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Sept/Oct 2011 Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc.
Fireball Mail Inside this issue:
Bluegrass events 3
Music by Bob Westfall
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The Quack, by Wayne Erbson
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Member band info and jam schedule
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Member band schedules
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The Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization devoted to the preservation and promotion of bluegrass music and supported by volunteer efforts. With its 501(c)(3) IRS tax status, your annual SWBMAI membership fee is tax deductible less $6 for the Fireball Mail newsletter. Addi-tional donations are fully tax-deductible as charitable contributions and always appreciated! The SWBMAI mission statement as stated in the by-laws: 1) To promote bluegrass music and musicians 2) To bring together persons of all ages who enjoy singing, playing and listening to bluegrass music 3) To hold regular bluegrass jam sessions 4) To publicize information about bluegrass concerts and festivals 5) To help younger persons obtain instruments and instruction in bluegrass music 6) To introduce bluegrass music to new listeners. SWBMAI Board of Directors President – Julie Cherney, 608-244-2184, [email protected] Vice-President – Jim Hodges, 608-884-4278, [email protected] Secretary – Dave Goodwin, [email protected] Treasurer – Jon Peik, [email protected]
Attendant Board Members: Jim Knobloch, [email protected] Larry Schultz, 608-798-4884, [email protected] Bruce Brechtl, [email protected] Leslie Goodwin, [email protected] Webmaster (non-voting board member) – Scott Knickelbine, [email protected] Membership Chair – Larry Schultz, 608-798-4884, [email protected] Other Member Volunteers: Dave Nance, Bill Malone, Catherine Rhyner, Ellis Bauman, Mary Helmke Contributing Writers: Wayne Erbson, Bob Westfall Board Meetings The board meets monthly. If you would like to attend, contact a board member to determine the date, time and location as they are subject to change. Board Meeting Minutes The Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc. board meeting minutes are available on line at www.swbmai.org/swbmai-board-minutes/. If you would like minutes mailed to you please send a stamped self-addressed envelope to SWBMAI, P.O. Box 7761, Madi-son, WI 53707.
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History of Bluegrass Music Instructor: Bill C. Malone – Author of Country Music, USA, compiler of the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, two-time Grammy Award nominee, and host of Back to the Country” on WORT-89.9FM Program: 3744 Time: Thursday evenings, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Dates: Oct. 20, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, and Nov.10 Location: James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation 2146 E. Johnson Street, Madison, WI Description: This class provides a chronological and topical history of bluegrass music, stressing its origins, sub-styles, principal performers, basic instruments, and relationship to and influence on American culture. Cost: $85 Class Size: Limited to 25 students Deadline: Register by Oct.13. Registration: Call 608-262-2451 or register online at www.dcs.wisc.edu/classes/classtoc.htm
Bluegrass Featured through UW Continuing Studies
Bluegrass Banjo for Adults: Beginning Instructor: Jonathan Peik-Jon has been per-forming and recording in the Midwest since 1986, He teaches five-string banjo, mandolin and guitar and runs bluegrass jam classes. He plays with Above the Town and is a founding member of Nob Hill Boys. Program: 3735 Time: Tuesday evenings, 7:15—8:30 pm Dates: Sept. 13—Nov. 29 (no class Oct. 4, Nov. 1) Location: James Reeb Unitarian, 2146 E. Johnson St, Madison, WI Description: This 10-week class covers tuning, terminology, chords, basic rolls, left-hand techniques, crafting melodies, and playing with others. Bring your own five-string banjo, plas-tic thumb pick, and two metal fingerpicks. We provide study materials. Cost: $145 Deadline: Register by Sept. 6 Registration: Call 608-262-2451 or register online at www.uwMusicClasses.org
