Don’t miss this program of genuine French-Canadian folk tunes performed with toe-tapping intensity on guitar, fiddles, banjo, percussion, and wash tub bass by Rich Gosselin, L. LeBlanc, Paul and Paula Lurias, and Den Poitras.

Preceding the 7:00 PM performance, French-Canadian foods (tourtière, ragoût, and dessert crêpes) catered by Trinity Catering will be available at 6:00 PM for $3 to $6. Dancing follows with instructions in two-step and line dancing.

Saturday, June 12, 2010
Location: Msgr. Ducharme Center, Dupont Street, Worcester, MA
Tickets: $12 adults; $6 children 12 and under
Reserved tables for 4 ($48) and for 8 ($96) For tickets, call Yvette Prosser at (508) 755-5724

This event is sponsored by Holy Family Parish in Worcester together with Council #56, Union Saint Jean-Baptiste of Worcester, a division of Catholic Family Life Insurance.

Check out this article about the Goodtime Stringband’s participation in the filming of Furry Vengeance published in the Somerville Journal and WickedLocal.com:

Somerville band goes Hollywood

By Meghann Ackerman

Wicked Local Somerville

Posted May 13, 2010 @ 02:06 PM

Yes, there’s Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser, but if you pay close attention during a screening of “Furry Vengeance,” you might catch local musicians The Goodtime Stringband playing “Cotton Eyed Joe.”

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Skip Gorman will be performing this Saturday, May 15th as part of the Sharon House Concerts series. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see one of the area’s finest roots musicians!

Time: 7:30 pm to Sharon House Concerts
Location:
34 Livingston Road
Sharon, MA
Donation: $20
Phone: 781 784 4408
Email: lees@resourceful.com

Enjoy a night of bluegrass and old-time music Thursday, May 13 at 7:30 PM. Performing will be some of the world’s best banjo players at this annual Banjo Extravaganza. The event is co-sponsored by Banjo Camp North. $20 in advance; $22 at the door. Call 781-861-6559, ext. 4101, to reserve tickets.

National Heritage Museum
33 Marrett Rd.
Lexington, MA 02421
(781) 861-6559

Stop on by Lynch Park for the 10th Annual Pickers Picnic on Saturday May 22nd – the only place you can get a burger for a song! Bring your instruments and appetites for a day of jamming at this beautiful oceanfront park. Mostly bluegrass, but all types of acoustic music are welcome, and there is plenty of jam space available. Listeners welcome too.

They’ll have burgers, hot dogs, soft drinks and snacks. While they charge nothing for the event, they always welcome a side dish or dessert. Invite your jamming friends, the more the merrier!

Come join us for the free music festival of the pickers, by the pickers, and for the pickers – a great day for the whole family.

Info/Directions for Lynch Park below
http://www.bevrec.com/lynchpark.html

A post about the band’s involvement in the Furry Vengeance movie appears on John Lawless’s wonderful Bluegrass Blog.  Click here to read the full post – here’s a taste…

If you have young children at home – or are exposed to much television advertising – you know about Furry Vengeance, a new theatrical film from Summit Entertainment. The premise is a fairly common Hollywood morality play where venal developers bulldoze a forest to build a housing and retail tract, only to be outsmarted and ultimately defeated by the cute, furry critters who have been displaced.

So why are we interested in this movie on The Bluegrass Blog? Well it turns out that The Goodtime Stringband, a group near Boston, has a role in the film and performs a version of Cotton Eyed Joe onscreen, which is also included in the soundtrack release.

Sierra Hull and Adam Steffey, two giants of the bluegrass mandolin, will be appearing together in a rare Boston appearance at the RegattaBar in the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge on Thursday, May 6. The show begins at 7:30 and tickets are $18.

Tickets are available on the Regattabar website
www.regattabarjazz.com
or by phone:617-395-7757

For more information on Sierra and Adam click here

Upham’s Corner Main Street (UCMS) presents the third annual Urban Safari, an event celebrating the Upham’s Corner community and supporting its business revitalization. Event Details and Ticket Purchase

The Urban Safari will be held Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Franklin Park Zoo’s Barnyard, 1 Franklin Park Road, Boston MA 02121. Urban Safari began in 2007, as way to underwrite management and execution of the UCMS goals to support small businesses in order to create a more thriving Upham’s Corner community. As one of Dorchester’s main business districts, merchants, property owners, residents, and city officials seek through UCMS to create new permanent jobs with an optimal mix of retail businesses and changed shopping patterns that fit the priorities of Upham’s Corner’s twenty-first century residents.

The Barnyard at Franklin Park Zoo immerses guests in a fascinating experience. Visitors will not want to miss the dozens of animals including prairie dogs, ducks, and a rare Amur Leopard. A petting area which contains sheep, goats, horses and other animals, makes the barnyard a truly unforgettable experience. But this fun-filled event is more than just a night at the zoo; the evening’s adventure includes music by the Goodtime Stringband, food and drink, games and prizes, and a silent auction.

Established in 1996, UCMS has been able to facilitate community participation to turn around an era of disinvestment and decline that happened in the second half of the twentieth century. Through difficult times, the community remained loyal to its home, as it understood as long as the neighborhood’s history and cultural diversity were preserved; the soul of Upham’s Corner would survive. Founded by local residents, businesses, and agencies, UCMS is charged with the task of reinventing Upham’s Corner into its former vibrant and magnetic business and residential district. UCMS engages the Upham’s Corner community in its efforts to preserve and revitalize the neighborhood’s history, culture and commercial center.