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June 20, 2008 | August 4, 2008 | August 11, 2008
CT Folk Festival & Green Expo Announces Lineup
Steve Earle to Headline
Early Bird 3 Night Festival Tickets on Sale Now
Individual Tickets on Sale July 16, 2008
Co-Sponsored by New Haven Folk & Southern Connecticut State University
Friday Sept 5th, Friday Sept 12-Sunday Sept. 14
NEW HAVEN, CT (June 20, 2008) — The CT Folk Festival and Green Expo (formerly The New Haven Folk Festival) has its lineup for September's festival set. It will feature a number of the folk world's most well-known talents as well as emerging artists. The festival will open with The Grassy Hill Song Circle at First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue on September 5 and continue the weekend of September 12. Friday night the 12th there will be a concert at Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), Saturday afternoon the 13th , a free family concert in Edgerton Park from 1p.m.-4 p.m.and at 5:00 P.M., in a ticketed event, the music continues in the park featuring Steve Earle and many more. The free Green Expo will take place at SCSU’s campus on Sunday the 14th from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. The festival will again this year be co-sponsored by Southern Connnecticut State University in conjunction with New Haven Folk.
Friday, September 5th's Grassy Hill Song Circle, which each year opens the Festival, will highlight four tremendously talented singer/songwriters including Joe Crookston, Cliff Eberhardt, Lara Herscovitch and Tom Pacheco. Friday, September 12th the concert at Lyman Center will have a number of high-energy bands including Milton, The Greencards and Donna the Buffalo. Saturday September 13th will kick off with a free family concert in Edgerton Park featuring the Ronny Cox Band. Ronny Cox is someone you will recognize from his numerous acting appearances in countless TV shows and movies. Saturday evening's ticketed concert will open with Yale's Professors of Bluegrass, the band in which Yale College Dean Peter Salovey performs, followed by singer/songwriter Allison Moorer. The evening also includes sets by the fabulous Ruthie Foster, the extraordinary guitarist Harry Manx, the crowd-pleasing Holmes Brothers and concludes with a long set featuring the ever popular Steve Earle.
Three night reserved festival tickets are currently available at the Early Bird price of $100. These tickets which include premium seating for all three ticketed events will be on sale through July 15th only, and can be obtained by calling 203 431-6501 or by sending a check for $100 and a stamped, self addressed return envelope to CT. Folk Festival, P.O. Box 6295, Hamden, CT 06517. Single tickets for the September 5, 12, and 13th concerts go on sale at Lyman’s Box Office and on-line at tickets.southernct.edu on July 16th. In the event of inclement weather the events in Edgerton Park will move to Lyman Center. For further information on tickets and pricing check www.ctfolk.com.
CT Folk Festival & Green Expo
Announces Schedule and several new underwriters
Steve Earle to Headline
Co-Sponsored by New Haven Folk & Southern Connecticut State University
Friday Sept 5th, Friday Sept 12-Sunday Sept. 14
Contact: Barbara Manners, Festival Director
Tel. No. 203 431-6501
Email: mannersb@aol.com
Web site: www.ctfolk.com
NEW HAVEN, CT (August 4, 2008) — The CT Folk Festival and Green Expo (formerly The New Haven Folk Festival) today announced the addition of several new supporters to its growing list of underwriters as well as the performance schedule for its 2008 Festival that features a number of the folk world’s most well-known talents and emerging artists. The Festival & Green Expo will kick off with The Grassy Hill Song Circle at First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue on September 5 and continue the weekend of September 12. Friday night the 12th there will be a concert at Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) 501 Crescent St., Saturday afternoon the 13th , a free family concert in Edgerton Park from 1p.m.-4 p.m. and at 5:00 P.M., in a ticketed event, the music continues in the park featuring Steve Earle and many more. The free Green Expo will take place at SCSU’s campus on Sunday the 14th from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and the Dava Hoot that traditionally concludes the festival will also take place at Southern from 2:00-4:00 PM.
This year’s event, co-sponsored again by Southern Connecticut State University and New Haven Folk, Inc. has added a number of wonderful new supporters to its underwriter’s list that already includes the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, CT Commission on Culture and Tourism, Grassy Hill Entertainment, Yale University, The CT Clean Energy Fund, Dava, WPKN, WFUV, WSHU and The New Haven Advocate. Additional support in 2008 comes from The Carolyn Foundation, New Haven’s Office of Cultural Affairs, WNPR, 96.7 the Coast, 95.9 Fox, CT Green Scene and Barrett Outdoor Communications. In addition to its other support, the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism has just granted the Festival & Green Expo a three year grant to help support general operating expenses.
Friday, September 5th The Grassy Hill Song Circle which each year opens the Festival & Green Expo, will begin at 8:00 P.M. with doors opening at 7:30. It will highlight four tremendously talented singer/songwriters including Joe Crookston, Cliff Eberhardt, Lara Herscovitch, and Tom Pacheco.
