50 Bands Featured on Two Outdoor Stages

 
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will hold its annual spring festival from Thursday, April 22 to Sunday, April 25, 2010. The festival will feature more than 50 bands and performers on two big outdoor stages, a large Dance Tent, and an intimate Cabaret Tent. Located on 72 beautiful farmland acres at 1439 Henderson Tanyard Road in Silk Hope, North Carolina, just down the road from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, and Greensboro. The festival also features local crafts, delicious food, various children's activities, environmental sustainability workshops, and much more in a family-friendly environment. More info at www.shakorihills.org.

Featured acts include: Béla Fleck, Chiwoniso, Rusted Root, Bassekou Kouyate, Donna the Buffalo, Abigail Washburn, Preston Frank, Vince Herman & Great American Taxi, Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys, Eilen Jewell, Crooked Still, Scythian, Asylum Street Spankers, Sim Redmond Band, and The Hackensaw Boys

Local favorites: Bowerbirds, Hobex, The Beast, Orquesta GarDel, Des Ark (solo), The Bluegrass Experience, Saludos Compay, Big Fat Gap, Midtown Dickens, Hammer No More the Fingers,  Mandolin Orange, The Gravy Boys, Greg Humphreys, Inflowential, Club Boheme, and The Music Maker Revue featuring: Cool John Ferguson, Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen, Captain Luke, Ron Hunter, & Lightnin' Wells,

Other great acts on the program: Elikem African Dance, The Grady Girls, stephaniesid, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Dark Water Rising, David Gans, Kelley & The Cowboys, Ralph Roddenbery Band, Sol Driven Train, Possum Jenkins, The Smart Brothers, The Honeycutters, Sol & Funk Root, The TalkToMes, The Side Effects, Scatterbones, Spirit Family Reunion, Jack Maverick & His Wild Rebels, Big Al Hall & The Marching Rams, Hee Haw Nightmare, The Steamrollers, Cole Park, Acroentertainment, Northwood Jazz Band, Daygot Leeyos Edwards, The Minglewood Ramblers, Louise Kessell, Cane Creek Cloggers, Emerson Waldorf String Band, Apple Chill Cloggers, and Red Herring Puppets

The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival will also be continuing its tradition of the Hopes  & Dreams program, in which artists playing the festival will go into local schools for workshops and performances. The festival has always had high priorities in community and education. Hopes & Dreams has proven to be an effective and fun way to get that message across. Kids of all ages get to interact with local artists and bands.

Festival tickets are on sale now and available by phone and at www.shakorihills.org/tickets-info. Four day passes are $90 in advance and $100 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are FREE! Day passes are $22 (Thurs), $30 (Fri), $37 (Sat), and $26 (Sun). Youth prices (13-15) are $11, $15, $18, and $13. Tent camping is $10 per tent and vehicle camping is $50 in advance and $60 at the gate.