SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks, August 17-Labor Day, 2011

NOTE added September 3... The current SPOTLIGHT EVENTS SECTION will get you through the first few weeks of September, and the current NEWS FEATURES includes morevdetails on some events happening Labor Day weekend. Otherwise, we're taking Labor Day weekend off - see ya out there, enjoying the music!
    
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In quickie form, here are our SIXTY-ONE picks, from August 17 through LABOR DAY!
     
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Noon-1:30 pm Award-winning folksinger-songwriter JAMES LEE STANLEY plays the free “PERSHING SQUARE FREE SUMMER LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES” in downtown L.A.
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7 pm PARACHUTE EXPRESS plays the FREE Children's concert series at Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts – Pasadena.
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7:30 pm STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS play Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay, San Diego.
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8 pm JIM CONNOR (writer of “Grandma's Feather Bed,” banjo virtuoso / multi-instrumentalist) at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
     
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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5 pm SLIGO RAGS plays the Enderle Center Music Series, Tustin.
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7 pm DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY ONES play the Troubadour, West Hollywood.
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7:30 pm STEVE MARTIN & THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS play the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa.
     
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Noon I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. play Grand Performances at California Plaza, downtown L.A.
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6 pm “CELEBRATE KENNY EDWARDS, 'BY THE OCEAN HE LOVED SO MUCH'” at the Beach in Ventura.
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6 pm SLIGO RAGS play Baily's Old Town Temecula.
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7 pm MARIACHI LOS REYES play the Levitt Pavilion – MacArthur Park, L.A.
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7 pm HOUSTON JONES plus PLOW at New Expression Music, San Diego.
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7 pm STACEY EARLE & MARK STUART return to Fiddlers Crossing, Tehachapi (they're at McCabe's on the 21st)
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8 pm THE WATKINS FAMILY HOUR plays the Largo at the Coronet, West Hollywood.
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8 pm JOEY ABARTA plus THE IVY LEAF play the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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Annual “BIG BEAR LAKE COWBOY GATHERING” at Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center, Big Bear Lake. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
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Annual SUMMERGRASS bluegrass festival at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, with PRAIRIE SKY, LOAFER'S GLORY, WINDY RIDGE, OLD TOWN ROAD, GRASCALS, PLOW, SARA PETITE, WAYNE TAYLOR & APPALOOSA, NEXT GENERATION, GONE TOMORROW, BLUEGRASS ETC., SWEET TIDINGS, & BLADERUNNERS. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
     
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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POSTPONED INDEFINITELY*: Inaugural VENTURA FOLK FESTIVAL "BOUND FOR GLORY" in Mission Park, Ventura, with RAMBLIN JACK ELLIOTT, JOHN DOE, J.D. SOUTHER, PETER CASE, THE WHITE BUFFALO, CHRIS PIERCE, SHANE ALEXANDER, TOM CORBETT, PHIL SALAZAR, JAY NASH, TONY LUCCA, MATT DUKE, B. WILLING, JUSTINE BENNETT, DELANEY GIBSON, TED LENNON, 50 STICKS OF DYNAMITE, PHIL CODY, TALL TALES AND THE SILVER LINING, THE KINFOLK, RINCON RAMBLERS, LEE KOCH, JAMIE DRAKE, DAN WILSON, SETH PETTERSEN, & GARRISON STARR. (Sat & Sun, Aug 20 & 21.) - * The Guide received word Wednesday morning, August 17, that the festival will NOT happen this weekend. Check the two great shows at Zoey's if you're already set to be in Ventura for the weekend.
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Annual “BIG BEAR LAKE COWBOY GATHERING” at Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center, Big Bear Lake. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
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Annual SUMMERGRASS bluegrass festival at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, with PRAIRIE SKY, LOAFER'S GLORY, WINDY RIDGE, OLD TOWN ROAD, GRASCALS, PLOW, SARA PETITE, WAYNE TAYLOR & APPALOOSA, NEXT GENERATION, GONE TOMORROW, BLUEGRASS ETC., SWEET TIDINGS, & BLADERUNNERS. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
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2 pm “JOAN BAEZ: HOW SWEET THE SOUND” film screening at the Skirball Cultural Center, L.A.
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Afternoon WORKSHOP for artists by two-time Grammy winning guitarist LAURENCE JUBER at Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City; www.boulevardmusic.com; 310-398-2583.
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7:30 pm CAL PHIL and maestro VICTOR VENER presents “THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT” for its final “Festival on the Green” concert at the L.A. County Arboretum, Arcadia.
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7:30 pm HOUSTON JONES plays “The Living Tradition” series at the Downtown Community Center, Anaheim.
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7:30 pm “MANDO MONSTERS” EVAN MARSHALL & SCOTT GATES together at High Desert Center for the Arts, Victorville.
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8 pm JIM KWESKIN, pioneer of the '60s jug band revival, at McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
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8 pm Two-Time Grammy Winner LAURENCE JUBER at Boulevard Music, Culver City.
     
