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37th Annual Lakeshore Arts Festival

August 1 & 2, 2009

11am - 6pm      Dawes Park

 


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2009 Entertainment Line-up

 

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Sunday, August 2, 2009

11:00am-12:00pm:

Istvan and His Imaginary Band
Acoustic guitarist whose songs can be very sweet and serious or downright infantile. Sometimes they meet somewhere in the middle.

11:00am-12:30pm:

Ensemble Melisande
Classical wind duo.

12:30pm-1:30pm:

Judson Claiborne


1:00pm-1:45pm:

Paul Green School of Rock

Performance based, interactive music school whose goals are to help our students realize their potential as artists, to put them on stage in front of as many people as possible and to help foster a new generation of incredible musicians.

2:00pm-3:00pm:

LeRoy Bach
Multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach is a former member of Wilco. Bach played and produced tracks for both“Summerteeth” and their breakthrough album, “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.” Today he will play an acoustic guitar set.

2:00pm-3:00pm:

Renaldo Migaldi

Playing a Spanish classical, nylon-stringed guitar, his unique style of finger-picking incorporates bass rhythms underneath the melody.  Soft cha-chas form the backdrop for smart, uncluttered songs.

3:30-4:30pm:

Azita

Pianist Azita is an experimental musician and artist based in Chicago. AZITA's new album How Will You? is now out on Drag City Records.

3:30pm-4:30pm:

Ilsabe O'Connell

Born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Topeka, Kansas, guitarist Ilsabe O’Connell is an intriguing folk singer and songwriter.

5:15-6:00pm:

Anni Rossi

Anni is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who has been performing as a solo artist for the past few years. The viola has formed the centerpiece to her music. Anni has already extensively toured both Europe and the US and has gained herself both a great reputation and hardcore fanbase.

5:00pm-6:00pm:

Henhouse Prowlers

Guitarist Ben Benedict, fiddler Ryan Hinshaw, dobro player James Weigel, five-string banjo picker Ben Wright, and upright bassist Jon Goldfine bring to the table diverse musical backgrounds, drawn from their respective families and homeplace communities.