TICKET GIVE-AWAY! LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL, this weekend! – June 18 edition, 2014

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♪  On THURSDAY, at 12:30 pm, we will hold our annual drawing for FREE TICKETS to the 28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “zydeco, blues, creole & Cajun festival!” It happens this Saturday & Sunday, June 21 & 22.

See our TICKET ALERTS, just below!

Also, see the Guide’s NEWS FEATURE in this edition for the INFO ON THE FESTIVAL.

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♪  Plus, we have news of another great FESTIVAL, ELSEWHERE:

.  √  41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL," Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22 in Colorado, brings a huge lineup that, as usual here, isn’t very bluegrassy but is all outstanding. It’s in Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage, and there’s QUITE a lineup. That, and more details, are in our feature in this edition.
 
 
 
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The Guide is GIVING-AWAY PAIRS OF TIX for the LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL!

√  Just tell us whether you want to go Saturday or Sunday (we have pairs of tickets for both); and answer the question! Email us before the deadline of 12:15 pm on Thursday, June 19. Drawing from those submitting correct answers is at 12:30 pm on June 19. Good luck! Here’s your question:

“Essential instruments in Cajun music are the fiddle, rubboard, and accordion. From the standpoint of the “operating system,” name the two types of accordion.”

Email your entry, titled “BAYOU FEST TIX” specififying Saturday or Sunday, to:

tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
 
 
 
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√  28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “ZYDECO, BLUES, CREOLE & CAJUN FESTIVAL,” is Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22, at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400-403 Shoreline Village Dr, Long Beach. Headliners are JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREOLE COWBOYS, THE OTIS TAYLOR BAND, SUNPIE & THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS, MARK ST. MARY, T-LOU, THE CREOLE BELLES, BARBARA MORRISON, and plenty more. Info, 562-495-5959, http://longbeachfestival.com/201053110/HTML/LBBMF_New_Home.html
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See the Guide’s NEWS FEATURE in this edition, following all the festival listings. PLUS, see our TICKET ALERTS section, because the Guide is GIVING-AWAY TIX for the LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL!
 
 
 
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Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22,
FESTIVAL,
in Colorado:
41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" brings a huge lineup to Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage.
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2014 Main Stage Schedule:
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Thursday, June 19...
11 am-Noon — Chris Thile
12:30-1:45 pm — Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
2:15-3:30 pm — The Lone Bellow
4-5:15 pm — John Cowan, John McFee, Friends 5:45-7 pm — Del McCoury Band
7:30-9 pm — Nickel Creek
9:30-11 pm — Brandi Carlile
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Friday, June 20...
10-11 am — Chatham County Line
11:15 am-12:15 pm — Aoife O'Donovan
12:30-1:45 pm — Keller Williams with The Travelin' McCourys
2:15-3:30 pm — Jason Isbell
4-5:15 pm — Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
6-7:30 pm — Béla Fleck & The Colorado Symphony
8:30-10 pm — Dave Rawlings Machine
10:30 pm-Midnight — Steve Winwood
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Saturday, June 21...
9:45-10:45 am — Telluride Band Contest
11 am-Noon — Front Country
12:30-1:45 pm — Peter Rowan's Twang an' Groove featuring Yungchen Lhamo
2:15-3:30 pm — Punch Brothers
4-5:30 pm — Yonder Mountain String Band
5:45-6 pm — Telluride Troubadour
6:15-7:30 pm — Andrew Bird & The Hands of Glory
8-10 pm — Sam Bush Band
10:30-Midnight —
Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne
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Sunday, June 22...
10-11 am — Dailey & Vincent (Gospel Set)
11:30 am-12:45 pm — Béla Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
1:15-2:30 pm — Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers 3-4:15 pm — Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester
4:45-6 pm — Greensky Bluegrass
6:30-8 pm — Ray LaMontagne
8:45-10:45 pm — Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart with special guests Alison Krauss & Del McCoury
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Tickets and camping for the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass are STILL AVAILABLE, and onsale now at:
www.shop.bluegrass.com
or 800-624-2422
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Don't wait much longer to make your plans for the 41st Annual pilgrimage to 8,750' in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for 4 days of community, inspiration, and unbridled acoustic adventures.
 
 
 
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√  THIS WEEKEND: LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL

by Larry Wines
Reprinted from “Random Lengths,” the South Bay’s (print) Newspaper

Mardi Gras may be in February. But this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, it arrives here on our coast, complete with a “Second Line” parade, Lou’siana cuisine and two stages of music with dance floors. It’s the 28th annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, an omnibus zydeco, blues, Creole and Cajun fest. On the fun/musicality meter, it sends lace parasols twirling and the crowd shouting “Who Dat!” as each fresh band appears.

It’s genuinely an all-ages affair. High school and college couples abound. Parents watch dancing small fry instinctively moving to the accordion-and-fiddle-driven music. Oldsters drop anchor with their bag chairs and pop-up umbrella shades and surprise their peers when they hit the dance floor. The little ones get their faces painted and enjoy the kids activity and storytelling tent with sing-alongs and games for the older young ’uns.

Everyone spends time at the Blues Stage for the wailing feel-bettah blues laid-down on guitar and harmonica. There are horns aplenty, trumpets, saxes, trombones. You’ll join the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band’s daily parade past the lagoon and through the site. It’s an all-in procession that ends, gyrating, on the big, covered, wooden dance floor. You’re bedecked in strands of colorful Mardi Gras beads without quite knowing how that happened.

The food of Louisiana and distinctive, horn-and-clarinet-driven traditional jazz of New Orleans are traditionally the state’s cultural exports. Cajun and Creole cuisine are here in abundant variety from purveyors that include award-winning Southern cooking. Much of it is spicy, so locals love it. You’ll find gumbo, catfish, crawfish étouffée, fried gator, red beans and rice, hush puppies, sweet potato pie, cornbread puddin’ and more. For the daring and gluttonous, there are eating contests – crawfish and watermelon.

The fun multiplied because of tragedy. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita dislocated many folks from the bayou region, southeast Texas to coastal Mississippi. A disproportionate number came to Southern California. When you’re the new kid on the block and you arrive with a fun culture, the locals pick it up. For the past decade, traditional swamp music and deep-down Delta Blues have taken a deeper hold across America, and here.

There are local weekly zydeco dances. One is every Sunday at the Golden Sails in Long Beach, another is in Monrovia. The scene is huge in San Diego, too. Tee shirts with giant fleur-de-lis are everyday sights on our beaches. Of course, the Saints winning the Super Bowl didn’t hurt.

The festival has always helped charity. A portion of this year’s profits benefit “LALA,” the non-profit “Louisiana to Los Angeles” that raises educational funds for local youth to attend college.

Given L.A.’s ethnic diversity, most of us encounter that word “multicultural,” but usually in some dry academic appeal for funding to get needed arts back in the schools. At this festival, multicultural is alive with passion and exuberance and perpetual motion. Want to take your kid someplace where they won’t keep the ear buds plugged-in for incessant pounding? Something you’ll enjoy?

“Laissez les bon temps rouler” – that’s the Cajun French phrase that means “Let the good times roll!”

The festival’s emphasis on the music transcends your expectations. Dance lessons throughout the day make the kinesis accessible to beginners.

Many of Louisiana’s top acts play the Cajun-Zydeco Stage. Featured headliners are Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, who have five critically acclaimed CDs and have wowed crowds in over 35 countries with their brand of blues, zydeco, funk and West African rhythms. Other top acts are the Otis Taylor Band, “Delta King” Mark St. Mary's Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band, Sonny Green, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, and the infectious locally-based Bonne Musique Zydeco and all-female Cajun band the Creole Belles. Plus, there’s Shari Puorto, Jimbo Ross, the San Diego Cajun Playboys, and Theo & the Zydeco Patrol.

Musicians on the Blues Stage come from across America. This year brings more emphasis than ever before. Saturday brings the supergroup Delta Groove All Stars, featuring Sugaray Rayford, Kid Ramos, Jackie Payne, Lynwood Slim, Kara Grainger, Steve Freund, and Randy Chortkoff. They present "a history of the blues that every fan can appreciate" says Chortkoff, adding, "What we deliver onstage is more like what you'd get with Ike Turner back in the day, a self-contained traveling blues festival."

Sunday, the Blues Stage hosts Chicago-born, Denver-raised Otis Taylor, celebrating his CD, “My World is Gone,” which has a five-star rating on Amazon. His previous album, “Otis Taylor's Contraband,” took the honors for Downbeat Magazine's Top Blues Album in 2012 and won the Living Blues Critics Poll that year (his song “10 Million Slaves” has two million+ views on YouTube.

Local jazz and blues legend Barbara Morrison brings her two-and-a-half octave range back to the festival stage, this year accompanied by Al Williams. She’s toured the world.

Other top blues acts? There’s 72-year old soul-blues legend Sonny Green, an L.A. transplant from Louisiana. There’s Jimbo Ross, who’s played with the Moody Blues, Pete Townsend, Bob Dylan, Johnny Mathis, and Led Zeppelin. He sings and plays electric viola with virtuosic fire. There’s Rosa Lee Brooks who recorded with Jimi Hendrix. And there’s “formidable guitar modernist” Southside Slim with his hard rockin' blues. The Shari Puorto Band is a 2010 Los Angeles Music Award winner. Floyd & the Flyboys, 20 year veterans, feature members who’ve played with the Eagles, Ray Charles, and the Temptations.

The Long Beach Bayou Festival runs Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, in Rainbow Lagoon Park, at Linden Ave & Shoreline Drive, Long Beach. Park on the Marina Green Lot across from Rainbow Lagoon Park. The festival opens at 11 AM both days, and closes Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 8 PM. Adult tickets are $25 for one day in advance, $30 each day at the gate; seniors (60+) and students (13+) are $20 per day in advance, $30 at the gate; children age 12 and under are free. The event is presented by Benoit Entertainment Group. More info, including performance schedules, and tickets are available by phone at 562-912-4451, and online at www. longbeachbayou.com

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PLUS, the Guide is GIVING-AWAY TIX for the LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL! See the TICKET ALERTS section in this edition!
 
 
 
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♪  The Guide has made some CH-CH-CHANGES – turn, embrace the change – with more to come as spring becomes summer of 2014. There are, and will be, points of departure to make room (and time) for the new. We’ll do what we can, because as always, we operate with the editor’s motto, “One does what one can.”
 
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Update! IT’S A FESTIVAL-PACKED FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND – June 14 edition, 2014

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FOUR local roots music festivals this weekend, and more ahead, ALL HERE!

The Guide spent Friday at the annual HUCK FINN JUBILEE. Saturday, we have reporters at the annual ROADSHOW REVIVAL, the music festival tribute to the music of JOHNNY CASH.

But along the way to preparing you, our readers, for all the action in Southern California and beyond, we left-out one local festival and one Northern Cal festival that are also happening THIS WEEKEND. That’s corrected here.

