We have our winners!
We are excited to announce our 2024 Street Team Contest Winners: Deborah Payne and Darla Russo. Congratulations!
Thank you to everyone who helped us spread the word about Strawberry! There are only 50 days until we are back together again, so stay tuned for more chances to win tickets to the 2024 Spring Strawberry Music Festival.
If you have questions, please call us at (209) 984-8630 or email info@strawberrymusic.com.
You might think combining the West African balafon (ancestor of the Marimba) with bluegrass style banjo sounds like a surprising combo, but as Pascal Bokar’s AfroBlueGrazz Band will show you, it makes perfect, blissful sense.
Add to that some high-velocity be-bop scat guitar, fiddle, sabar drums, keyboards, bass, vocals, and you’ve got yourself Bokar’s brainchild – a whole new genre.
“This eclectic cross-cultural mix brings together long lost musical relatives as a platform for Pascal’s rich guitar and vocal improvisation.” – Bay Area Latin Jazz Festival.
While paying homage to Bokar’s Senegalese and Malian roots, AfroBlueGrazz clearly celebrates Afro-funk, blues, bluegrass, jazz, R&B and gospel at once, creating one big, happy party.
Innovative, joyous, and compelling – we are super excited to join that party!
Have we piqued your interest? Listen below, and get your tickets here!
There is only ONE WEEK left to help spread the Strawberry vibe! To enter, print and post this year’s flyer to your favorite public bulletin board and send us a selfie with each posted flyer. There is no limit, so the more flyers you post and selfies you send, the better your chances are to win. Two lucky winners will be drawn to win one 4-Day Adult camping ticket each (valued at $400), on Tuesday, April 2nd. Please find all entry requirements here: 2024 Street Team Announcement.
If you have questions, please call us at (209) 984-8630 or email info@strawberrymusic.com. Thank you for helping us to spread the word about this year’s festival. Good luck, and we hope to see you at Strawberry!
Austin and Sarah McCombie, husband-and-wife folk duo from North Carolina, capture the days of old (and new) in original compositions on guitar and banjo. Their band name exemplifies their love of history.
The couple owns an old house in Chatham County, where, over a century ago, rabbits were the cash crop. The house was once the home of a mill-working family, and the husband played in the mill-sponsored string band, The Chatham Rabbits.
They aim to pay respect to that original band in the same way they pay respect to days past and present – in song. And as you would expect from life partners, their sound is intimate and on target.
How’s about some Chatham Rabbits? Let’s welcome them to Strawberry!
Jason Lang had an early start. His first venture into the music biz was at the age of six, singing on a jingle that was pitched to McDonald’s. At twelve, he did his first professional studio session as a background singer, and by sixteen, he was sneaking into Montreal bars with his guitar slung over his shoulder, getting up on stage at every jam night he could find.
Soon enough, he was making records and performing with some of Canada’s most successful artists, starting with folk music royalty’s own Kate & Anna McGarrigle. As a multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer, he then traversed (for over 30 years) varied styles of music from zydeco to pop, with hugely successful albums and tours with the likes of Corey Hart, Isabelle Boulay, and Amanda Marshall.
With his latest release, Lang revisits the folk clubs of his youth with songs written and performed by his late mother, Canadian folk music icon Penny Lang. On his new album Handled with Care, he performs “infectious roots-rock renditions of 10 songs from her repertoire that are both faithful to the feel of her stripped-down fare, yet somehow sound perfectly contemporary.” – Montreal Gazette
This man of such mellifluous milieu, this jack-of-melodic-trades, will be celebrating music with us at Strawberry this spring. Let’s make him (and his mama’s sweet songs) oh-so welcome!
The Spring Discount is only available until midnight on March 20, 2024! Use coupon code TAKE10 to take $10 off qualifying adult camping tickets. 5-Day and 5-Night tickets excluded.
Buy tickets by phone or get more info by calling the office at 209.984.8630 M-Th, 10am-2pm.
Don’t miss the chance to take advantage of these great savings and be a part of an extraordinary gathering of Strawberrians. We look forward to an incredible festival experience this Spring!
The Spring 2024 Main Stage Schedule is now live! Day Tickets (without camping) will go on sale next month. Stay tuned for more fun festival news on the way, including the side stage schedules. We can’t wait to see you all for the Spring 2024 Strawberry Music Festival!
Imagine: Williams sits with her guitar stretched across her lap, strings turned to the sky. She taps on the fretboard with her left hand as her right hand plucks a kalimba placed on the guitar’s body. Her feet, clad in tap shoes, keep rhythm on a mic’d wooden board. Even with all limbs in play, it’s mind-boggling that the melodic and percussive sounds that emerge are made by just one musician, playing in real time.
“Yasmin Williams puts a fresh spin on finger-style guitar.” – The Washington Post
And about her latest album, Urban Driftwood? “Urban Driftwood is as dizzyingly magnificent as staring up at the night sky on a clear night and seeing the universe unfold before your very eyes.” – Laura Stanley, No Depression
Now, imagine you are at Strawberry, listening to her live. We’re dizzy with delight to welcome Yasmin Williams this spring!
Help us spread the word for a chance to win tickets to this year’s upcoming Strawberry Music Festival!
We are excited to announce the 2024 Strawberry Street Team Contest! To enter, print and post this year’s flyer to your favorite public bulletin board and send us a selfie with each posted flyer. There is no limit, so the more flyers you post and selfies you send, the better your chances are to win. Two lucky winners will be drawn to win one 4-Day Adult camping ticket each (valued at $400), on Tuesday, April 2nd. Please carefully read all entry requirements below.
TO QUALIFY
– Print Strawberry’s Spring 2024 Flyer in full COLOR and measuring at least 8 ½” x 11”
– Flyers must be posted in a public place and with permission by owner
– Send us a photograph of you with each flyer posted, as directed below
– Each qualifying photo submitted from a different location counts as one entry. Please include the location of the flyer with each photo submission.
– By entering this contest, you are giving Strawberry Music Inc. permission for your photo submission to be posted publicly on Strawberry’s website and social media platforms
– Please be sure that flyers are taken down and disposed of properly after the festival
TO SUBMIT
Your photos can be submitted via email or Instagram. Please pick one platform, and do not duplicate submissions! Please submit your photos by Monday, April 1st at 11:59PM.
– Email: Send your photo to info@strawberrymusic.com.
– Instagram: Tag us @strawberry_music_festival and use the hashtag #StrawberryStreetTeam24 in the caption of your post.
If you have questions, please call us at (209) 984-8630 or email info@strawberrymusic.com. Thank you for helping us to spread the word about this year’s festival. Good luck, and we hope to see you at Strawberry!
More than three decades into his career, singer-songwriter David Wilcox still tells tales full of heart, humor, and hope through his music.
“Challenging situations, elusive ideas, and long-suppressed feelings are directed into inspiring metaphors of hope. Coupled with a seamless melody, it is all delivered in the language of his heart.” —Performing Songwriter
“Factor in a strong acoustic guitar technique that eschews simplistic strumming in favor of expressive finger-picking, and a pleasant voice that sounds like a more insistent, fuller bodied James Taylor.” —The Los Angeles Times
He’s a penetrating storyteller, extraordinary lyric spinner, and deft melody crafter. Spin Magazine calls his concert “an incredibly cleansing experience.”
What better way to get cleansed during a weekend of festival camping? Come on down to the Music Meadow to enjoy David Wilcox!
