Event Schedule

 
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Friday

6-10 PM: Big Cajun Dance with Cory McCauley and the Evangeline Aces!
Doors open at 5:00 pm.

6pm The Time Temperature Danger Zone (String Band)

7pm Cory McCauley and the Evangeline Aces!

Saturday

10 AM-11 PM: All day performances and dance workshops in the Twin Sisters Dance Hall and on TWO tent stages. Workshop tent. Texas fiddle symposium presentations

Big Dance Saturday night with the legendary JODY NIX

Sunday

10-4pm Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association Fiddle Contest

The 1st Annual FTF bajo sexto contest, sponsored by H. Jimenez

Special instrument workshop and special performances on two stages. Square dance at 2:30, with live caller and band, sponsored by the Austin Friends of Traditional Music

 
 

STAGE SCHEDULEs

FULL SCHEDULE FOR EACH DAY

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DANCE HALL

FRIDAY

5:00

Doors open!

5:40

Festival Opening Welcome

6:00-7:00

The Time Temperature Danger Zone

7:15-10:00

Corey McCauley and the Evangeline Aces


SATURDAY

10:00-11:30

Wes Westmoreland’s History of Texas Style Fiddling

11:40-12:25

Felipe Perez y sus Polkeros

12:30-1:50

Dance Workshop I: Texas 2 Step, Waltz, Schottishe, and Polka

2:00-2:45

Dance Workshop II: Huapango workshop w/ Trio Huapangueros Elegidos

3:00-3:40

Kevin Anthony and G Town

3:50-4:40

Brian Marshall

4:50-5:35

Belen Escobedo y Panfilo’s Güera

5:40-6:00

[Jody Nix loads in]

5:40-6:00

Dance Workshop II: Texas Two-Step

5:50-6:00

Raffle sponsored by H. Jimenez. And Texas Master Fiddler Award Ceremony

6:00-6:50

Mark Halata

7:00-7:45

Ed Poullard

8:00-11:00

Jody Nix


 SUNDAY

10:00-10:20

Ella Brussard

10:30-11:40

Steward Family Band Gospel Set

11:50-12:50

Sotavento

1:00-2:30

Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association Lunch

2:30-4:00

Texas Old Time Square Dance sponsored by Austin Friends of Traditional Music

 
 

TRUE VINE STAGE 

SATURDAY

11:00-11:40

Shinbone Alley String Band

The Present and Future of Texas Style Fiddling, hosted by Wes Westmoreland and accompanied by Hyatt Hopkins

11:50-12:10

Clara Mitchell

12:15-12:35

Luke Moody

12:40-1:00

Tristan Paskvan

1:00-1:20

Mason Ludiker

1:30-2:10

Steward Family Band

2:20-2:50

Heidi Labensart

3:00-3:30

Luke Bulla

Bearers of True Vine Traditions

3:40-4:10

Santiago Jimenez, Jr. (NEA Heritage Fellow)

4:20-4:50

Epi y Cruz Martinez

5:00-6:00

Trio Canto A Mi Tierra

6:10-7:00

Tina Pilione and Paul Anastasio with Sotavento


SUNDAY

Welcoming the Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association Contest!

10:00

Registration

11:00

Contest Begins

1-2:30

TOTFA lunch break

1:15-2:15

Daniel Ullon and Nathan Vargo

2:30

Contest finals

 
 

TEXAS TRADITIONS STAGE

SATURDAY

11:00-11:20

UTSA Student Fiddle Ensemble

11:30-12:00

Aaron Salinas

Texas Tune Travels I: The Big Bang of Texas-Czech and Texas Polish Music

12:00-12:40

Brian Marshall, Mark Halata, Frank Motley, Mark Rubin
Moderator: Patrick Sparks

12:50-1:35

Josh Baca Duo

Texas Tune Travels II: The Gulf Coast Sound

1:45-2:45

Brian Marshall, Ed Poullard, Kevin Anthony, Brian O’Donnell, Cory McCauley
Moderator: Patrick Sparks

Texas Tune Travels III: Texas-Mexican and Mexican Fiddling in Texas

3:00-3:45

Belen Escobedo, Marcos Acosta, Osíris Caballero, Josh Baca and Hunter Chavez, Epi Martinez Alazán y Rosillo, Aaron Salinas
Moderator: Dan Margolies

Texas Tune Travels IV: The Franklin Family Legacy

4:00-5:30

Larry Franklin, Jason Andrew, Aven Andrew, Dennis Ludiker, Jake Wilson
Moderator: Jason Andrew

Texas Tune Travels V: Masters of the Texas Style

5:40-6:10

Wes Westmoreland with Hyatt Hopkins

6:20-6:50

Carl Hopkins with Hyatt Hopkins

7:00-8:00

Alazán y Rosillo


SUNDAY

12:00-12:50

Dan Foster’s Fiddling In and Around Austin 1870 and Beyond

1:00-4:00

1st Annual Bajo Sexto Contest, sponsored by H. Jimenez

 
 
 

WORKSHOPS

SATURDAY

LOCATION: DANCE HALL

12:30-1:50

Dance Workshops I: Texas 2 Step, Waltz, Schottishe, and Polka

2:00-2:45

Dance Workshops II: Huapango workshop with Trio Huapangueros Elegidos

5:40-6:00

Dance Workshop II: Texas Two-Step

LOCATION: WORKSHOP TENT

1:00

Violin Tuxteco (Son Jarocho fiddle) - J.A. Strub

2:00

Bajo Sexto - Epi Martinez

4:00

Gulf Coast Fiddle - Kevin Anthony


SUNDAY

LOCATION: WORKSHOP TENT

12:00

Legendary Tejano Fiddler Belen Escobedo Texas

1:00

Texas Old Time Duck Wootan family tunes

2:00

Tierra Caliente tunes - Tina Pilione and Paul Anastasio