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June 24, 2009
Throw
Down Your Heart Film Screening
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This new
documentary film follows banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck
on his journey to Africa to explore the little-known roots
of the banjo and record an album.
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July 3 - 5, 2009
2009
Cityfolk Festival
& City of Dayton Fireworks |
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FREE,
family-friendly Festival with three stages of multi-cultural
music and dance, free activities for kids, performer workshops,
a wide range of ethnic and festival foods. |
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July 3 - 5, 2009
Room
With A View |
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Watch
the Cityfolk Festival and City of Dayton Fireworks from
the best seats in the house, and enjoy several exclusive
amenities! |
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Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 7:30
PM
Wrap
Up Party |
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Don't
let the fun stop when the Festival ends! The first-ever
Wrap Up Party is sure to be a highlight of the weekend
and a great way to support Cityfolk. |
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Friday,
September 4 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Friday,
October 2 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Friday,
October 30 at 8:30 PM
Balkan
Cabaret with Johnny Morovich |
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A night
of traditional Balkan music and dance hosted by Balkan
Cabaret, an exceptional quintet that’s acclaimed
from Seattle to Sarajevo for its authentic repertoire
of songs and dance tunes, with Johnny Morovich and guest
appearance of Lyuti Chushki!! |
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Friday,
November 6 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Saturday,
November 7 at 8:00 PM
The
StepCrew |
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Phenomenal
and exciting new Canadian dance and music ensemble that
blends Irish and Ottawa Valley step-dancing and modern
tap to sensational effect. |
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Thursday,
November 12 at 8:00 PM
Son
de Madera |
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The innovative
traditionalists of Son de Madera have won considerable
renown both in the U.S. and Mexico for their updated take
on son jarocho, the exciting string-driven traditional
music and dance of the Mexican state of Veracruz. |
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Thursday, November 19 at
8:00 PM
Los
Lobos |
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Three-time
Grammy-award winners, Los Lobos are America's premier
roots rockers. For over a quarter century, they have melded
rock 'n' roll, country, folk, R&B and traditional
Mexican music into one of the most original sounds around. |
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Friday,
December 4 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Saturday,
January 23 at 8:00 PM
The
Del McCoury Band with Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers |
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Music
fans agree that when it comes to hard-driving, “high
lonesome” traditional bluegrass, nobody does it
better than the Del McCoury Band. Joe Mullins and the
Radio Ramblers, led by one of America’s premier
banjo players, will open the concert. |
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Thursday,
February 4 at 8:00 PM
Natalie
MacMaster and Donnell Leahy |
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Cape Breton’s
renowned fiddling and step-dancing dynamo Natalie MacMaster
returns with her “Masters of the Fiddle” tour
featuring her freewheeling band and her husband, Donnell
Leahy, a superb Ottawa Valley fiddler and the leader of
the popular family octet Leahy. |
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Friday,
February 5 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Thursday,
February 11 at 8:00 PM
Chen
Zimbalista |
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This virtuoso
Israeli percussionist has astounded audiences on several
continents with his explosive, unclassifiable percussion
concerts. |
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Friday,
March 5 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Saturday,
March 20 at 8:30 PM
John
Jorgenson Quintet |
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Inspired
by the gyspy jazz made in Europe in the 30s and 40s by
Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, Jorgensen is
a peerless guitarist. |
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Friday,
April 2 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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Wednesday,
April 7 at 8:00 PM
Wacongo
Dance Company |
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Wacongo
Dance Company brings to the theatrical stage the traditional
ancestral songs and dances of Central Africa. |
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Friday,
April 9 at 8:00 PM
Lunasa |
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Lunasa
is a powerhouse in concert, with inventive arrangements
of traditional tunes, sparkling original compositions,
a peerless rhythm section and bass-driven improvisational
grooves that nudge Irish music into new territory. |
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Friday,
May 7 at 7:30 PM
Cityfolk
Contra Dance Party |
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Let the
rhythms of some of the best bands and callers in the region
lift your heels and your spirits! Band and caller to be
announced. |
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