Post-action reports will appear in the Guide. But if you’re still home reading this, WHY? There is entirely too much good stuff out there to miss all of it – so pick a festival and GO!

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Whether you’re taking dad or venturing forth in another guise, we have it ALL for you!

Welcome to our updated FESTIVAL edition of the Guide. We appreciate you, our readers, for your QUARTER-MILLION PAGE-VIEWS per year. Let’s jump right in!

♪  THIS WEEKEND, spring festival season hits it peak. Here are the details of the four biggest and best roots music festivals in Southern California, a mention of the biggest jazz festival of the year, a bluegrass fest in Northern Cal, plus DETAILS on one more local Folk-Americana festival that’s a week away AND a huge one next week in Colorado. (We’ve been telling you about them for months, with ticket alerts, early-bird tix discounts and more.) NOW THEY’RE HERE…

.  √  38th Annual “Huck Finn Jubilee” is an outstanding Bluegrass Festival, June 13-15.
.  √  6th Annual “ROADSHOW REVIVAL” is a top-notch tribute to JOHNNY CASH with honky-tonk, rockabilly, and more.
.  √  26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15.
.  √  1st Annual (since its move) "BIG IRISH FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL" runs Sat & Sun, Jun 14 & 15, 10 am-7 pm.at its new home at  El Dorado Regional Park III, 7550 E Wardlow, Long Beach 90815; www.irishfair.org/#%21irish-fair/cy20
.  √  Annual “PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL” at the Hollywood Bowl, with satellite and related events in various other venues around town. Google that one, because it’s outside our purview.

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Annual "FATHERS DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" at Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Rd, Grass Valley, CA 95949.


Plus, we have NEXT weekend covered for you…

♪  FESTIVAL coming SOON in Southern California:
.  √  28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “zydeco, blues, creole & Cajun festival,” Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22. See the Guide’s NEWS FEATURE in this edition, following all the festival listings. PLUS, this coming week, the Guide is GIVING-AWAY TIX for the LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL! Watch for details!


♪  FESTIVAL coming NEXT WEEKEND, ELSEWHERE:
.  √  41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL," Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22 in Colorado, brings a huge lineup that, as usual here, isn’t very bluegrassy but is all outstanding. It’s in Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage, and there’s QUITE a lineup. That, and more details, are in our feature in this edition.
 

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All the details for ALL these festivals, happening THIS weekend AND NEXT weekend, are in this edition.
 
 
 
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Thu-Sun, Jun 12-15,
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This coming week, the Guide is GIVING-AWAY TIX for the LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL! Watch for details!

OTHERWISE…
Not a separate listing this time around –
instead, it’s one blanket alert for all the festivals in this edition,
because they all sell-out during their first day.
 
√  Advance ticket info is in both short and long listings for each roots music festival, below.
 
 
 
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QUICK OVERVIEWS, followed by full details…
 
√  38th Annual “Huck Finn Jubilee” is a solid Bluegrass Music Festival, June 13-15, moved last year to Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in the Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga area. It features Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Rhonda Vincent, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Gibson Brothers, and many more. A DISCOUNT TICKET DEAL is available at: http://touch.groupon.com/deals/gl-huck-finn-jubilee-1

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√  6th Annual “ROADSHOW REVIVAL” is a top-notch “TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH" with honky-tonk, rockabilly, and more, and plenty of other activities. Runs Saturday ONLY, 11 am-7 pm,  at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura. www.roadshowrevival.com

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√  26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15, is a delightfully eclectic festival that benefits folk-friendly KCBX public radio, at the Lions Live Oak Camp, 4600 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara 93105. The huge lineup includes BLIND BOY PAXTON, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Lily and Madeleine, The Boogaloo Assassins, The Dustbowl Revival, THE LIONS, ZONGO ALL STARS, SHADOWLANDS, and many more. This one will SELL-OUT sometime during its the first day (June 13). www.liveoakfest.org

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√  1st Annual “BIG IRISH FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL” moves to its new home at  El Dorado Regional Park III, 7550 E Wardlow, Long Beach 90815; www.irishfair.org/#%21irish-fair/cy20.
One-day pass, good either day, is $15 for adult (+ fee), or students (age 13-21, with student i.d.) and seniors (age 62+), $13 (+ fee). Ages 12 and under are free, accompanied by an adult. TWO DAY PASS is $25. Ages 12 and under free, accompanied by an adult. Online tix at:
https://tix.extremetix.com/Online/mEvents.jsp?siteID=725

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√  Annual “PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL” at the Hollywood Bowl, with satellite and related events in various other venues around town. Google that one, because it’s outside our purview.


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FULL DETAILS of the ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVALS listed above…

Jun 13-15, FESTIVAL,
in Ontario:
Annual "HUCK FINN JUBILEE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" brings a huge lineup of stars in the genre, with headliners SAM BUSH, RALPH STANLEY, STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, DOYLE LAWSON, RHONDA VINCENT, THE BOXCARS, BLUEGRASS ETC, LONESOME OTIS, DAN CRARY, SALTY SUITES, JUNIOR SISK, THE GIBSON BROTHERS, DOYLE LAWSON, THE TRAVELIN' McCOURYS, DEL McCOURY, DAILEY & VINCENT, STEEL DRIVERS, CALIFORNIA, and more, plus workshops and all the traditional "Huck Finn / Tom Sawyer / Becky Thatcher" activities unique to this festival, at Cucamonga Guasti Regional Park, 800 N Archibald Av, Ontario 91764; tix and info, 951-780-8810; http://huckfinn.com
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FRIDAY, June 13: Festival hours, 9 am-11 pm.
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MAIN STAGE:
√  Rhonda Vincent, Noon-1:30 pm.
√  Bluegrass Etc., 1:40-2:25 pm.
√  The Salty Suites, 2:30-3:15 pm.
√  Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 3:20-4:05 pm.
√  The Boxcars, 4:10-4:55 pm.
√  Sam Bush, 5:25-6:25 pm.
√  Pete & Joan Wernick “Dr. & Nurse Banjo,” 6:30-6:50 pm.
√  The Del McCoury Band, 6:55-8 pm
√  The String Cheese Incident (subject of a recent Guide feature story), 8:30-11 pm.
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√  Buffalo Nickel, 10 am.
√  Get Down Boys, 11 am.
√  Back Porch Band, 2 pm.
√  Burning Heart, 3 pm.
√  Buffalo Nickel, 4 pm.
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√  “Finding Your Sound” workshop with The Salty Suites.
√  “Mandolin” workshop with Sam Bush.
√  Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class Instructional Big Jam Class.
√  Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn."
“Band Workshop" with Bluegrass Etc.
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√  Line Dance Classes
√  KC Douglas Line Dance Party
√  Barn Dance (with Riley’s Mountaineers)
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SATURDAY, June 14, Festival hours, 7 am–11 pm.
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MAIN STAGE:
√  Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 10:20-11:05 am.
√  Southwest Bluegrass Assoc. SWBA Kids, 11:10-11:55 am.
√  Dan Crary & Thunderation, Noon-12:45 pm.
√  Lonesome Otis, 12:50-1:35 pm.
√  Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 1:40-2:25 pm.
√  Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 2:30-3:15 pm.
√  Dr. Ralph Stanley, 3:20-4:50 pm.
√  The Steel Drivers, 5:30-6:15 pm.
√  Keller Williams with the Travelin’ McCourys, 6:45-8 pm.
√  The String Cheese Incident (subject of a recent Guide feature story), 8:30-11 pm.
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√  Back Porch Band, 9 am.
√  Bodie Mountain, 10 am.
√  Bluegrass Brethern, 11 am.
√  Get Down Boys, Noon.
√  Southwest Bluegrass Assoc. SWBA Bluegrass Kids Family Jam, 1:30 pm.
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√  “Meet & Greet” with Dr. Ralph Stanley.
√  “Band Workshop" with Dan Crary & Thunderation.
√  “Traditional Bluegrass Guitar Styles” workshop with Chris Jones.
√  Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class "Instructional Big Jam Class."
√  Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn"
√  Instrument Workshop.
√  "Practice What You Learn" Jam.
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Other Activities:
√  "Blind Bogie Fish Derby"
√  Line Dance Classes
√  KC Douglas Line Dance Party
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MAIN STAGE:
√  Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 10:20-10:55 am.
√  Next Generation, 11:10-11:55 am.
√  Act to be announced, Noon-12:45 pm.
√  California “A Reunion Set,” 12:50-1:35 pm.
√  The Gibson Brothers, 1:40-2:25 pm.
√  Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 2:30-3:25 pm.
√  Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, 3:30-4:05 pm.
√  Dailey & Vincent, 4:10-4:55 pm.
√  The Gibson Brothers, 5-5:45 pm.
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√  Back Porch Band, 9 am.
√  Burning Heart, 10 am.
√  True Life, 11 am.
√  Murphy Family, Noon.
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Sunday Workshops:
√  “Quartet Vocals Workshop" with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
√  "Songwriting Workshop" with The Gibson Brothers.
√  Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class - "Instructional Big Jam Class."
√  Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn."
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Other Activities:
√  "Blind Bogie Fish Derby."
√  Father’s Day Breakfast.
√  Chapel Service (Led by Dennis Riley).
√  Old Time Gospel Sing.
√  Sack Race.
√  Egg Toss.
√  River Raft Building Contest.
√  Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Contest.
√  Climb The Greased Pole.
√  Line Dance Classes.
√  Pie Eating Contest.
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This year's big name performers include Grammy Award winners The Del McCoury Band and reigning “Queen of Bluegrass” Rhonda Vincent, and mandolin wizard Sam Bush.
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Bluegrass traditionalists Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice have been nominated for 16 awards in the 40th annual "Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America" (SPBGMA) and are touted as one of the nation’s most authentic bluegrass groups. Sisk won "Male Vocalist of the Year" in 2013 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA).
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The Del McCoury Band took home their second Grammy Award this year for best bluegrass album with “Streets of Baltimore,” a tribute to the city where McCoury got his start, working for a stint with the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. It was McCoury’s 10th Grammy nomination.
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Rhonda Vincent, dubbed the “New Queen of Bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, recently released “Only Me,” a two-disc combo of both bluegrass and country. Known for her progressive chord structures and multi-range vocals, she has worked closely with many in the industry, including Dolly Parton and Alison Krause. Expect her set to mix material from the new CD with old favorites.
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THE NEW MANAGEMENT:
“This is only the beginning,” says Michael Krouse, President and CEO of the Greater Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau, which this year assumed ownership of the nonprofit event.
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FESTIVAL OVERVIEW:
Huck Finn’s Jubilee is an annual three-day celebration of old Americana, featuring bluegrass and country music, great food, period-themed activities, a jammer’s campground, fishing, raft-building, and more. Held every Father’s Day weekend - and now, in Ontario - it is billed as one of the largest bluegrass festivals west of the Mississippi, drawing visitors from throughout the United States.
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PARKING: Note this important change. All vehicles will be removed from parking lots at the close of the event each night (except camping area). Jammers who have wristbands will be allowed to stay until 3 am, with parking sticker provided by the festival. Thereafter, vehicles will be towed from the lots.
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CAMPING: A wristband is required for all overnight campers. If you have purchased a Tent, RV or Car camping space and you want a friend to join you, you can purchase an "overnight" wristband for them at the gate. The cost is $35, but does NOT include a festival admission ticket.
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HOTELS: There are package deals for festival tickets and hotels with shuttles. A variety of nearby lodgings are available. The Guide notified you months ago about special Huck Finn rates. Use the festival website.
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TICKETS:
A DISCOUNT TICKET DEAL is available at:
http://touch.groupon.com/deals/gl-huck-finn-jubilee-1
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June 12 is the last day to save money with advance tickets on the festival’s site. Tickets will be available at the gate the day of the event.
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Ages 13 & up require an Adult Ticket; ages 6-12 require a Junior Ticket, Ages 5 and under are free.
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Tix range from $10 (kids, single-day) to $395 (full festival, adult, including camping).
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Full-price tickets at:
http://www.showclix.com/event/HuckFinnJubileeShowOnly


