Pasadena Folk Music update

[kayshapero]

No in person concerts yet, but things are looking up.  Here's the whole latest mailing from the Pasadena Folk Music Society as I don't have time really to go through and edit.  I sure hope the cut works...

 The Pasadena Folk Music Society is still trying to set up an in-person concert for January.  The emergence of the Delta variant of COVID since our last email makes us extra careful as we move forward.  We hope to have something concrete in the next month or two.  All we can tell you now is that we've been talking with a Celtic act who we've had before (a popular one!) and we need to wait and see if everything falls into place.  Both sides really want this to work out.  As you know, COVID trends are still a little uncertain...  If you are looking for live music NOW, our friend, Bob Stane, of the Coffee Gallery Backstage, in Altadena, has scheduled some shows, so you might want to check his schedule, maybe get on his email list.  All attendees must be masked and have proof of vaccination.  

Another live show coming up, an outdoor one, is brought to you by the folks who put on the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival.  Next Saturday, October 9, Tailgate Jam at Paramount Ranch  will feature Dust Bowl Revival, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, and Abbey and the Myth out at Paramount Ranch in Agoura.  There will be jamming, workshops, food trucks and artisans,  Most of the buildings at the old Paramount Western town movie set burned down during the Woolsey Fire in 2018, and this is a fundraiser to help restore it.  The Santa Monica Mountains hillsides are growing back from the fire, and it remains a beautiful place to spend time.  Gates open at 2:00 PM and music starts around 5:00/ 5:30 PM.  Bring chairs or a blanket for festival seating.   The Tickets link will provide more information.  There wasn't a festival this year, but you can see and hear the virtual contestant videos from 2020's virtual festival here or you can focus on just the winners, here.  There are lots of very talented folks (adults and kids) you probably have never heard of out there.  See if the Cotton Pickin Kids, from way down in Hanceville, Alabama, who won best band with this version of Rocky Top don't put a smile on your face. The Topanga folks have every intention of holding an in-person festival on May15, 2022, if at all possible, to celebrate their 60th birthday!   

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