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Free TransportationA free bio-diesel shuttle bus will be running back and forth between the Carrboro Plaza Park & Ride Lot and downtown from noon until 8pm PM. The Park & Ride Lot is behind the center of the buildings.Three pedicabs will provide free rides on Weaver Street between Town Hall and Weaver Street Market from 1pm until 6pm.

Information TablesThe Information tables are at the following locations from 1 - 6pm • Town Hall• The Century Center• Weaver Street Market lawn

Children’s ActivitiesThe Town Commons will again feature a number of activities for kids. A twenty foot high Scramble Slide and a Bounce House will give our youngsters plenty of exercise. The Scrap Exchange will be providing materials and trained staff to supply a fun, educational, hands-on creative arts experience. Specialty food vendors will be there to provide sustenance. All of these activities are still right next to the Town Commons stage where six wonderful bands will provide the music.

Zero Waste!The Town of Carrboro reaching for Zero Waste at the Carrboro Music Festival! Look for and use the Recycle & Composting Stations located at Town Hall and Behind Century Center.

Foul Weather PlanThe Music Loft moves to the firehouse bay.Town Commons moves to Town Hall boardroom Weaver St. Market moves to room 2/3 in Century Center Other outside venues may be cancelled!

All photos by Maciek Krzysztoforski

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The Advocate 403 W. Weaver St.1pm HWY 54 - Blues & Rock2pm Buffalo Theory - Classic

Rock, Blues, R&B3pm Real Time Dreaming

- Orig Alternative Rock4pm Audioform - Jazz, Funk

& Soul5pm Blue Marble Beat

Psychetronic Dub & Soul6pm Off The Road Band

- Americana

Armadillo Grill - Upstairs 120 E. Main St.1pm Too Many Mandolins

- Choro & Swing Trio 2pm After Thought - Folk3pm Gut Lightning -

Instrumental Hip Hop 4pm Lyn Koonce & Friends

- Folk/ Pop 5pm Steel Standing - Rock 6pm Folk by Four - Folk, Pop,

Bluegrass, Gospel & Jazz 7pm The McCauliffe Brothers

Band - Funk/Rock/Jam

ArtsCenter Earl & rhoda Wynn Theater - Carrburritos 300-G E. Main St.3pm Raleigh Jazz Orchestra

- Big Band Jazz4pm Michael Jones Trio - Jazz:

Smooth, contemporary5pm Tony Galiani Band

- Upstream Jazz6pm Club Boheme

- String Jazz with vocals7pm Yelena Eckemoff Quar-

tet - Jazz: Original Classi-cal fusion

8pm The Bradshaw Quartet - Jazz: Swing & Bebop

9pm JazzBeau - Jazz & Funk

ArtsCenter West End Theater - Logan A. Carter/FM realty 300-G E. Main St.3pm Larry Mangum - Folk

& Americana4pm the Blue Tailed Skinks

- Piedmont Old-time5pm Looney Tunes Acappella

- Contemporary Pop 6pm John Howie, Jr. & Na-

than Golub - Cntry Rock7pm Oscar Begat - Rock/Folk8pm Skeedaddle - Swing9pm Porta - Bellows Accor-

dion Band

Auto Logic/ Peck & Artisans/ Carrboro Citizen200-204 W. Main St.1pm Catcha Later Cassanova

- Rock

2pm Bill Ely Band - Alternative Rock

3pm The Finger Puppets - Indie Pop

4pm T. Rox - Ska, Reggae, Punk

5pm Tain Collins Band Singer songwriter Rock

6pm Fujiyama Roll - Japanese Rock & Pops

balanced Movement Studio304 W. Weaver St.1:15 Forca Unificada

- Capoeira & dance2:15 Anthony Neff - Singer

songwriter; Roots Rock3:15 Brett Harris - Indie

Singer songwriter4:15 Kevin Driscoll - Rockin’

