Vancouver Island Musicfest - Stage Schedules - 2008

Friday Evening Performances Concert Bowl
4:30 - 4:50 - Opening Ceremonies
5:00 - 6:00 - Kobotown
6:20 - 7:20 - The Higgins
7:40 - 8:50 - The Legendary Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends
9:10 - 10:10 - Eneida Marta
10:30 - 11:45 - The Wailers with Elan

Saturday Evening Performances Concert Bowl
5:00 - 6:00 - Baka Beyond
6:20 - 7:30 - The Weakerthans
7:45 - 9:00 - Jerry Douglas
9:20 - 10:25 - Joe Louis Walker
10:50 - 11:50 - Jaune Toujours

Sunday Evening Performances Concert Bowl
5:00 - 6:00 - Rory Block
6:15 - 7:15 - Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long
7:30 - 8:45 - Sparrow Quartet
9:00 - 10:15 - Taj Mahal
10:30 - 11:45 - Pato Banton & The Mystic Roots Band

Saturday Daytime Concert Bowl
10:45 - 11:45 - Shearwater Concert
12:00 - 1:00 - Mansa Sissoko & Jayme Stone Concert
1:15 - 2:15 - Dirk Powell Band Concert
2:30 - 4:00 - Musicfest Collaboration Project ‘The Roots of Rhythm’ with
Sal Ferreras, Cassius Khan & Amika Kushwaha, Maeve Mackinnon, Jorge
Miguel & Ilse Gudino, Pacific Curls, April Verch

Saturday Grierson Community Stage
10:00 - 11:15 - ‘Canadian Cultures’ with
Cassius Khan & Amika Kushwaha, Kobotown, Jorge Miguel Flamenco & Dance
Ensemble, The Pucks
11:30 - 12:45 - ‘Shades Of Blue’ with
Matt Andersen, Rory Block, Morgan Davis, Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher with
Jean-noel Godard, Joe Louis Walker
1:00 - 2:00 - Elliott Brood Concert
2:15 - 3:30 - ‘All That Jazz’ with
Marc Atkinson Trio, Djazz Kids, Trent Freeman, Tina Jones (from the
Kerplunks), Linsey Wellman (from Kobotown), Mattias Laga & Dirk
Timmermans (from Jaune Toujours), Valdy
4:00 - 5:00 - Acoustic Masters with Jerry Douglas Dirk Powell John Jorgenson

Saturday in the Barn
10:30 - 11:45 - ‘Fiddle About’ with
Qristina & Quinn Bachand, The Carrivick Sisters, Trent Freeman, Patti
Lamoureux, Dirk Powell & Sammy Lind, April Verch
12:00 - 1:40 - ‘Sweet Harmony’ with
Dala, The Higgins, Eneida Marta, Pacific Curls
2:00 - 3:15 - ‘The Power of Song’ with
Chuck Brodsky, Kendall Patrick, Spider Robinson, Ali Romanow, Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long
3:30 - 5:00 - ‘Hope You Like Jammin’ Too!’ with
Pato Banton, Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher with Jean-noel Godard, Mansa
Sissoko & Jayme Stone

Saturday Woodland Stage
10:00 - 10:50 - Michael Friedman Concert
11:00 - 11:50 - Kendall Patrick Concert
12:00 - 12:50 - Spider Robinson & Friends Concert
1:00 - 1:50 - Maeve Mackinnon Concert
2:00 - 2:50 - Morgan Davis Concert
3:00 - 3:50 - The Carrivick Sisters Concert
4:00 - 4:50 - Enoch Kent Concert

Saturday Grassy Knoll
10:00 - 10:50 - ‘Scotland, Then and Now’ with
Enoch Kent & Maeve Mackinnon
11:00 - 11:50 - The Kerplunks Family Show
12:00 - 12:50 - Marc Atkinson Trio Concert
1:00 - 1:50 - The Pucks Concert
2:00 - 2:50 - The Flying Accusations Concert
3:00 - 3:50 - ‘Songs I Wish I Wrote’ with
Matt Andersen, Todd Butler, The Pucks,
4:00 - 5:00 - ‘Some Things Change, Some Remain The Same’ with
Rory Block, Chuck Brodsky, Dala, Tammy Fassaert (from Shearwater),