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Sat, Jun 14,
FESTIVAL,
in Ventura:
11 am-7 pm  6th Annual "ROADSHOW REVIVAL — A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH" with a big lineup of bands and plenty of other activities, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura.
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Music centers on popular outlaw country, rockabilly, bluegrass and Johnny Cash tribute bands. Plus, there are hot rods, custom cars and motorcycles, a pin-up girl pageant, Johnny Cash memorabilia, food & beverages, a kid's corral, and scores of vendors with unique offerings and collectibles.
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LINEUP on TWO STAGES:
√  Los Lobos (headliners)
√  Jonny Two Bags
√  The Paladins
√  Dale Watson & the Lonestars
√  James Intveld
√  The Americans
√  Snake Oil Salesmen
√  Gamblers Mark
√  Theresa Spanke
√  Hard Six
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And, Johnny Cash tribute acts:
√  The Cold Hard Cash Show
√  The Walking Phoenixes
√  The Mighty Cash Cats
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The Sixth Annual ROADSHOW REVIVAL—A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash celebrates the life and times of the "Man in Black" in the town he lived in. Featuring top-notch Rockabilly, Outlaw Country, Johnny Cash tribute acts, a Johnny Cash Memorabilia Gallery, Pin-Up Girl Pageant, custom cars and bikes, VIP Lounge, beer, food, drinks, Kid's Corral, and tons of vendors with unique offerings for everyone. By the beach on the grassy fields at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. On-site parking $5. Kid 5 and under free
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Ross Emery Entertainment and Cindy Cash bring the annual homage to the "Man in Black" back to Johnny Cash's old stomping grounds on Father's Day Weekend.
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This is one of the largest tribute concerts on the West Coast, and it returns in full swing,  taking over the grassy fields at the beachfront Ventura County Fairgrounds on Father's Day weekend. The sixth annual event will feature .
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Los Lobos does a TV feature on the Roadshow Revival on Fox Channel 11 at 9:30 am Thursday morning, June 12.
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In 2009, Ross Emery, with support from the Cash family, his brother, and the community of Ventura, produced the first Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura County. The following year, Emery -- a musician and local business owner -- bought the majority stake in the event, and Johnny Cash's daughter, Cindy, joined the production team. In 2011, Emery was forced to change the event name to "Roadshow Revival—A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash," due to legal issues. Fast forward to 2014 (5 events later) — the Roadshow Revival is one of the biggest tribute Festivals on the West Coast.
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The Roadshow Revival always donates a portion of ticket sales to local charities. This year's beneficiary is "Foodshare," Ventura County's food bank.
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Plus:
“Johnny Cash Memorabilia Gallery”
Curated by Johnny’s daughter Cindy Cash, the gallery showcases a first-rate collection of Johnny's personal possessions. Every year, new and never-before-seen items are added. Collection highlights include Johnny's Mercedes, clothes, guitars, and family photos.
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“Miss Roadshow Revival Pin Up Pageant”
1950s fashions emphasized fragile femininity, in the form of soft shoulders, stiletto heels, pencil-slim skirts, and little hats with veil and feathers. The Pin-Up Pageant typifies the '50s aesthetic. It's classy, family friendly, and a little bit rock 'n' roll. The Miss Roadshow Revival Pin Up Pageant is produced by Carlos Avila Photography.
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The event will take place rain or shine.
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General admission tickets are $35; active military receive "Two for One" (valid government issued i.d. required) and car show registration will be $50 (includes one vehicle and one driver). V.I.P. tickets including lunch and 4 drink tickets are $175 and "Get Rhythm" preferred, secured seating tickets are $70. Kids 6 – 12 are $5 and 5 and under are free.
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General Admission tix allow you to “Pull up a lawn chair, lay out a beach blanket, or get up close and personal with your favorite performer.” It's general admission at the Roadshow, so come early to stake your claim. Tix, $35.
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Get Rhythm Preferred Area – is for concert goers who want to set-up their lawn chair and/or beach blanket in a secured area right in front of the stage. Allows you to enjoy all the Roadshow Festivities and still come back to your coveted front row seats. You get early entry in to the event, too. Tix, $75.
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VIP Lounge tix – Rub elbows with the talent and the Roadshow Revival's friends and family. Enjoy complimentary food, alcohol/beverages, early entry and a front row view of the Main Stage. Upgraded restrooms, plenty of seating and shade are good reasons to go VIP. $1 goes to FoodShare--providing food and support to the hungry of Ventura County. Tix, $175.
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Kid's Corral – for kids ages 6-12 includes a bubble ride, jump castle, and more. Tix, $5.
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Car Show – “Drive On Car & Bike Show” presented by the Roadshow Revival and Noble Fabrication to benefit the “A Walk on Water Foundation,” includes one car and passengers (pack legally) and goody bag. Info at www.roadshowrevival.com ; tix, $150.
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The “Johnny Cash Sightseeing Tour,” visiting Johnny's Ranch House in Casitas Springs; his office in Downtown Ventura; the trailer park he bought for his parents in Oakview, the church he attended and where he met the Reverend Floyd Gressett, the man who arranged the infamous Folsom Prison concerts – a first-of-its-kind tour – is sold-out.


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Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15,
FESTIVAL,
north of Santa Barbara:
26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL” is a delightfully eclectic festival with an excellent lineup, and it benefits folk-friendly KCBX public radio; held at the Lions Live Oak Camp, 4600 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara 93105.
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The huge lineup includes:
√  Marley's Ghost
√  Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
√  Railroad Earth
√  Cache Valley Drifters
√  Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
√  Holly Williams
√  La Santa Cecilia
√  Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
√  Lily and Madeleine
√  The Dustbowl Revival
√  The Lions
√  Blind Boy Paxton
√  The Boogaloo Assassins
√  The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers
√  Zongo All Stars
√  Erin Inglish
√  Shadowlands
√  Steve Key
√  Mendeleyev
√  The Monroe Panga
√  JD McPherson
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The Live Oak Music Festival is held at Live Oak Camp, about twenty minutes west of Santa Barbara. Nestled in the river valley that feeds Cachuma Lake, the site is filled with old oaks that provide restful shade and pristine beauty. The temperate climate, the shady oaks, the early summer setting, and the slow-moving pace create a pastoral backdrop for relaxing and listening to great music with family and friends.
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The focus of the Live Oak Music Festival is, of course, the main stage performances. With musicians from all over the United States and across the globe performing, this hub of the festival is the gathering place for everyone to hear and see some of the finest entertainers anywhere do what they do best: play music. Ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and world music, and touching most genres in between, the main stage provides cultural entertainment and education. The music on the main stage is engineered by a top-notch crew, so the sound is second to none for an outdoor venue.
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From the opening of the Live Oak Music Festival gates on Friday morning at 8 am to the closing of the same at noon on Monday, the three-day event provides basic camping accommodations under the shade of old oak trees. In addition, a variety of diverse food concessions are available.
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Adding to the fun of the main stage music is a collection of arts and crafts booths, music workshops, fireside jamming, and rowdy barn dances on Friday and Saturday nights. A variety of daytime activities for small children, from guitar lesson, to arts & crafts, to a major talent show, give the youngsters not so interested in the main stage music something to do while their parents sit back and enjoy the show beneath the shade of a towering oak. At night, for those teens more interested in mingling than listening, a variety of activities are available for their entertainment.
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While all this is going on, AKORN Radio, the festival’s solar-powered, on-site station, broadcasts live the festival events as they happen, including the main stage, the workshops and other events.
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TICKETS:
Prices range from a $125 adult full-festival pass to a $20 single-day children's pass. Single-day parking is $10. Camping costs are additional. Full tix info at:
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Sat & Sun, Jun 14 & 15,
FESTIVAL,
in Long Beach:
10 am-7 pm  "THE BIG IRISH FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL" moves to its new home at  El Dorado Regional Park III, 7550 E Wardlow, Long Beach 90815; www.irishfair.org/#%21irish-fair/cy20
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One-day pass, good either day, is $15 for adult (+ fee), or students (age 13-21, with student i.d.) and seniors (age 62+), $13 (+ fee). Ages 12 and under are free, accompanied by an adult.
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https://tix.extremetix.com/Online/mEvents.jsp?siteID=725
 
 
 
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√  28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “ZYDECO, BLUES, CREOLE & CAJUN FESTIVAL,” is Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22, at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400-403 Shoreline Village Dr, Long Beach. Headliners are JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREOLE COWBOYS, THE OTIS TAYLOR BAND, SUNPIE & THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS, MARK ST. MARY, T-LOU, THE CREOLE BELLES, BARBARA MORRISON, and plenty more. Info, 562-495-5959, http://longbeachfestival.com/201053110/HTML/LBBMF_New_Home.html
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Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22,
FESTIVAL,
in Colorado:
41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" brings a huge lineup to Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage.
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Thursday, June 19...
11 am-Noon — Chris Thile
12:30-1:45 pm — Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
2:15-3:30 pm — The Lone Bellow
4-5:15 pm — John Cowan, John McFee, Friends 5:45-7 pm — Del McCoury Band
7:30-9 pm — Nickel Creek
9:30-11 pm — Brandi Carlile
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Friday, June 20...
10-11 am — Chatham County Line
11:15 am-12:15 pm — Aoife O'Donovan
12:30-1:45 pm — Keller Williams with The Travelin' McCourys
2:15-3:30 pm — Jason Isbell
4-5:15 pm — Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
6-7:30 pm — Béla Fleck & The Colorado Symphony
8:30-10 pm — Dave Rawlings Machine
10:30 pm-Midnight — Steve Winwood
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Saturday, June 21...
9:45-10:45 am — Telluride Band Contest
11 am-Noon — Front Country
12:30-1:45 pm — Peter Rowan's Twang an' Groove featuring Yungchen Lhamo
2:15-3:30 pm — Punch Brothers
4-5:30 pm — Yonder Mountain String Band
5:45-6 pm — Telluride Troubadour
6:15-7:30 pm — Andrew Bird & The Hands of Glory
8-10 pm — Sam Bush Band
10:30-Midnight —
Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne
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Sunday, June 22...
10-11 am — Dailey & Vincent (Gospel Set)
11:30 am-12:45 pm — Béla Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
1:15-2:30 pm — Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers 3-4:15 pm — Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester
4:45-6 pm — Greensky Bluegrass
6:30-8 pm — Ray LaMontagne
8:45-10:45 pm — Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart with special guests Alison Krauss & Del McCoury
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www.shop.bluegrass.com
or 800-624-2422
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√  NEXT WEEKEND: LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL

by Larry Wines
Reprinted from “Random Lengths,” the South Bay’s (print) Newspaper

Mardi Gras may be in February. But next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, it arrives here on our coast, complete with a “Second Line” parade, Lou’siana cuisine and two stages of music with dance floors. It’s the 28th annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, an omnibus zydeco, blues, Creole and Cajun fest. On the fun/musicality meter, it sends lace parasols twirling and the crowd shouting “Who Dat!” as each fresh band appears.

