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Friday, May 27, 2011

Spotlight Events & FESTIVALS: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL, May 27, 2011

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Spotlight Events & FESTIVALS: Acoustic Americana Music Guide, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL, May 27, 2011

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Here's a quick look at this holiday weekend's big events – MUCH more on how this musical summer is shaping-up will be here SOON.
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                SPOTLIGHT EVENTS for MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
    
                           from THE ACOUSTIC AMERICANA MUSIC GUIDE
    
                                                                                                     May 27, 2011 edition
    
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ALSO check the site (www.acousticmusic.net) for the fresh edition of the Guide's NEWS FEATURES, with a WHOLE LOT more detail on this weekend's rich offering of FESTIVALS!  
    
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SPOTLIGHT EVENTS are limited in this edition to a slight extension of events near and on THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND    
    
    
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Elsewhere... Fri-Mon, May 27-30; in Seattle; festival:
Annual NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL with well over 20 stages, many workshops, and the most beautiful outdoor/indoor festival site in America, at Seattle Center (the preserved former World's Fair site) in Seattle, Washington. (We ran a major feature a few weeks back, available in the archive at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/05/acoustic-americana-music-guide-previews.html.)     
    
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Elsewhere:
In Texas... the Annual “KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL” is in the midst of its THREE-WEEK run...
    
    
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IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...
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We're blessed by and crazy with FESTIVALS Saturday & Sunday, with one of 'em running through Monday. Allllllll the basic details are below, along with weekend concerts, and MORE detail is in this week's News Edition!
    
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Friday, May 27... get warmed up for the weekend o' festivals with a concert!    
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Fri, May 27:
7:30 pm DUANE THORIN provides the song and music part of a variety show at The Ice House Annex, 24 N Mentor Av, Pasadena. The show includes a magician and comedian. Cover charge $12.50, plus a 2 drink minimum.   
    
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Fri May 27:
8 pm CONJUNTO LOS POCHOS play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; NEW reservations number, 626-798-6236.    
    
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Fri, May 27:
8 pm CLIFF WAGNER & THE OLD #7 bring their nationally-acclaimed Bluegrass-Americana to South, 3001 Wilshire Bl, Santa Monica; www.southsantamonica.com.     
    
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Fri May 27:
8 pm RICHARD THOMPSON plays a “JAPAN EARTHQUAKE BENEFIT SHOW” at McCabe's in Santa Monica – SOLD OUT.
    
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Fri May 27; in Corona:
9 pm SLIGO RAGS plays Boondocks, 100 E Harrison St, Corona 92879; 951-739-0646.
    
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Fri May 27:
9:30 pm KEN O'MALLEY plays Ireland’s 32, 13721 Burbank Bl, Van Nuys 91401; 818-785-4031.
    
    
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Saturday, May 28...    
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Sat & Sun, May 28 & 29, festival:
10:30 am-8 pm 22nd Annual “SIMI VALLEY CAJUN & BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL” in Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Av, Simi Valley 93063; info and parking / shuttle directions are at www.simicajun.org. Note the name change. Blues are taken seriously here; the festival is a member of the Blues Foundation. But don't think for a moment that the Cajun and zydeco entertainers are anything but the best, as well.
    See this week's #1 News Feature (in The Guide's News Edition). Briefly, there are two stages, both with the full-scale festival sound and lights package, plus dance floors at each, and plenty of N'Awlins style cuisine and some cool vendors.
    On the Cajun Creole Stage, catch BILLY LEE & THE SWAMP CRITTERS, ANDRE THIERRY & ZYDECO MAGIC, BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO, LIL POOKIE & THE ZYDECO SENSATIONS, and more.
    On the Blues Stage, catch THE 44s, LOS FABULOCOS FEATURING KID RAMOS,
MIKEY JR. & THE STONE COLD BLUES, ARTHUR ADAMS, ANA POPOVIC, THE MANNISH BOYS with TRACY NELSON, RUSTY ZINN, LYNWOOD SLIM, THE KING BROTHERS, BOB CORRITORE, PETER DAMMANN, JOHN NEMETH, and more.
    This is always a fine event, lots of fun, and it benefits a number of local charities and youth organizations.
    
