| the Bluegrass Calendar
July 8 NEW PIONEERS Cafe Carpe 18 South Water St. West, Fort Atkinson, WI 7-9pm July 9-11 VIROQUA BLUEGRASS & GOSPEL FEST Vernon County Fairgrounds, Viroqua, WI Highway Home, Good Friends, Art Stevenson & Highwater, Alzen Family, DisChords, Rock River Revival. July 10 ABOVE THE TOWN Greendale Saturday Night Fun On the Green- Gazebo Concert Series. Greendale, WI 7-8:30pm July 10 PICKIN’ UP SPEED RV Campvention. 4H Fairground Berrien Springs, MI 7:30-9pm July 10 RED STAR EXPRESS Mill Street Days, Plymouth, WI Noon-12:45pm July 10 SAWDUST SYMPHONY Silver Creek Brewery, Cedarburg, WI 8:30pm-12:30am July 10 TURTLE CREEK RAMBLERS Brick Cafe & Gallery 615 S. State Street Belvidere, IL Noon-1pm July 11 ABOVE THE TOWN Cafe Sopra Mare Concert Series, Villa Terrace. Milwaukee 10:30am-12:30pm July 11 BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS Music In Park Lions Legend Park, Franklin, WI 1:30-3pm July 11 BLUEGRASS ALL STARS Tosa Tonight 68th and State Street. Rotary Performance Pavilion. 5pm July 14 ART STEVENSON & HIGHWATER Veterans Memorial Park, Tomahawk, WI 6-8pm July 14 LIBERTY BLUEGRASS Rotary Park, Jefferson, WI 6:30pm July 15 BURIE FAMILY Big Bend Library, Big Bend, WI 1:30-2:15pm July 16 COLIN O’BRIEN with SALT CREEK Capital Brewery, Madison, WI 6-9pm July 16 SAWDUST SYMPHONY Libby Montana's, Mequon, WI 9pm July 17 BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS St. James Episcopal Church, West Bend, WI Tent Revival & Gospel Show 4-8pm July 17 MONROE CROSSING Little Falls Lutheran Church Little Falls Bluegrass & Gospel Fest Little Falls, WI 1 & 9pm July 18 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS WMSE Backyard BBQ Cathedral Square Park, Milwaukee Event starts at 11am. Carolina Chocolate Drops stage time is TBA. The .357 STRING BAND is also playing at the event. July 18 CREAM CITY BLUEGRASS Trinity Presbyterian Church 3302 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee 10:30am | | July 18 MONROE CROSSING Fishstock Music Series Camp David’s Party Barn, Fish Creek, WI 7pm July 19 MONROE CROSSING Antigo Music in the Park, Antigo City Park, Antigo, WI 6:30pm July 22 BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS Waupun Fine Arts Music in the Park. Dodge Park. Waupun, WI 7pm July 22 NOB HILL BOYS Harriet Park, Verona, WI 6pm July 24 COLIN O’BRIEN Lake Bluff Public Library, Lake Bluff, WI 11-11:45am KIDS SHOW July 24 CREAM CITY BLUEGRASS South Shore Farmers Market, Bay View, WI 10-11am July 25 BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS Bethany Reformed Church. Sheboygan, WI 9:30-10:30am July 30/31 SAWDUST SYMPHONY Woodtick Festival, Hermansville, MI July 31 BURIE FAMILY Menominee Marina Bandshell Menominee, WI TBA July 31 PIPER ROAD SPRING BAND Atwood Community Fest Madison, WI 6:30pm Aug. 1 SAWDUST SYMPHONY Otto’s Beer Garden, Menoqua, WI 9pm-1am Aug. 4 LIBERTY BLUEGRASS Deacon Mills Park, Green Lake, WI 6:30pm