ACOUSTIC
FOLK/ROOTS/BLUEGRASS
MUSIC CALENDAR
FOR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Last
Updated May 11, 2008
Friends:
these listings are subject to
change without notice so
please, always, call ahead! Some dates have incomplete
information (no phone number, for instance, or no venue address).
That's because I've received incomplete information from the artist,
the venue, or the record label. Be patient; this calendar, like
everything else in my life, is always under construction!
If you have a folk, roots music or bluegrass-related show that you'd
like to have included, please mail a flyer or press release, as far in
advance of the show as possible, to me: Mary Katherine Aldin, Alive and
Picking Calendar, P. O. Box 2407, Hollywood, CA 90078, or email *all*
the information to me at mkaldin@aol.com,
and make sure the words "calendar
listing" are in the subject
header.
-- thanks, Mary Katherine
Sunday May 10 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Saturday May 10 JOHN
McEUEN
Acoustic Music San Diego,
4650 Mansfield St., San Diego; 7:30 p.m.
(619) 303-8176
Saturday May 10 San Diego
Folk Heritage
presents JAMIE LAVAL & ASHLEY
BRODER
San Dieguito United Methodist Church, Calle Magdalena,
Encinitas; 7:30 p.m.
(858) 566-4040
Saturday May 10 HIRTH
MARTINEZ
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 8:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497
Saturday May 10 WINDY
RIDGE BLUEGRASS BAND, THE
MILL CREEK BOYS
The Fret House, 309 N.
Citrus Ave., Covina; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 339-7020
Saturday-Sunday May 10-11 BLUEGRASS
IN THE SPRING FESTIVAL with SAWMILL ROAD, BURNETT FAMILY BLUEGRASS, THE
HIGH HILLS BLUEGRASS BAND, THE SILVERADO BAND, THE CORNBREAD WASHTUB
BAND, SCOTT GATES & THE PACIFIC OCEAN BLUEGRASS BAND, and many more
Calico Ghost Town Regional
Park, 10 mi. No. of Barstow, exit I-15 at Ghost Town Road
(800) TO-CALICO
Sunday May 11 The Music Circle
presents ASHISH KHAN with SWAPAN
CHAUDHURI
Herrick Chapel, Occidental College, end of Alumni Ave.,
past Campus Road, Los Angeles; 11:00 a.m. <---note
EARLY START TIME
(626) 449-6987
Sunday May 11 SYD STRAW & THE PEOPLE
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 7:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497
Sunday May 11 SECOND SUNDAY BLUEGRASS JAM SESSION
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 12:20-3:30 p.m. <---note
EARLY START TIME
(626) 398-7917
Sunday May 11 TRIO GONZALO
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Thursday May 15 JOHN GORKA
SoHo, 1221 State Street, Santa Barbara; 8:00 p.m.
(805) 962-7776
Thursday May 15 JAMIE LAVAL & ASHLEY BRODER
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Friday May 16 KATHLEEN EDWARDS
The Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West
L.A.
(310) 276-6168
Friday May 16 KEN O'MALLEY
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Friday May 16 JONATHAN
EDWARDS
Bodie House Concerts,
Agoura Hills; 4:00 and 8:00 p.m.
(818) 706-8309
Friday May 16 MIA
DOI TODD
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 8:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497
Friday May 16 Caltech
Folk Music Society presents THE
LIMELITERS
Venue tba, Caltech, Pasadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 395-4652
Saturday May 17 Sings like
Hell presents KATHLEEN EDWARDS
plus LAST TOWN CHORUS
Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido, Santa Barbara; 8:00 p.m.
(805) 963-0761
Saturday May 17 SLIGO RAGS
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
**POSTPONED**Saturday May 17 THE FACETS featuring SEBASTIAN CLARK, NORMANDIE
WILSON
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 8:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497**POSTPONED**
Saturday May 17 PRINCE
DIABATE
Acoustic Music San Diego,
4650 Mansfield St., San Diego; 7:30 p.m.
(619) 303-8176
Saturday May 17 ANDREW YORK
The Fret House, 309 N.
Citrus Ave., Covina; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 339-7020
Saturday May 17 LAURA
LOVE
Russ and Julie's House
Concerts, Oak Park (in the
Agoura Hills/Westlake Village area);
8:00 p.m.
(818) 707-2179
Saturday May 17 The
Living Tradition presents JAMIE LAVAL & ASHLEY BRODER
Anaheim Downtown Community Center, 250 E. Center St., Anaheim;
7:30 p.m.