- Roots - Blues - Roll5:15 Doctor Oakroot - Rough-

edged & quirky home-made guitars

6:15 Eric Thomas & Helen Wolfson - Acoustic Folk

7:15 Not Dead Yet - Pure Americana

Cat’s Cradle300 E. Main St.3:30 Ashley Atkins Band

- Melodic Rock4:30 Mike Babyak’s Triple Fret

- World Jazz - Improv5:30 Gravy Boys - Acoustic

Americana6:30 Sea Cow - Roots Rock7:30 Kinetic Union Jazz Or-

chestra - Improv Rock8:30 Ape Foot Groove - Funk9:30 Lucky - Power Pop with

Country/Surf tones10:30 Killer Filler - Surfy,

Loungy instrumentals

Century Center - Franklin Street realty 100 N. Greensboro St.1pm Magnolia Klezmer Band

- Old time Jewish dance meets Jazz & Swing

2pm The Dixie Dukes - Dixie-land & Ragtime

3pm JazzTones Quintet - Latin Jazz & Bebop

4pm Sawyer - Goldberg Jazz - Jazz Improv & standards

5pm Wood, Brass & Ivory - Woodwind & Popular

6pm Lucky’s Starlight Lounge - Jazz standards/lounge

7pm Dave Youngman Quin-tet - Jazz & Blues

8pm Bo Lankenau & Friends - World, Folk, Rock, Pop

9pm Erich Lieth & One Sun - World Beat Jazz

DSI Comedy Theater200 N. Greensboro St.2pm The Bolin Creek Har-

mony Boys - Acappella Barbershop, Doo-wop

3pm Fiddlers Two - Bluegrass, Old time & Celtic

4pm Erin Brown - Acoustic singer-songwriter

5pm Holden Richards - Pop/Rock

6pm Eric Sommer - Roots/Pop/Americana

7pm Loose Mood - Hammer dulcimer & percussion

Fifth Season Gardening106 S. Greensboro St.1:15 Roxcetera - All Girl Metal2:15 Jeff Hart - Americana &

Guitar Pop3:15 Violet Vector & the

Lovely Lovelies - Pop/Psychedelic/Garage

4:15 Gambling the Muse - Americana/Alt Country

5:15 TBA6:15 Big Fat Gap - Young,

energetic Bluegrass7:15 Milagro Saints - Folk

Roots Rock8:15 Thacker Dairy Road -

Funky, eclectic Roots

Fitch Lumber Co. – rock & roll High School Showcase309 N. Greensboro St.1pm Old 86 - Funk, Blues,

Classic Rock1:40 Sam Hill & Tarnation

- Groove / Jam2:20 Miah & the Girl Toyz

- Rock3pm The Rubber Chickens

- Hard rock3:40 The Flamethrowers

- Hard rock 4:20 Aurora Girlyalis

- Girls Rock5pm Above Gravity - Orig Rock5:40 The Rusty Buckets -

Hard rock6:20 Skeptik Tank - Grunge

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Milltown 307 E. Main St.2pm Tidewater 4-10-09 -

Acoustic Blues & Boogie3pm Greg Humphreys

- Acoustic4pm 2nd Acoustic Band -Pop,

Country, Bluegrass5pm Lynn Blakey & Ecki Heins

- Americana with fiddle6pm Down River - Bluegrass7pm HWYL - Alternative

Celtic Rock

8pm Tim Smith & Eileen Re-gan - The Big Celtic Fun

9pm Real Reubens - Original Rock

Music Loft / Nightsound Studios recording Artists’ 116 W. Main St.1pm Chuck Champion & the

Big Tippers - Southern Pop-Rock

2pm The Tell - Americana3pm Lucy Sumner

- Jazz & Blues4pm CRASH - Hip Hop5pm The Stranger Spirits’

“Rock Laboratory” 6pm Harmute - Indie Rock7pm Aubrey Adcock

- Songwriter7:15 Taylor Herbert

- Songwriter7:30 Sarah Goss - Songwriter8pm Finale: featuring artists

listed above!