Saturday Instructional Workshop Stage
10:00 - 10:50 - Putting Together Harmonies with The Higgins
11:00 - 11:50 - Fingerstyle Guitar with Alan Jossul
12:00 - 12:50 - Guitar Tricks with Valdy
1:00 - 1:50 - Indian Slide Guitar with Salil Bhatt
2:00 - 2:50 - Calypso Singing & Songwriting with Drew Gonsalves (from
Kobotown)
3:00 - 3:50 - Slide Guitar with Joe Louis Walker
4:00 - 4:50 - Canadian Fiddle Styles with Patti Lamoureux

Sunday Daytime Concert Bowl
11:00 - 12:30 - ‘Country Routes’ with
The Carrivick Sisters, The Flying Accusations, The Higgins, Shearwater
12:45 - 2:00 - ‘Rhythm Is The Driver’ with
Matt Andersen, Marc Atkinson Trio, Sal Ferreras, Jorge Miguel Flamenco &
Dance Ensemble
2:15 - 3:15 - April Verch Concert
3:30 - 4:30 - Jorge Miguel Flamenco & Dance Ensemble Concert

Sunday Grierson Community Stage
10:00 - 10:50 - The Foghorn Duo Concert (Caleb Klauder & Sammy Lind from
the Dirk Powell Band)
11:00 - 12:30 - ‘One World, One Tribe’ with
Baka Beyond, Pato Banton, Eneida Marta, Pacific Curls
12:45 - 1:45 - ‘No Banjo Jokes Please (these folks are serious!)’ with
Dirk Powell, Mansa Sissoko & Jayme Stone, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
(from Sparrow Quartet)
2:00 - 3:15 - ‘String Thang’ with
Todd Butler, The Carrivick Sisters, Trent Freeman, Tao Ravao & Vincent
Bucher, Dave Clarke & James Whittall (from Shearwater), Casey Driessan
(from Sparrow Quartet),
3:30 - 4:30 - ‘Loss, Life & Love’ with
Elliott Brood, Michael Friedman, Kendall Patrick, Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long,
Abigail Washburn (from Sparrow Quartet)
4:45 - 5:45 - ‘If I Only Had Two Songs to Sing’ with
Chuck Brodsky, Dala, Morgan Davis, Enoch Kent, John Samson (from the
Weakerthans)

Sunday in the Barn
10:30 - 11:40 - ‘Morning Ragas’ with
Salil Bhatt, Cassius Khan & Amika Kushwaha
12:00 - 1:00 - ‘Kids In The Barn’ with
The Kerplunks, The Pucks, Valdy
1:20 - 2:40 - ‘Rockin’ The Barn’ with
Elliott Brood, Jaune Toujours, The Weakerthans
3:00 - 3:30 - Joe Louis Walker ‘Talking Blues with Holger Petersen’
3:30 - 4:00 - Rory Block ‘Talking Blues with Holger Petersen’
4:20 - 5:30 - Baka Beyond Up Close

Sunday Woodland Stage
10:00 - 10:50 - Djazz Kids Concert
11:00 - 11:50 - Qristina & Quinn Bachand Concert
12:00 - 12:50 - Cassius Khan & Amika Kushwaha Concert
1:00 - 1:50 - Chuck Brodsky Concert
2:00 - 2:50 - Dala Concert
3:00 - 3:50 - Matt Andersen Concert
4:00 - 4:50 - Valdy Concert

Sunday The Grassy Knoll
10:00 - 10:50 - Alan Jossul Concert
11:00 - 11:50 - Ali Romanow Concert
12:00 - 12:50 - Patti Lamoureux Concert
1:00 - 2:30 - Write A Blues Song with Henry Oden (from the Joe Louis
Walker Band)
2:45 -3:45 - Pacific Curls Concert
4:00 - 5:00 - Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher with Jean-noel Godard Concert

