The SunBreak sponsoring the Bluegrass: Hot Pickin’ and Harmonies showcase at Folklife

SunBreak staffers will be all over the Northwest (and beyond) this Memorial Day weekend. Kelsey and Josh are going to the Gorge for Sasquatch!, I’ll be at SIFF, Tony will be moderating panels at Crypticon, etc. But our presence will also be felt at Seattle Center for the annual Northwest Folklife Festival. We’re media sponsors, with the very benevolent folks at KSER 90.7 in Everett, of the Bluegrass: Hot Pickin’ and Harmonies showcase. It takes place on Saturday, May 24 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on the Mural Stage. Please do come for our shout out from the stage, but stay for the exceptional bluegrass music.

Here’s the agenda:

• Cliff Perry Band, 1:05 PM – 1:35 PM. Folklife sez: “Cliff sings lead and harmonies, for 50 years performing and teaching bluegrass, founded Southfork B-G Band, performs with Laurel Bliss, teaches B-G Band at Shoreline CC.”

• FarmStrong, 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM. Folklife sez: “Bringing together about 150 years of bluegrass performance experience, with bands Prairie Flyer, One More Ride, Blue Rooster, Janglebones, Armstrong Lawton Katz, Rural Delivery, Brother’s Keeper, Me & the Boys, and Runaway Train…”

• Barleywine Revue, 2:35 PM – 3:05 PM, Folklife sez, “Barleywine Revue, based in Tacoma, was started in 2010 by several musicians who shared a passion for songwriting and performing high-energy bluegrass music.”

• Renegade Stringband, 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM, Folklife sez, “From their base in Portland, Oregon, Renegade Stringband plays hard driving bluegrass on stages and in the streets. Their repertoire runs the gamut from original ballads to covers of songs by Tom Waits, and Ella Fitzgerald.”