Fiddle Styles of southeastern United States Instructor: Brian O’Donnell - Brian is an active and popular Madison-based fiddler who performs regularly with the Barley Brothers and Cajun Strangers. Program: 3743 Time: Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:30 pm Dates: Oct. 12– Dec. 7 (no class Nov. 23)Location: 2511 Humanities, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI Description: In this eight-week playing class we learn fiddle styles from the American southeast, including Appalachian, bluegrass, and cajun. Tunes range from beginner to intermediate in difficulty. We also cover basic concepts of improvisation. Bring your own instrument. Cost: $115 Deadline: Register by Oct. 5 Registration: Call 608-262-2451 or register online at www.uwMusicClasses.org
Mad Toast Live begins their fall/winter season with bluegrass greats, Mountain Heart. "Mountain Heart is the band that has been fearlessly revolutioniz-ing the way acoustic music can be presented and played. The band's name has been synonymous with cutting-edge excellence in acoustic music circles since the group's creation in 1999. Widely known throughout the music industry for continually redefining the bounda-ries of acoustic music, the band has gained legions of loyal fans both as a result of their superlative musicianship, and more notably, their incomparably exciting live performances.” "As one of the most highly awarded ensembles ever assembled, Mountain Heart, or members of the band, have either won or been nominated for Grammy’s, ACM, CMA, and multiple IBMA Awards. They have appeared on the revered stage of the Grand Ole Opry in excess of 125 times and have shared the stage with acts ranging from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Brad Paisley to Alison Krauss, Tony Rice, The Avett Brothers, Yonder Mountain Stringband, Levon Helm, John Fogerty and Patty Loveless. To learn more about this amazing group of musicians, visit www.mountainheart.com Purchase tickets at the door or in advance. $18 Show time and location: Wed., Sept. 7 @ 8 pm Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave., Suite 105, Madison, WI 608-661-8599. www.thebrinklounge.com/Home_Page.html
Mountain Heart at the Brink Lounge, Wed., Sept. 7
The sounds of Bluegrass music and the fans who love it will fill East Troy’s historic village square for the 18th Annual East Troy Bluegrass Festival on Sept. 10 -11. The rain location is East Troy Middle School, 3143 Graydon Ave. Check www.easttroywi.org for updates. A full line-up of Bluegrass bands and contests, plus lots of great food and East Troy Marketplace vendors, will take place from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day. The event opens on Saturday with an open stage at 10 a.m., followed by the fiddle contest at 11:30 a.m. The bands start in the afternoon, with The Burie Family at 1 p.m., Round the Bend at 2 p.m., Band Scramble at 3 p.m., Lawrence Family at 4 p.m. and the headliner David Parmley and Continental Divide at 5 p.m. The music resumes on Sunday with a gospel service fea-turing On Eagle’s Wings at 10 a.m. followed by the banjo, mandolin and guitar contests at 11:30 a.m. The bands return in the afternoon with Fairland Bluegrass at 1 p.m., Solid Ground at 2 p.m., Bluegrass Kids at 3 p.m., Mecan River Ramblers at 4 p.m. and headliner Bobby Osborne and The Rocky Top X-Press at 5 p.m. Weekend wristbands will be sold for $5 per person to help defray the festival costs; children 15 and under will be admit-ted free. Bring your own lawn chairs. No alcohol allowed at this family event. For more information, contact the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce at (262) 642-3770 or visit www.easttroywi.org
East Troy Bluegrass Fest., Sept. 10 –11
The Quack © 2011 by Wayne Erbsen While working this morning on a chapter of my new book to be entitled Bluegrass Jamming on Fiddle, I was struck with the less-than-original thought that “life just ain’t fair.” Not to fiddlers, anyway. Blue-grass guitarists have their “boom-chick.” Banjo players strut their “vamp.” Mandolins are proud of their “chop.” Basses seem content to stay in the background with their “thump, thump, thump.” But what do fiddlers have? Nothing! All they’re left with is what’s often called a
“chop,” but that word is simply lifted from mandolin players who only gave it up reluctantly. If you ask me, what fiddle players need is a word to describe what they do when they’re making the percussive sound the off-beat. If you’ve listened close to a fiddle player using this technique, it sounds almost exactly like the quacking of a duck in heat. So I propose
calling this technique “the quack.” It can be used as a noun, as in “That fiddle player can sure lay the quack to it.” It also makes a terrific verb, “he’s quacking on the beat.” If you’re a beginning or clueless fiddle player who actually wants to learn to quack, stick with me now.