Sunday Instructional Workshop Stage
10:00 - 10:50 - Playing as a Trio with the Marc Atkinson Trio
11:00 - 11:50 - Intro to Steel Guitar with Stephen Carroll (from the
Weakerthans)
12:00 - 12:50 - Open Tunings For Guitar with Michael Friedman
1:00 - 1:50 - A Life in Music; Enoch Kent in Conversation with Sheryl
MacKay
2:00 - 2:50 - Gaelic Singing with Maeve Mackinnon
3:00 - 3:50 - Rhythms Workshop with Sal Ferreras & Cassius Khan
4:00 - 5:00 - Bass Is The Place with Dinah D (from the Kerplunks), Lloyd
Larsen (from The Pucks), Ben Sollee (from Sparrow Quartet), Mathieu
Verkaeren (from Jaune Toujours), Cody Walters (from the April Verch
Band), Henry Oden (from the Joe Louis Walker Band)

2008 Musicfest Artists Performance Schedule

Matt Andersen
Sat Grierson Stage 'Shades of Blue' - 11:30 am - 12:45
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Songs I Wish I Wrote' - 3:00 - 3:50
Sun Concert Bowl 'Rhythm is The Driver' - 12:45 - 2:00
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 3:00 - 3:50

Marc Atkinson Trio
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 12:00 - 12:50
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' - 2:15 - 3:30
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage - 'Playing as a Trio' - 10:00 am to 10:50
Sun Concert Bowl 'Rhythm is The Driver' - 12:45 - 2:00

Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' - 10:30 am - 11:45
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 11:00 am - 11:50

Baka Beyond
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 5:00 - 6:00
Sun Grierson Stage "One World, One Tribe" - 11:00 am - 12:30
Sun in the Barn - Baka Beyond Up Close - 4:20 - 5:30

Pato Banton
Sat in the Barn 'Hope You Like Jammin' Too!' - 3:30 - 5:00
Sun Grierson Stage "One World, One Tribe" - 11:00 am - 12:30
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 10:30 pm - 11:45

Salil Bhatt
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage - Indian Music & Slide Guitar - 1:00 - 1:50
Sun in the Barn - Morning Ragas - 10:30 am - 11:40

Rory Block
Sat Grierson Stage 'Shades of Blue' - 11:30 am - 12:45
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Some Things Change, Some Remain The Same' - 4:00 - 5:00
Sun in the Barn 'Talking Blues with Holger Petersen' - 3:30 - 4:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Chuck Brodsky
Sat in the Barn 'The Power of Song' - 2:00 - 3:15
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Some Things Change, Some Remain The Same' - 4:00 - 5:00
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 1:00 - 1:50
Sun Grierson Stage - If I Only Had Two Songs To Sing - 4:45 - 5:45

Elliot Brood
Sat Grierson Stage 'Concert' - 1:00 - 2:00
Sun in the Barn ' Rockin' The Barn' - 1:20 -2:40
Sun Grierson Stage - Loss, Life & Love - 3:30 - 4:30

Todd Butler
Sat Woodland Stage - (backing Spider Robinson) - 12:00 - 12:50
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Songs I Wish I Wrote' - 3:00 - 3:50
Sun Grierson Stage - 'String Thang' - 2:00 - 3:15

The Carrivick Sisters
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' - 10:30 am - 11:45
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 3:00 - 3:50
Sun Concert Bowl - 'Country Routes' - 11:00 am - 12:30
Sun Grierson Stage - 'String Thang' - 2:00 - 3:15

Dala
Sat in the Barn 'Sweet Harmony' - 12:00 - 1:40
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Some Things Change, Some Remain The Same' - 4:00 - 5:00
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 2:00 - 2:50
Sun Grierson Stage - 'If I Only Had Two Songs To Sing' - 4:45 - 5:45

Morgan Davis
Sat Grierson Stage 'Shades of Blue' - 11:30 am - 12:45
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 2:00 - 2:50
Sun Grierson Stage - 'If I Only Had Two Songs To Sing' - 4:45 - 5:45

Djazz Kids
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' - 2:15 - 3:30
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 10:00 am - 10:50

Jerry Douglas Band
Sat Grierson Stage
Acoustic Masters with Jerry Douglas Dirk Powell John Jorgenson - 4:00 - 5:00
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 7:45 - 9:00

