Free Dancing Fiddler Family Concert | 2013 Berkeley Old Time Music Convention

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2019 Berkeley Old Time Music Convention

The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music festival featuring performances by local and national acts, several rollicking square dances, the illustrious stringband contest, workshops, and plenty of jamming, in venues throughout Berkeley.

The convention is organized by folks who love old time music and who want to create their own musical fun.

Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
September 18-22, 2019
All over Berkeley
Many events are free

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2019 Free Events Include:

September 18:

• 8 pm to 11 pm – Welcome Party

September 19:

• 1 pm to 4 pm – Open Jam
• 5 pm – Concert- Jam at the Freight hosted by Jim & Amber Mueller

September 20:

• 1 pm to 4 pm – Open Jam
• 5:30 pm to 7 pm – Square Dance – with Echo Mountain, calling by Sue Hulsether
• 5 pm – Concert – Freight hosted by Mark Olson & Penny Critchlow

September 21:

• 10:15 am to 11 am – Concert for Kids and Parents featuring Morgan Cochneuer
• 11 am – Berkeley Farmers’ Market String Band Contest – After the concert at the Library, walk three blocks to Civic Center Park, get a delicious lunch from one of the Farmers Market food trucks.

-Special performance by the Manning Music Fiddlers – Civic Center Park (MLK between Allston and Center), Berkeley

September 22:

• 3 pm to 4 pm – Family Dance
  Tickets: $6 kids; $8 adults; available at the door

-with Sydney Roberts and Friends and guest caller Sue Hulsether. Special guest performance by the BOTMC Kids Fiddle Band

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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Kids & Families Concert | 2019 Berkeley Old Time Music Convention

Evo Bluestein sings, plays fiddle, banjo, autoharp, button accordion, and guitar, and even dances while fiddling (this is not easy).  His father was Gene Bluestein, folklore professor at CSU Fresno, so he grew up around great traditional musicians such as Tommy Jarrell and Jean Ritchie.

Evo’s old-time music and dance have reached thousands of children spanning several generations through his thirty years of work in California. He has performed and taught at many music festivals and camps, including Pinewoods, Swannanoa, Augusta, and the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.