2019 Craft & Draft
Venue: Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford
Organizations: Brian Mesko, Jimothy, Mountain Trotter, Surrender Dorothy
Date: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Charity
Cost: Free
Description:
Mountain Trotter presents the 5th Annual Radford Craft & Draft on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the new location at Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery.

Craft and Draft is a hand crafted, family friendly festival featuring 40+ artisans, vendors, makers and crafters. Shop with a large variety of local & regional artists, crafters and makers from all things hand-made, unique and original. Additionally, there will be live music all day from Surrender Dorothy, Jimothy and the Brian Mesko Trio featuring Terry & Janya Brown, food trucks and craft beer on tap!

Music Line-Up:
• 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Jimothy
• 1:30-3:30 pm: Surrender Dorothy
• 4:00-6:00 pm: Brian Mesko Trio

Defined by their love for all styles of music, this musical brotherhood has been together for over twelve years paying homage to classic rock, funk, soul, country and their original music. Surrender Dorothy is a made up of a collection of singer, songwriter, performers located on the East Coast.

From intimate acoustic performances to large format outdoor festivals, Surrender Dorothy has entertained audiences of all tastes and all sizes.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/SurrenderDorothyMusic
• https://www.twitter.com/SurrnderDorothy
• https://www.reverbnation.com/surrenderdorothyvirginia

Jimothy is a multi-genre band based around the solo work of singer and guitarist Jim Bohon based in the New River Valley region of Virginia. Jim is a multi-instrumentalist, and performed all instrumentation and vocals on the band's debut album "Never In A Million Years," before fleshing out a full band when the album proved to be popular among local audiences. Jimothy love what they do, and it shines through in their performance, no matter the event or venue.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/JimothyBand
• https://www.reverbnation.com/jimothy4
• https://www.instagram.com/jimothyband/

Raised in a musical family in Little Rock, AR, Mesko began piano lessons at age 8 and switched to guitar at age 10. He continued formal lessons through high school, at which time he studied Jazz Theory & Ensemble for college credit under Michael Carenbauer (who studied under Pat Metheny at Berklee) at the University of AR Little Rock. During junior high Brian learned drums and bass, and has continued developing them professionally along side the guitar.

While completing a bachelor’s degree in Recording Industry at Middle TN State University, Mesko lived in the Nashville area from 1997 – 2005 and played with such international jazz greats as Les McCann, Tony Monaco, Dr. Lonnie Smith, John Jorgensen and Jeff Coffin. He also worked with Roland Gresham, Sam Brooker, Greg Bryant, Chris West, Moe Denham, Nioshi Jackson, Charles Treadway and many more.

After moving to central Virginia in 2005, Brian has been privileged to work with such jazz artists as Robert Jospe, Butch Taylor, Dane Alderson, John D’earth, Bobby Read, Charles Owens, Jonah Kane-West, The Rootdowns, The Nicholson Brothers, Liz Barnes, any many more. He has also shared the stage with blues legends Bob Margolin, Mud Morganfield Jr., Big Bill Morganfield Jr., as well as Wayne Newton, Michael Allman, Groove Collective and the DJ Williams Projekt.

Link: http://brianmesko.com

We're excited to expand our event and to partner with the Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery. We're moving to the flat grassy field at the bottom of the Glencoe this fall.

Each year, Craft & Draft proudly donates a portion of its proceeds to a local non-profit. A $1.00 donation is suggested for all attendees at the gate to help us raise funds and awareness for the chosen chairty, RAFT Crisis Hotline. We are proud to have given over $4,750 to local charitable organizations throughout the years!

The event is family friendly, dog friendly and people friendly.

MountainTrotter, Inc. is an officially registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Radford, VA. The mission of MountainTrotter is to encourage communication, creativity, innovation, and learning in mountain communities.

Links:

• http://www.mountaintrotter.net
• https://www.facebook.com/mountaintrotter1
• https://www.twitter.com/MntnTrotter

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/WoBu4oo.jpg or https://i.imgur.com/eOiz5m0.png.

For more information, visit: https://www.mountaintrotterarts.com/craftanddraft or https://www.facebook.com/RadfordCraftandDraft/.