It’s genuinely an all-ages affair. High school and college couples abound. Parents watch dancing small fry instinctively moving to the accordion-and-fiddle-driven music. Oldsters drop anchor with their bag chairs and pop-up umbrella shades and surprise their peers when they hit the dance floor. The little ones get their faces painted and enjoy the kids activity and storytelling tent with sing-alongs and games for the older young ’uns.

Everyone spends time at the Blues Stage for the wailing feel-bettah blues laid-down on guitar and harmonica. There are horns aplenty, trumpets, saxes, trombones. You’ll join the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band’s daily parade past the lagoon and through the site. It’s an all-in procession that ends, gyrating, on the big, covered, wooden dance floor. You’re bedecked in strands of colorful Mardi Gras beads without quite knowing how that happened.

The food of Louisiana and distinctive, horn-and-clarinet-driven traditional jazz of New Orleans are traditionally the state’s cultural exports. Cajun and Creole cuisine are here in abundant variety from purveyors that include award-winning Southern cooking. Much of it is spicy, so locals love it. You’ll find gumbo, catfish, crawfish étouffée, fried gator, red beans and rice, hush puppies, sweet potato pie, cornbread puddin’ and more. For the daring and gluttonous, there are eating contests – crawfish and watermelon.

The fun multiplied because of tragedy. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita dislocated many folks from the bayou region, southeast Texas to coastal Mississippi. A disproportionate number came to Southern California. When you’re the new kid on the block and you arrive with a fun culture, the locals pick it up. For the past decade, traditional swamp music and deep-down Delta Blues have taken a deeper hold across America, and here.

There are local weekly zydeco dances. One is every Sunday at the Golden Sails in Long Beach, another is in Monrovia. The scene is huge in San Diego, too. Tee shirts with giant fleur-de-lis are everyday sights on our beaches. Of course, the Saints winning the Super Bowl didn’t hurt.

The festival has always helped charity. A portion of this year’s profits benefit “LALA,” the non-profit “Louisiana to Los Angeles” that raises educational funds for local youth to attend college.

Given L.A.’s ethnic diversity, most of us encounter that word “multicultural,” but usually in some dry academic appeal for funding to get needed arts back in the schools. At this festival, multicultural is alive with passion and exuberance and perpetual motion. Want to take your kid someplace where they won’t keep the ear buds plugged-in for incessant pounding? Something you’ll enjoy?

“Laissez les bon temps rouler” – that’s the Cajun French phrase that means “Let the good times roll!”

The festival’s emphasis on the music transcends your expectations. Dance lessons throughout the day make the kinesis accessible to beginners.

Many of Louisiana’s top acts play the Cajun-Zydeco Stage. Featured headliners are Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, who have five critically acclaimed CDs and have wowed crowds in over 35 countries with their brand of blues, zydeco, funk and West African rhythms. Other top acts are the Otis Taylor Band, “Delta King” Mark St. Mary's Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band, Sonny Green, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, and the infectious locally-based Bonne Musique Zydeco and all-female Cajun band the Creole Belles. Plus, there’s Shari Puorto, Jimbo Ross, the San Diego Cajun Playboys, and Theo & the Zydeco Patrol.

Musicians on the Blues Stage come from across America. This year brings more emphasis than ever before. Saturday brings the supergroup Delta Groove All Stars, featuring Sugaray Rayford, Kid Ramos, Jackie Payne, Lynwood Slim, Kara Grainger, Steve Freund, and Randy Chortkoff. They present "a history of the blues that every fan can appreciate" says Chortkoff, adding, "What we deliver onstage is more like what you'd get with Ike Turner back in the day, a self-contained traveling blues festival."

Sunday, the Blues Stage hosts Chicago-born, Denver-raised Otis Taylor, celebrating his CD, “My World is Gone,” which has a five-star rating on Amazon. His previous album, “Otis Taylor's Contraband,” took the honors for Downbeat Magazine's Top Blues Album in 2012 and won the Living Blues Critics Poll that year (his song “10 Million Slaves” has two million+ views on YouTube.

Local jazz and blues legend Barbara Morrison brings her two-and-a-half octave range back to the festival stage, this year accompanied by Al Williams. She’s toured the world.

Other top blues acts? There’s 72-year old soul-blues legend Sonny Green, an L.A. transplant from Louisiana. There’s Jimbo Ross, who’s played with the Moody Blues, Pete Townsend, Bob Dylan, Johnny Mathis, and Led Zeppelin. He sings and plays electric viola with virtuosic fire. There’s Rosa Lee Brooks who recorded with Jimi Hendrix. And there’s “formidable guitar modernist” Southside Slim with his hard rockin' blues. The Shari Puorto Band is a 2010 Los Angeles Music Award winner. Floyd & the Flyboys, 20 year veterans, feature members who’ve played with the Eagles, Ray Charles, and the Temptations.

The Long Beach Bayou Festival runs Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, in Rainbow Lagoon Park, at Linden Ave & Shoreline Drive, Long Beach. Park on the Marina Green Lot across from Rainbow Lagoon Park. The festival opens at 11 AM both days, and closes Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 8 PM. Adult tickets are $25 for one day in advance, $30 each day at the gate; seniors (60+) and students (13+) are $20 per day in advance, $30 at the gate; children age 12 and under are free. The event is presented by Benoit Entertainment Group. More info, including performance schedules, and tickets are available by phone at 562-912-4451, and online at www. longbeachbayou.com

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IT’S A FESTIVAL-PACKED FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND – June 12 edition, 2014

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Whether you’re taking dad or venturing forth in another guise, we have it ALL for you!

Welcome to our latest FESTIVAL edition of the Guide. We appreciate you, our readers, for your QUARTER-MILLION PAGE-VIEWS per year. Let’s jump right in!

♪ THIS WEEKEND, spring festival season hits it peak. Here are the details of the three biggest and best roots music festivals in Southern California, plus one more that’s a week away. (We’ve been telling you about ALL of them for months, with ticket alerts, early-bird tix discounts and more.) NOW THEY’RE HERE…

. √ 38th Annual “HUCK FINN JUBILEE” is an outstanding Bluegrass Festival, June 13-15.
. √ 6th Annual “ROADSHOW REVIVAL” is a top-notch tribute to JOHNNY CASH with honky-tonk, rockabilly, and more.
. √ 26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15.

Plus, we have NEXT weekend covered for you…

♪ FESTIVAL coming SOON in Southern California:
. √ 28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “zydeco, blues, creole & Cajun festival,” Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22.

♪ FESTIVAL coming NEXT WEEKEND, ELSEWHERE:
. √ 41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL," Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22 in Colorado, brings a huge lineup that, as usual here, isn’t very bluegrassy but is all outstanding. It’s in Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage, and there’s QUITE a lineup. That, and more details, are in our feature in this edition.

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√ 38th Annual “HUCK FINN JUBILEE” is a solid Bluegrass Music Festival, June 13-15, moved last year to Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in the Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga area. It features RALPH STANLEY, DEL McCOURY, RHONDA VINCENT, DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER, THE GIBSON BROTHERS, and many more. A DISCOUNT TICKET DEAL is available at: http://touch.groupon.com/deals/gl-huck-finn-jubilee-1

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. √ 6th Annual “ROADSHOW REVIVAL” is a top-notch “TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH" with honky-tonk, rockabilly, and more, and plenty of other activities. Runs Saturday ONLY, 11 am-7 pm, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura. www.roadshowrevival.com

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√ 26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15, is a delightfully eclectic festival that benefits folk-friendly KCBX public radio, at the Lions Live Oak Camp, 4600 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara 93105. The huge lineup includes BLIND BOY PAXTON, THE EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS, LILY AND MADELEINE, THE BOOGALOO ASSASSINS, THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, THE LIONS, ZONGO ALL STARS, SHADOWLANDS, and many more. This one will SELL-OUT sometime during its the first day (June 13). www.liveoakfest.org


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FULL DETAILS of the FESTIVALS listed above…

