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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All the details for ALL these festivals, happening THIS weekend AND NEXT weekend, are in this edition.



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♪ TICKET ALERTS –
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.
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√ Advance ticket info is in both short and long listings for each festival, below.



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THIS WEEKEND,
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
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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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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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SCHEDULES
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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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Other Activities:
√ "Blind Bogie Fish Derby"
√ Line Dance Classes
√ KC Douglas Line Dance Party
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SUNDAY, June 15, festival hours, 7 am–9 pm.
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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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Second Stage:
√ 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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DETAILS ON (some) PERFORMERS:
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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


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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Plus:
“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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www.ticketfly.com/purchase/mobile/index/514139?utm_medium=bks
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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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TICKET CATEGORY DETAILS:
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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www.smalltheatretix.com/prod/Web_Order.php?CMDX=A05100260
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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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