Berkeley Old-Time Music “Spring Situation” Open House | Freight & Salvage

The Freight joins forces with The Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention to host the Spring Situation, a community open house and a free afternoon of old-time stringband picking, singing and dancing, including a family dance, cabaret-style concert sets, jam sessions and workshops galore on all manner of making music with people.

2013 “Spring Situation” and Freight & Salvage Open House
Saturday, March 16, 2013 | Noon to 4pm
Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley
FREE

Concerts

• 1 pm: Skiffle Symphony
• 1:30 pm: fiddlekids Sampler
• 2 pm: Heath Curdts
• 2:30 pm: Oak Grove
• 3 pm: Mt. Diablo String Band
• 3:30 pm: Martha Hawthorne and Bill Foss

For Kids

• 1:30-3 pm: Tin Can Banjo Project. Instructor: Stewart Port

Workshops

• Noon-1 pm:
  Guitar w/ Eric Petersen
  Old-Time Fiddle w/ Jude Hawley
  Song Circle w/ Doug Norman
• 1-2 pm:
  Kenny Hall Repertoire w/ Harry & Cindy Liedstrand
  Clawhammer Banjo w/ David Brown
  Backup Guitar w/ Karen Celia Heil
• 2-3 pm:
  Autoharp w/ Bob Ellis
  Duet Harmony Singing w/ Martha Hawthorne & Bill Foss
  Cajun Jam w/ The Midnite Ramblers
• 3-4 pm:
  Stringband Songs w/ Searle Whitney & Laura Lind
  Old-Time Fiddle w/ Grace Forrest
  Old-Time Finger-picked Banjo w/ Heath Curdts

Open Jams

• Noon: John Blasquez and fiddlekids
• 1 pm: Jude Hawley & Eric Petersen
• 2 pm: Jeff Cherniss & Rod Freeland
• 3 pm: West-Running Rounders

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, East Bay, Kids & Families, Lectures & Workshops, Live Music, Theater & Performance Submitted by Rena Ragimova