30th Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Music Schedules Showcase Stage Schedule Main Stage Schedule Directed Jam Schedule Friday, February 13th Friday, February 13 Sherborn Room 6:00PM The Jones River Band 7:00 PM - Berklee Students featuring Twisted Pine Friday, February 13th 6:45PM The Dave Miller Band 7:50 PM - Jenni Lyn Gardner & The 7:30 to 9:00 PM Slow Jam w/ George 7:30PM The Mark Whitaker Band Palmetto Bluegrass Chapman & Pat Rooney Band 8:15PM The Abby Hollander Band Saturday, February 14th 9:00PM Bluegrass: The Band 8:35 PM - The Roland White Band 9:45 PM - Helen Highwater 10:00 to NOON Slow Jam w/ Fred Saturday, February 14 Stringband Swedberg 10:30AM The Bump Road Band 10:55 PM - Rhonda Vincent & The NOON to 2:00PM Slow Jam w/ Ray Mount 11:15AM Moonshine Creek Rage 2:00 to 4:00PM Instrumental Jam w/ George Chapman & Pat Noon Blue Train Saturday, February 14th Rooney 12:45PM Blackjack Crossing 9:30 AM - The Zolla Boys Sunday, February 15th 1:30PM Too Blue 10:00 AM - Zink & Company 10:45 AM - New England Bluegrass 11:00 to 1:00PM Slow Jam w/ George 2:15PM The Deborah McDonnell Band Chapman & Pat Rooney 3:00PM Waiting for Neil Band 11:30 AM - Bob Amos & Catamount Hudson Room 3:45PM Cold Chocolate Crossing 4:30PM Five In The Chamber 12:25 PM - Danny Paisley & The Saturday, February 14th 5:15PM Mile Twelve Southern Grass 11:00 to 1:00PM Intermediate Jam w/ Bob 6:00PM The Korey Brodsky Band 1:20 PM - Laurie Lewis & The Right Altschuler Hands 3:00 to 5:00 PM Slow Jam w/ Fred 6:45PM The Gather Rounders 2:25 PM - Della Mae Swedberg 7:30PM The Mary Maguire Band 3:30 PM - Frank Solivan & Dirty Sunday, February 15th Sunday , February 15 Kitchen NOON to 1:30 PM Intermediate Jam w/ Bob 10:30AM Merrimack Valley Bluegrass 4:40 PM - Rabbit in a Log 5:40 PM - Danny Paisley & The Altschuler 11:15AM Rock Hearts Southern Grass Noon Delmer Mulhan 6:50 PM - Jim Lauderdale with Della Festival Rules 12:45PM Berklee Student Ensembles Mae 8:00 PM - Laurie Lewis & The Right 1. Please keep talking to a minimum in 1:30PM The Wool Hats the Main Stage area. Respect those that are Hands here to listen to the music. 2:15PM Fiddlin’ Quinn & His Big Folks 9:10 PM - Frank Solivan & Dirty Band Kitchen 2. Valid wristbands are required for ALL 10:20 PM - The Seldom Scene festival activities, including picking on all hotel floors and in the lobby. Keep wrist - Joe Val Wind-Up Hoe-Down Sunday, February 15th bands visible at all times. 6:30PM Twisted Pine 10:00 AM - Bluegrass Gospel Project 3. Remember the bluegrass festival rule: If 7:45PM The Hi-Tone Ramblers 11:00 AM - The Kathy Kallick Band your seat is in a seat, it's your seat. No seat 9:00PM Honky Tonk Masquerade NOON - Kids’ Academy saving allowed. If you leave the venue for & Instrument Raffles any length of time, take your belongings so 12:35 PM - The Lonely Heartstring that others may share the music. Instrument Check Rooms Band 4. Video taping is not allowed in the Main The BBU provides free instrument check 1:45 PM - Town Mountain Stage area. rooms for the convenience of festival patrons. 2:55 PM - Laurie and Kathy Sing The check rooms are located in the Weston 5. The hotel is a non-smoking environ - Songs of Vern and Ray mental. Smoking is not permitted anywhere and Southboro Rooms on the lower level of 4:05 PM - The Del McCoury Band the Sheraton. Hours are Friday, 6PM to mid - in the building. night, Saturday, 9AM to midnight, and Sunday All times are subject to change. 6. Local liquor laws prohibit consumption 9AM to 6 PM. The check rooms close prompt - or presence of personal alcoholic beverages ly at the posted times. The BBU provides this Sunday Morning in the festival public spaces. service as a convenience and is NOT responsi - Gospel Sing-Along ble for theft, damage or other loss at any time. 7. While the Sheraton is a pet friendly More information is available in the Joe Val With Elwood and Gail Willey. hotel, due to audience size, no pets in the Bluegrass Festival program book on page 3. Free songbooks. Wayland North and South in public spaces during the weekend. Workshop Row (lower level), 9 - 10 AM. 8. Please turn off cell phones (or set on Sing along and pick. Bring your instruments. vibrate) as a courtesy to artists and patrons. 