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Noon-5 pm “ROSE PARK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL” with FRANK FAIRFIELD, LONESOME OTIS BLUEGRASS BAND, THE SIGNAL HILL BILLYS, WRECK N SOW, in Rose Park, Long Beach.
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POSTPONED INDEFINITELY*: Inaugural VENTURA FOLK FESTIVAL "BOUND FOR GLORY" in Mission Park, Ventura, with RAMBLIN JACK ELLIOTT, JOHN DOE, J.D. SOUTHER, PETER CASE, THE WHITE BUFFALO, CHRIS PIERCE, SHANE ALEXANDER, TOM CORBETT, PHIL SALAZAR, JAY NASH, TONY LUCCA, MATT DUKE, B. WILLING, JUSTINE BENNETT, DELANEY GIBSON, TED LENNON, 50 STICKS OF DYNAMITE, PHIL CODY, TALL TALES AND THE SILVER LINING, THE KINFOLK, RINCON RAMBLERS, LEE KOCH, JAMIE DRAKE, DAN WILSON, SETH PETTERSEN, & GARRISON STARR. (Sat & Sun, Aug 20 & 21.) - * The Guide received word Wednesday morning, August 17, that the festival will NOT happen this weekend. Check the two great shows at Zoey's if you're already set to be in Ventura for the weekend.
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Annual “BIG BEAR LAKE COWBOY GATHERING” at Big Bear Lake Performing Arts Center, Big Bear Lake. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
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Annual SUMMERGRASS bluegrass festival at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, with PRAIRIE SKY, LOAFER'S GLORY, WINDY RIDGE, OLD TOWN ROAD, GRASCALS, PLOW, SARA PETITE, WAYNE TAYLOR & APPALOOSA, NEXT GENERATION, GONE TOMORROW, BLUEGRASS ETC., SWEET TIDINGS, & BLADERUNNERS. (Fri-Sun, Aug 19-21.)
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2 pm CAL PHIL presents “THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT” for its season closer at the Walt Disney Concert Hall at the L.A. Music Center, downtown L.A.
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7 pm STACEY EARLE & MARK STUART play McCabe’s, Santa Monica.
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7 pm HOUSTON JONES BAND plus FREEBO at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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7 pm The RINCON RAMBLERS, featuring PHIL SALAZAR, JON WILCOX, ALAN THORNHILL, BILL FLORES, & DAN WILSON, at Zoey's Café, Ventura; their first gig together in a year...
     
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MONDAY, AUGUST 22 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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6 pm SUSIE GLAZE & HILONESOME play the FREE Pasadena Senior Center Summer Concert Series (all ages welcome) outdoors in the Memorial Park Bandshell (aka Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts) Pasadena.
     
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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8 pm BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, the legendary Cuban group, plays the Hollywood Bowl.
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8 pm MIKE MARSHALL and CATERINA LICHTENBERG play a house concert in Altadena.
     
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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7:30 pm SLIGO RAGS plays the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton.
     
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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6:30 pm “ZYDECO DANCE” is this week's free offering in the summertime “Dance Downtown at the Music Center Plaza” series, downtown L.A.
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7-10 pm “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE BARN DANCE” at Golden Village Palms RV Resort, Hemet; kicks-off the festival that starts tomorrow; see listings.
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8 pm VICKI GENFAN, one of the world's top women guitar players, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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8 pm DAVID GRIER at Boulevard Music, Culver City.
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8 pm JESSICA FICHOT, the delightful French-American accordion chanteuse, plays a free show at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena.

