TICKETS AVAILABLE – As of this moment there are a number of people selling tickets over at https://www.facebook.com/groups/RambleGatheringPlace/ in case you are still looking for one.

The Redwood Ramble starts this week, on July 12^th – 15^th, at scenic Camp Navarro.  This is a wonderful opportunity to see live music, in the beautiful outdoors, and for a really great cause!  This year’s Redwood Ramble is to benefit Bread & Roses Presents, a nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting the human spirit by providing free, live, quality entertainment to people who live in institutions or are otherwise isolated from society.  So feel free to ramble on friends!

Kora Feder is a talented, young singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who is creating a bright future for herself in the here and now.  She was raised on the best of Northern California’s folk scene and, as daughter to Rita Hosking and Sean Feder, it seems that a musical life is in her DNA.  And yet, it is by her own efforts and with a style totally her own that Kora Feder’s artistry soars.  While in pursuit of a Global Studies degree with a focus on songwriting empowerment in indigenous and migrant communities, Feder spend over two years wielding a backpack and guitar in far off places that include China, India, Thailand, and Italy. In 2017, she graduated and recorded her debut solo EP, “Marigolds”.  The set of 5 original songs was met with glowing reviews, described as “a melodic salutation to all that is neglected and forgotten by a world at the mercy of Father Time; the carefully conceived work of a thoroughly engaging and exceptionally capable storyteller” (A Lonely Ghost Burning).  Earlier this year, Feder was chosen to perform as a songwriting finalist at both the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.  And in just a few years time, this lovely luminary went from being a Strawberry Kid to providing acclaimed accompaniment to the Rita Hosking Trio on the Main Stage, the Big Bear Stage, and at Sunday morning Revival.  It’s an especially great pleasure to welcome Kora Feder for her first solo performance on Strawberry’s Main Stage, at this year’s Fall Festival.

Referred to as a “Modern-Day Troubador,” John Craigie is an American singer-songwriter who has practically been living on the road since his recording and touring career began in the early 2000’s.  During that time, he has recorded six studio albums, two live albums, and two cover albums, including his most recent full length vinyl titled “Scarecrow”, released earlier this year.  He has performed with, and/or opened for, a cavalcade of stars, and has received bookings at top festivals across the West Coast.  Folk music fans are quickly taking note of Craigie’s poignant storytelling and songwriting style, and he is said to carry the torch for classics, such as Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Woody Guthrie, while blazing an Americana trail completely his own.  We’re so pleased to announce that John Craigie will make his Strawberry debut at this year’s Fall Festival and we hope to see you there.

The Brothers Strong are known for high level musical authenticity.  Like the wood, water, and stone of the Sierra Nevada Mountains from which they hail, their sound is sculpted by a timeless aggregate of people and place.  This four-piece string band is on a resonant exploration of the human condition with the singular mission to make music that acts a conduit for genuine connectivity.  The resulting collection of original material has taken shape in rowdy and resilient tales of love and loss, intermingled with passionately precise instrumental interludes.  This open hearted approach to song craft, and all-in enthusiasm for live performance, have garnered The Brothers Strong a loyal and adoring fan base that is ever expanding beyond geography and genre.  We are thrilled for these local favorites to make their Strawberry debut at this year’s Fall Festival.

Get your camping tickets online at https://strawberrymusic.com/product-category/tickets/fall-festival/ and we’ll see you there!

Please stay tuned for eight more Main Stage acts to be announced over the next three weeks.  In the meantime, click on the icon above to our playlist to enjoy a sample of the Fall Festival lineup so far.  It’s already sounding pretty darned sweet!  While our conversation will continue, we can’t wait to see you there, in 63 days, with The Del McCoury Band, Rodney Crowell, The Travelin’ McCourys, The Sherman Holmes Project, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, Samantha Fish, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, The Motet, Nicki Bluhm, Caitlin Canty, Phil Salazar & the Kin Folk, Che Apalache, Joe Craven & The Sometimers, Western Centuries, and more to be announced.

To buy camping tickets go to https://strawberrymusic.com/product-category/tickets/fall-festival/ or call us M-F, 9-5 at (209) 984-8630.

This summer, honky-tonk supergroup Western Centuries is touring to share and celebrate the new and original material on their most recent full length album.  Just released on April 6^th, “Songs from the Deluge” brings together the band’s three songwriting voices into a more unified sound than ever before.  Together they weave a tapestry of western music that moves beyond the constraints of genre to successfully bridge the space between country, swing, roots, R&B, and Cajun styles.  With musical influences crossing vastly differing geographies, Western Centuries seamlessly transcends the divide between rural and urban soundscapes, providing listening audiences with a genuinely relatable and thoroughly enjoyable auditory experience.  As you can imagine, or may remember, they were a big hit at last year’s Fall Festival, so we are thrilled for them to return to Strawberry for the Fall 2018 Music Festival.  As a matter of fact, we can hardly contain our excitement to see you, and Western Centuries, at our home away from home for Labor Day weekend!

Visit our website for more information, or to buy tickets, at https://strawberrymusic.com or you can call us M-F, 9-5 at (209) 984-8630.

This past Spring Festival, the four founders of the Strawberry Music Festival were together in the same place, at the same time, for the first time in many years.   As pictured here, from left to right, they are Charlie Cran, Bill Perry, John Melrose, and Dan Dewayne.