Jun 13-15, FESTIVAL,
in Ontario:
Annual "HUCK FINN JUBILEE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" brings a huge lineup of stars in the genre, with headliners SAM BUSH, RALPH STANLEY, STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, DOYLE LAWSON, RHONDA VINCENT, THE BOXCARS, BLUEGRASS ETC, LONESOME OTIS, DAN CRARY, SALTY SUITES, JUNIOR SISK, THE GIBSON BROTHERS, DOYLE LAWSON, THE TRAVELIN' McCOURYS, DEL McCOURY, DAILEY & VINCENT, STEEL DRIVERS, CALIFORNIA, and more, plus workshops and all the traditional "Huck Finn / Tom Sawyer / Becky Thatcher" activities unique to this festival, at Cucamonga Guasti Regional Park, 800 N Archibald Av, Ontario 91764; tix and info, 951-780-8810; http://huckfinn.com
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The Huck Finn Jubilee is now produced by the Greater Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau in Ontario, California, starting this year. The family of the late Don Tucker has handed-over the reins, after nearly 40 years, and last year's move from Mojave Narrows (Victorville) to Ontario.
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FRIDAY, June 13: Festival hours, 9 am-11 pm.
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MAIN STAGE:
√ Rhonda Vincent, Noon-1:30 pm.
√ Bluegrass Etc., 1:40-2:25 pm.
√ The Salty Suites, 2:30-3:15 pm.
√ Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 3:20-4:05 pm.
√ The Boxcars, 4:10-4:55 pm.
√ Sam Bush, 5:25-6:25 pm.
√ Pete & Joan Wernick “Dr. & Nurse Banjo,” 6:30-6:50 pm.
√ The Del McCoury Band, 6:55-8 pm
√ The String Cheese Incident (subject of a recent Guide feature story), 8:30-11 pm.
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Second Stage:
√ Buffalo Nickel, 10 am.
√ Get Down Boys, 11 am.
√ Back Porch Band, 2 pm.
√ Burning Heart, 3 pm.
√ Buffalo Nickel, 4 pm.
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Friday Workshops:
√ “Finding Your Sound” workshop with The Salty Suites.
√ “Mandolin” workshop with Sam Bush.
√ Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class Instructional Big Jam Class.
√ Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn."
“Band Workshop" with Bluegrass Etc.
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Other Activities:
√ Line Dance Classes
√ KC Douglas Line Dance Party
√ Barn Dance (with Riley’s Mountaineers)
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SATURDAY, June 14, Festival hours, 7 am–11 pm.
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MAIN STAGE:
√ Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 10:20-11:05 am.
√ Southwest Bluegrass Assoc. SWBA Kids, 11:10-11:55 am.
√ Dan Crary & Thunderation, Noon-12:45 pm.
√ Lonesome Otis, 12:50-1:35 pm.
√ Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 1:40-2:25 pm.
√ Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, 2:30-3:15 pm.
√ Dr. Ralph Stanley, 3:20-4:50 pm.
√ The Steel Drivers, 5:30-6:15 pm.
√ Keller Williams with the Travelin’ McCourys, 6:45-8 pm.
√ The String Cheese Incident (subject of a recent Guide feature story), 8:30-11 pm.
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Second Stage:
√ Back Porch Band, 9 am.
√ Bodie Mountain, 10 am.
√ Bluegrass Brethern, 11 am.
√ Get Down Boys, Noon.
√ Southwest Bluegrass Assoc. SWBA Bluegrass Kids Family Jam, 1:30 pm.
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Saturday Workshops:
√ “Meet & Greet” with Dr. Ralph Stanley.
√ “Band Workshop" with Dan Crary & Thunderation.
√ “Traditional Bluegrass Guitar Styles” workshop with Chris Jones.
√ Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class "Instructional Big Jam Class."
√ Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn"
√ Instrument Workshop.
√ "Practice What You Learn" Jam.
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√ "Blind Bogie Fish Derby"
√ Line Dance Classes
√ KC Douglas Line Dance Party
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MAIN STAGE:
√ Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 10:20-10:55 am.
√ Next Generation, 11:10-11:55 am.
√ Act to be announced, Noon-12:45 pm.
√ California “A Reunion Set,” 12:50-1:35 pm.
√ The Gibson Brothers, 1:40-2:25 pm.
√ Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, 2:30-3:25 pm.
√ Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, 3:30-4:05 pm.
√ Dailey & Vincent, 4:10-4:55 pm.
√ The Gibson Brothers, 5-5:45 pm.
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√ Back Porch Band, 9 am.
√ Burning Heart, 10 am.
√ True Life, 11 am.
√ Murphy Family, Noon.
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Sunday Workshops:
√ “Quartet Vocals Workshop" with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
√ "Songwriting Workshop" with The Gibson Brothers.
√ Pete Wernick’s 3-Day Jam Class - "Instructional Big Jam Class."
√ Small Group Jam – "Practice What You Learn."
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Other Activities:
√ "Blind Bogie Fish Derby."
√ Father’s Day Breakfast.
√ Chapel Service (Led by Dennis Riley).
√ Old Time Gospel Sing.
√ Sack Race.
√ Egg Toss.
√ River Raft Building Contest.
√ Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Contest.
√ Climb The Greased Pole.
√ Line Dance Classes.
√ Pie Eating Contest.
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This year's big name performers include Grammy Award winners The Del McCoury Band and reigning “Queen of Bluegrass” Rhonda Vincent, and mandolin wizard Sam Bush.
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Bluegrass traditionalists Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice have been nominated for 16 awards in the 40th annual "Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America" (SPBGMA) and are touted as one of the nation’s most authentic bluegrass groups. Sisk won "Male Vocalist of the Year" in 2013 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA).
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The Del McCoury Band took home their second Grammy Award this year for best bluegrass album with “Streets of Baltimore,” a tribute to the city where McCoury got his start, working for a stint with the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. It was McCoury’s 10th Grammy nomination.
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Rhonda Vincent, dubbed the “New Queen of Bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, recently released “Only Me,” a two-disc combo of both bluegrass and country. Known for her progressive chord structures and multi-range vocals, she has worked closely with many in the industry, including Dolly Parton and Alison Krause. Expect her set to mix material from the new CD with old favorites.
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“This is only the beginning,” says Michael Krouse, President and CEO of the Greater Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau, which this year assumed ownership of the nonprofit event.
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FESTIVAL OVERVIEW:
Huck Finn’s Jubilee is an annual three-day celebration of old Americana, featuring bluegrass and country music, great food, period-themed activities, a jammer’s campground, fishing, raft-building, and more. Held every Father’s Day weekend - and now, in Ontario - it is billed as one of the largest bluegrass festivals west of the Mississippi, drawing visitors from throughout the United States.
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PARKING: Note this important change. All vehicles will be removed from parking lots at the close of the event each night (except camping area). Jammers who have wristbands will be allowed to stay until 3 am, with parking sticker provided by the festival. Thereafter, vehicles will be towed from the lots.
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CAMPING: A wristband is required for all overnight campers. If you have purchased a Tent, RV or Car camping space and you want a friend to join you, you can purchase an "overnight" wristband for them at the gate. The cost is $35, but does NOT include a festival admission ticket.
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HOTELS: There are package deals for festival tickets and hotels with shuttles. A variety of nearby lodgings are available. The Guide notified you months ago about special Huck Finn rates. Use the festival website.
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TICKETS:
A DISCOUNT TICKET DEAL is available at:
http://touch.groupon.com/deals/gl-huck-finn-jubilee-1
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June 12 is the last day to save money with advance tickets on the festival’s site. Tickets will be available at the gate the day of the event.
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Ages 13 & up require an Adult Ticket; ages 6-12 require a Junior Ticket, Ages 5 and under are free.
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http://www.showclix.com/event/HuckFinnJubileeShowOnly


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Sat, Jun 14,
FESTIVAL,
in Ventura:
11 am-7 pm 6th Annual "ROADSHOW REVIVAL — A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH" with a big lineup of bands and plenty of other activities, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W Harbor Bl, Ventura.
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Music centers on popular outlaw country, rockabilly, bluegrass and Johnny Cash tribute bands. Plus, there are hot rods, custom cars and motorcycles, a pin-up girl pageant, Johnny Cash memorabilia, food & beverages, a kid's corral, and scores of vendors with unique offerings and collectibles.
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√ Los Lobos (headliners)
√ Jonny Two Bags
√ The Paladins
√ Dale Watson & the Lonestars
√ James Intveld
√ The Americans
√ Snake Oil Salesmen
√ Gamblers Mark
√ Theresa Spanke
√ Hard Six
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√ The Cold Hard Cash Show
√ The Walking Phoenixes
√ The Mighty Cash Cats
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The Sixth Annual ROADSHOW REVIVAL—A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash celebrates the life and times of the "Man in Black" in the town he lived in. Featuring top-notch Rockabilly, Outlaw Country, Johnny Cash tribute acts, a Johnny Cash Memorabilia Gallery, Pin-Up Girl Pageant, custom cars and bikes, VIP Lounge, beer, food, drinks, Kid's Corral, and tons of vendors with unique offerings for everyone. By the beach on the grassy fields at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. On-site parking $5. Kid 5 and under free


Ross Emery Entertainment and Cindy Cash bring the annual homage to the "Man in Black" back to Johnny Cash's old stomping grounds on Father's Day Weekend.
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This is one of the largest tribute concerts on the West Coast, and it returns in full swing, taking over the grassy fields at the beachfront Ventura County Fairgrounds on Father's Day weekend. The sixth annual event will feature .
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Los Lobos does a TV feature on the Roadshow Revival on Fox Channel 11 at 9:30 am Thursday morning, June 12.
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In 2009, Ross Emery, with support from the Cash family, his brother, and the community of Ventura, produced the first Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura County. The following year, Emery -- a musician and local business owner -- bought the majority stake in the event, and Johnny Cash's daughter, Cindy, joined the production team. In 2011, Emery was forced to change the event name to "Roadshow Revival—A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash," due to legal issues. Fast forward to 2014 (5 events later) — the Roadshow Revival is one of the biggest tribute Festivals on the West Coast.
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The Roadshow Revival always donates a portion of ticket sales to local charities. This year's beneficiary is "Foodshare," Ventura County's food bank.
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“Johnny Cash Memorabilia Gallery”
Curated by Johnny’s daughter Cindy Cash, the gallery showcases a first-rate collection of Johnny's personal possessions. Every year, new and never-before-seen items are added. Collection highlights include Johnny's Mercedes, clothes, guitars, and family photos.
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“Miss Roadshow Revival Pin Up Pageant”
1950s fashions emphasized fragile femininity, in the form of soft shoulders, stiletto heels, pencil-slim skirts, and little hats with veil and feathers. The Pin-Up Pageant typifies the '50s aesthetic. It's classy, family friendly, and a little bit rock 'n' roll. The Miss Roadshow Revival Pin Up Pageant is produced by Carlos Avila Photography.
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TICKETS on the web:
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The event will take place rain or shine.
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TICKETS are available in several categories:
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General admission tickets are $35; active military receive "Two for One" (valid government issued i.d. required) and car show registration will be $50 (includes one vehicle and one driver). V.I.P. tickets including lunch and 4 drink tickets are $175 and "Get Rhythm" preferred, secured seating tickets are $70. Kids 6 – 12 are $5 and 5 and under are free.
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General Admission tix allow you to “Pull up a lawn chair, lay out a beach blanket, or get up close and personal with your favorite performer.” It's general admission at the Roadshow, so come early to stake your claim. Tix, $35.
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Get Rhythm Preferred Area – is for concert goers who want to set-up their lawn chair and/or beach blanket in a secured area right in front of the stage. Allows you to enjoy all the Roadshow Festivities and still come back to your coveted front row seats. You get early entry in to the event, too. Tix, $75.
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VIP Lounge tix – Rub elbows with the talent and the Roadshow Revival's friends and family. Enjoy complimentary food, alcohol/beverages, early entry and a front row view of the Main Stage. Upgraded restrooms, plenty of seating and shade are good reasons to go VIP. $1 goes to FoodShare--providing food and support to the hungry of Ventura County. Tix, $175.
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Car Show – “Drive On Car & Bike Show” presented by the Roadshow Revival and Noble Fabrication to benefit the “A Walk on Water Foundation,” includes one car and passengers (pack legally) and goody bag. Info at www.roadshowrevival.com ; tix, $150.
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The “Johnny Cash Sightseeing Tour,” visiting Johnny's Ranch House in Casitas Springs; his office in Downtown Ventura; the trailer park he bought for his parents in Oakview, the church he attended and where he met the Reverend Floyd Gressett, the man who arranged the infamous Folsom Prison concerts – a first-of-its-kind tour – is sold-out.


