Arts & Entertainment
HOT BUTTERED RUM- Outdoor Concert
2012 Summer Nights Festival of Outdoor Concerts
Bluegrass Night at the Osher Marin JCC
Hot Buttered Rum & Bill Evans Banjo
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Music, Dinners, Cocktails, Picnics, Dancing, Playground
Sat, July 7, 2012 @ 7pm
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“Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity."– Relix Magazine
Hot Buttered Rum headlines the first of five Saturday night outdoor family friendly concerts for the 2012 Summer Nights Festival at the Osher Marin JCC.
The first of five multi-cultural outdoor concerts brings a mixture of traditional Bluegrass with modern influences, from this Bay Area based American five-piece progressive bluegrass act. Hot Buttered Rum weaves together the
traditions of folk and bluegrass with the modern influences of rock-n-roll, reggae and acoustic winger/songwriters.
The group values creativity in both its instrumental work and its songwriting.
Internationally known five-string banjo life force Bill Evans opens the evening with special
fun on the banjo. Bill is a performer,
teacher, writer, scholar and composer, with a contagious passion to all things
banjo and thousands of music fans and banjo students from all over the world.
“One of the best banjo pickers on
the planet.” —Mark Wittington, San
Jose Mercury News
We invite all to throw a blanket on the turf,
secure a picnic table next to the playground, sit on chairs, get up and dance,
bring the kids and play together, or leave them at home and make it a date
night. Bring a dinner or purchase one on
site from Roadside BBQ. The night is filled
with possibilities and the music is Bluegrass.
WHAT: Bluegrass, picnics, dinner, playground,
dancing, cocktails, fun. Outdoors under the stars.
WHO: All are invited.
Family Friendly
WHEN: Sat, July 7 @ 7pm.
Doors Open @ 6pm
WHERE: The Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd. San
Rafael, CA
PARKING: Ample FREE parking. Accessing the Osher Marin JCC from Highway
101 is effortless, ¼ mile E off 101
TICKETS: Adults- $20 advance/$25 day of/Kids
6-18 - $5. Children 5 and under FREE ~ www.marinjcc.org/summernights
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Hot Buttered Rum Some of HBR’s most notable performances
to date have included sets at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Newport
Folk Festival, South by Southwest, High Sierra Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music
Festival, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
and have headlined The Fillmore. They have performed with a wide array of
artists, including Phil Lesh, Ben Harper, Chris Thile, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan,
and Bill Nershi. Well Oiled Machine, HBR's studio album, produced by
Mike Marshall and featuring guest appearances by Peter Rowan and Darol Anger,
was released in early 2006. Limbs Akimbo, HBR's most recent studio
album, released in 2009, features Jackie Greene and Zach Gill.
“Few things rejuvenate the soul like a warm
fireside drink after an exhausting day in the snow. Hot Buttered Rum has that
effect. Their original songs are instantly familiar and inviting, and their
easygoing versions of timeless classics (the Beatles, Hank Williams) belie the
intricacy of the arrangements.” –San
Francisco Chronicle
About the Osher Marin JCC – A Marin
Non-Profit Center
The Osher
Marin JCC is the community center
of Marin County.
Epitomizing the essence of Marin, with a range of authentic cultural experiences
enjoyed by many generations, the Osher Marin JCC offers award-winning
facilities, abundant physical and educational activities and world-class
programming relevant to our entire community today. Since the Osher Marin JCC’s
founding in 1947, the center has become recognizable for its rich history of
Jewish traditions and values with an unparalleled all-inclusive community
spirit. For more information about the Osher Marin JCC, please visit
The Festival of
Summer Nights is a series of five
celebrations for all ages with live
music, dance instruction, food, and family
fun. Presented by The Kanbar Center
for the Performing Arts, each celebration
brings in hundreds of guests for an
evening of culture and community under
the summer skies.
“One
of the most remarkable aspects of
Summer Nights is the venue. The
outdoor field and playground where the
concerts take place are part of the
larger campus serving the JCC and Brandeis
Hillel Day School. Located uphill from
the JCC, Swig field is surrounded on
all sides by the Marin Hills and
the JCC building, creating a
self-contained, safe, outdoor park-like
environment that is expansive and open, yet
accessible only through the JCC and
removed from the street.”
7/7: Bluegrass Night - Bill
Evans banjos open for Hot Buttered Rum
7/14: Euro-Gypsy/ Cultural Fusion
Night - Rupa & the April
Fishes
7/21: African Music Night - Oliver
Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits
7/28: Cajun Night - Steve Riley & the Mamou
Playboys
8/4: Latin Music Night - Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion
