A vendor alley featuring artisans from throughout the Southwest and beyond in addition to delectable cuisine make this festival a MUST for all music connoisseurs.

This Year's Headliners...

Saturday, September 12, 2009, 5:00 p.m.   

"Louisiana's finest, two-time Grammy-Nominated Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Cajun music with youthful exuberance."  

Sunday, September 13, 2009, 4:45 p.m.
Mollie O'Brien

"...Her voice is a natural extension of herself. Anything she can imagine, she can communicate in song."

Other performers:

Fishtank Ensemble:  The LA Weekly calls them  “cross pollinated gypsy music….one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet. Tackling everything from French hot jazz to wild Serbian and Transylvanian gypsy anthems, Flamenco, and oddball originals, the band is a not to be missed event for world music lovers...and everyone will love this intoxicating mix of music!  www.fishtankensemble

Anne and Pete Sibley: Anne and Pete love to get right to the heart of their audience. For the husband and wife duo it is about the vocals, the words and the harmonies. Accompanied on guitar and banjo theirs is a traditional yet original sound. Since 2004 they have been offering their blend of original folk, bluegrass, old-time and traditional songs to wider audiences   www.anneandpetesibley.com

The Adobe Brothers: The Adobe Brothers is an eclectic group of identical quintuplets that play a wide variety of acoustic music including bluegrass, celtic, old timey, latin folk music, and western swing, a composite style they refer to as “international bluegrass.”
www.myspace.com/theadobebrothers

Dusty Buskers:  The tale of The Dusty Buskers ("the band that fits on a bike") begins on New Year's Eve 2006, in an alcove on 4th Avenue in Tucson, AZ, when new friends sang songs to the revelers en route between the local taverns. The Buskers humbly offer their unique arrangements of Americana and Irish tunes full of hobos, heartbreak, trains, and spirits - the kinds you drink from a bottle, the ones that haunt after death, and the sort that need lifting.
www.thedustybuskers.com

Melanie Zipin:  Soulful and honest, one can’t help but be moved by the power and emotion Melanie carries through her voice and her lyrics. The integrity of her songs and the haunting quality of her voice captivates listeners on the most intimate level. Jeff LeBlanc is from New Orleans where he played in funk bands and was greatly influenced by the wealth of music that surrounded him.  Their combined styles brought new direction to their music.
www.melaniezipin.com

Boris McCutcheon & the Salt Licks : Raw. Sincere. Diverse. New Mexicana.
Boris’ music can be haunting like “Torn Faith” (2005 Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon) or whimsical like the recent “Pony Ride”. It can be full of reverence like “Charles Mingus Bird” (2005 Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon) or pensive like “Santa Rosa Plums” (2003 When We Were Big)
www.borismccutcheon.com

Finders & Youngberg:

Finders and Youngberg are two married couples playing original bluegrass, country, and folk with the same grin and snarl that made this music important to begin with. Mike and Amy Finders, and Aaron and Erin Youngberg are four distinct musicians, merging styles, songs, voices and grooves in an interplay that is exhilarating, gratifying, and often hilarious. Their singing is heart-felt, full of beauty and power.