The Brooklyn Folk Festival is Here!
The Brooklyn Folk Festival has arrived again!
May 21-23rd, 2010 at the Jalopy Theater!
Down Home Radio is proud to announce the 2nd annual Brooklyn Folk Festival. This festival will feature the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, Greek, African and Mexican folk music and dance with concerts, workshops, and a Sunday afternoon square dance. Thirty-one musical acts over 3 days! Come down and check it out, its gonna be fun!
–See below for the complete schedule–
*This festival is brought to you by Down Home Radio, and will be MCed by Down Home Radio host Eli Smith.
Pricing:
$15 per day for the main stage evening concerts and workshops or $40 for all three evenings.
$5 per day for Saturday afternoon concerts and Sunday afternoon outdoor stage, square dance included! What a deal!
Contact The Jalopy Theater to buy advance tickets.
The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 395-3214
www.Jalopy.biz
Schedule:
Friday May 21st at Jalopy:
7:30pm – Hubby Jenkins – Blues and folk songs
8:15 – George Stavis – Original improvised banjo music
9pm- Salieu Suso – Gambian Kora player
9:30pm- Calamity Janes – Oldtime String band
10:15pm- The Dust Busters – Oldtime string band
11:15pm- Blind Boy Paxton – Blues guitar, stride piano, old time banjo
12am – Ernie Vega – Blues, folk and original songs
Saturday May 22nd at Jalopy: