This is a great opportunity to experience the incredible acoustic space in Armstrong Woods. Magical moments await!

The Armstrong Woods Old Grove Festival is a unique experience and is a rare opportunity to listen and enjoy great music in a magic setting. The performances take place in the Redwood Theater, which consists of rows upon rows of wooden benches and of course is surrounded by large redwoods. Snacks and drinks are available at the back of the theater, however it is ok to pack a picnic and bring it in as long as you pack it out.

The atmosphere is very laid back and seating is first come first served. The venue is so large that it is possible to hang out in back and just lye down on a bench and look up at tree tops and stars while listening to the music. 

I firmly recommend the Old Grove Festival and can say without hesitation that there is nothing else like it in the world. A truly unique, relaxing and fun, one of a kind experience.

JW

2009 Old Grove Festival Dates

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September 25 - Friday Evening

Chanticleer
The three-day Old Grove Festival opens with Chanticleer, the San Francisco-based male a capella ensemble. This outstanding group is known around the world as "an orchestra of voices" for the seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass. Chanticleer presents unique interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, gospel and innovative new music.

Gate opens at 5:00 p.m. Opening act at 5:45. Main show at 7:00.

September 26 - Saturday Evening

Maria Muldaur's Garden of Joy Jug Band

The second evening features legendary singer Maria Muldaur and her new roots band. Maria Muldaur returns to her roots with a new jug band called “Maria Muldaur's Garden of Joy Jug Band”.  Forty plus years since Maria's last performances with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, she is bringing back the music that first made her famous. The band will release its first CD (with guest artists David Grisman and John Sebastian) in late September, and will begin an international tour in October 2009 starting in the Pacific Northwest, into Canada and continuing across America. The Old Grove Festival will host the CD release and will be the venue for one of the new band’s first performances.
 
With a career spanning five decades, legendary singer Maria Muldaur is a one-woman powerhouse.  Born and raised in New York City’s Greenwich Village, with a music history firmly planted in American roots music, she is best known for her 1974 million-selling hit, "Midnight at the Oasis”. Her performances are infectious—part down-home revival, part sophisticated and joyful sensuality, and all a celebration of her total nature.

Gate opens at 5:00. Opening act The Thugz (a wildly popular local band know for their psychedelic classics and “grateful” jams) at 5:45. Main show at 7:00.


September 27 - Sunday Afternoon

Don Neely and the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

Back by popular demand, the Bay Area's Don Neely and the ten piece Royal Society Jazz Orchestra are renowned for authentically capturing the exciting sound of Big Band Swing, Hot Syncopated Jazz, Blues and the music of the Cotton Club. Inspired by great innovators like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Biederbecke, and Louis Armstrong, the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra has an intriguing personality and style all its own. Gate opens at Noon.

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