Friday, September 12th, the concert at Lyman Center will have a number of high-energy bands beginning at 7:30 with Milton and the Milton Band, followed by Crooked Still at approximately 8:30 and conclude with the amazing dance band Donna the Buffalo that will perform a full 75 minute set.
Saturday September 13th will kick off with a free family concert in Edgerton Park. Yale’s Professors of Bluegrass, which includes Yale College Dean Peter Salovey on bass, will play and the event features The Ronny Cox Band. Ronny is a well known TV and film actor who has appeared in hundreds of shows and movies but is also a passionate musician. He is backed by a band that performs wonderful bluegrass, country and folk.
Saturday evening’s ticketed concert will open with Yale’s Professors of Bluegrass, followed by Allison Moorer. The evening also includes sets by the extraordinary guitarist Harry Manx, the fabulous Ruthie Foster, the crowd-pleasing Holmes Brothers and will conclude with a full set featuring the legendary renegade Steve Earle.
Sunday September 14th the Green Expo will provide free fun for the whole family, environmental exhibits and demonstrations and music performances Two years ago when the Expo began there were over forty exhibitors displaying their earth-friendly products. This year’s number should easily double that. There will also be workshops promoting the use of clean and efficient energy and demonstrating ways to lead a more sustainable lifestyle. Throughout the afternoon a number of entertainers will be giving free performances on the campus of SCSU, including noted children’s musician Sally Rogers and Scott Kessel, the master of inventive percussion instruments made from recycled materials. The day will conclude with the Festival’s legendary Dava Hoot from 2-4 p.m. which this year will take place on SCSU’s campus and is open to all and led by Connecticut’s State Troubadour, Pierce Campbell. A complete listing of events and the artists’ schedules will be posted on-line at www.ctfolk.com in the weeks before the festival.
Single tickets for the September 5, 12, and 13th concerts are now on sale at Lyman’s Box Office and on-line at tickets.southernct.edu. In the event of inclement weather the events in Edgerton Park will move to Lyman Center. For further information on tickets and pricing check either of the above web sites.
Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo
and SCSU Students
Partner to Create T-shirt
Contact: Barbara Manners, Connecticut Folk Festival Director
Tel. No. 203 431-6501
Email: mannersb@aol.com
Web Site: www.ctfolk.org
Alternate contact: Anne Killheffer
Community Relations Coordinator, Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo
Phone: (203) 483-5676
Email: annekillheffer@yahoo.com
NEW HAVEN, CT (August 11, 2008) — The Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo partnered with art students at Southern Connecticut State University to design the official t-shirt for the 2008 Festival, director Barbara Manners announced today.
Formerly known as the New Haven Folk Festival, the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo will bring outstanding performers to New Haven over the weekend of Sept. 12-14, including Steve Earle and the Holmes Brothers. Over the course of the Festival the student-designed t-shirt will be seen by an audience of over 3000 people.
“We approached art teacher Thuan Vu about working with his students because the art department at SCSU represents a fabulous pool of talent,” said Manners. According to Vu, “The opportunity to work with the Connecticut Folk Festival was a no-brainer, a win-win situation for everyone involved.”
Vu worked with his summer art class to come up with a variety of designs on the Festival’s themes of music, community, and environmental awareness. Vu reported that his students were “excited to create designs that would be seen by the community at large and to be a part of something so positive and wonderful for the people of Connecticut. It allowed them to use their drawing and design skills to meet the demands of a professional job and they performed beautifully.”
After reviewing the students’ designs, Festival organizers chose Natalie Torres’s striking design created with computer graphics. Torres will be awarded $100 for her winning design. Although the t-shirt committee planned to only choose one design, a second design, by Chris Ardito, was also selected for use in other Festival publicity. The contest was sponsored by the Book Trader Café and Hull’s Art Supply and Framing, both of New Haven.
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the Festival’s traditional Saturday night concert under the stars in Edgerton Park will feature Steve Earle, the Holmes Brothers, rising star Ruthie Foster, local favorites the Professors of Bluegrass, and the critically acclaimed Harry Manx and Allison Moorer. Friday evening’s concert at Lyman Center on Sept. 12 will showcase three “newgrass” and “roots rock” bands: Donna the Buffalo, Crooked Still, and Milton.
The Green Expo on Sunday Sept. 14 will be the largest ever held in Connecticut. The Green Expo will be from 11 am to 4 pm on the main quad of SCSU’s campus. Admission is free. Environmental exhibits and demonstrations will educate the whole family, while music performances, workshops and art activities will engage the younger audience.
The Festival’s kick-off event will be the Grassy Hill Song Circle on Friday, Sept. 5. The Song Circle will present four outstanding singer-songwriters in an intimate setting. Cliff Eberhardt, Tom Pacheco, Lara Herscovitch and Joe Crookston will perform at 8 pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Avenue, New Haven.
Additional events and artists and a complete schedule are posted online at www.ctfolk.org. Tickets can be purchased at the website tickets.southernct.edu or by calling the Lyman Center Box Office at 203 392-6154.