Nested 118-B E. Main St. 1:15 Shawn Deena - Acoustic

Rock2:15 Corey Hart - Acoustic

Folk Rock 3:15 Crys Matthews - Old

Soul & Blues meets Folk4:15 Jeremy Gilchrist

- Mellow, atmospheric5:15 Gray Byrd - American

Folk alternative6:15 Ishwin Dembla

- Indian tabla player

open Eye Café 101 S. Greensboro St. 1pm Dylan Gilbert - Folky

Indie Rock2pm Midtown Dickens

- Punk Folk/adoracore3pm The Pneurotics - Alter-

native Rock + twang4pm Mystery Road - Folk Rock5pm Catbird Seat - Original

Folk n’ Roll6pm benj-o-matic - Southern

Death Pop7pm Tokyo Rosenthal - Amer-

icana & Blues8pm Alex Kotch & Ben Craw-

ford - Experimental electronic dance

9pm Hendecatope - Exp. electronica & ambient

rbC Centura bank300 W. Weaver St.1:15 Mary Johnson Rockers

- Original bold Folk Rock2:15 Joe Lies - Eclectic Folk,

Indie & Alt. Country

3:15 Relic Revival - Indie/Blues/Rock

4:15 Razpa - Latin Rock5:15 Doc Murdoch - Jam

Band/Improv Rock6:15 Full Moon Pie - From

Twang to Reggae

Southern rail - beergarden - NC Songwriters’ 201 E. Main St.1pm Dwight Sullivan & Lang

Baradell 1:30 Lang Baradell & Dwight

Sullivan 2pm Jeremy Gilchrist With

Nate Osborne on Trumpet

2:30 Letha Costin, The Transzenders

3pm Amber Amber3:30 Chuck Champion4pm Louise Bendall 4:30 Pete Leary 5pm Jamie Purnell 5:30 Dave Turner6pm Jon Batson6:30 Rupert Wates

Southern rail, Scooters Inc., Milltown, The Merch - rock 208 E. Main St.1pm Potato Gun 1:50 Brendan Rice 2:40 Edsel 500 3:30 Jim Smith & His Tall

Buildings 4:20 Evil Weiner 5:10 Des Ark 6pm Woodwork Roadshow 6:50 Aminal Music 7:40 Southpaw 8:30 Dexter Romweber

& Stu Cole

The Station210 E. Main St.1:15 Brian & Mary Lewis

- Vintage Country from the 1930s to 1950s

2:15 Starfish & Coffee - Sing-er/songwriter/guitarist with drummer

3:15 Grimball & Long - Folk Rock

4:15 Greg Koons - Americana Singer-songwriter

5:15 Dave Herring & the Eastbound String Ma-chine - Newgrass

6:15 See No Weevil - Eclectic Blues

7:15 Joe Woodson - Original & traditional Americana

Town Commons - Weaver Street realty 301 W. Main St.1pm Tim Poe - Kids & family

sing-along2pm Sandbox Band - Interac-

tive traditional & origi-nal family music

3pm Zindagi - World Beat dance: modern & trad.

