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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Mayville Events
Mayville Events is your resource for arts, entertainment and dining, in and around the north end of Chautauqua Lake. Working together, our civic groups, community planners, restauranteurs, artists, and area businesses strive to create exciting, year round activities and events in the Chautauqua Lake region.
Mayville Gospel Blues Festival - November 11-12, 2006 Mayville plays host to the best in the Gospel and Blues genre. A rockin' and holy-rollin' great time for those who like good music played with passion.
A Mayville Christmas - December 16, 2006 A good old-fashioned Christmas celebration with carolers, good food, shopping, live music and lots of Christmas spirit!
The Mayville ICE and Cool Jazz Festival - Presidents Weekend, 2007 Not just an ice castle anymore! Experience great wintertime activities and a premier Jazz Festival throughout our annual winter fest. Jazz Preview: Folk and Blues Legend Eric Bibb on Feb. 13th.
Folk on the Hill - March, 2007 Introduced at the Red Brick Farm in 2005 with Cowboy Zen songwriter Chuck Pyle and moved to Mayville's celebration Hall in 2007 - this event brings the best of folk music to the area once again.
Mayville Dock Festival - June 2007 Discover how easy it is to get to Mayville and how wonderful it is when you do, as we host a "getting to know you" party at the very north end of the lake. The Mayville Docks Festival features live entertainment; boat demos; kids' activities; museum tours and the 2nd Annual taste of Mayville, a delectable sampling of the best of our restaurant row cuisine. We taste better every year.
Mayville Bluegrass Festival - June 16-17, 2007 What started out a small hometown bluegrass get-together, gets bigger and better every year! For more information, visit the official web site for this event at http://www.mayvillebluegrassfestival.com/
Mayville Guitar and Stringed Instrument Festival Mayville, NY- The second annual Mayville Guitar Show and Stringed Instrument Expo will feature an array of instruments builders and dealers, as well as world-renowned performers and workshop leaders. It will be held October 7-8 in the brand-new Celebration Hall event facility at the end of Chautauqua Lake in Mayville, NY.
Headlining the event for the second year in a row will be acclaimed guitarist Will McFarlane. As a member of the famous Muscle Shoals recording studio stable, he has recorded with hundreds of artists including Aretha Franklin, the Pointer Sisters, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and Jackson Browne. He was also a long-time guitarist for multiple Grammy-winning artist Bonnie Raitt. McFarlane will be performing a special concert, conducting guitar workshops, and leading a worship service during the event
Luthiers participating in the festival include Jim Holler from Trinity Guitars in Jamestown, Scott Freilich from Buffalo’s Top Shelf Music. There will also be numerous violin, guitar and mandolin builders from throughout western NY. Dealers and representatives of some of the world’s finest instruments will be in attendance, as well.
The Mayville show will host many other workshops, demos, clinics, and discussions on subjects such as instrument construction; beginning to advanced guitar; Swing fiddle; mandolin, flatpicking and fingerstyle guitar. Besides McFarlane, workshop leaders include Buffalo guitar great Doug Yeomans, David Coester, Jim Holler, and Stanley Barton.
The event will be held at Mayville’s new Celebration Hall, which will serve as the vendor and main concert area. Workshops will take in the adjacent rooms to the hall, located in the old Mayville School building. Food and beverages will be available throughout the event.
Just down the road, the Red Brick Farm and Marketplace will be presenting a “Guitar Widow’s Getaway” on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival. That event will present an alternative for those who may wish to let their instrument enthusiast spouses or friends enjoy the show by themselves. The getaway will feature lunch specials, music, cooking and designing demos, wine tasting, and sales in the array of shops at the Red Brick Farm.
Admission for the weekend is $15, which will include the Saturday evening Will McFarlane concert. The fee for each workshop is $20(preregistered) and $25(gate). There will be single day admission rates available. For more info, call Mayville Events at 716.753.2800 or visit www.mayvilleevents.com
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