Heritage Festival Grand Tent

Presented by

CENTURYTEL

Enjoy free music and entertainment in the Heritage Grand Tent on Saturday September 16th from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM.  The tent will be located in the Front Street parking lot in downtown Spooner near the historic railroad yards and the Railroad Memories Museum.  The Grand Tent is the center of the day's activities and will be surrounded by an outdoor food court and various food vendors, plus all the other activities scheduled for the day. It is also the location for the Two-Buck Dance on Friday evening, the Heritage Headline Concert on Saturday evening, and the Northern Heritage Fiddle Contest on Saturday afternoon.

Throughout the day we'll also be announcing the winners of various contests, including the Giant Pumpkin & Mammoth Sunflower Contest, the Heritage Photo Contest, the Heritage Pie Baking Contest, and the Bubble Gum Blowing Contest.  And during the Heritage Headline Concert we will be drawing the five lucky winners of the Heritage Raffle.

The Saturday schedule of entertainment and activities in The Grand Tent is:

10:00 AM Jim The Magician

11:00 AM David Drake

12:00 PM The Buffalo Gals

1:00 PM The Buffalo Gals

 

3:00 PM Northern Heritage Fiddle Contest (separate entry fee)

7:00 PM Heritage Headline Concert (separate entry fee)

 

 

Magic is a unifying force. Some people want to "believe in it" and others want to "figure it out". It seems however, that all enjoy the excitement and surprise that The Magic of Jim Mitchell brings.

 

 

 

Wisconsin troubadour David HB Drake has spent over twenty years presenting concerts at fine arts centers, festivals, schools, community centers and concert stages throughout the Midwest.  Deep heartland roots and the waters of the Great Lakes flow throughout David's music in a panorama of history and discovery.  Performing on guitar, concertina, dulcimer, banjo, and Native American flute, David has performed on tall ships on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes and is the resident musician for the Wisconsin flagship,  the Lake schooner "Denis Sullivan". David can be heard on the "Higher Ground" and "Simply Folk" programs on Wisconsin Public Radio and seen live at historic sites like Old World Wisconsin and Milwaukee's Pier Wisconsin.

Won’t you come out tonight? The Buffalo Gals are an eclectic, acoustic group from Minneapolis that features fiddle, guitar, bass and harmony singing. Combining respect for musical tradition with a fresh look at the folk process, they choose danceable songs from the best of folk, country and Cajun. They also play old-time fiddle tunes, original songs, and their own brand of Cowgirl Swing. In 2000, their first CD, Buffalo Moon, won a Minnesota Music Academy award, and the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association voted the Buffalo Gals “Favorite Old-Time Band.”