Mark your calendars for our fourth annual "Austin String Band Festival" happening October 16-18 at Camp Ben McCulloch rain or shine. Map
Gates open at noon on Friday, October 16.

No pets allowed.

Pre-registration for those wanting to pay with a credit card now available.
  Note: Credit cards are not accepted at the gate.
Pre-registration closes at noon on Thursday, October 15th.

The Festival will get radio time on local Austin radio stations over the next few days:

KUT 90.5 FM, Folkways this Saturday

KOOP - 91.7 FM:
Bluegrass - (Sundays 10-noon)
What's A Girl To Do live performance, Christy & the Plowboys + E. Pittman - (Monday 11-noon)
Fais Do Do - (Wednesday 9-11)
Country Swing & Rockabilly Jamboree - (Thursday 9-11)
Country Roots - (Friday 9-11)

The Austin String Band Festival takes place October 16-18, 2009 and features workshops and bands performing in various styles of string band music: Bluegrass, Old-time, Cajun, Latino, and other types of string band music. The site is Camp Ben McCulloch in Driftwood, just outside of Austin. It is a weekend festival and participants are invited to camp Friday and Saturday nights, and to play music together around the festival grounds when they are not in the Pavilion watching the stage show. There will also be delicious local and organic food for sale at the festival.

The Austin Lounge Lizards headline this year's festival which begins with a concert Friday night, a full day on Saturday with music workshops Saturday morning, a concert Saturday afternoon and evening; the festival ends with a gospel jam session on Sunday morning. 5 bands perform Friday evening, 9 bands perform on the main stage Saturday, and a number of other bands perform mini-sets on a second stage.

The ticket price ranges between $15 (for Friday only) and $35 (for the whole weekend).

The Fiddler's Green Music Shop is once again donating a Breedlove AD25/SR Plus guitar for raffle. Raffle ticket prices will shortly be announced .

Description
It is a dreadnaught with a cutaway. It has a Sitka Spruce top and Rosewood back and sides, Abalone on the rosette, top binding, and "ellipse" position markers. It has built in electronics with a Fishman 4T 3-band EQ with brilliance and volume controls and a built in chromatic tuner. It comes with a Breedlove custom deluxe hardshell case. The list price is $1339.

Our lineup for the main stage is:

Friday Oct 16th

Saturday, Oct 17th

Admission Fees

Friday only $15
Saturday only$25 ($20 AFTM Members)
Weekend$35 ($30 AFTM Members)
Children under 18Free
College student, w/ID, Friday only$5
College student, w/ID, Saturday only$20
College student, w/ID, Weekend$25
Primitive Camping, per tent, per night$10
Camping w/electricity, per tent, per night$15

Here are a few pictures from last years String Band Festival. Courtesy of Dale Rempert Photography.

This page updated Monday, 12-Oct-2009 04:29:34 PDT.