Below is this year's lineup! Click the band's picture to be taken to their individual websites to learn more.
You can find the music schedule for this year here.
And check out this video from last year's event featuring Pete Wernick and Flexigrass!
Spring Creek is quickly gaining a reputation as the hottest young band in the Rocky Mountains. The quartet plays a mix of bluegrass standards and compelling originals, and all four musicians are also accomplished vocalists. Spring Creek is built on the fundamentals of bluegrass, yet they create their own classic contemporary style. The young band, whose members met in music school in Texas, have studied and performed together for several years, creating a tight, polished sound. Counting such bands as Country Gazette and Hot Rize among their influences, Spring Creek's members have a deep respect for tradition, as well as an innate sense of musical innovation.
According to the August, 2005 CD reviews in the Power Pickin Magazine, "Sons and Brothers is the most exciting acoustic band in Colorado. They enthrall an audience- to the extent that after a particularly powerful song, you may hear a collective gasp as listeners, stunned by the originality and emotion of the music, suddenly remember to breath.”
Mike and Amy Finders (say finn-ders), and Aaron and Erin Youngberg play banjo, harmonica, bass, mandolin, pedal steel, and guitar, while they sing new songs and tell new stories. In the spaces between the seasoned vocal and instrumental performances, the synergy of this quartet sparkles brighter than the stage lights. One can tell that this combination has a powerful hum about it, so as to shake the windows and rattle the doors.
1946 saw the birth of bluegrass, a new musical genre that generated as much excitement as the creation of rock'n roll would just a few years later. Today, led by Aaron Ackeramn, The Ackermans carry that same musical thrill forward into a new century. At a time when most top bluegrass bands are smooth, tight and virtuosic, The Ackermans retain some of the rugged, roughhewn dynamism, and emotional impact of traditional bluegrass to new audiences. From the moment they hit the stage until the moment they leave, the audience is going to be entertained!
Each year Club Nine, a non-profit consisting of local civic-minded chefs, donates the proceeds from Fiddles, Vittles and Vino to further agricultural programs at Rock Ledge Ranch. The fruits of their labor thus far include funding apple trees to rejuvenate the property's orchard, as well as an asparagus and berry crop. Club Nine hopes to eventually fund larger projects such as the construction of a greenhouse. These projects both beautify the Ranch while restoring it's original purpose, with the ultimate goal being a synergy between local restaurants and Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
The Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site is an educational, non-profit living history farm and museum. Click the logo below to go to their website.
