Tucson's Desert Bluegrass Festival

Saturday

Performances

9:45 am Opening ceremony

10:00 am Jam Pak Blues 'n' Grass Neighborhood

Band

10:45 am Band Contest Winners #2 & #3

11:30 am Whistle Stop

12:15 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road

1:00 pm Blue Highway

2:00 pm Kickin Grass Band

3:00 pm Crucial County

3:45 pm Titan Valley Warheads

4:30 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road

5:15 pm Dinner Break

7:00 pm Copper River

7:45 pm Kickin Grass Band

8:30 pm Blue Highway

Instrument Petting Zoo

All day - Jam Pak Blues "n" Grass Neighborhood Band

Saturday Workshops

11:00 am Autoharp - Barbara Giamalvo

12:00 pm Song Writing – Kickin Grass Band

1:00 pm Banjo – Bill Evans (Hard Road)

Note: Banjo workshop will start as soon as Bill arrives following his performance

2:00 pm Mandolin – Steve Smith (Hard Road)

3:00 pm Dobro – Rob Ickes (Blue Highway)

4:00 pm Guitar – Tim Stafford (Blue Highway)

Sunday

Performances

9:45 am Opening Ceremony

10:00 am Manzanita Bluegrass (gospel)

10:45 am Blue Highway

11:30 am Kickin Grass Band

12:15 pm Whistle Stop

1:00 pm Steve Smith & Hard Road

1:45 pm Band Contest Winner #1

2:30 pm Dusty River Boys

3:15 pm Rincon Mountain Boys

4:00 pm End of Festival

Sunday Workshops

12:00 pm Bass - Anne Luna (Hard Road)

Note: Bass workshop will be shortened to allow Anne time to prepare for a 1 pm performance

1:00 pm Fiddle – Doug Bartlett (Copper River)

2:00 pm Flat Picking Guitar – Dan Miller (owner/editor of flatpicking guitar Magazine)