[local-music] This weekend, Porcupine Mountains Music Festival

[Cheryl Olson]

FRIDAY, SATURDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 - 27
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS MUSIC FESTIVAL
3 DAYS OF MUSIC IN THE WILDERNESS, 
25 National & Regional Acts
3 Stages (2 outdoor & indoor chalet stage for
workshops and spontaneous performer collaberations) +
extra busking stage featuring area performers.

$50 WEEKEND PASS
(10% discount if purchased in advance, Call
800-344-5355 or 906-884-2653 to buy tickets by phone.
You may pay by credit card when you order by phone) 

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25th, $20 at the gate

4:00pm  Gates Open

PEACE HILL STAGE 	 
5:00pm 	Buster's Dream (folk-bluesy quartet) and Rory
Miller Band (high-energy acoustic)
7:00pm 	Rachael Davis Duo (singer-songwriter)
8:30pm 	Willy Porter (bluesy acoustic magesty)

SINGING HILLS STAGE
6:00pm 	Manx w/special guest Erik Koskinen,
(high-energy roots rock) 	 
7:30pm 	Hamell on Trial (anti-folk, solo rock)	  	 
10:00pm 	End of the Day 	End of the Day

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH, $30 at the gate
(A Childrens Activity Tent will be held Saturday from
2pm-5pm.)

12:00pm 	Gates Open
 	
SINGING HILLS STAGE
12:30pm Sleeper Car (alt.country)
2:00pm 	Drew Nelson (singer-songwriter)
3:30pm 	White Water Family Stringband (traditional)
5:00pm 	Conga Se Menne (finnish reggae)
6:30pm 	Switched at Birth (bluegrass)
8:00pm 	Fiddlehead (celtic)


PEACE HILL STAGE
1:00pm 	Rusty Wright (blues duo)	 
2:30pm 	Everett Smithson Band (zydeco/blues)	 
4:00pm 	Cool Disposition (electric blues)	 
5:30pm 	Cornbread Harris (blues/jazz piano)	 
7:00pm 	Ember Swift Duo (funky punky folk) 
8:30pm 	Rory Block (blues)
10:00pm 	End of the Day 	

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH, $20 at the gate
(A Childrens Activity Tent will be held Sunday from
1pm-6pm).

PEACE HILL STAGE
11:00am Larsen Family, Yvonne Blake (gospel)
1:00pm 	Switched at Birth (bluegrass)
2:30pm 	Charlie Parr (folk/piedmont blues)
4:00pm 	Trina Hamlin (bluesy singer-songwriter)
5:30pm 	Melissa Ferrick (high-energy
singer-songwriter)

SINGING HILLS STAGE 
12:30pm Ember Swift Duo (funky punky folk)
2:00pm 	  Tangled Roots (bluegrass)	 
3:30pm 	  Sycamore Smith (indie folk-rock) 	
5:00pm 	  Tangled Roots (bluegrass)

7:00pm 	Festival Ends 	Festival Ends

Note: All times given are in the Eastern Daylight (EDT
-0400) time zone. This schedule is subject to change,
please check the website for updates
www.porkiesfest.org. 


DON'T WANT THE MUSIC TO END?  AFTER THE FEST ON
SATURDAY NIGHT (8/26TH), HEAD TO ONTONAGON FOR SOME
AMAZING  POST FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES: 

Stubb's Bar:  Everett Smithson Band- From Minnesota,
bluesy back porch sounds, zydeco, r & b, roots.  

Shamrock Bar:  Cool Disposition-  Very popular with
the swing dance crowd in the twin cities so bring your
dancing shoes.  Will be respresenting the State of MN
in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in
Feb, 2006.  

(who knows who else might show up!)






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