The quack is nothing more than a short rhythmic bow stroke on the strings that produces a percussive, yet harsh sound. Why would a fiddle player want to produce such a harsh sound? Because it will cut through the din and clatter of a loud bluegrass band. Let’s try it.
Tap your foot in a steady “TICK-TOCK” or ONE-TWO fashion. As you’re tapping, say out loud “ONE” when your foot hits the floor and “TWO” when your foot comes up. When you’re able to do that, tap your foot again, but this time remain silent on the ONE but say “TWO” when your foot comes up. So you’ll be going “tap TWO, tap TWO.” Practice that until it becomes easy as pie.
Now grip your bow as I discussed in my book Old-Time Fiddle
for the Complete Ignoramus! Be sure your right thumb is bent. Using only a very short bow stroke, strike the D and A or the G and D strings with the end of the bow closest to the frog. Play only on beat TW0 as you continue to tap your foot. After you hit the strings with a quick downward bow stroke, lift the bow off the strings. Your goal is to kind of smack the strings with your bow to produce a quick percussive sound. (We’ll call this the “quick quack”). While you are doing this, the fingers of your left hand should be resting on all the strings to mute them.
Note: the mandolin’s chop is also called a “bark,” so make sure your quack and their bark are in sync.
TIP: A good way to practice your quack is to play a recording of a good slow or medium-paced bluegrass song that’s in 2/4 or 4/4 time. With your left hand, wrap your fingers around the fingerboard of your fiddle so all the strings are muted. Fire up the recording and tap your foot to the music, saying or thinking “ONE-TWO, ONE-TWO”. After you’ve got that down pat, just quack on the TWOS, while you mute the strings. Once you can quack along with a recording, try singing a familiar bluegrass song while you quack your fiddle.
Quacking in Waltz-Time: When you’re wanting to quack on a tune in waltz-time, such as “Kentucky Waltz,” or “Tennessee Waltz,” you’ll need to count ONE-two-three, One-two-three. Remember that the ONE is silent and you would quack on two and three, so it would sound like “tap-quack-quack.”
Quacking on Chords: Besides muting the strings with the fin-gers of your left hand, you can also quack on two-finger chords or dou-ble stops. Be sure to use chords positions that use at least two fingers, rather than playing open strings. To tell you the truth, muted strings produce a good quack and get the job done without bothering to play chords at all.
Portions of this article will appear in Wayne’s new book, Blue-grass Jamming on Fiddle, available Fall, 2011 from Native Ground Books & Music. Wayne Erbsen has been writing, teaching, performing, recording, and broadcasting bluegrass music since 1962. Write or call for a free catalog of bluegrass instruction books, songbooks, and recordings from his company, Native Ground Books & Music, 109 Bell Road, Asheville, NC 28805, (828) 299-7031, email:[email protected]
Above the Town – Jerry Loughney; 262-510-1128, [email protected] Alzen Family Bluegrass Band – Brad Alzen; 715-749-3977, [email protected] American Folk-Jim Moses; 262-308-0915, [email protected] Art Stevenson & High Water – Art Stevenson; 715-884-6996, [email protected] Big Cedar – Marty Burch 262-338-6954 or Keith Keehn; 262-338-0538, [email protected] The Burie Family -Tiffany Burie; [email protected] Burning Willows — Mike Charlton, [email protected] Cream City Bluegrass and Gospel Music – Harvey Riekoff; 262-497-3024, [email protected], http://creamcitybluegrass.net Down from the Hills – Pat Downing; 608-527-2472, [email protected], http://personalpages.tds.net/~downhome eleike – Michael Bell; 608-238-2223, [email protected], www.michaelmbell.net/eleike-presskit.htm Freshwater-Harvey Riekoff, 262-497-3024, [email protected] http://freshwaterbluegrass.com The Front Porch Boys – Tom Nowlin; 262-719-2991, [email protected], www.frontporchboys.com
