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California Musical Saw Festival
California Musical Saw Festival
Sunday, July 30, 10am – 5pm, Musical Saw-Off Contest: 11am
Saturday – July 29, 1 – 3pm, Street jam in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz
“The California Musical Saw Festival is free and will have continuous music from 11:00am until 5:00pm, including the saw contest and other entertainment featuring individual sawplayers as well as bands which include musical saws, guitars, mandolins, fiddles, accordion, bass etc. The first festival was in 1978, this year will be the 44th. “We have had participants in this festival from all over the United States, and from Canada, China, Japan, Czechoslovakia, England, France, New Zealand, and Australia. You’ll hear a wide range of music: Old-timey, Bluegrass, Classical, Blues, Folk… We always have spontaneous jamming taking place under the trees around the festival; you’ll enjoy lots of different musical styles including old-time, bluegrass, Irish and general folk. “SO COME ON BY AND HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!”
Saw Festival Program:
- 10:00 – The Public Knew Sense
- 11:00 – Musical Saw Contest
- 11:50 – Wildcat Canyon – featuring Dilly
- 12:30 – The Blacklock Family Band
- 1:00 – Cindy Webster
- 1:30 – Lou Mannick & Sam Yodice
- 2:00 – Rodney’s Bubble Machine
- 2:30 – Two Bar Three featuring Thomas Spearance
- 3:00 – The Golden State Worriers featuring Rowena Southard
- 3:30 – Presentation of Awards
- 3:40 – First Place Winner of Musical Saw Contest
- 4:00 – CHORUS OF SAWS (ALL Sawplayers welcome)
- 4:30 – Sawyer’s Farewell
The event is free. Roaring Camp charges a $10 per vehicle parking fee.
ROARING CAMP is a large facility with an old-fashioned train you can ride through the redwoods, a great place for the whole family.