Sal Ferreras
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Rhythm is The Driver' - 12:45 - 2:00
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Rhythms Workshop' - 3:00 - 3:50

The Flying Accusations
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 2:00 - 2:50
Sun Concert Bowl 'Country Routes' - 11:00 am - 12:30

Trent Freeman
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' - 10:30 am - 11:45
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' - 2:15 - 3:30
Sun Grierson Stage - 'String Thang' - 2:00 - 3:15

Michael Friedman
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 10:00 am - 10:50
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Open Tunings for Guitar' - 12:00 - 12:50
Sun Grierson Stage 'Loss, Life & Love' - 3:30 - 4:30

The Higgins
Friday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 6:20 - 7:20 pm
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Putting Together Harmonies' - 10:00 am -
10:50
Sat in the Barn "Sweet Harmony" - 12:00 - 1:40
Sun Concert Bowl 'Country Routes' - 11:00 am - 12:30

Alan Jossul
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Fingerstyle Guitar' - 11:00 am - 11:50
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 10:00 am - 10:50

Enoch Kent
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Scotland, Then and Now' - 10:00 am - 10:50
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 4:00 - 4:50
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage - 'A Life In Music (with Sheryl MacKay) - 1:00 - 1:50
Sun Grierson Stage 'If I Only Had Two Songs To Sing' - 4:45 - 5:45

Kerplunks
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Family Show' - 11:00 am - 11:50
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' (Tina Jones) - 2:15 - 3:30
Sun in the Barn 'Kid's In The Barn' - 12:00 - 1:00
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage - 'Bass is the Place' (Dinah D) - 4:00 - 5:00

Cassius Khan & Amika Kushwaha
Sat Grierson Stage 'Canadian Cultures' - 10:00 am - 11:15
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun in the Barn 'Morning Ragas' - 10:30 am - 11:40
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 12:00 - 12:50
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Rhythms Workshop' (Cassius) - 3:00 - 3:50

Kobotown
Friday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 5 to 6 pm
Sat Grierson Stage 'Canadian Cultures' - 10:00 am - 11:15
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Calypso Singing & Songwriting' (Drew
Gonsalves) - 2:00 - 2:50
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' (Linsey Wellman) - 2:15 - 3:30

Patti Lamoureux
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' - 10:30 am - 11:45
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Canadian Fiddle Styles Wkshop' - 4:00 - 4:50
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 12:00 - 12:50

Maeve Mackinnon
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Scotland, Then and Now' - 10:00 am - 10:50
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 1:00 - 1:50
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Gaelic Singing' - 2:00 - 2:50

Taj Mahal
Sunday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 9:00 - 10:15

Eneida Marta
Friday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 9:10 - 10:10 pm
Sat in the Barn 'Sweet Harmony' - 12:00 - 1:40
Sun Grierson Stage 'One World, One Tribe' - 11:00 am - 12:30

Jorge Miguel Flamenco & Dance Ensemble
Sat Grierson Stage 'Canadian Cultures' - 10:00 am - 11:15
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' (Jorge & Ilse) - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Rhythm is The Driver' - 12:45 - 2:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 3:30 - 4:30

Pacific Curls
Sat in the Barn 'Sweet Harmony' - 12:00 - 1:40
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun Grierson Stage "One World, One Tribe" - 11:00 am - 12:30
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 2:45 - 3:45

Kendall Patrick
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 11:00 am - 11:50
Sat in the Barn 'The Power of Song' - 2:00 - 3:15
Sun Grierson Stage 'Loss, Life & Love' 3:30 - 4:30

Dirk Powell Band
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' (Dirk Powell & Sammy Lind) 10:30 am - 11:45
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 1:15 - 2:15
Sat Grierson Stage Acoustic Masters 4:00 - 5:00
Sun Grierson Stage 'Foghorn Duo Concert' (Caleb Klauder & Sammy Lind)
10:00 am - 10:50
Sun Grierson Stage ‘No Banjo Jokes Please (these folks are serious!)’
(Dirk only) - 12:45 - 1:45