4pm Gypsy Town - Original “Southern CA” Folk-Rock

5pm The Lids - Rock 6pm Maria Rolls & Blues

Train - Electric Blues with’tude

Tyler’s Parking Lot102 E. Main St.3pm The Breaks - Skewed

Pop narratives from the basement of ‘79

4pm Joceifus Rifle - Song-driven Jam Rock

5pm Too Much Fun - Jump Blues

6pm Tim Smith Band - Eclectic original World

7pm Saludos Compay Latin Band - Latin

8pm Blue Diablo - Blues Rock

WCoM radio/Community realty 201 N. Greensboro St. 1:15 The Marla Vickers Band

- Alt Country 2:15 Scharding & Schlosser

- Funkafidefolkacous-ticpoprock

3:15 Sleepsound - Piano Pop Rock

4:15 Tripp - Pop Rock5:15 Wedlock - Electronic Pop 6:15 The Mighty Gospel

Inspirations - ‘40s style jubilee acappella

Weaver Street Market101 E. Weaver St.1:15 Craicdown - A Polyeth-

nic hoedown: Celtic, Brazilian, French & American

2:15 Jamie Anderson & Broad Street - Folk/Americana

3:15 The Second String Band - Progressive acoustic: Bluegrass, Folk, Rock

4:15 Great Big Gone - Roots Rock/Americana

5:15 Joe Romeo & the Or-ange County Volunteers - Countryish Rock/dark narratives

2008 Schedule

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Carrboro Music Festival bigger and greenerby LyNDAL WILSoN Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons

T he annual Carrboro Music Festival is back this month for its 11th year.

This free event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28, and feature over 160 artists, performing in a variety of venues throughout the town. The festival will showcase everything from rock, country

and classical to electronic styles of music.Carrboro Music Festival Coordinator Gerry Williams

said there are about 10 to 15 new performers this year, with one particularly unique electronic duo playing at The Open Eye Café.

Alex Kotch and Ben Crawford will be performing experimental electronic dance music, incorporating rings from peoples’ cell phones into their music, Williams said.

“The audience can call them or contact them on their computer and they can incorporate it into their music,” he said. “It’s really interactive…and pretty unusual.”

There are also a few new venues this year that have allowed the festival to increase the number of performers. The Station and Southern Rail, on East Main Street, are new venues and will have a large stage in the parking lot, with music inside The Station. Southern Rail’s back beer garden will be open as well.

Williams said the biggest challenge is scheduling the 160 to 170 performers. There is the potential to be even bigger, he said. Williams said businesses contact him

with interest in the festival, but adding too many new venues would take away from the community vibe.

“(Getting too big) would take away from what the festival is all about, which is bringing everyone together,” Williams said.

Kim Andrews, recreation supervisor from the Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department, said trash could also be a problem in a bigger festival. She said it is currently a clean event and they want to keep it that way. “We’re in a lucky community where people are pretty educated about what to reycyle and are very conscious of it,” she said.

Being green is a big focus this year, which is something the organizers have really tried to achieve, Andrews said. “We’re getting the food vendors involved… requiring them to use paper products, no plastic forks and Styrofoam cups.”

Festival volunteers will help people with recycling and composting, because doing it commercially is different from doing it at home, she said. Other volunteers will do trash duty and recycling duty. “We are trying to be as trash free as possible,” Andrews said.

A biodiesel bus from Greenway Transit Authority out of Durham will take people to and from the park-and-ride lot behind Carrboro Plaza. The bus will run from 12 to 8 p.m., so folks can park at Carrboro Plaza. There will also be pedi cabs running from 1 to 6 p.m.

However folks make it downtown, they will find a

variety of music with stages all along Weaver and Main streets. Williams said that he would like more musical variety, but is happy with the current arrangements.

Karen Lewis, a Carrboro resident who attends the festival every year, said she enjoys hearing lots of different bands and styles of music. “I’m really looking forward to hearing the variety of music,” she said.

“It touches all age groups,” Williams said of the festival. He has met musicians who have played and told him how fun it was to have a 15-year-old granddaughter and her 70-year-old grandma come up afterwards to buy a CD. It’s an eclectic cross-section of people, he said, including students of all ages, families with young kids and old Carrboro hippies.

Williams and Andrews said the event offers so much because it receives so much as well. The festival receives a lot of local support. Andrews said they have a lot of help from volunteers, plus a volunteer committee, as well as help from the Recreation and Parks Department, and the police.

“It’s really nice to have that kind of support,” Andrews said. “The whole town really chips in, and it wouldn’t happen without their contributions.”

Lyndal Wilson is a UNC-CH student writing for the Carrboro Commons, a bi-weekly online lab newspaper for Jock Lauterer’s Community Journalism class at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

For more information on the Carrboro Music Festival, visit www.carrboromusicfestival.com

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