30th Joe Val Bluegrass Festival Workshop Schedules Saturday Middlesex West Middlesex East Wayland North Wayland South 10 am Guitar Mandolin Fiddle Bass with David Grier with Mike Compton with Shad Cobb with Missy Raines from Helen Highwater from Helen Highwater from Helen Highwater from Helen Highwater Stringband Stringband Stringband Stringband 11am Blues Mandolin & Guitar Banjo Bluegrass Fiddling in Intro to Harmony Singing with Howie Tarnower and with Mike Munford Layers with Mary Maguire Geoff Bartley from Frank Solivan and DK with Dave Reiner 12 noon Cowboy Songs Mandolin Banjo with Skip Gorman with Frank Solivan with Glenn Nelson from Rabbit in a Log from Frank Solivan and DK Improvising Variations 1pm Clawhammer for Arranging Your Song Music Theory for with David Reiner, Dave Bluegrass Banjo Players with Mary Maguire Bluegrass Musicians Hollender, and Mark Simos with Phil Zimmerman with Michael Bean from Music Camps North 2pm Banjo Fiddle Dobro: Playing Strong Currents in Roots Music with Mark Delaney with Doug Meek Backups and Fills Education from Danny Paisley and the from Danny Paisley and the with Michael Bean with Mark Simos and Dave Southern Grass Southern Grass Hollender Berklee Roots Music Faculty 3pm Fiddle Song Writing Hearing & Playing with Patrick McGonagle with Kathy Kallick the Colors of a Song from The Lonely Heartstring from The Kathy Kallick Band with Dave Moultrup Different Strokes: Band Professional Banjo 4pm Mandolin Dobro Summit with Tom Rozum with Greg Booth with Mike Kropp & friends from Laurie Lewis and the from The Kathy Kallick Band Creative Collaboration: Right Hands Co-writing Songs 5pm Vocals Arranging 3-part with Dawn Kenney & Rick Modern Interpretations of with Laurie Lewis Bluegrass Harmony Lang Americana from Laurie Lewis and the with Seldom Scene with Backwater Opera Right Hands 6pm Banjo Fiddle Bass with Gabe Hirschfeld with Chad Manning with Danny Booth from The Lonely Heartstring from Laurie Lewis and the from Frank Solivan and DK Band Right Hands Sunday Middlesex West Middlesex East Wayland North Wayland South 9am Gospel Sing - 9am to 10am 10am Guitar Advanced Harmony Song Writing with Chris Luquette Singing with Jim Lauderdale from Frank Solivan and DK with Mary Maguire Hopkinton Room 11am New England Bluegrass: Crossing Over: Three- Monroe Style Mandolin A Historical Discussion Finger to Clawhammer with Richard Brown with Billy Thibodeau, and vice versa Writing Bluegrass Gospel accompanied by Rhode Island Bluegrass Assn. with Mike Kropp and Marc Songs & Millie Rahn, Folklorist Dave Dillon and Horowitz with Rick Lang & Ted 12 noon Margaret Gerteis Guitar Set Up Precision Clawhammer: DeMille from The Reunion Band with Rick Starkey Getting the Melody Right from Rabbit in a Log with Marc Horowitz 1pm Mandolin, Banjo and the Arranging Gospel Spirit of Bluegrass Harmony Fretboard Roadmap for Nordic Fiddling with Jenni Lyn Gardner with The Bluegrass Gospel Banjo with Elise Bouer and Nate and Kyle Tuttle Project with Bob Altschuler Sabat from JLG & the Palmetto BG Band 2pm Banjo Mandolin Pentatonic Improvisation Up the Neck Demystified with Matt Witler Guitar for all Instruments with Dave Kiphuth from The Lonely Heartstring with Tony Watt with August Watters from NE Bluegrass Band Band from Berklee College 3pm Fiddle Bass Roots of the American with Bobby Britt with Nick DiSebastian Bluegrass Banjo Mandolin from Town Mountain from Town Mountain with Rich Stillman with August Watters from Berklee College Please Note: Workshops and scheduled times are tentative and subject to change. .