Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival

2013 Lineup and Schedule Released

by The Seldovia Arts Council

The Seldovia Arts Council presents the 2013 Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival list of performers and schedule.  The annual event will take place in Seldovia, June 20-23.  The festival includes a ferry jam, open mic, workshops, a song circle, gospel jam, and 14 performing acts.

This year’s headliners are Broadway performing artist, Theresa Thomason, and Alaskan band, Super Saturated Sugar Strings.  Others included in the festival lineup are Si Kahn & Suzanne Little, John Cook, Alex Mabey and many more outstanding performers from around Alaska.

The festival starts off with a “Ferry Jam” on Thursday, June 20th.  Performers and festival attendees can travel on the Seldovia Bay Ferry’s Kachemak Voyager from the Homer Spit to Seldovia, while enjoying a live musical jam session.  Ferry departs from Homer at 11:00 a.m.

A no-host dinner will take place for performers and visitors at 5:00 p.m. at the Linwood Bar and Grill.  An Open Mic starts at 7:30 p.m. and is sure to include many surprising performances by local Seldovians, plus visitors to the community.  After the open mic, local band Billygoat will play live back down at the Linwood Bar.

On Friday, there will be a Musicians United to Save Bristol Bay workshop at 1:00 p.m. at Susan B. English School.  It will focus on music and social action to make the world a better place, and to inspire others – led by Si Kahn and Suzanne Little.  At 2:00 p.m., there will be a videoconference workshop at the Seldovia Public Continue Reading