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GEORGIA GROWN GOSPEL & BLUEGRASS: SWEET SINGING HARMONY HARMONEERS/IIIRD TYME OUT
Charles H. Morris Center
March 22
5:30PM, $30 buy tickets
Led by the incomparable bluegrass tenor Russell Moore, winner of the IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Association) Male Vocalist of the Year award for the last two years, North Georgia's IIrd
BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES - THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP
Trustees Theater
March 22
8:30PM, $55, 45, 35, 25 buy tickets
For the first time in 20 years, the original Flecktones puts pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold alongside banjoist/composer Béla Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, and percussionist/drumitarist Roy "Futureman"
NOON30: IIIRD TYME OUT
Charles H. Morris Center
March 23
12:30PM, $15 buy tickets
Led by the incomparable bluegrass tenor Russell Moore, winner of the IBMA's (International Bluegrass Music Association) Male Vocalist of the Year award for the last two years, North Georgia's IIrd
CAJUN DANCE PARTY: LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 23
6:00PM, $25 buy tickets
Come out and dance! The Lost Bayou Ramblers are a GRAMMY-nominated Cajun band from Pilette, Louisiana, led by brothers Louis and Andre Michot. The brothers grew up playing with their
AMERICAN LEGACIES: THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND WITH DEL MCCOURY BAND
Trustees Theater
March 23
8:00PM, $60, 50, 40, 30 buy tickets
Boasting a direct lineage from the earliest incarnations of New Orleans jazz, the current roster of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band features some of the Crescent City's finest and most
SANCTIFIED STEEL & SOUTHERN SOUL: RUTHIE FOSTER AND THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 24
6:15PM, $35 buy tickets
This only-in-Savannah production places Ruthie Foster (the "people's choice" of Morris Center performers during SMF 2010) on a double-bill alongside the commanding Sacred Steel gospel of The Campbell Brothers. Fans
SANCTIFIED STEEL & SOUTHERN SOUL: RUTHIE FOSTER AND THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 24
9:00PM, $35 buy tickets
This only-in-Savannah production places Ruthie Foster (the "people's choice" of Morris Center performers during SMF 2010) on a double-bill alongside the commanding Sacred Steel gospel of The Campbell Brothers. Fans
SANCTIFIED STEEL & SOUTHERN SOUL: RUTHIE FOSTER AND THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 25
4:15PM, $35 buy tickets
This only-in-Savannah production places Ruthie Foster (the "people's choice" of Morris Center performers during SMF 2010) on a double-bill alongside the commanding Sacred Steel gospel of The Campbell Brothers. Fans
HELLO POPS: A CELEBRATION OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG BY WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 27
5:30PM, $35 buy tickets
Louis Armstrong (a.k.a. "Pops" and "Satchmo") is arguably the most important and original American musician in history, and this entertaining and original show celebrates his musical legacy with an ensemble
FUTUREBIRDS / ACOLLECTIVE
Trustees Theater
March 29
8:30PM, $25, 20, 15, 10 with valid SCAD ID, in-person purchase only buy tickets
The year 2011 was a big one for Futurebirds. The Athens, Georgia outfit released two well-received EPs; road-dogged the nation with bands such as Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter
MILOS KARADAGLIC, GUITAR
Telfair Academy
March 30
6:00PM, $47, 37 buy tickets
This is the Savannah debut of Montenegro born, 27-year old prize-winning guitarist Milos Karadaglic, who has established himself as one of today's most gifted young classical guitar virtuosos. A darling
ZYDECO DANCE PARTY: NATHAN & THE ZYDECO CHA CHAS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 30
8:00PM, $30
Our annual Zydeco Dance Party features Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, one of the most entertaining and in-demand Creole Zydeco bands in existence. Joined by his brother Dennis Paul
ZYDECO DANCE PARTY: NATHAN & THE ZYDECO CHA CHAS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 30
10:00PM, $30 buy tickets
Our annual Zydeco Dance Party features Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, one of the most entertaining and in-demand Creole Zydeco bands in existence. Joined by his brother Dennis Paul
SALSA DANCE PARTY: THE JIMMY BOSCH ORCHESTRA
Charles H. Morris Center
March 31
7:30PM, $35 buy tickets
Appearing on over 70 recordings, Bosch has recorded and/or performed with his own band and a "who's who" of Latino music including Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, Ray
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIN
First African Baptist Church
March 31
8:00PM, $40 buy tickets
This special SMF production blends the power of southern gospel music with modern Americana and features the Shreveport, Louisiana's Zion Baptist Mass Choir, led by the spine-shaking Pastor Brady Blade,
SALSA DANCE PARTY: THE JIMMY BOSCH ORCHESTRA
Charles H. Morris Center
March 31
10:00PM, $35 buy tickets
Appearing on over 70 recordings, Bosch has recorded and/or performed with his own band and a "who's who" of Latino music including Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, Ray
NOON30: ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets
If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one's model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition.