The Pucks
Sat Grierson Stage 'Canadian Cultures' 10:00 am - 11:15
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 1:00 - 1:50
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Songs I Wish I Wrote' - 3:00 - 3:50
Sun in the Barn 'Kid's In The Barn' - 12:00 - 1:00
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Bass is the Place' (Lloyd Larsen) - 4:00 - 5:00

Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher & Jean-noel Godard
Sat Grierson Stage 'Shades of Blue' - 11:30 am - 12:45
Sat in the Barn 'Hope You Like Jammin' Too!' - 3:30 - 5:00
Sun Grierson Stage 'String Thang' (Tao & Vincent) - 2:00 - 3:15
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 4:00 - 5:00

Spider Robinson
Sat Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 12:00 - 12:50
Sat in the Barn 'The Power of Song' - 2:00 - 3:15

Ali Romanow
Sat in the Barn 'The Power of Song' - 2:00 - 3:15
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Concert' - 11:00 - 11:50

The Legendary Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends
Friday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 7:40 - 8:50

Shearwater
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' 10:45 am - 11:45
Sat Grassy Knoll 'Some Things Change, Some Remain The Same' (Tammy
Fassaert) - 4:00 - 5:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Country Routes' - 11:00 am - 12:30
Sun Grierson Stage 'String Thang' (Dave Clarke & James Whittall) - 2:00
- 3:15

Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long
Sat in the Barn 'The Power of Song' - 2:00 - 3:15
Sun Grierson Stage 'Loss, Life and Love' - 3:30 - 4:30
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 6:15 - 7:15

Mansa Sissoko & Jayme Stone
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 12:00 - 1:00
Sat in the Barn 'Hope You Like Jammin' Too!' - 3:30 - 5:00
Sun Grierson Stage ‘No Banjo Jokes Please (these folks are
serious!)’(Mansa & Jayme only) - 12:45 - 1:45

Sparrow Quartet with Abigail Washburn & Bela Fleck
Sun Grierson Stage ‘No Banjo Jokes Please (these folks are serious!)’
(Bela & Abigail only) - 12:45 - 1:45
Sun Grierson Stage 'String Thang' (Casey Driessan) - 2:00 - 3:15
Sun Grierson Stage 'Loss, Life & Love' (Abigail Only) - 3:30 - 4:30
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Bass is the Place' (Ben Sollee) - 4:00 - 5:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 7:30 - 8:45

Jaune Toujours
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' (Mattias Laga & Dirk Timmermans) -
2:15 - 3:30
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 10:50 - 11:50 pm
Sun in the Barn ' Rockin' The Barn' - 1:20 - 2:40
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Bass is the Place' (Mathieu Verkaeren) -
4:00 - 5:00

Valdy
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Guitar Tricks' - 12:00 - 12:50
Sat Grierson Stage 'All That Jazz' - 2:15 - 3:30
Sun in the Barn 'Kid's In The Barn' - 12:00 - 1:00
Sun Woodland Stage 'Concert' - 4:00 - 4:50

April Verch
Sat in the Barn 'Fiddle About' - 10:30 am - 11:45
Sat Concert Bowl 'The Roots Of Rhythm' - 2:30 - 4:00
Sun Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 2:15 - 3:15
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Bass is the Place' (Cody Walters) - 4:00 - - 5:00

The Wailers featuring Elan
Friday Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 10:30 - 11:45 pm

Joe Louis Walker
Sat Grierson Stage 'Shades of Blue' - 11:30 am - 12:45
Sat Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Slide Guitar Workshop' (Joe Louis
Walker) 3:00 - 3:50
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' 9:20 - 10:25
Sun Grassy Knoll 'Write A Blues Song' (Henry Oden) 1:00 - 2:30
Sun in the Barn 'Talking Blues with Holger Petersen' - 3:00 - 3:30
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Bass is the Place' (Henry Oden) - 4:00 - 5:00

The Weakerthans
Sat Concert Bowl 'Concert' - 6:20 - 7:30
Sun Instructional Wkshop Stage 'Intro to Steel Guitar' (Stephen Carroll) -
11:00 am - 11:50
Sun in the Barn ' Rockin' The Barn' - 1:20 -2:40
Sun Grierson Stage 'If I Only Had Two Songs to Sing' (John Samson) - 4:45 -5:45