1-30pm to 4pm - Afternoon Workshops
learn how to playand sing in a Bluegrass band
all aspects of Bluegrass Performance covered
so bring along your instruments

8-00pm - Bluegrass Bonanza
- Evening Concert starring
Craig Duncan & friends (USA)

Tickets £12 or £10 concessions,
inclusive of all events        
Box Office 01506 433 634 

In Association with West Lothian Council

Bluegrass@ Linlithgow Folk Festival
Saturday 13 September.
From the USA  
Whitetop Mountain Band - Down from the Mountain
-  Concert at the Queen Margaret Hall,
Blackness Rd., Linlithgow
       www.whitetopmountainband.com

In Association with Linlithgow Folk Festival Association

Country Legends have produced a great new show for 2008 the show will feature all your favourite Music from some of the Greatest Artistes in History! from Hank Williams... Patsy Cline... Willie Nelson... Tammy Wynette and Don Williams to Charlie Pride… Dolly Parton… Kenny Rogers and Garth Brooks, the list goes on and on!

B J Thomas one of the shows founder members said “over the years we have received many suggestions for material to put into the show, so this year we are presenting the greatest hits of Country Music, All the songs performed have achieved Gold Disc status so you are sure to know them all!!!!
This Fantastic show features Tributes to the Greats performed by an all-star cast complete with lavish costume changes plus music provided by Randy Ryman and the Outlaw Country Band who are amongst the finest Country Musicians you will ever see! For more information visit www.countrylegends.us

Ludlow Assembly Room
Autumn 08
Ludlow Assembly Rooms •
1 Mill Street  Ludlow • Shropshire SY8 1AZ

Saturday 27 September, 7.30pm
The Johnny Cash Roadshow
Johnny Cash tribute band
The show features many of the artist's classic tracks from the San Quentin and Folsom Prison concerts right up to Hurt, with regular guest slots by artists such as Rosie Lee performing as June Carter. 
£14 (£12 concessions)
www.thejohnnycashroadshow.com

Friday 3 October, 9pm
Steve Gibbons Band
Country flavoured R & B. 
In Steve’s hands rock’n’roll is a magical force for drawing audiences into a musical world with its
own special history and culture.
 £10 (£8 concessions)

Box Office 01584 878141       
www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

14th NORTH WALES COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL
  5 -7 SEPTEMBER
VENUE CYMRU (Formerly North Wales Theatre )
LLANDUDNO

The line up for the 2008 renewal keeps up the usual high quality .
This year’s bill topper is the legendary guitarist Albert Lee with his band Hogan’s Heroes. Also making the trip from the States is Texas singer / songwriter Kimmie Rhodes who has written for and sung with such greats as Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris.
We all know Nick Barraclough as the voice of Radio 2 country music and now of course Smooth Radio. Not so many people know he is a singer and musician as well as a broadcaster and has put together a group of musicians called “The Burglars” who play an eclectic mix of bluegrass and contemporary acoustic music.
We also debut at the festival arguably the most exciting and authentic modern country band in the UK , Scotland’s Brian Hughes and the Lone Sharks. Brian is one of the few British artists to have a publishing deal in Nashville and his music reflects this.
Added to this we have some of the best of the regular UK country favourites like Kalibre, The Fabulous Picasso Brothers and The Haleys. Completing the line up in the Theatre we introduce a young man from North Wales Alistair James who is making a big name for himself with his Welsh recordings , and Iona & Andy themselves who put together a band of stellar British musos , The Festival Band , to back them.
As well as the theatre shows in the evening there is an all day line dancing session on Saturday afternoon presided over by Maggie’s Triple M dance academy and featuring sets from B.J. Locklin.
Then there is of course the legendary easy listening afternoon session in the Ocean Lounge which for 11 years was presided over by the much loved and now much missed Ben Rees. “When we lost Ben two years ago we all agreed the name Ben’s Bar would live on as long as the festival continued” says Andy. This year Ben’Bar is under the stewardship of Phil Lloyd and Chuck Micallef.