BLAZING BANJOS: TONY TRISCHKA & BRUCE MOLSKY/ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
6:00PM, $35 buy tickets
This SMF original double-bill features the formidable duo of Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky. In a career that has now encompassed four decades, acclaimed banjo innovator Tony Trischka has created
BLAZING BANJOS: TONY TRISCHKA & BRUCE MOLSKY/ABIGAIL WASHBURN
Charles H. Morris Center
April 5
8:30PM, $35 buy tickets
This SMF original double-bill features the formidable duo of Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky. In a career that has now encompassed four decades, acclaimed banjo innovator Tony Trischka has created
BRUCE MOLSKY, FIDDLE/BANJO
Charles H. Morris Center
April 6
1:00PM, $20 buy tickets
Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions. In addition to a prolific solo career, performing on
STRINGBAND SPECTACULAR FEAT. MIKE MARSHALL, TONY TRISCHKA, JULIAN LAGE, BRUCE MOLSKY/ACOUSTIC MUSIC SEMINAR FINALE
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
April 6
6:00PM, $35, 25, 15 buy tickets
This major concert represents the culmination of a week of workshops, masterclasses and rehearsals dedicated to advancing American acoustic music. Curated by AMS Associate Director Mike Marshall (mandolin, mandocello), it
BLOW MY BLUES AWAY: LUCKY PETERSON BAND/JOE KROWN TRIO FEAT. WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL BATISTE, JR.
Charles H. Morris Center
April 6
6:30PM, $35 buy tickets
Closing out SMF 2012 with a unique two-night SMF double-bill, Lucky Peterson brings his own band this time around. Discovered by blues giant Willie Dixon when he was three years
BLOW MY BLUES AWAY: LUCKY PETERSON BAND/JOE KROWN TRIO FEAT. WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL BATISTE, JR.
Charles H. Morris Center
April 6
9:00PM, $35 buy tickets
Closing out SMF 2012 with a unique two-night SMF doublebill, Lucky Peterson brings his own band this time around. Discovered by blues giant Willie Dixon when he was three years
NOON30: JOE KROWN TRIO FEAT. WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON & RUSSELL BATISTE, JR.
Charles H. Morris Center
April 7
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets
Born out of a weekly residency at uptown New Orleans' famed Maple Leaf Bar, the Joe Krown Trio features three of the Crescent City's most revered musicians in playing rhythm
BLOW MY BLUES AWAY: LUCKY PETERSON BAND/JOE KROWN TRIO FEAT. WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL BATISTE, JR.
Charles H. Morris Center
April 7
6:30PM, $35 buy tickets
Closing out SMF 2012 with a unique two-night SMF double-bill, Lucky Peterson brings his own band this time around. Discovered by blues giant Willie Dixon when he was three years
PACO DE LUCIA
Trustees Theater
April 7
7:30PM, $72, 57, 40, 25 buy tickets
Paco de Lucia is one of the world's greatest guitarists, as well as the most innovative and influential flamenco artists of the last thirty years. Since the late 1960s his
BLOW MY BLUES AWAY: LUCKY PETERSON BAND/JOE KROWN TRIO FEAT. WALTER "WOLFMAN" WASHINGTON AND RUSSELL BATISTE, JR.
Charles H. Morris Center
April 7
9:00PM, $35 buy tickets
Closing out SMF 2012 with a unique two-night SMF double bill, Lucky Peterson brings his own band this time around. Discovered by blues giant Willie Dixon when he was three
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