2010 Fall Equinox Folk Music, Dance and Storytelling Festival
What: Fall Equinox Folk Music, Dance & Storytelling Festival
When: Sunday, September 12, 10:00am to 6:00pm
Where: Rancho Cordillera del Norte in Northridge (corner of Nordhoff & Wilbur)
This event is the “rebirth” of the annual Summer Solstice Festival, produced by CTMS for over 25 years, and will feature over 50 world-class traditional performers – from African drumming and dance to jug band music, Irish super sessions to Mexican-American norteño – plus outdoor and indoor stages, a participatory dance tent, dozens of music, dance and storytelling workshops, jam sessions, a large family area and craft and food vendors.
There will also be a day of master classes and a pre-festival concert on Saturday, September 11. The concert will be at 8pm at First Presbyterian in Santa Monica (1220, 2nd Street) featuring Nightingale and the John Whelan Trio. There will be master classes with members of these bands as well as the duo Foghorn during the day in various homes in the San Fernando Valley, locations and times TBA.
Visit www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/equinox/tickets.html for $20 early-bird Festival tickets, available until July 31. Regular admission price is $25, students with ID are $10 and children age 10 and under are free. Saturday concert tickets are also $20 (front rows $25). Saturday master class tickets are $25 per class.
Featured performers include:
BladeRunners (bluegrass)
Brother Yusef (blues)
Severin Browne (singer/songwriter)
Conjunto Los Pochos (Mexican-American norteño)
Foghorn (Appalachian old-time)
Mehanatones (Eastern European)
Nightingale (French Canadian)
Sausage Grinder (jug band)
Triple Chicken Foot (Appalachian old-time)
John Whelan Trio (Irish)
Zadonu (West African music & dance)
…and many more!
Other activities include:
A participatory folk dance tent with live music
Dozens of workshops on everything from shape note singing to spoons to
songwriting to storytelling.
Jam sessions (yes please bring your instrument!)
Family area including dance, music, games and crafts
An expo of local folk arts non-profits
Craft and food vendors
Additional festival information is at www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/equinox
Video and audio recordings for broadcast of event activities are permissible and welcome. No complete performances may be made without specific permission of the featured artist(s).
For media organizations wishing to obtain background material, please email Juli Emmel at julie@ctmsfolkmusic.org, or call 818-817-7756.
The following key personnel will also be available for interview at the event on
September 12:
Lisa Richardson, CTMS Executive Director
Leda and Steve Shapiro, Founders, FolkWORKS
Hillary Gordon, President, CTMS Board of Directors
Clark Weissman, Co-Founder of CTMS
CTMS is a nonprofit that supports, promotes and encourages participation in the traditional arts of Southern California’s diverse communities through public events, community education, and services to artists. The Equinox Festival is an important element to this hands-on approach to the passing on of traditions. CTMS produced the Summer Solstice Festival for 25 years, until the passing of our founder Elaine Weissman. The Equinox Festival will re-launch this event and be a springboard to a Summer Solstice in 2011.
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, FolkWORKS joins CTMS to produce the Equinox Festival. FolkWORKS promotes folk/traditional music, dance and arts in Southern California via an e-magazine with an extensive calendar, columns, interviews and articles.
For more information on CTMS and for complete festival line-up:
www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/equinox
For more information on FolkWORKS:
www.folkworks.org
The Equinox Festival is supported in part by grants from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky,
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Presenter / Producer: The California Traditional Music Society
Listed Categories
Music > Other
Event Phone: 818-817-7756
Venue
Rancho Cordillera del Norte
9015 Wilbur Ave
Northridge CA 91324
Regions:
LA - NoHo, Valley & Ventura
Performance Dates: 9/12/2010
Performance Times10:00am - 6:00pm
Ticket Information:$20 Early Bird tickets on sale now! $25 regular ticket price, $10 student w/ID, kids under 10 in free with an adult.
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