SCHEDULE:
Concerts at The Wheeler Opera House include:
(Click on name to go to artist's website)
THURSDAY 9/16/10:
6:00 PM · MIKE RAYBURN, Free show to kick off the festival!
7:30 PM · THE BIRD & THE BEE
FRIDAY 9/17/10:
5:15 PM · NEW VOICES SONGWRITING CIRCLE featuring JILL ANDREWS, NATHAN McEUEN, REED WADDLE and MASON REED
6:30 PM · A Tribute To JEFF BARRY featuring JED LEIBER
8:00 PM · RICHARD BUTLER
9:30 PM · DAVID BROMBERG, SAM BUSH and JOHN OATES
SATURDAY 9/18/10:
5:00 PM · Songwriting Workshop with JEFF BARRY
6:15 PM · THE NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS CIRCLE featuring JEFF BLACK, GARY BURR, JIM LAUDERDALE and SUZI RAGSDALE
7:45 PM · TIFT MERRITT
9:00 PM · ALLEN TOUSSAINT
SUNDAY 9/19/10:
12:30 PM · A Sunday Brunch with GARFUNKEL & OATES (aka RIKI LINDHOLM & KATE MICUCCI)
3:00 PM · JIMMY WAYNE and JOHN OATES
ADDITIONAL SATURDAY SHOWS AT OTHER VENUES:
Additionally there will be up-and-coming, as well as local, singer songwriters featured at other venues in town, including The Red Onion and The Cantina. On Saturday, September 18, between noon and 5:00pm, those venues will feature performances by the following artists. More songwriters will be added to this list in the coming days.
· SABRINA SCOTT, of New York and Aspen
· DAN SHERIDAN, of Aspen
· MICHAEL SMITH, of Edwards CO
· HILARY HAWN, of Los Angeles and Aspen
· MICHAEL JUDE and JOHN MICHEL, both of Aspen/Woody Creek
For up to the minute information on 7908’ THE ASPEN SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL go to www.7908aspensongwritersfest.com, or go to www.aspenshowtix.com for tickets.
CONTACTS:
Gram Slaton – Executive Director/Wheeler Opera House – 970.920.5790 gram.slaton@ci.aspen.co.us
Erin Morris – Morris Public Relations – 615-419-9988 erin@morrispr.biz
Jonathan Wolfson – Wolfson Entertainment, Inc. – 818-615-0499 wolfson@hotmail.com