Aug. 5 PIPER ROAD SPRING BAND Craveth Lake Park Whitewater, WI 6:30pm Aug. 6 PIPER ROAD SPRING BAND Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson, WI 8pm Aug. 6 JACKSTRAW Sugar Maple Festival, Madison 5:40pm Aug. 7 BLUEGRASS ALL STARS Activities stage in the Thompson Building immediately following THE WISCONSIN STATE FIDDLE CONTEST. More info at www.wistatefair.com You can register for the fiddle contest the day of the contest at 1pm. Junior Division starts at 2pm. Open Division directly after. Bluegrass All Stars will follow, estimated start time is 4 pm. Aug. 7 BURIE FAMILY Delafield Farmers Market, Delafield, WI 10am- Noon Aug. 7 SUGAR MAPLE FESTIVAL Madison, WI 2 pm- Jackstraw 3 & 7pm Tim O’Brien Aug. 8 TURTLE CREEK RAMBLERS Phoenix Park Bandshell, Delavan, WI 3-5pm Aug. 12 LIBERTY BLUEGRASS Veterans Memorial Park, Kenosha, WI 11:30am & 6pm Aug. 14 ROLLER MILLS STRING BAND Port Washington Farmers Market, Port Washington, WI 9am-Noon | | Aug. 14 TURTLE CREEK RAMBLERS Brick Cafe & Gallery, Belvidere, IL Noon-1pm Aug. 15 BLUEGRASS ALL STARS Borzynski’s Farmers Market 11600 Washington Ave, Sturtevant, WI 1-4pm Aug. 15 BURIE FAMILY Evergreen Park, Wausaukee, WI 2-4pm Aug. 15 SAWDUST SYMPHONY Squire’s Golf Course Land Conservancy Fish Boil, Port Washington, WI Noon Aug. 15 BLUEGRASS AT THE VILLAGE. PIONEER VILLAGE, SAUKVILLE, WI 1-5pm. Noon- James Creek Road 1pm- Pickin’ Up Speed 2pm- Roller Mills String Band 3pm- Big Cedar Bluegrass 4pm- Mecan River Ramblers Aug. 15 NOB HILL BOYS Poerio Pond Folk Festival, Kenosha, WI 3:30pm Aug. 18 CREAM CITY BLUEGRASS Sister Bay Concerts in the Park. Waterfront Park, Sister Bay, WI 3-4:30pm Aug. 21 ABOVE THE TOWN Gandy Dancer Festival Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Madison, WI TBA Aug. 21 CREAM CITY BLUEGRASS The Yardarm 920 Erie St. Racine, WI 7-11pm Aug. 21 ROLLER MILLS STRING BAND Port Washington Maritime Heritage Festival. Port Washington, WI 10a-Noon Aug. 21 ROLLER MILLS STRING BAND Attic Books and Coffee, 730 Bodart St. Green Bay 7-9pm Aug. 22 RED STAR EXPRESS Sunset Park, Kimberly, WI 6:30pm Aug. 25 ROLLER MILLS STRING BAND Music in the Park, Jackson, WI 7-9pm Aug 26-28 BLUEGRASS IN THE PINES FESTIVAL Risholt FairPark, Risholt, WI. Bands include: Art Stevenson & High Water, High 48’s, Sloppy Joe, Seth Foerster Unit, Hand Picked Bluegrass, New Bad Habits, New Pioneers. For more info contact artstevenson@hotmail.com Aug. 28 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS Orton Park Festival, Madison, WI 6:30pm Aug. 28 ROLLER MILLS STRING BAND Port Washington Farmers Market, Port Washington, WI 9am-Noon Aug. 29 BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS Grace United Church of Christ, Kohler, WI 9:30am Aug. 29 BADGERLAND PICNIC , JAM, AND CORN ROAST. Homestead Hollow County Park N120 W19809 Freistadt Road, Germantown, WI Noon-5pm Sept. 2-3 PICKIN’ UP SPEED Tri-State Bluegrass Festival Kendalville, IN TBA | |