     
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Annual “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE” with LOST & FOUND, SALTY SUITES, LONESOME OTIS, THE WIMBERLYS, BLUEGRASS BRETHREN, FAULT LINE, WILDWOOD VALLEY BOYS, III GENERATION, at Golden Village Palms RV Resort, Hemet. (Sat & Sun.)
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10 am Grammy nominees LISA HALEY & THE ZYDECATS, just back from a world tour, play the “Big World Fun” family series at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.
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Noon DON McLEAN (famous for his song, “American Pie”) in concert, in a two-part show called “BELIEVE ONLY IN LOVE,” with the other part a new musical, “THE REAL LOVE,” with 40 member cast, 20 piece orchestra, starring Tony Award winners and nominees; tix include a complimentary banquet, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
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2 pm “WOODY GUTHRIE / GRAPES OF WRATH,” acclaimed one-man show by ROSS ALTMAN, Topanga Banjo Fiddle “Legend” Award winner, is reprised today at the Institute for Musical Arts' Ray G. Clark Theater, 3210 W 54th St, L.A. 90043; 323-300-6578.
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3 pm “FLATPICKING WORKSHOP “with DAVID GRIER at New Expression Music, San Diego.
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7 pm DAVID GRIER concert at New Expression Music, San Diego.
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7:30 pm PASADENA POPS with new conductor, MARVIN HAMLISCH, closes their season with a program of “Marvin Does Movies,”on the Rose Bowl Events Lawn, Pasadena.
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7:30 pm Grammy nominees LISA HALEY & THE ZYDECATS, just back from a world tour, play Olivas Adobe Historical Park, Ventura.
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7:30 pm HIGHLAND WAY plays the San Diego Folk Heritage concert series, Encinitas.
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8 pm “FAR-WEST FOLK ALLIANCE BENEFIT” with BORDER RADIO, SUSIE GLAZE & HILONESOME, FUR DIXON & STEVE WERNER, and MERLIN SNIDER & FRIENDS, at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, Altadena.
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8 pm THE DEL McCOURY BAND plays the Orange County Great Park series, Irvine.
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8 pm JOHN BATDORF plays Trinity Backstage Coffee House, Santa Barbara.
     
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Annual “HEMET ELKS BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE” concludes today; see Saturday's write-up for details.
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7:30 pm JONATHAN McEUEN & NATHAN McEUEN together at Zoey’s Cafe, Ventura.
     
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MONDAY, AUGUST 29 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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6 pm LISA HALEY & THE ZYDEKATS play the FREE Pasadena Senior Center Summer Concert Series (all ages welcome) outdoors in the Memorial Park Bandshell (aka Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts) Pasadena. These concerts are NOT part of the Levitt offerings.
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8 pm JESSICA FICHOT, the delightful French-American accordion chanteuse, plays at La Sierra University in Riverside.
     
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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8 pm “THE DROP: JOHN DOE” performance-interview / CD release at the Grammy Museum’s Clive Davis Sound Stage, L.A.
     
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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Annual “REMEMBER THE MUSIC” benefit concert brings Grammy winner SHELBY LYNNE, plus PATRICK PARK & BRIAN WRIGHT, at the historic Yost Theater in Santa Ana.
     
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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10 am-10 pm “ORANGE INTERNATIONAL STREET FAIR” with SLIGO RAGS and others, in Orange (Sat & Sun).
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3 pm ROSS ALTMAN, Legend Award-winning balladeer, does a free performance sponsored by the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest organization at West Valley Regional Library, Reseda.
     
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 – SHOW-OF-THE-WEEK picks:
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10 am-10 pm “ORANGE INTERNATIONAL STREET FAIR” with SLIGO RAGS and others, in Orange (Sat & Sun).
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2 pm twice monthly “SONGWRITER SANCTUM” brings LISA SANDERS, JAMES HURLEY, GARRET SWAYNE, & ANNA MONTGOMERY to the Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica.
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“KEN GRAYDON MUSICAL MEMORIAL” in Fallbrook (N San Diego Co.)

     
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