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Sat & Sun, May 28 & 29, festival:
9 am-5 pm Annual “SCOTS FEST” aka the UNITED SCOTTISH SOCIETY'S HIGHLAND GAMES & GATHERING (formerly the “Orange County Scottish Festival & Highland Games”) at Orange County Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa 92626; www.scotsfest.com.     
    See the full NEWS FEATURE in the Guide's companion News edition for this week.
    
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Sat, Sun, & Mon, May 28-30, festival:
10 am-7 pm 38th annual “TOPANGA DAYS COUNTRY FAIR” at the Topanga Community Center fairgrounds, 1440 N Topanga Canyon Bl, Topanga, midway between the 101 and PCH. It's “One of the most celebrated country fairs in Southern California,” each year bringing three stages of music and more for Memorial Day Weekend.
    Musical headliners include the FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, JOHN MAYALL, MAGGIE MAYALL, JIM MESSINA, THE STRAY CATS’ LEE ROCKER, & YESTERDAY’S CHILD.
    (We ran a major feature a few weeks back, available in the archive at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/05/acoustic-americana-music-guide-previews.html.) General admission is $20. A discount is offered to members of the military and Topanga Community Center at $15; children ages 6-12 & seniors are $10.
    
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Sat, May 28:
7 pm GRAMMY-winning guitarist LAURENCE JUBER plays the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; NEW reservations number, 626-798-6236.    
    
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Sat, May 28, in Santa Barbara:
8 pm Autoharp wizard BRYAN BOWERS plays Trinity Backstage Coffee House, 1500 State St, Santa Barbara; 805-962-2970.
    
    
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Sunday, May 29...    
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    In addition to all the festivals (see Saturday's listings) there are some fine concerts that deserve a spotlight today and tonight.
    
Sun, May 29:
2 pm matinee with PENNY NICHOLS & SEVERIN BROWNE at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N Lake Av, Altadena; info, www.coffeegallery.com; NEW reservations number, 626-798-6236.    
    
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Sun, May 29, in Santa Barbara:
6 pm ABIGAIL WASHBURN plays SOHo Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 93101; 805-962 7776.
    
    
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Monday, May 30...    
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“TOPANGA DAYS COUNTRY FAIR” is the only local festival that continues on Monday.
    
    
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Tue, May 31:
8 pm BRUCE COCKBURN and his band, plus JENNY SCHEINMAN opening, in a McCabe’s / Goldenvoice co-presentation at The El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Bl, L.A.; 323-936-4790; www.theelrey.com. Tix are $35, but buy direct from McCabe’s and save a bundle: TicketMaster is levying a $12.90 PER TICKET fee (compared to McCabe’s $4 PER ORDER surcharge) meaning that you'll save over $20 on a pair from McCabe’s online (not in the shop). This is a seated, general admission show, and McCabe’s has a limited number of tickets available through this arrangement, so don't delay.    
    
    
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MORE STUFF >>>>>>> Other News, Resources, etc…    
    
“NEWS FEATURES” is a fresh edition each week, with news and reviews from the acoustic music universe, with features on folk-Americana, the “acoustic renaissance,” latest releases, reviews of CDs and live shows, industry news, news for artists, and more. Always available at www.acousticmusic.net.     
    
“VENUE DIRECTORY” - The Guide’s extensive locator – has location and contact info for OVER 500 acoustic-music-friendly venues in Southern California, from Santa Barbara County to south Orange County, plus a few for San Diego, the deserts, and the Central Coast.
    
AN UPDATE IS COMING SOON – the current edition of our VENUE DIRECTORY is at http://acousticamericana.blogspot.com/2011/02/venue-directory-from-guide-updated.html     
    
    
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UPDATED EDITIONS bring more (always more -- as we have time to organize all of it).  
    
We do all we can to bring you news and notices of all the many, many, acoustic music events in and around Los Angeles.
    
Plus, we tell you about RADIO SHOWS with acoustic music, focusing on those with live acoustic performances. (They’re available mostly on the web, of course, since we are in acoustic-music-radio-deprived Los Angeles.)     
    
And, we bring news and reviews of the many acoustic music FESTIVALS near and far, hither and yon, here, there and everywhere! With your help, we’ll keep doing it!     
    
    
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