The Henhouse Prowlers – Ben Wright; 773-263-5793 [email protected] The High 48s – Eric Christopher; 651-271-4392, [email protected] Kettle Moraine—Barry Riese; 608-241-0420, [email protected] Kristy Larson Honky Tonk Trio – Kristy Larson 608-255-4427; [email protected], www.kristylarson.com Liberty Bluegrass Band – , Jeff Couillard (414-690-0059) www.libertybluegrass.com Mad City Jug Band—Beverly Hills (608-698-7637 ) Marty Marrone & Tangled Roots – Marty Marrone; 651-295-1376, [email protected] Monroe Crossing – Art Blackburn; 763-213-1349, [email protected] New Bad Habits – Chirps Smith; [email protected] Nob Hill Boys – John Fabke; 608-635 8961; [email protected], www.nobhillboys.com Northern Comfort – Tony Hozeny; 608-215-7676, [email protected], Patti Graham, 608-438-2728
Book a Member Band
Northern Pikers— Jon Augspurger; [email protected] Oak Street Ramblers – Jeff Kunkle; 608-669-3991, [email protected], www.theoakstreetramblers.com Old Cool – Dan Hildebrand; 608-836-3045, [email protected], www.oldcoolmusic.com ‘Round the Bend – Fred Newmann; 608-238-6863, [email protected] Spare Time Bluegrass Band– Bobby Batyko; 608-575-9945,[email protected]
SweetGrass – Trent Cuthbert; 608-658-6353, [email protected], www.myspace.com/sweetgrasspickin Truman's Ridge – Bruce Wallace; 815-603-1441, [email protected] Turtle Creek Ramblers - David Wilson , 608-361-0770 , [email protected]. Wooden Bridges Bluegrass Band— Rich Schwartz, 262-719-3549 [email protected], www.woodenbridgesband.com For updated information or corrections, contact Julie Cherney at [email protected] or 608-244-2184.
SEPTEMBER 1 Apple Holler Bluegrass Jam & BBQ, 6:00 pm, Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Avenue, Sturtevant, WI. Call (800) 238-3629 or visit www.appleholler.com 2 Kenosha Hootenanny, 7:00 pm, Anderson Arts Center, 121 66th Street, Kenosha, WI. Call (262) 654-6840. 3 Waukesha Bluegrass Jam, 1:00 pm, Church of Christ, 2816 Madi-son Street, Waukesha, WI. Hosted by Pastor Greg. (262) 470-3644.
Riley Jam, 2:00 pm, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville-Riley Road, Verona, WI 4 Minocqua Bluegrass Jam, 1:00 pm, Life Spring Coffee Shop, 7578 Hwy 51 N, Minocqua, WI. Hosted by Rich Gadow. (715) 588-9498) or visit www.headforthedome.com 6 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Jon Peik, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. Call (414) 464-6190 or email [email protected] 9 Ron’s Old-Time Jam, 1:00 pm, State Bank of Cross Plains-Black Earth Office, 1030 Mills Street, Black Earth, WI. Hosted by Ron Poast. Call (608) 767-2553. 10 Jefferson Jam, 3:00 pm, R.H. Landmark Saloon, 138 S. Main Street, Jefferson, WI. Hosted by Tony Hozeny (608) 215-7676 & Patti Graham (608)-438-2728. Spring Green Jam, 3:00 pm, Spring Green General Store, 137 S. Albany Street, Spring Green, WI. Hosted by Paul Bentzen, Doug Lloyd, & Michael Connors. 608-588-7070,www.springgreengeneralstore.com 11 Mt. Morris Jam, 1:00 pm, Mt. Morris Moose Lodge, 101 Moose Drive, Mt Morris, IL. Hosted by Jeff Wagner. Call (815) 362-2001 or (815) 978-2705.
Hazelhurst Jam, 1:00 pm, Hazelhurst (Yawkey) Town Hall, Hwy 51, Hazelhurst, WI. Hosted by Keith Justice. Call (715) 356-3793.
