilton Loomis. On SUNDAY, MAY 27, it's Keb' Mo', Sista Monica, Jimmy Thackery, Tab Benoit, The Delgado Brothers, Chris Cain, Melvin Taylor and Studebaker John & The Hawks. ------------------------------------------------------------- * CAJUN FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Cajun/Creole Music Festival May 26-27 Simi Valley, CA http://simi2000.com/rotary/cajun.html This event is the largest special event fund raising activity in Simi Valley. The two day event features Cajun/Zydeco and Country Music from nationally acclaimed bands , as well as, dance lessons and a Kids Mardi Gras Parade. There are about 2 dozen different specialty food vendors and approximately 50 craft vendors displaying and selling a wide variety of goods and services. Featuring Hal Ketchum, Lynn Anderson, Lisa Haley, Hunter Hayes, Leroy Thomas, and Acadiana * Cajun Fest May 26-28 Amana, IA http://showcase.netins.net/web/cajunfest/index.html All the ingredients for a memorable weekend are at hand. Look for tons of fresh boiled crawfish, renowned Cajun and Zydeco musicians on the Alliant Energy Stage, Mardi Gras costumes, dancers and dance lessons, Cajun comedy, and real Cajun chefs servin' up steaming kettles of jambalaya, gumbo, and much, much more! ------------------------------------------------------------ MORE GREAT FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Lake Eden Arts Festival May 25-27 Black Mountain, NC http://www.theleaf.com/ Billed as World Music meets Mountain Music; Poetry meets Yoga; Zydeco meets the Zipline; Kids meet Llamas * Sacramento Jazz Jubilee May 25-28 Sacramento, CA http://www.sacjazz.com/ America's premier jazz festival, with 125 bands from across the United States and around the world, featuring the best in Traditional Jazz plus Blues, Zydeco, Latin Jazz and Salsa, Swing Dancing and Western Swing and Gospel * World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest May 25-27 Decatur, IL http://members.tripod.com/~oldtimepiano/ Go back one hundred years to the beginning of the 20th century and the great new music it had to offer the world, and back on over a quarter century of our presenting that music once again. * Northwest Folklife Festival May 25-28 Seattle, WA http://www.nwfolklife.org/ The Northwest Folklife Festival welcomes thousands of regional and international artists to share their traditions through music and dance performances, exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hope you have a fabulous time where ever you spend your holiday weekend. I'm sure I will. Enjoy, Thomas P.S. Send all stories, comments and suggestions to: <a href=" mailto:Thomas@CoolTravelMail.com ">Email Thomas</a> ************************************************************ TELL-A-FRIEND about CoolTravelMail! Visit: <a href=" www.CoolTravelMail.com/friends/ ">Tell-A-Friend</a> Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~