Mountain Musical Festival Line Up Announced
8/19/2008
Mountain Music Festival Line-up Announced
This year’s 26th annual Mountain Music Festival in Manitou Springs’ Soda Springs Park, once again with its great lineup of dulcimer, guitar, banjo, world and bluegrass music - all folk, all the time! – will kick-off informally Thursday, Aug. 21 with musicians gathering at Kinfolks Mountain Outfitters, 950 Manitou Ave.
The public is encouraged to attend and meet many of the internationally acclaimed musicians who will be on hand.
Performances begin in the Soda Springs Park Pavilion Friday, Aug. 22 at 5 p.m., when Jubilant Bridge takes the stage. Twenty musicians and groups are scheduled to appear during the weekend-long event, plus jam sessions in the Soda Springs Park Pavilion and the nearby Ancient Mariner Tavern.
Admission is free.
For more information on the Festival, its history, photos from past Festivals and links to musicians’ websites, visit mmf2008.blogspot.com.
Mountain Music Festival 2008 Performance Schedule.
All times are approximate. All performances are in Soda Springs Park.
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Mingle informally, meet and enjoy many of the musicians at Kinfolks Mountain Outfitters, 950 Manitou Ave., from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Friday
5 p.m. Jubilant Bridge
6 p.m. Chilly Winds
7 p.m. Cripple Creek
8 p.m. Bob Haworth
9 p.m. The Manitou Project Robert Force, Bing Futch, Bud Ford III, Quintin Stephens, Roger Zimish, Dave Batti
Saturday
10 a.m. Jim Moran
10:30 a.m. Pretty Good Folk
11:30 a.m. Jubilant Bridge
12:15 p.m. Bud Ford III, Bing Futch, Quintin Stephens
1:30 p.m. Chilly Winds
2:30 p.m. Close To Toast
3:30 p.m. Cripple Creek
4:30 p.m. Judy Piazza
5:00 p.m. Judy Piazza - Robert Force
5:30 p.m. Robert Force
6 p.m. Bob Haworth
7 p.m. Dakota Blonde
8 p.m. Festival moves indoors to The Ancient Mariner Tavern, 962 Manitou Ave.
Sunday
10 a.m. The Manitou Project: Robert Force, Bing Futch, Bud Ford III, Quintin Stephens , Judy Piazza, Roger Zimish, Dave Batti
12:15 p.m. Jubilant Bridge
1 p.m. Dakota Blonde
2 p.m. Chilly Winds
3 p.m. Jim Young
4 p.m. Cripple Creek
5 p.m. Bob Haworth, ending with performers Jam