Festival Fun
Festival Contests
2007 Music, Comedy, & More...
Paddy D Quartet
Jessie & James
The Steve Freeman Band
Sunshine The Clown
Gary, keeping the Garlic King competition under control!
Gary Jaketic ~ Our Master of Ceremonies, keeps The Winery Stage with all it's contrast, & contests, with audience participation, & entertainment under control. Gary is an actor and has an operatic voice... and always opens the festival with "America the Beautiful". He continues the weekend hosting the contests. What contest crowd is his most challenging? The Jr. Queen!!!! Thefestival couldn't live without him!
Robin Rich and Common Threads ~ Host our Stage in the Woods with Celtic & British
Isles music & historically correct bawdy ballads. Check out the live performance
recorded in all the rain and mud at the 2005festival -
Be fully prepared to interact from the hay bales! The "Stage in the Woods" is one show that does not tolerate a passive audience!!
FaST ~ This eclectic group of musicians is made up of members of Sweet Briar College
faculty and staff. Their exciting performance ranges from the '30's to the present.
Find FaST on The Vineyard Stage, 3pm and 5pm -
Frank Coffey & Company ~ A super jazz group that has also become a festival fixture. This will be their 14th year with us! Find JAZZ at the festival at 2pm and 4pm on The Garden Stage both days.
Jessie & James ~ This hilarious comedy duo has gained nationwide recognition with their outrageous antics. The whole family will enjoy their unique shenanigans. Check out this dynamic duo on The GreatGarlic Stage at 2pm and 4pm both days.
Michael McConkey, with Edible Landscaping, will speak at the Garlic RoundTable & Talks at The Winery Stage at 11:45 both days. Join him and learn more about Garlic! Michael talks serious about edible landscaping, but we saw another side of him last year. He won Garlic King runner up with his impersonation of the KING, Elvis. And he did move those legs as he sang and played the guitar!
Paddy D Quartet Paddy Dougherty's group now performs all over the U.S. and features jazzy folk originals. They play The Garden Stage . 1PM & 3PM both days.
POPS Walker ~ A powerful & unique style of bottleneck slide and acoustic blues musician who has entertained around the world, from Europe to Japan. Listen to Pops on The Winery Stage on Saturday at 10:15am and 3:00pm, and Sunday at 10:00am and 3:30pm.
Speed & Thro ~ Amazing high-
Steve Freeman Band ~ Steve's talented group really rocks as they belt out old favorites from the 50's and 60's, plus "modern" tunes, too! Steve and the guys will be playing The Vineyard Stage from 1pm to 3pm both days.
Sunshine the Clown ~ Sunshine enjoys entertaining "kids" of all ages! Never know where she'll be on the festival grounds!