BBMA Bluegrass Jam, 2:00 pm, Borders Books, 8705 N. Port Washington, Fox Point, WI. (414) 540-1427 or visit www.badgerlandbluegrass.org
Durand Bluegrass/Old-Time Jam, 6:00 pm, Shari's Chippewa Club, 106 W. Main Street, Durand, WI. Call (715) 672-8785 or visit www.sharischippewaclub.com 13 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Chris Powers, 7:00 pm, Indie Coffee Shop, 1225 Regent Street, Madison, WI. Email [email protected] 15 Apple Holler Bluegrass Jam & BBQ, 6:00 pm, Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Avenue, Sturtevant, WI. Call (800) 238-3629 or visit www.appleholler.com 16 Cross Plains Open Mic, 7:00 pm, Crossroads Coffeehouse, 2020 Main Street, Cross Plains, WI. Hosted by Joe Snare. Call (608) 798-2080 or email [email protected] 18 Lake Country Jam, 1:00 pm, Good Harvest Market, 1850 Meadow Lane, Pewaukee, WI. 20 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Dave Nance, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. [email protected] 25 Attic Acoustic Jam, 2:00 pm, The Attic Books & Coffee, 730 Bodart Street, Green Bay, WI. Call 920-855- 2627 or 920-884-7260 for information or visit www.theatticbooks.com 27 SWBMAI Good Old Days Jam with Mary Helmke & Catherine Rhyner, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. Email [email protected] or [email protected]
OCTOBER 1 Waukesha Bluegrass Jam, 1:00 pm, Church of Christ, 2816 Madion Street, Waukesha, WI. Hosted by Pastor Greg. (262) 470-3644. Riley Jam, 2:00 pm, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville-Riley Road, Verona, WI 2 Minocqua Bluegrass Jam, 1:00 pm, Life Spring Coffee Shop, 7578 Hwy 51 N, Minocqua, WI. Hosted by Rich Gadow. Call (715) 588-9498).or visit www.headforthedome.com 4 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Jon Peik, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. Call (414) 464-6190 or email [email protected] 6 Apple Holler Bluegrass Jam & BBQ, 6:00 pm, Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Avenue, Sturtevant, WI. Call (800) 238-3629 or visit www.appleholler.com 7 Kenosha Hootenanny, 7:00 pm, Anderson Arts Center, 121 66th Street, Kenosha, WI. Call (262) 654-6840. 8 Jefferson Jam, 3:00 pm, R.H. Landmark Saloon, 138 S. Main Street, Jefferson, WI. Hosted by Tony Hozeny (608) 215-7676 & Patti Graham (608)-438-2728. Spring Green Jam, 3:00 pm, Spring Green General Store, 137 S. Albany Street, Spring Green, WI. Hosted by Paul Bentzen, Doug Lloyd, & Michael Connors. Call 608-588-7070. www.springgreengeneralstore.com 9 Mt. Morris Jam, 1:00 pm, Mt. Morris Moose Lodge, 101 Moose Drive, Mt Morris, IL. Hosted by Jeff Wagner. Call (815) 362-2001 or (815) 978-2705.
Hazelhurst Jam, 1:00 pm, Hazelhurst (Yawkey) Town Hall, Hwy 51, Hazelhurst, WI. Hosted by Keith Justice. Call (715) 356-3793.
BBMA Bluegrass Jam, 2:00 pm, Borders Books, 8705 N. Port Washington, Fox Point, WI. Call (414) 540-1427 or visit http://badgerlandbluegrass.org
Durand Bluegrass/Old-Time Jam, 6:00 pm, Shari's Chippewa Club, 106 W. Main Street, Durand, WI. (715) 672-8785 or visit www.sharischippewaclub.com 11 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Chris Powers, 7:00 pm, Indie Coffee Shop, 1225 Regent Street, Madison, WI. Email [email protected] 14 Ron’s Old-Time Jam, 1:00 pm, State Bank of Cross Plains-Black Earth Office, 1030 Mills Street, Black Earth, WI. Hosted by Ron Poast. Call (608) 767-2553. 