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Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15,
FESTIVAL,
north of Santa Barbara:
26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL” is a delightfully eclectic festival with an excellent lineup, and it benefits folk-friendly KCBX public radio; held at the Lions Live Oak Camp, 4600 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara 93105.
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The huge lineup includes:
√ Marley's Ghost
√ Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
√ Railroad Earth
√ Cache Valley Drifters
√ Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
√ Holly Williams
√ La Santa Cecilia
√ Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
√ Lily and Madeleine
√ The Dustbowl Revival
√ The Lions
√ Blind Boy Paxton
√ The Boogaloo Assassins
√ The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers
√ Zongo All Stars
√ Erin Inglish
√ Shadowlands
√ Steve Key
√ Mendeleyev
√ The Monroe Panga
√ JD McPherson
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The Live Oak Music Festival is held at Live Oak Camp, about twenty minutes west of Santa Barbara. Nestled in the river valley that feeds Cachuma Lake, the site is filled with old oaks that provide restful shade and pristine beauty. The temperate climate, the shady oaks, the early summer setting, and the slow-moving pace create a pastoral backdrop for relaxing and listening to great music with family and friends.
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The focus of the Live Oak Music Festival is, of course, the main stage performances. With musicians from all over the United States and across the globe performing, this hub of the festival is the gathering place for everyone to hear and see some of the finest entertainers anywhere do what they do best: play music. Ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and world music, and touching most genres in between, the main stage provides cultural entertainment and education. The music on the main stage is engineered by a top-notch crew, so the sound is second to none for an outdoor venue.
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From the opening of the Live Oak Music Festival gates on Friday morning at 8 am to the closing of the same at noon on Monday, the three-day event provides basic camping accommodations under the shade of old oak trees. In addition, a variety of diverse food concessions are available.
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Adding to the fun of the main stage music is a collection of arts and crafts booths, music workshops, fireside jamming, and rowdy barn dances on Friday and Saturday nights. A variety of daytime activities for small children, from guitar lesson, to arts & crafts, to a major talent show, give the youngsters not so interested in the main stage music something to do while their parents sit back and enjoy the show beneath the shade of a towering oak. At night, for those teens more interested in mingling than listening, a variety of activities are available for their entertainment.
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While all this is going on, AKORN Radio, the festival’s solar-powered, on-site station, broadcasts live the festival events as they happen, including the main stage, the workshops and other events.
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TICKETS:
Prices range from a $125 adult full-festival pass to a $20 single-day children's pass. Single-day parking is $10. Camping costs are additional. Full tix info at:
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This one will likely SELL-OUT sometime during its first day (June 13) so get tix in advance, at www.liveoakfest.org



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√ 28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “ZYDECO, BLUES, CREOLE & CAJUN FESTIVAL,” is Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22, at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400-403 Shoreline Village Dr, Long Beach. Headliners are JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREOLE COWBOYS, THE OTIS TAYLOR BAND, SUNPIE & THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS, MARK ST. MARY, T-LOU, THE CREOLE BELLES, BARBARA MORRISON, and plenty more. Info, 562-495-5959, http://longbeachfestival.com/201053110/HTML/LBBMF_New_Home.html
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See the Guide’s NEWS FEATURE in this edition, following all the festival listings.



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Thu-Sun, Jun 19-22,
FESTIVAL,
in Colorado:
41st Annual "TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL" brings a huge lineup to Town Park, a high Rocky Mountain meadow above the old mining town of Telluride, in southwestern Colorado. There are all-night jams, smaller performances, coveted contests, great food and superior vendors, workshops, and more. But the incredible energy that is Telluride emanates from the main stage.
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2014 Main Stage Schedule:
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Thursday, June 19...
11 am-Noon — Chris Thile
12:30-1:45 pm — Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
2:15-3:30 pm — The Lone Bellow
4-5:15 pm — John Cowan, John McFee, Friends 5:45-7 pm — Del McCoury Band
7:30-9 pm — Nickel Creek
9:30-11 pm — Brandi Carlile
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Friday, June 20...
10-11 am — Chatham County Line
11:15 am-12:15 pm — Aoife O'Donovan
12:30-1:45 pm — Keller Williams with The Travelin' McCourys
2:15-3:30 pm — Jason Isbell
4-5:15 pm — Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
6-7:30 pm — Béla Fleck & The Colorado Symphony
8:30-10 pm — Dave Rawlings Machine
10:30 pm-Midnight — Steve Winwood
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Saturday, June 21...
9:45-10:45 am — Telluride Band Contest
11 am-Noon — Front Country
12:30-1:45 pm — Peter Rowan's Twang an' Groove featuring Yungchen Lhamo
2:15-3:30 pm — Punch Brothers
4-5:30 pm — Yonder Mountain String Band
5:45-6 pm — Telluride Troubadour
6:15-7:30 pm — Andrew Bird & The Hands of Glory
8-10 pm — Sam Bush Band
10:30-Midnight —
Leftover Salmon featuring Bill Payne
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Sunday, June 22...
10-11 am — Dailey & Vincent (Gospel Set)
11:30 am-12:45 pm — Béla Fleck & Brooklyn Rider
1:15-2:30 pm — Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers 3-4:15 pm — Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester
4:45-6 pm — Greensky Bluegrass
6:30-8 pm — Ray LaMontagne
8:45-10:45 pm — Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart with special guests Alison Krauss & Del McCoury
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Tickets and camping for the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass are STILL AVAILABLE, and onsale now at:
www.shop.bluegrass.com
or 800-624-2422
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Don't wait much longer to make your plans for the 41st Annual pilgrimage to 8,750' in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado for 4 days of community, inspiration, and unbridled acoustic adventures.



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√ NEXT WEEKEND: LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL

by Larry Wines
Reprinted from “Random Lengths,” the South Bay’s (print) Newspaper

Mardi Gras may be in February. But next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, it arrives here on our coast, complete with a “Second Line” parade, Lou’siana cuisine and two stages of music with dance floors. It’s the 28th annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, an omnibus zydeco, blues, Creole and Cajun fest. On the fun/musicality meter, it sends lace parasols twirling and the crowd shouting “Who Dat!” as each fresh band appears.

It’s genuinely an all-ages affair. High school and college couples abound. Parents watch dancing small fry instinctively moving to the accordion-and-fiddle-driven music. Oldsters drop anchor with their bag chairs and pop-up umbrella shades and surprise their peers when they hit the dance floor. The little ones get their faces painted and enjoy the kids activity and storytelling tent with sing-alongs and games for the older young ’uns.

Everyone spends time at the Blues Stage for the wailing feel-bettah blues laid-down on guitar and harmonica. There are horns aplenty, trumpets, saxes, trombones. You’ll join the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band’s daily parade past the lagoon and through the site. It’s an all-in procession that ends, gyrating, on the big, covered, wooden dance floor. You’re bedecked in strands of colorful Mardi Gras beads without quite knowing how that happened.

The food of Louisiana and distinctive, horn-and-clarinet-driven traditional jazz of New Orleans are traditionally the state’s cultural exports. Cajun and Creole cuisine are here in abundant variety from purveyors that include award-winning Southern cooking. Much of it is spicy, so locals love it. You’ll find gumbo, catfish, crawfish étouffée, fried gator, red beans and rice, hush puppies, sweet potato pie, cornbread puddin’ and more. For the daring and gluttonous, there are eating contests – crawfish and watermelon.

The fun multiplied because of tragedy. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita dislocated many folks from the bayou region, southeast Texas to coastal Mississippi. A disproportionate number came to Southern California. When you’re the new kid on the block and you arrive with a fun culture, the locals pick it up. For the past decade, traditional swamp music and deep-down Delta Blues have taken a deeper hold across America, and here.

There are local weekly zydeco dances. One is every Sunday at the Golden Sails in Long Beach, another is in Monrovia. The scene is huge in San Diego, too. Tee shirts with giant fleur-de-lis are everyday sights on our beaches. Of course, the Saints winning the Super Bowl didn’t hurt.

The festival has always helped charity. A portion of this year’s profits benefit “LALA,” the non-profit “Louisiana to Los Angeles” that raises educational funds for local youth to attend college.

Given L.A.’s ethnic diversity, most of us encounter that word “multicultural,” but usually in some dry academic appeal for funding to get needed arts back in the schools. At this festival, multicultural is alive with passion and exuberance and perpetual motion. Want to take your kid someplace where they won’t keep the ear buds plugged-in for incessant pounding? Something you’ll enjoy?

“Laissez les bon temps rouler” – that’s the Cajun French phrase that means “Let the good times roll!”

The festival’s emphasis on the music transcends your expectations. Dance lessons throughout the day make the kinesis accessible to beginners.

Many of Louisiana’s top acts play the Cajun-Zydeco Stage. Featured headliners are Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, who have five critically acclaimed CDs and have wowed crowds in over 35 countries with their brand of blues, zydeco, funk and West African rhythms. Other top acts are the Otis Taylor Band, “Delta King” Mark St. Mary's Louisiana Blues & Zydeco Band, Sonny Green, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, and the infectious locally-based Bonne Musique Zydeco and all-female Cajun band the Creole Belles. Plus, there’s Shari Puorto, Jimbo Ross, the San Diego Cajun Playboys, and Theo & the Zydeco Patrol.

Musicians on the Blues Stage come from across America. This year brings more emphasis than ever before. Saturday brings the supergroup Delta Groove All Stars, featuring Sugaray Rayford, Kid Ramos, Jackie Payne, Lynwood Slim, Kara Grainger, Steve Freund, and Randy Chortkoff. They present "a history of the blues that every fan can appreciate" says Chortkoff, adding, "What we deliver onstage is more like what you'd get with Ike Turner back in the day, a self-contained traveling blues festival."

Sunday, the Blues Stage hosts Chicago-born, Denver-raised Otis Taylor, celebrating his CD, “My World is Gone,” which has a five-star rating on Amazon. His previous album, “Otis Taylor's Contraband,” took the honors for Downbeat Magazine's Top Blues Album in 2012 and won the Living Blues Critics Poll that year (his song “10 Million Slaves” has two million+ views on YouTube.

Local jazz and blues legend Barbara Morrison brings her two-and-a-half octave range back to the festival stage, this year accompanied by Al Williams. She’s toured the world.

Other top blues acts? There’s 72-year old soul-blues legend Sonny Green, an L.A. transplant from Louisiana. There’s Jimbo Ross, who’s played with the Moody Blues, Pete Townsend, Bob Dylan, Johnny Mathis, and Led Zeppelin. He sings and plays electric viola with virtuosic fire. There’s Rosa Lee Brooks who recorded with Jimi Hendrix. And there’s “formidable guitar modernist” Southside Slim with his hard rockin' blues. The Shari Puorto Band is a 2010 Los Angeles Music Award winner. Floyd & the Flyboys, 20 year veterans, feature members who’ve played with the Eagles, Ray Charles, and the Temptations.

