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- JULY 17-25th FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL DETAILS!

FOLKLIFE FEST VOLUNTEERS: PIZZA & ORIENTATION NIGHT

Love acoustic folk music? Want to meet like-minded folks? Want to pitch in to help our annual Folklife Festival--an all volunteer event--run smoothly? If so, please see the details below and volunteer! Sign up and get the low-down while you enjoy pizza on Thursday, July 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m. RSVP to Sara at [email protected] or phone 825-0822. (Arcata location provided upon RSVP).

" Handbills: Walk around and hand them out at community events and Farmer's Markets.

" Dances: Help with set-up (1/2 hour before start time), door, concessions, clean-up, and have time to dance, too.

Friday, July 17, Square Dance, Arcata Vets Hall, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 18, Family Contra, Freshwater Grange, 6:00 p.m.

Friday, July 24, Swing, Arcata Vets Hall, 8:00 p.m.

" All Day Fest: Saturday, July 25 at Dell'Arte in Blue Lake:

Set-up, 8:00-10:00 a.m Staff info and merchandise booths, 2 hour shifts beginning 10:00 a.m., ending with last band, around 8:00 p.m.

Clean up building, street, and amphitheater after last bands on each stage

THE 31st ANNUAL HUMBOLDT FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

Friday, July 17 to Saturday, July 25, 2008

The Humboldt Folklife Society presents the 31st Annual Humboldt Folklife Festival from Friday, July 17 to Saturday, July 25. The Festival features two day-long free events, four evening concerts, a Barn dance, a family contra dance and a swing dance, free workshops, and all of it locally produced Humboldt music! Visit humboldtfolklife.org for the complete festival lineup and online ticket sales, plus sound files and bios of Festival performers. The Sunday Annie & Mary Day Fiddle Festival and Saturday Annual All Day Festival are free for everyone!

Evening concerts and dances require tickets that are on sale starting July 2 at Wildwood Music and both locations of The Works  concert admission is $10 general, and $8 kids/HFS members; dance admission is $7 general and $6 HFS members, students/seniors (kids 12 and under are free). Contact [email protected] or 707-822-5394 for more information.

FEST DETAILS:

Celebrate 31 years of live music and dance in Humboldt County during the third week of July:

" The Folklife Festival week kicks off with a Barn dance on Friday, July 17 with the Striped Pig Stringband and caller Tara Stetz at 8:00 p.m. at the Arcata Veterans Hall.

" Bring the whole family to the contra dance at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 18 at the Freshwater Grange on Grange Road with the Wild Rumpus Band and caller Sue Moon.

" Starting at noon on Sunday, July 19, right after the Blue Lake Parade, the Annie & Mary Day Fiddle Festival at Perigot Park in Blue Lake is co-presented with the Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce. The Fiddle Festival lineup includes Scatter the Mud & The Emerald Coast Dancers, the HSU Music Academy & Blue Lake Elementary Fiddlers, Yo Tango, Mon Petite Chou, and Good Company. Food is available onsite.

" Monday through Wednesday, concert nights start at 7:30 pm in Dell'Arte's intimate Carlo Theater.

o Mondays Flying Fingers is a showcase of instrumental prowess with Ultimate Uke hosted by Ukesperience, Hot Club Papers (Tom Toohey, Shao Way Wu, Ryan Roberts) and a Flatpicking Summit.

o Tuesdays Village Coffee House features Reflections, Les Scharnberg, Patrick Cleary, Joel Sonenshein and Likely Story.

o Wednesday evening highlights Humboldts finest Acoustic Jazz including the Inkling Quartet (Shao Way Wu, Susie Laraine, Brian Post and Jill Petricca), a bass duo with Bob and Geoff Dougherty, and others.

o Thursday night moves outside to the DellArte amphitheater for Bluegrass & Beyond a perennially sold-out show, kicking off at 6:00 p.m. (doors at 5:00 p.m. for this show only - bring a picnic and blanket!) with Clean Livin', Old Dog, The Compost Mountain Boys, and The Bucky Walters.

" Swing em high on Friday, July 24 for a Swing Dance at the Arcata Vets Hall, starting at 8:00 p.m., with Falling Rocks!

Saturday morning the free, family fun begins again with the All Day Festival at Dell'Arte in Blue Lake. The entire building, inside and out, is filled with music, song and dance from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.:

" Instrumental, vocal and dance workshops led by some of Humboldts best are upstairs starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 6:00 p.m., including guitar, mandolin, ukulele, dulcimer, banjo, harmony singing, belly dance and Irish set dance and two sing-a-longs.

" Children's events are inside the Carlo Theater from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. feature storytelling, belly dance for kids, musical theater, a jug band workshop and more; and an outdoors kids craft tent will be hosted by Hands On Craft.

" Jam sessions are held all day!

" Twenty acts play a diverse mix of musical genres on two outdoor stages!

" Food, drink and sweet treats will be available.

Saturday performers include Rooster McClintock, Fred Neighbor & Joyce Hough, Curtis & Julie, Kindred Spirits, Mike McLaren, Singing Nettles, Dan O'Gara, The Phoebes, Sidekicks, Darryl Cherney & the Patriot Act, Morgan Corviday, Seabury Gould, Mon Petit Chou, Jason Meyer, Rick Park, Papa Houli & The Fleas, Bad Lilas, Pan Dulce and Ukesperience!

Visit humboldtfolklife.org for workshop descriptions and schedule, area maps, directions, and background information on Festival performers.

The Folklife Festival is organized by volunteers and made possible by the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theaters Mad River Festival, Blue Lake Rancheria, Six Rivers Optical, Pierson Building Supply, KHUM Radio without the Rules, the North Coast Journal, the Northcoast Co-op, Wildberries Marketplace, the Farm Store, Hands on Craft, KHSU Diverse Public Radio, the Scoop and by member contributions.