16 Lake Country Jam, 1:00 pm, Good Harvest Market, 1850 Meadow Lane, Pewaukee, WI. 18 SWBMAI Instructor Jam with Dave Nance, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. Email [email protected] 20 Apple Holler Bluegrass Jam & BBQ, 6:00 pm, Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Avenue, Sturtevant, WI. Call (800) 238-3629 or visit www.appleholler.com 21 Cross Plains Open Mic, 7:00 pm, Crossroads Coffeehouse, 2020 Main Street, Cross Plains, WI. Hosted by Joe Snare. Call (608) 798-2080 or email [email protected] 23 Attic Acoustic Jam, 2:00 pm, The Attic Books & Coffee, 730 Bodart Street, Green Bay, WI. Call 920-855- 2627 or 920-884- 7260 for information or visit www.theatticbooks.com 25 SWBMAI Good Old Days Jam with Mary Helmke & Cathrine Rhyner, 7:00 pm, Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street, Madison, WI. Email [email protected] or [email protected]
Open Mic/Jam Schedule
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SWBMAI Member Band Schedules – Sept/Oct 2011 SEPTEMBER 2 Monroe Crossing, 9:15 pm, Barnes Bluegrass Festival, Mercer County Fairgrounds, Aledo, IL 3 Monroe Crossing, 2:15 & 7:00 pm, Barnes Bluegrass Festival, Mercer County Fairgrounds, Aledo, IL
Liberty “Lite” Bluegrass Band, 8:30 pm, Attebury's Pub, 3807 S. Packard Avenue, St. Francis, WI Oak Street Ramblers, 9:00 pm, The Alchemy, 1980 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI
7 Truman’s Ridge, 7:30 pm, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 10 Turtle Creek Ramblers, 9:30 am, Northwoods Care Centre, 2250 Pearl Street, Belvidere, IL
Turtle Creek Ramblers, 11:30 am, The Brick Cafe & Gallery, 615 S. State Street, Belvidere, IL Truman’s Ridge, 1:00 pm, Sandwich County Fair, Sandwich, IL
Turtle Creek Ramblers, 1:30 pm, Maple Crest Care Centre, 4452 Squaw Prairie Road., Belvidere, IL Round the Bend, 2:00 pm, East Troy Bluegrass Festival, Village Square, East Troy, WI Round the Bend, 5:30 pm, Maple Bluff Summer Concert Series, Beach Park, 365 Lakewood Blvd., Madison, WI 15 SpareTime Bluegrass Band, 6:00 pm, The Frequency, 121 W. Main Street, Madison, WI 17 Round the Bend, 12:00 pm, Habitat for Humanity Restore, 208 Cottage Grove Road, Madison, WI
Turtle Creek Ramblers, 2:00 pm, NorthPointe Terrace, 5601 E. Rockton Road, Roscoe, IL Liberty “Lite” Bluegrass Band, 8:30 pm, Attebury's Pub, 3807 S. Packard Avenue, St. Francis, WI
19 Oak Street Ramblers, 7:30 pm, The Malt House, 2609 E. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 24 Truman’s Ridge, 12:00 pm, Royal Oak Farm Orchard, 15908 Hebron Road, Harvard, IL OCTOBER 1 Liberty “Lite” Bluegrass Band, 8:30 pm, Attebury's Pub, 3807 S. Packard Avenue, St. Francis, WI Oak Street Ramblers, 9:00 pm, The Alchemy, 1980 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 5 Truman’s Ridge, 7:30 pm, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 8 Turtle Creek Ramblers, 9:30 am, Northwoods Care Centre, 2250 Pearl Street, Belvidere, IL Turtle Creek Ramblers, 11:30 am, The Brick Cafe & Gallery, 615 S. State Street, Belvidere, IL Turtle Creek Ramblers, 1:30 pm, Maple Crest Care Centre, 4452 Squaw Prairie Road., Belvidere, IL 14 Monroe Crossing, 7:30 pm, Al. Ringling Theatre, 136 4th Avenue, Baraboo, WI 15 Turtle Creek Ramblers, 2:00 pm, NorthPointe Terrace, 5601 E. Rockton Road, Roscoe, IL Liberty “Lite” Bluegrass Band, 8:30 pm, Attebury's Pub, 3807 S. Packard Avenue, St. Francis, WI 17 Oak Street Ramblers, 7:30 pm, The Malt House, 2609 E. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 20 SpareTime Bluegrass Band, 6:00 pm, The Frequency, 121 W. Main Street, Madison, WI 22 Monroe Crossing, 7:30 pm, Old Gem Theater, 116 S. Knowles Avenue, New Richmond, WI 29 Kettle Moraine, Time TBA, Belleville UFO Day, J&M Bar, 127 W. Main Street, Belleville, WI
