2019 Newport Jamboree featuring Eight Point Star and The Jugbusters:

Date: June 22, 2019
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Venue: Newport Community Park
Organizations: Eight Point Star, Newport Jamboree, The Jugbusters
Cost: Adults: $5.00 Donation Kids Ages 12 & Under: Free

Description: The Newport Jamboree continues their 2019 Jamboree Series with their June event featuring the music of the Eight Point Star and The Jugbusters on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at the Newport Community Park.

Enjoy old time and bluegrass music by the Sinking Creek.

Eight Point Star is a New River Valley-Roanoke collective gathered around old-time and improvisational fiddler Mike Gangloff and bluesy fingerstyle guitarist Matt Peyton that draws on traditional and international roots to create a sound all their own.

With hardanger fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, banjos, gongs, singing bowls and lots more, this is a mostly acoustic sound, but with Matt's theremin and other electronics occasionally rising to the surface sometimes from the Golden Age jazz or Great American Songbook classics that Cara grew up singing, sometimes from the urgent, raw blues that Matt has pursued and sometimes from pure, free improvisation aimed at creating an in-the-moment symphony. This is extended Appalachian music with a story of its own to tell.

Solid, bluesy fingerstyle guitar and soaring, scratchy hardanger fiddle combine for duo explorations; a search for beauty.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Eight-Point-Star-Band-2115905332014152/

The Jugbusters are the New River Valley's high energy old-time and honky-tonk dance kings!

Link: https://www.facebook.com/thejugbusters

The local Ruritan chapter will be selling concessions including hot dogs and snacks and be sure to bring a lawn chair or blanket.

We will ask for a $5.00 donation from each adult to cover the bands and pay for the park rental. Kids under 12 get in free.

Bring a chair, pack a swimsuit and invite a friend.

The Village of Newport Ruritan Park is conveniently located 1.4 miles down Highway 42 / 650 Bluegrass Trail keep your eyes peeled for the signs off of 460 West.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/FkCHKIv.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/NewportJamboree/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1293962670755566/.