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11th Annual Edgewater Arts & Music Festival Schedule

Arts Council SaleThe 11th Annual Edgewater Arts & Music Festival will be held on Sunday, September 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Festival will take place in Shadyside, on Old River Road between Gorge Road and Thompson Lane. Free shuttle bus rides will be available from the Edgewater Commons shopping center.

Festival highlights include:

  • Work of more than 70 artists on sale/display (VISA & MasterCard accepted)
  • Juried art show plus “People's Choice Award” (come vote for your favorite artist!)
  • Music and dance from rock to jazz to folk all day long, on stage and strolling
  • Take an historic guided bus tour of Edgewater
  • Participate in arts & crafts, face painting
  • Open drum circle (bring your own drum!)
  • Delicious food from local establishments
  • September 11 memorial

The schedule of featured performers is as follows:

12:00PM EVG Players
Local school children performing hits from their current show
12:30PM Love Sick Cousin
Light rock, Ryan Adams/Lucinda Williams style
1:00PM Vicki Gensan
Original singer-songwriter
1:30PM Bill Jones
Acoustic guitar, originals, & standards; Festival music organizer
2:00PM Peter Karp & the RoadShow
Rock & blues, originals, & covers
2:30PM Rock Slide
Rock & blues, originals, & covers
3:00PM Bronagh O'Rourke & Bob Batch
Country Irish music
3:30PM M.J.
Keyboardist performing original & cover tunes, rock & popular
4:00PM Award Ceremony & 9/11 Tribute Moment of Silence
National Anthem sung by Judy Bush; America the Beautiful sung by Doreen Danue; This Land is Your Land sung by Bill Jones
4:30PM Glinka Folk Ensemble
Ukranian-Russian-Belarusse dance ensemble in traditional garb
5:00PM Project Mercury
Original jazzy/bluesy acoustic rock
5:45PM Expectations
Young Edgewater teen blues band

8/28/00


Previous Arts & Culture Columns:

3/31/00: Martin Deegan Exhibition at Polo Gallery
2/22/00: First Night of “First Night”

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