The Long Beach Bayou Festival runs Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, in Rainbow Lagoon Park, at Linden Ave & Shoreline Drive, Long Beach. Park on the Marina Green Lot across from Rainbow Lagoon Park. The festival opens at 11 AM both days, and closes Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 8 PM. Adult tickets are $25 for one day in advance, $30 each day at the gate; seniors (60+) and students (13+) are $20 per day in advance, $30 at the gate; children age 12 and under are free. The event is presented by Benoit Entertainment Group. More info, including performance schedules, and tickets are available by phone at 562-912-4451, and online at www. longbeachbayou.com



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Friday – One of History’s Greatest Anniversaries; Weekend Festivals; Tonight’s Music & Arts – June 6, 2014

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♪ THIS WEEKEND’s festivals and concerts are here (one festival, in Pasadena, is FREE).

√ Plus you’ll find TONIGHT’s music and arts scene.

√ Today’s NEWS FEATURES include three very special observances of one of modern history’s most important anniversaries.

√ All that, and more, await you within.

√ In addition, be sure to check this week’s editions for MANY Ticket Alerts and other news.

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In this edition…

♪ NEWS FEATURE / THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
. √ D-DAY, "THE LONGEST DAY," SPEAKS TO EVERY GENERATION
. √ ONE SMALL TOWN – BEDFORD, VIRGINIA – GAVE THE MOST ON D-DAY
. √ THE FRENCH RESISTANCE: ANDRÉE PEEL / "AGENT ROSE," GIRL HERO OF D-DAY

♪ Other items for THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
. √ Today is “Teacher’s Day.”
. √ Today’s Birthdays.

♪ TICKET ALERTS:
. √ Lots for Saturday in yesterday’s edition. PLENTY of Ticket Alerts are in this week’s previous editions.

♪ FESTIVALS coming Saturday in Southern California:
. √ Annual “MAKE MUSIC PASADENA,” is a free, all-day-and-evening musical smorgasbord.
. √ Annual “SAM HINTON FOLK HERITAGE FESTIVAL” in San Diego Co (Poway).
. √ 13th Annual “DANCE MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL” in L.A.

♪ FESTIVALS happening now, ELSEWHERE:
. √ STRAWBERRY PARK CAJUN ZYDECO FESTIVAL runs June 5-8, near Preston, CT.
. √ Annual “KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL” nears the end of its 18 day run, Thu, May 22-Sun, Jun 8, at Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

♪ FESTIVALS coming SOON in Southern California:
. √ 38th Annual “HUCK FINN JUBILEE” is a solid Bluegrass Music Festival, June 13-15.
. √ 26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15.
. √ 28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “zydeco, blues, creole & Cajun festival,” Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22.

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♪ ONGOING MUSIC & ART EVENTS


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√ D-DAY, "THE LONGEST DAY," SPEAKS TO EVERY GENERATION

by Larry Wines

Seventy years ago today, America awakened to news that the long-anticipated invasion was underway to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.

We have no modern frame of reference for what that meant. Wars are still bloody meat-grinders that defy human sensibilities and destroy human souls. That said, everything is nonetheless different.

In 1944, the joyous young women of France flocked to greet the troops, to kiss them and more, in the most intimate mode of expressing and sharing liberation.

In the twenty-first century wars, the speculative women are cocooned in birkas and murdered by their own families for imagined indiscretions, even if they are raped by someone of their own village.

Today's wars are about protecting the control of oil and perpetuating and assuring that it, and the rich interests who maintain it – as the most profitable enterprise in the history of the species – will retain their hegemony.

So it is almost unimaginable to us that a war could be fought to overthrow those who would enslave civilization. It is beyond our reckoning that the entire nation, including those as young as 16, would enthusiastically jump into full mobilization of the economy for “the war effort,” and men and women alike would work in factories and shipyards and aircraft plants and spend part of their salaries buying War Bonds to support the troops and to finance it all, and ration their food and fuel, and put extra beds in the hall for other workers, and scrap and recycle things that were unimaginable before Pearl Harbor. All to do their part in the campaign for liberation of more than a dozen nations. That campaign reached its most crucial hours on this day, June 6th, seventy years ago.

The veterans of combat and those on “the home front” who fought that battle, and the other battles of that war, are rapidly diminishing in number. The Veterans Administration estimates there are only 8,000 World War II veterans still living, an astonishing reduction since 2012, when one in every 1,000 were alive.

Lest you doubt the validity of Tom Brokaw deeming them the "Greatest Generation," one of them, who parachuted into Normandy in the pre-dawn hours of this day seventy years ago, re-enacted his own parachute jump there today, at the age of 93.

Today marks the last large organized gathering of veterans on that field where they fought. On the beaches at Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Scaling the cliffs at Pointe Du Hoc. Falling beneath their parachutes onto the town of Sainte Mere Eglise, into an inverted hail of German bullets. Into fields flooded by the Germans to drown paratroopers. Amongst ancient hedgerows that divided farm fields, where parachutes tangled, units were hopelessly separated, and glider-borne troops crashed and smashed in the darkness.

Some D-Day veterans can remember the last gathering on the battlefield at Gettysburg of those earlier veterans, in 1938, seventy-five years after they made that place the turning point of the Civil War. If that seems an historical footnote, it wasn’t to them. And thus it is for us to note – and to appreciate what we cannot dismiss as a footnote – the gathering of veterans today in Normandy.

Most of us have no concept of climbing down the side of a ship, alongside and above and below others, all laden with packs and too much gear, using a swaying rope net as a ladder, descending into a little bouncing wooden landing craft, smashing into the ship when waves moved it the wrong way, seeing others who have already had arms or legs crushed or torn-off as the vessels bang together. Deafening naval gunfire is felt through your entire body, as fifteen- and sixteen-inch shells break the sound barrier overhead, interspersed by their explosions on the shore, to the hell to which you are bound.

Most of us cannot imagine our boots becoming ice skates on the vomit-slick floor of that fragile craft, as its terrified occupants and their gear are thrown into each other by battering waves and the maneuvering of the terrified sailor driving the boat as he dodges water spouts of exploding German artillery rounds, and then threads the maze of deadly beach obstacles.

Most of us have no way to empathize or comprehend what happened when the front of the craft opened downward into a ramp, and those not instantly torn to pieces by machine gun bullets jumped out to find themselves in freezing cold water that was over their heads, involuntarily drinking the salt sea made red with the blood of their comrades.

Those who made it that far then faced the minefields, and the zeroed-in machine guns of the pillboxes and bunkers, and the barbed wire, and the horrifying myriad of severed anatomies of what had been humans and friends and comrades.

Most of us can never comprehend things from their perspective – and many of them never processed the deadly rush of their experiences, whether they took those things to their graves atop Omaha Beach, or lived with them for decades, after going to college on the GI Bill, being recalled for Korea, buying a nice $8,000 house, raising families, and seeing their sons drafted for Vietnam.

But we must realize that they, in their sublime moment, quite literally saved the world for us.

In the twenty-first century, things are never quite as clear for us as they seem to have been for them. Saving the world for future generations seems to be a scattered and always urgent series of agendas and immediacies against an ever-changing lineup of adversaries.

Today, having seen images of our Earth taken from the Moon, our perspective is global in a sense unfathomable seventy years ago. Our challenges today are to save the ecosystem and preserve the biosphere, to arrest climate change and prevent inundation of coastal cities where 70% of humanity dwells. It’s daunting, and given the forces arrayed against us, it often seems impossible.

So it is good to remember and to try to understand what has been left us by our forebears. It isn’t simply to be worthy of those who fell from the flak-filled skies and those who stormed the bullet-riddled beaches seventy years ago today. It is to draw inspiration from them because they achieved the impossible, freeing humanity from the oppression of tenacious foes who arrogantly controlled an enormously powerful machine and thought themselves entitled and invincible.
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You can watch D-Day 70th anniversary commemorations live from the Telegraph (London) at:

www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10877156/D-Day-remembered-watch-70th-anniversary-commemorations-live.html

In the US, C-Span (www.c-span.org), CNN (www.cnn.com), and MSNBC (www.msnbc.com) all have scheduled special programming today.


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√ ONE SMALL TOWN – BEDFORD, VIRGINIA – GAVE THE MOST ON D-DAY

In the Civil War, regiments were recruited from individual communities. Thus, it was tragically commonplace for an entire town to lose all its young men, killed in battle in a single day. For that reason, military units thereafter were always comprised of people from wider geographic areas. Except when a National Guard unit was mobilized and taken into the army intact.

Today, June 6th, a new statue entitled “Homage” was unveiled at Normandy. It is dedicated to nineteen of the more than four thousand American troops who lost their lives there seventy years ago today. They are known as “The Bedford Boys,” the nineteen from a single small town who gave the ultimate sacrifices. This small Virginia town had a population of just 3200 at the time, and it lost more troops at Normandy on D-Day, relative to its population, than anywhere else in America.

That sad fact is why the National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford. The little town is also the birthplace of Rear Admiral Lawrence Chambers (Ret.), the second African-American to graduate from Annapolis and the first attain flag ranking. He is also the first to command a US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Midway, and later, another carrier, the USS Coral Sea.

Some information here is from www.historynet.com, with thanks to Gene Mynahan for sending it.


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√ THE FRENCH RESISTANCE: ANDRÉE PEEL / "AGENT ROSE," GIRL HERO OF D-DAY

From the website “A Mighty Girl” (www.amightygirl.com)

A major figure in the French Resistance during WWII, Andrée Peel, was one of the most highly decorated women to survive the war. Known as "Agent Rose," she helped save countless lives, including over one hundred British and American pilots shot down over France.

When France was occupied in 1940, Andrée Virot, as she was known then, was running a beauty salon in Brest and joined the resistance movement after the city was occupied. In her role as Agent Rose, she began circulating an underground newspaper, passed on information to the Allies on German shipping and troop movements, and guided Allied planes to secret nighttime landing strips by torchlight. She is most famously remembered for running an under-section of the resistance that rescued 102 Allied pilots over a three year period, ferrying them through a series of safe houses to isolated Brest beaches for transport to England.

When the Gestapo learned of her involvement with the resistance, she fled to Paris but was arrested shortly after D-Day on June 6, 1944. She was sent to the Ravensbrück and Buchenwald concentration camps where she was tortured [the “A Mighty Girl” website has her picture in the concentration camp uniform – she wears a red triangle that signifies enemy spy or POW]. In her most harrowing moment, she narrowly escaped death when American troops arrived to liberate Buchenwald just as Peel was being lined up to be shot by a Nazi firing squad.

