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Street Team Members Help Spread the Word
Share the joy and help us get the word out about your favorite festival! Join our street team and we'll send you festival flyers to place around your town at music and book stores, coffee shops, concerts, coops, colleges, festivals, etc. Click to learn more and SIGN UP. And thanks!

Here are some spots where you can pick up festival flyers:

Retriever Roasters 394 Main Street, Catskill, NY (518) 943-5858. Official Flyer Pick-Up Site.

The Milk Run
3552 Route 145, East Durham, NY (518) 239-8950. Official Flyer Pick-Up Site.

Greene County Visitor Center
Off Exit 21 of I-90 (Catskill/Cairo Exit). For Greene County info and maps.

Scholarship Applications
Due May 15
Each year we award scholarships to college students in need of tuition assistance. Click to download application and instructions.

Need a Room?
Check out Greene County Tourism online or call 800-355-CATS for accommodations and regional information.

Irish Arts Week Returns to East Durham
Seeking other fine musical events nearby? Check out the Catskill Irish Arts Week, the largest summer school in North America devoted to the Irish Traditional Arts, July 12-18 just down the road in East Durham.

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Grey Fox 2009 Main Stage Lineup:
A "Who's Who" of Bluegrass Music  

Mark your calendars for July 16-19 when the Walsh Farm is transformed into the setting for a Who's Who of Bluegrass Music with dozens of performances by award-winning artists. Here's this year's bring-down-the-house lineup:
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder (Sat); Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (Sat); David Bromberg Quartet (Fri); Del McCoury Band (Fri); Tim O'Brien Band (Sat); Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band (Thur); The SteelDrivers (Sat); Mountain Heart (Thur); Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum (Sat); Claire Lynch Band (Fri); Gibson Brothers (Fri); The Waybacks (Fri); The Kruger Brothers (Thur); Boston Boys (Thur/Fri); Crooked Still (Fri/Sat); Footworks Dance Ensemble (Fri); Red Stick Ramblers (Thur/Fri); Wernick, Wernick & Rigsby (Fri); Josh Williams Band (Sat); The Lee Boys (Sun); Sarah Jarosz (Fri/Sat); Sierra Hull (Sat); Farewell DriftersThe Maybelles (Thur); John Kirk & Trish Miller (Thur/Fri/Sat); FIDDLESTYX (Thur/Fri/Sat); Bill Keith (Fri/Sat); Pete Wernick's Bluegrass Jam CampBRIAN WICKLUND (Thurs-Sun) and Masters, Family and Workshop artists tba! Hosted, as always. by Rounder recording artists, Dry Branch Fire Squad all weekend. (Fri/Sat); (Thur/Fri); (Mon-Thurs) and the Grey Fox Bluegrass Academy for Kids with Bookmark our artist page and visit often as we fine tune our multi-stage schedule!

Early Bird Special Ends April 30!  

Don't end up cryin' the blues like this little guy! Get your Grey Fox tickets at the Early Bird Price ($140). Ticket includes admission with camping Wednesday-Sunday. Advance pricing ($155 each) kicks in at midnight on May 1st. So, don't get stuck paying more. ORDER ONLINE NOW. To order by phone, call us (US) 888.946.8495 or (International) 315.724.4473. We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover.

Grey Fox Teams Up With IBMM  

Grey Fox is partnering with the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) and we hope you'll join in. The museum needs your support to continue its outstanding programs that promote and preserve the music that we love so much. Here's how you can help:

If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, there's a box on our TICKET PAGE that enables you to donate $1 to IBMM. Just check that box and $1 will go to IBMM.

If you already have your tickets, become an IBMM member or make a direct donation, whatever fits your budget. If everyone at Grey Fox gives a little, IBMM will be able to accomplish a lot! And you'll feel great knowing you're part of a wonderful endeavor. 

Visit bluegrassmuseum.org. Take a virtual tour and connect with Radio Bluegrass International (RBI)—one of the country's finest bluegrass internet radio stations—emanating 24/7 from the museum's hallowed walls. You'll be amazed at the depth and breadth of the museum's collections, programs, facility and dreams for the future.


Bluegrass Academy for Kids Delivers Learning with a Ton o' Fun!

BGA is our free music 'camp' for kids eight years of age and up with classes Thursday through Sunday in fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin and bass. Academy Director Brian Wicklund and a very fine staff of experienced, kid-friendly instructors are looking forward to working with the BGA Class of 2009. Let's hear it for Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine for their continued support of the Grey Fox BGA! Click to register your child. (Photo by Stephen Ide)


Pete Wernick's Bluegrass Jam Camp Leads Up To Grey Fox

Closet pickers, this is for you! All bluegrass instruments welcome. No jamming experience necessary. You will be jamming the first morning! Held at the air-conditioned Oak Hill Fire Hall directly across from the Grey Fox entrance. Camp times are July 13th: 2-5pm and July 14-16th: 9am-5pm. Tuition: $245. Attendance limited. Gig on the Main Stage! Learn from the very best! Details and registration at DrBanjo.com.

Ay-EEE! Set your GPS for the New England shore and join us this Labor Day Weekend (Sept 4-6) at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI. Main Stage acts include:
Great Big Sea • Hot Tuna • Asleep at the Wheel • Jerry Douglas • Steve Riley • Mitch Woods • The Travelin' McCourys • The Lee Boys • Tab Benoit • Keith Frank • The Duhks • Cedric Watson • Papa Mali • Corey Ledet • Big Sandy • Nouveau Honkies • Eilen Jewell. Meanwhile, Dance Pavilion faves Magnolia and Li'l Anne & Hot Cayenne will be back, as will the crowd pleasing "wanderin" Hot Tamale Brass Band plus familiar faces at the Family Tent. As they say, "Laissez les bons temps rouler!" www.rhythmandroots.com; 888.855.6940 or 315.738.0356 (EST). 

Thanks for reading our newsletter. We hope to see you this summer.