By DAVID DUPONT
BG Independent News
The Black Swamp Arts Festival listeners will have one more chance to enjoy Barbara Bailey Hutchison, a singer-songwriter and entertainer extraordinaire.
The festival’s performance committee has posted lineups for the festival’s Community and Youth Arts stages for Saturday, Sept. 10, and Sunday, Sept. 11. The festival gets underway with music on the Main Stage and concessions, Friday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m.
Hutchison, a veteran performer, said last year that she was going to stop touring this year. She was leaving the stage to spend more time as an artist and arts educator.
Hutchison played two well-received sets on the Family Stage. Those sets included her original songs – humorous and touching reflections on life, family and religion, covers of other alternative folk songwriters tunes, and a medley of her greatest hits – the jingles she sang for TV ads for Hallmark, McDonald’s and other corporations. The Grammy-winning artist also displayed a ready wit and ability in integrate what was happening on the street in the moment into her performance.
Hutchison will play a 11L30 a.m. set Saturday on the Family stage and a noon set Sunday on the Community Stage.
The Family Stage will also present Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated artist Tim Kubart. He’s a YouTube sensation as the “Tambourine Guy” on the Postmodern Jukebox.
As in the past, festivalgoers will get second, even third, chances to hear Main Stage acts on the more intimate Community and Family stage settings.
The Grand Ukulelists of the Black Swamp (GRUBS) will perform a set on the Community Stage.
Top local acts from a ukuleles, Uilleann pipes, to Japanese taiko drums also are set to perform.
Teen fiddler Grant Flick’s trio is both a Main Stage act and a top local performer. He’ll perform on the Community Stage 4 p.m. Saturday following a noon set on the Main Stage earlier in the day.
The lineup for the Community Stage, which is located in the atrium of Four Corners Center, is:
SATURDAY
- 11 a.m., Toraigh an Sonas.
- Noon, Grand Ukulelists of the Black Swamp.
- 1 p.m., Mariachi Flor de Toloache.
- 2 p.m., The Rhythm Future Quartet.
- 3 p.m., Joe Baker Band.
- 4 p.m., Flick, Turner & Warren.
- 5 p.m. The Downtown Country Band.
SUNDAY
- Noon, Barbara Bailey Hutchison.
- 1 p.m., Corduroy Road.
- 2 p.m., Croy and the Boys.
- 4 p.m., Ginkgoa.
The lineup for the Family Stage, located in front of the Wood County District Public Library, is:
SATURDAY
- 10:30 a.m., The Downtown Country Band.
- 11:30 a.m., Barbara Bailey Hutchison.
- 12;30 p.m., Tim Kubart..
- 1:45 p.m., Flick, Turner, and Warren.
- 2:45 p.m., Mariachi Flor de Toloache.
- 4 p.m., Pokey La Farge.
SUNDAY
- 11:30 a.m., Tim Kubart.
- 12:30 p.m., The Rhythm Future Quartet.
- 1:30 p.m., Little Axe.
- 2:45 p.m., The Suitcase Junket.
- 4 p.m., Kazenodaichi Taiko.
For more festival coverage see:
http://bgindependentmedia.org/black-swamp-arts-festival-art-show-taking-shape/
http://bgindependentmedia.org/teen-musician-grant-flick-having-fun-fiddling-around-the-country/
