PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL Reinvents Itself For Its 47th Historic Edition
Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, The Felice Brothers, Janis Ian, Great Big
Sea, Al Stewart, Kathy Mattea, Compadres, Sir Leslie Stephen Will Keith Kellog & the Sixers,
Kimya Dawson, and Beausoleil
Among 50+ Acts of the Apostles Arriving Aug 15-17, 2008 at Old Consortium Grow
TICKETS ON Sale Now!!
City of Brotherly Love, Apr 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For its momentous
47th variant unfolding August 15-17 at the Old Pocket billiards Farm close
Schwenksville, PA, the organizers of the City of Brotherly Love Folk Fete, not
capacity to breathe on their comfortable artistic award, decided to reinvent
the longest continuously running U.S. festival of its kind, and brought in
Point Entertainment's Rich people Kardon and Jesse Lundy to shake things up a bit.
The issue is sure to be the definitive musical theater event of the summer; a
panoply of both superstars and ascent stars connexion together for a newly
interpretation of this three-day extravaganza of traditional and
coeval music, dance, crafts, bivouacking, and children's activities.
"Our kernel audience has continued to historic period," said WXPN-FM DJ Cistron Chaise,
host of the 47-year-old upshot and the godfather of the Philadelphia Folk
scene, "...yet though we have a tradition to uphold, it has to stimulate younger
to survive." Kardon and Lundy deliver introduced a different aesthetic with
the intention to open up the door to a newly crop of dedicated Family Fete
devotees.
Among the top attractions at the 47th annual Philadelphia Kinsfolk Festival
ar Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, The Felice Brothers, Great Large Sea, Kathy
Mattea, Compadres (Academy Award Lopez and James River Keelaghan), The Henry Lee Boys,
Beausoleil, Jake Shimabukuro, Kimya Dawson, Stephen W. K. Kellogg & the Sixers,
Espers, Terrance Simien, Hoots & Hellmouth, Saint David Massengill, The Refugees,
Vinx, The Strangelings, Tempest, Trout Sportfishing in United States, and Ryan
Montbleau.
Longtime Folk Festival favorites such as Judy William Wilkie Collins, Janis Ian, Al
Jimmy Stewart, and Tom turkey Joseph Paxton testament as well take the Main Phase. In altogether, more than 50
family, vapours, alt-country, bluegrass, indie folk-rock, domain, and roots
artists testament be providing more than 55 hours of music from freshly and
innovative to traditional and time-honored. One thing is for for sure, this is
not your father's Tribe Festival, only he volition emphatically need to be there!
The campground at the Philadelphia Folk music Fete is considered the
Ultimate Family line Fete Live. Settle into the "40-acre livelihood room"
where jamming and comradery is shared; where friendships and memories ar
made that will cobbler's last a life. Scoop to All-Festival Bivouacking Slate
holders, there will be a Th Night Concert on the Bivouac Microscope stage where
legendary Domain Coffee bar(R) host David Dye will receive two unique musical theater
guests, alt-country-rock siblings,
The Felice Brothers, and singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson, late heard
on the Juno soundtrack, for an even of initiate conversation and
phenomenal music. This distinctive circumstance is sure to bring home the bacon an experience
you won't soon forget. Be a part of history: this concert will be recorded
for time to come disseminate.
The City of Brotherly Love Sept Festival is a perfective tense family case, too. You will
retrieve an unmatched choice of attractions for the kids, especially in
Dulcimer Grove, the shady orbit between the Crafts Degree and the Camp Stage,
where puppeteers, jugglers, storytellers, hands-on crafts and of line,
kid-oriented musicians make it a seaport for tribe fans 12 and under. Older
kids, 12 to 16, will once more be eligible for the special "youth slate,"
allowing them into the grounds for half the regular gate price, when
accompanied by an adult.
Tickets for the Philadelphia Tribe Festival are now on sale and can be
purchased online at hypertext transfer protocol://www.folkfest.org. Daily event tickets with Early Shuttle
Special pricing set forth at $30.00. Look completely trio years and camp for just
$142.00!
For discharge information around the Festival and tickets, visit the
Festival site at hypertext transfer protocol://www.folkfest.org or call the Philadelphia Folk Festival
at 800-556-FOLK.
For interviews, inspection tickets and more info...
Inter-group communication: Lisa Schwartz, City of Brotherly Love Ethnic music Fete (215) 247-1300 or
pff-press@folkfest.org
Downloadable jpegs and farther press info at hTTP://www.folkfest.org