(949) 646-1964
Saturday May 17 THE
FOLK REUNION featuring THE BRANDYWINE SINGERS, THE HIGHWAYMEN, THE
LIMELITERS
Cerritos
Center for the
Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Dr., Cerritos; 8:00 p.m.
(562) 916-8501
Saturday-Sunday May 17-18 DOHENY BLUES FESTIVAL
with BONNIE RAITT, JONNY LANG,THE ROBERT CRAY BAND, LITTLE FEAT
with special guest COCO MONTOYA, PINTEOP PERKINS, HUBERT SUMLIN &
WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH, THE BOBBY RUSH REVUE, PAUL RISHELL & ANNIE
RAINES, ANSON FUNDERBURGH & THE ROCKETS with special guest JAMES
HARMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, IVAN NEVILLE &
DUMPSTAPHUNK and more
Festival Grounds, 25300 Sana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point
(949) 360-7800
Sunday May 18 Guitarist STEVE LIN
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Sunday May 18 SPICMACAY
presents a Hindustani Santoor concert and lecture demonstration by TARUN BHATTACHARYA
100 Moore Hall, UCLA; lecture-demo 3:30-4:30 p.m., concert
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Sunday May 18 48th Annual TOPANGA BANJO & FIDDLE
CONTEST with JAMIE LAVAL & ASHLEY BRODER, THE STAIRWELL
SISTERS, HIGH HILLS BLUEGRASS BAND,
SIMON PURE and more
Paramount Ranch, Agoura; 9:00 a.m.-6:00
.m.
(818) 382-4819
Sunday
May 18 THE KINGSTON TRIO
California Center for the Arts,
340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido; 2:00 p.m. <---note
EARLY START TIME
(800) 988-4253
Monday May 19 CLAUDE BOURBON
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Tuesday May 20 Bluegrass Association of
Southern California presents THE
BROMBIES
Braemar Country Club, 4001 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana; 7:45 p.m.
(818) 705-8870
Friday May 23 THE BLACK TONGUED BELLS present
their swamp opera "That Great &
Dreadful Day: Tall Tales From the American Swamp"
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Friday May 23 San
Diego Folk Heritage presents BILL
STAINES
San Dieguito United Methodist Church, Calle Magdalena,
Encinitas; 7:30 p.m.
(858) 566-4040
Saturday May 24 DAVE STAMEY
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m. + 9:30 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Saturday May 24 CRIS
WILLIAMSON
Acoustic Music San Diego,
4650 Mansfield St., San Diego; 7:30 p.m.
(619) 303-8176
Saturday May 24 JEFFREY BROUSSARD
& THE CREOLE COWBOYS
Simi Valley Elks Lodge, 1561 Kuehner Drive, Simi Valley; 9:00
p.m.-midnight
(562) 708-8946
Saturday May 24 BERNIE
PEARL WITH MICHAEL BARRY
The Fret House, 309 N.
Citrus Ave., Covina; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 339-7020
Sunday May 25 THE LATE BLOOMERS
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Wednesday May 28 THE REFUGEES (Cindy Bullens, Deborah
Holland and Wendy Waldman)
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Wednesday May 28 CLIFF WAGNER & THE OLD #7
Blue Cafe, 210 The Promenade, Long Beach; 8:00 p.m.
(562) 983-7111
Thursday May 29 MAD TEA PARTY
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Friday May 30 SUSIE
GLAZE & HILONESOME
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Friday May 30 TOM
RUSH
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 8:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497
Saturday
May 31 TURN YOUR RADIO ON:
MARY KATHERINE HOSTS ALIVE & PICKING ON
KPFK, 90.7 FM, 6:00-8:00 A.M.
Saturday May 31 BERKLEY HART
Coffee Gallery
Backstage,
2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena; 7:00 p.m.
(626) 398-7917
Saturday May 31 SUSIE
GLAZE & HILONESOME
Boulevard Music,
4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City; 8:00 p.m.
(310) 398-2583
Saturday May 31 STEPHANIE BETTMAN & THE BOYS
Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor,
17828 Chatsworth St., Granada Hills; 8:00 p.m.
(818) 282-9001
Saturday May 31 ROY
ZIMMERMAN
The Fret House, 309 N.
Citrus Ave., Covina; 8:00 p.m.
(626) 339-7020
Sunday June 1 THE BOBS
McCabe's, 3101 W.
Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; 7:00 p.m.
(310) 828-4403 or (310) 828-4497
Sunday June 1 (and first
Sunday of every month) SHAPE NOTE
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