In discussing her wartime experience, Peel stated, "I was born with courage. I did not allow cruel people to find in me a person they could torture. I saved 102 pilots before being arrested, interrogated and tortured. I suffer still from that. I still have the pain... At that time we were all putting our lives in danger but we did it because we were fighting for freedom... It was a terrible time but looking back I am so proud of what I did and I'm glad to have helped defend the freedom of our future generations."

Following the war, Peel received many commendations including the Croix de Guerre (with palm), the Croix de Guerre (silver star), the Cross of the Voluntary Fighter, the Medal of the Resistance, the Liberation Cross – all French awards, as well as the Medal of Freedom from the United States and the King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct from Britain. At age 99, she was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, France's highest honor. She eventually married Englishman John Peel, and settled in Bristol, England. In 2010, the heroic "Agent Rose" passed away at the age of 105.

Andrée Peel is one of 26 incredible women featured in the excellent book for ages 13 and up, "Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue" available at www.amightygirl.com/women-heroes-of-world-war-ii

For a recently released book about another WWII resistance fighter, British special agent Pearl Witherington, check out "Code Name Pauline," for ages 12 and up at www.amightygirl.com/code-name-pauline

For two highly recommended novels about women resistance fighters of WWII, both for ages 13 and up, check out "Code Name Verity" (www.amightygirl.com/code-name-verity) and "Rose Under Fire" (www.amightygirl.com/rose-under-fire).

For more stories for both children and teens of girls and women living through the WWII period, including numerous stories related to the Holocaust, visit the "WWII / Holocaust" section at www.amightygirl.com/books/history-biography/history-world?cat=186



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√ Today is the officially-proclaimed “TEACHER’S DAY.” Beleaguered classroom teachers, music teachers, art teachers, we salute

√ Today is the birthday of musician JON VEZNER and music fan DOUG JOHNSON.



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√ Lots for SATURDAY in yesterday’s edition. PLENTY of Ticket Alerts are in this week’s prior editions. All are available, each day at a separate click.



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FREE FESTIVAL,
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Annual “MAKE MUSIC PASADENA,” derived from the French “FETE DE LA MUSIQUE,” present an all-day-and-evening musical smorgasbord with an astonishingly variety of music at venues and impromptu performance spaces throughout Pasadena. Free, but they are asking for a $5 donation for the day to help enable it to happen again next year. Be sure to check-out the daytime lineup of folky performers in the Central Library’s fine (and air-conditioned) performance hall. See the massive list of performers, venues, and more, at:
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11 am-5 pm Annual “SAM HINTON FOLK HERITAGE FESTIVAL” is a music and storytelling event presented by San Diego Folk Heritage, bringing performances by NECK & NECK, BRIAN CALDWELL, GREGORY PAGE, DANE TERRY & BAND, TRAILS & RAILS, and LACEMAKERS STORYTELLING with MARILYN McPHIE, CHARLES JOHNSON, JESSICA BARIS, PATTI CHRISTENSEN, JAMES NELSON-LUCAS, JIM DIEKMANN, & FRED LASKOWSKI, at Templars Hall in Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway 92064; 858-566-4040.


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FESTIVAL,
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7:30 pm 13th Annual “DANCE MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL” on the Music Center Plaza, in the Music Center, in Grand Park and in REDCAT, centered at 135 N. Grand Avenue Los Angeles 90012.
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√ STRAWBERRY PARK CAJUN ZYDECO FESTIVAL runs June 5-8, near Preston, CT. Bands scheduled to play include JEFFREY BROUSSARD, STEVE RILEY, PINE LEAF BOYS, BONSOIR, THE REVELERS, DENNIS STROUGHMATT, LIL’WAYNE & SAME OL’2-STEP, plus several regional Cajun & zydeco bands. Details at www.strawberrypark.net/2014-cajun-zydeco-festival,or www.strawberryparkcajunzydecofestival.com


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Celebrating songwriters for 43 years, the Kerrville Folk Festival is the longest continuously running festival of its kind in North America. It was created by Rod Kennedy, affectionately known as “The RodFather,” who died in April. In addition to concerts each evening, Kerrville features “Ballad Tree” song-sharing sessions, campfire jam sessions, concerts and activities for children, organized canoe trips on the Guadelupe River and Hill Country bike rides, a professional development program for teachers, as well as a three-day songwriters school and instrumental workshops. All the info and schedules are at: www.kerrville-music.com.
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√ 38th Annual “HUCK FINN JUBILEE” is a solid Bluegrass Music Festival, June 13-15, moved last year to Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in the Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga area. It features RALPH STANLEY, DEL McCOURY, RHONDA VINCENT, DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER, THE GIBSON BROTHERS, and many more. This may well SELL-OUT in advance! DISCOUNT TICKET DEAL is available at: http://touch.groupon.com/deals/gl-huck-finn-jubilee-1
Full info, including camping and local hotels, http://huckfinn.com.


√ 26th Annual “LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” Fri-Sun, Jun 13-15, is a delightfully eclectic festival that benefits folk-friendly KCBX public radio, at the Lions Live Oak Camp, 4600 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara 93105. The huge lineup includes BLIND BOY PAXTON, THE EAGLE ROCK GOSPEL SINGERS, LILY AND MADELEINE, THE BOOGALOO ASSASSINS, THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, THE LIONS, ZONGO ALL STARS, SHADOWLANDS, and many more. This one SELLS-OUT in advance! Full info at: www.liveoakfest.org


√ 28th Annual “LONG BEACH BAYOU FESTIVAL” a “ZYDECO, BLUES, CREOLE & CAJUN FESTIVAL,” is Sat & Sun, Jun 21 & 22, at Rainbow Lagoon Events Park, 400-403 Shoreline Village Dr, Long Beach. Headliners are JEFFREY BROUSSARD & THE CREOLE COWBOYS, THE OTIS TAYLOR BAND, SUNPIE & THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS, MARK ST. MARY, T-LOU, THE CREOLE BELLES, BARBARA MORRISON, and plenty more. Info, 562-495-5959, http://longbeachfestival.com/201053110/HTML/LBBMF_New_Home.html



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Fri, Jun 6, in VC (Port Hueneme):
12:30 pm SONGMAKERS monthly “PENNY LANE SONG CIRCLE” in Port Hueneme 93041. Info and location at www.songmakers.org

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Fri, Jun 6, in L.A.:
5:30-8:30 pm “WESTCHESTER FIRST FRIDAYS” at the Westchester Triangle, 6200 Block of West 87th St, Los Angeles.

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Fri, Jun 6, in Monrovia:
6-10 pm Weekly “MONROVIA FAMILY FESTIVAL” brings plenty of music in venues and on street corners in old downtown Monrovia, including the rootsy acoustic KATTYWOMPUS CONCERT & JAM at 8 pm at Dollmakers Kattywompus, 412 S Myrtle Av, Monrovia 91016; 626-357-1091.

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Fri, Jun 6, in L.A.:
7:30 pm “A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION” with GARRISON KEILLOR and his huge cast, plus guests HEART (ANN & NANCY WILSON & BAND) and GREG BROWN, at the Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont Ave in Griffith Park, L.A.; Greek Theatre hotline, 323-665-1927; tix, 213-480-3232; www.greektheatrela.com.
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Fri, Jun 6, in San Diego:
7:30 pm “GLOBAL GUITAR GREATS” THOMAS LEEB, STEPHEN INGLIS & SHAWN JONES play the AMSD Concerts series at 1370 Euclid Av, San Diego 92105; 619-303-8176.

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8 pm PACIFIC SYMPHONY performs ORFF’s “CARMINA BURANA” for three nights at Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Dr, Costa Mesa; 714-556-2787; www.ocpac.org
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Fri, Jun 6, in Altadena:
8 pm CAROLINE AIKEN plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena 92675.
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Fri, Jun 6, in Santa Monica:
8 pm AOIFE O'DONOVAN plays McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Bl, Santa Monica 90405; 310-828-4497.

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Fri, Jun 6, in Ventura:
8 pm TOM CORBETT BAND plus the GOLD COAST CHOIR plays Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Rd, Ventura.
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Fri, Jun 6, in Culver City:
8 pm HAY DUDES play Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City 90230; 310-398-2583.

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Fri, Jun 6, in Arcadia:
8 pm-1 am LAURIE MORVAN, plus the excellent house band, the BOBBY BLUEHOUSE BAND, plays the Arcadia Blues Club, 16 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia 91006; www.arcadiabluesclub.com; 626-447-9349.
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Fri, Jun 6, in SFV (NoHo):
8-10 pm Monthly “FIRST FRIDAYS” show with SEVERIN BROWNE & FRIENDS and the FIRST FRIDAY BAND at Kulak's Woodshed, 5230-1/2 Laurel Canyon Bl, North Hollywood 91607; 818-766-9913.
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$10 cover. Or you can google it to watch live on the web.

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Fri, Jun 6, in Murrieta:
8 pm An UNDISCLOSED (AND PROBABLY IRISH) BAND plays the Shamrock Irish Pub & Eatery, 39252 Winchester Rd #145, Murrieta 92563; 951-696-5252; www.theshamrockirishpubandeatery.com

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Fri, Jun 6, in San Pedro:
8 pm “HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY & FINGER-STYLE GUITAR NIGHT” at Alvas Showroom, 1417 W 8th St, San Pedro 90732; 800-403-3447 for reservations.
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Complimentary coffee, tea, hot cocoa and "Alvas" bottled water are provided. Bring your own food & drinks.

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Fri, Jun 6, in SFV (Chatsworth):
8 pm MARY WHITE plays the second of two nights at the Cowboy Palace, 21635 Devonshire St, Chatsworth; 818-341-0166.
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This is L.A.’s last real honky tonk. No cover, full bar, lots of fun. Go early for the nightly free dance lesson.



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ONGOING at the Getty Villa, through Aug 25, in Malibu:
“HEAVEN AND EARTH: ART OF BYZANTIUM FROM GREEK COLLECTIONS” at the Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu; 310-440-7300; parking, $15.
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Marked by glittering mosaics, luminous icons, and opulent churches, the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 330–1453) flourished for more than one thousand years. Over 170 national treasures from Greece illustrate the development of a mighty empire, from its pagan origins to a deeply spiritual Christian society. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with “Heaven and Earth: Byzantine Illumination at the Cultural Crossroads” at the Getty Center.
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The exhibition was organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens, with the collaboration of the Benaki Museum, Athens, in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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ONGOING at the Getty, through Jun 8, in L.A.:
“A ROYAL PASSION: QUEEN VICTORIA & PHOTOGRAPHY” and “HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: PAST TENSE” are two concurrent temporary exhibitions at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $15.

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ONGOING at the Getty, through Jun 22, in L.A.:
“HEAVEN AND EARTH: BYZANTINE ILLUMINATION AT THE CULTURAL CROSSROADS” is a new temporary exhibition at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Dr, L.A. 90049; 310-440-7300; parking is $15.



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