Our friend Sims Delany-Potthoff and Harmonious Wail and WORT Community Radio welcome the 5th annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival, Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23, 2008, at the Art in the Barn (Fitchburg, WI). Just outside of Madison, Wisconsin, musicians and fans gather in the fall to enjoy an evening of gypsy swing, a jazz style that originated with guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grapelli.

Schedule:
Fri 8/22
7pm: Gonzalo Bergara with Kevin Nolan (from the John Jorgenson Quintet and The Robin Nolan Trio) – from LA
8:30pm: Gypsy Rhythm Project--Steve Gibon’s Baltic Gypsy Jazz--from Chicago
10pm: The Hot Club of Detroit--returns by popular demand

Sat 8/23
2pm: Twin Cities Hot Club in the Dance Tent
3pm: Gypsy Swing guitar workshop--in the tent
4pm: Harmonious Wail--in the barn
5pm: The Hot Club of Detroit--in the Dance Tent
6pm:Twin Cities Hot Club--in the barn
7pm: gypsy swing jam in the tent
8pm: Gonzalo Bergara with Kevin Nolan--in the barn
9pm: Alfonso Ponticelli with Tony Ballog--in the barn
10pm:The Hot Club of Detroit--in the barn

Ticket Pricing and Information
Fri 8/22: 7pm $20 day of show/ $18 adv
Sat 8/23 :2pm $30 day of show / $28 adv
Both Fri and Sat $40 day of show / $38 adv
Website information
View pictures of last year's event: Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival 2007

Posted by Ted at August 20, 2008 8:34 PM