And so you have come back to me
And say the old love's growin' yet.
You've tried through all these weary years,
You've tried too vainly to forget.
~A. P. Carter, The Lover's Return
The Claremont Folk Festival is going on all day at Sycamore School. It's back after a one year break with a variety of acts, from Celtic to bluegrass to African drums. Joel Harper and his Grammy Award-winning sibling Ben have brought the festival back.
Ben Harper and Tom Morello played last night at Bridges Auditorium, and the Daily Bulletin had a write up today. Ben and Joel are the grandsons of Dorothy and Charles Chase, who founded the Claremont Folk Music Center on Harvard Ave in 1958. Since 1970, the center's been located on Yale Ave. Ben's and Joel's mother Ellen manages the family-owned center and also coordinates the festival.
You can hear some good music, enjoy the fresh air, and learn a little about some of the instrument - maybe even learn to play. Here's a video of one of the acts, Sligo Rags, channeling Pink Floyd and Charlie Daniels at the Folk Music Center in October, 2006:
Sligo Rags appears on the festival's main stage at 3pm. Festival tickets are available at the door: General admission - $20.00; students - $10.00; family of four - $50.00.
2007 Claremont Music Festival
Sycamore School
228 W. 8th St.
Claremont, CA 91711
~A. P. Carter, The Lover's Return
The Claremont Folk Festival is going on all day at Sycamore School. It's back after a one year break with a variety of acts, from Celtic to bluegrass to African drums. Joel Harper and his Grammy Award-winning sibling Ben have brought the festival back.
Ben Harper and Tom Morello played last night at Bridges Auditorium, and the Daily Bulletin had a write up today. Ben and Joel are the grandsons of Dorothy and Charles Chase, who founded the Claremont Folk Music Center on Harvard Ave in 1958. Since 1970, the center's been located on Yale Ave. Ben's and Joel's mother Ellen manages the family-owned center and also coordinates the festival.
You can hear some good music, enjoy the fresh air, and learn a little about some of the instrument - maybe even learn to play. Here's a video of one of the acts, Sligo Rags, channeling Pink Floyd and Charlie Daniels at the Folk Music Center in October, 2006:
Sligo Rags appears on the festival's main stage at 3pm. Festival tickets are available at the door: General admission - $20.00; students - $10.00; family of four - $50.00.
2007 Claremont Music Festival
Sycamore School
228 W. 8th St.
Claremont, CA 91711
Claremont Folk Music Center
220 Yale Avenue
Claremont CA 91711
(909) 624-2928
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