RTP-area local music and culture

[Heather LaGarde <heather AT barnstarvintage.com>]

Saxapahaw Rivermill Farmers' Market & Music Series -
Saturdays in Saxaphaw  - June 30th, 2007 Market 5-8 pm  Music 6-8pm

This week it's  THE JONATHAN BYRD BAND!
"Jonathan's delightful, substantive songs are rich with imagery and  
textures of influences from Appalachian, country, early American  
balladry, modern atmospheric Mideastern, urban and old timey folk  
music. A stalwart of modern folk music, Jonathan is constantly  
evolving in new musical directions and each incarnation has proven to  
be masterful."

"This rootsy North Carolinian may be the most buzzed-about new  
songwriter in folkdom. He displays John Prine's gift for stark little  
songs that tell big, complex stories, Guy Clark's lean melodicism,  
Lyle Lovett's wry mischief, and Bill Morrissey's knack for the  
revealing image." - Scott Alarik, Boston Globe


"I thought I was listening to a young  Doc Watson."
- Jay Moulon, Southeast Performer Magazine -


The Farmers' Market,  Eco-Farm has joined in with great produce and  
ready-to-eat delicious goods like vegetarian "meat" balls, bean  
salad, potato salad, hummus and bread, garlic dip and bread, peanut  
butter and honey sandwiches, rice pudding.  We've got strawberries,   
heirloom pork, cheese, foccacia, cookies, breads, and treats, eggs,  
fresh veggies and produce and delicious jellies, chutneys, honey and  
more! The Barbecue Joint has set up shop and will be with us EVERY  
WEEK this summer selling a wide variety of dinners including  
vegetarian options AND this year we have a growing artisan market  
with beautiful handcrafted items including pottery, jewelry, wooden  
toys, birdhouses and furniture.


AND THE RIDES ARE BACK!!  CERES has returned from their well deserved  
week off and will be setting up exciting events and activities for  
children including the Famous Zipboat ( a kayak on a zipline - low to  
the ground) the Environmentally Engineered Slip-N-Slide, created in  
the shape of the Haw River this year complete with tributaries, a new  
children's musical village, face painting, children's arts & crafts.   
The weekly kid's parade is just wonderful as the kids travel across  
the hills humming tunes and giggling! Children's Activities made  
possible by www.Bioallies.com


Festivities take place in central Saxapahaw next to the Post Office  
and across from the Saxapahaw Rivermill every Saturday from 5pm-8pm  
through the end of August.  Admission is free though donations are  
appreciated, organizers pass around a "Swan Bucket" each week for the  
band.

The series is sponsored by the Saxapahaw Rivermill and by local  
businesses including Anderson Homes' Haw Village,  Open Eye Cafe,   
Fifth Season Gardening, Townsend Bertram and The Barbecue Joint.

Saturday events take place outside in downtown Saxapahaw next to the  
Post Office.  The Farmers Market and Children's Activities run from  
5-8 and bands play on the Haywagon Stage at the Meadow Amphitheater  
from 6-8.  For more information, a schedule of bands and farmers,  
directions, pictures and more please visit www.rivermillvillage.com  
or call 336 376 5694.  COME ON OVER TO SAXAPAHAW!


SUMMER BAND SCHEDULE:
June


30  The Jonathan Byrd Band

July

7       The Maudlin Brothers

14      The Two Dollar Pistols

21      Wood & Steel

28      Memphis

August

4       Randy Whitt & The Grits

11      Django Haskins

18      Tommy Edwards & Friends

25      The Kickin Grass Band


Oktoberfest - October 20th: The Parsons, SouthPaw, Memphis, Wood & Steel