Farm Fest 2011
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Farm Fest - A Fundraiser for 1000 Friends of Maryland and our efforts to Keep Farmers Farming!!
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 1pm-6pm Farmer Tom's- a fabulous working farm at 427 Cockeys Mill Road in Reisterstown.
TICKETS
Come and be a part of this fun-filled fall festival!
Tickets for this fundraiser are:
Kids are FREE
Tickets are also available at the gate.
Farmer Tom's
Farmer Tom's farm is a preserved, working farm located just ten miles from Baltimore. Tom Reynolds has diversification down pat! He raises turkeys, tomatoes, corn, and has horses, a retail shop, and coming on line soon a solar powered barn that will raise both fish and lettuce in a closed loop system. Check out their website!
Bands
The afternoon will feature a spectacular music lineup including:
Hoots & Hellmouth
“A savory stew of roots, rock and soul, served with love. And hot sauce. Lots of hot sauce.”
Philadelphia’s Hoot & Hellmouth blend the twisted roots of American music in a fierce and fiery alchemy. Soulful three-part harmonies comingle with stringed things and foot stomps to build a synergy that bursts with aural aplomb. It’s city and country. It’s rock and it’s soul. It’s bleeding, sweating, crying, rejoicing…it’s alive! Take a listen!
Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddy’s
“He sings with an "'everyman' quality…reminiscent of Johnny Cash.”
From Baltimore, MD to Central Texas, Arty Hill packs bars and dance floors with his unique brand of Modern Honky Tonk. His songs - marrying the soul of classic country with the wry storytelling of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt - have been recorded by Rockabilly Queen Bee Marti Brom, Austin’s Texas Sapphires, the Grammy-nominated Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, and award-winning Alt-Country pioneers Jason & the Scorchers. Take a listen!
Caleb Stine
“His music and sincerity are so intertwined that it’s difficult to imagine one without the other.”
Caleb Stine is a local favorite. His shows feature an electric blend of American Roots music that The New Yorker dubbed 'appropriately train like—steady and powerful.' 'I Wasn't Built For A Life Like This', Stine's latest release has been called “easily the best self-released record this year," by Twangville.com as well as "a great display of songwriting and, perhaps just as importantly, album making.”
Stine is currently playing the role of Cisco Houston in Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith's play 'Woody Guthrie Dreams' which runs through September at Theater For The New City, in New York City. Farm Fest will be Caleb’s big return to Baltimore – and the fans that adore him. Take a listen!
Smooth Kentucky
“Smooth Kentucky’s sound is a trip through the spirit of American music.”
This Baltimore-based bluegrass band weaves silky smooth vocals with acoustic blues, rock, bluegrass and traditional music that should not be missed!
Smooth Kentucky got their start as a bluegrass group, While there is a definite bluegrass soul to what they do, their music is influenced by something other than just old-time mountain music. You may catch a Bill Monroe tune, or just as likely to hear Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, or Gordon Lightfoot.. Take a listen!
VENDORS
Farm Fest has delicious local foods and drinks local goodies and treats from our farmers market!
Enjoy incredible treats from: Atwaters, Clipper City Brewing Co., featuring Heavy Seas Beer, Gill County BBQ, Prigel Family Creamery, Liberty Delight Farms, Basignani Winery, She’s Gone Nuts, God Scent Herbs, Nelson Apiaries and Pax River Alpacas.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE - BRING THE KIDS!
Farmer Tom's is a little slice of paradise just minutes from Baltimore City. Tom and his wife have fruit, vegetables, turkeys, rabits, thoroughbreds, and a pumpkin patch.
And for the kiddos, not only do they get in for get in for FREE, but there is a petting zoo, a catch and release pond, pumpkin picking and hayrides!
SPONSORS
A big thank you to those who helped make this event happen:
ArchPlan, Philipsen Architects, Atwaters, Ayers Saint Gross, Goetze’s Candy Company, Gotugo, Graham Landscape Architecture, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Louis Perkins - Long and Foster, Maryland Conservation Council, Maryland Environmental Trust, Maryland Farm Bureau, Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit, Mahlon Perkins, Marsha Ramsey, Remsberg, Inc., Dale & Jackie Sams, Rick Struse, TerraLogos Environmental Group, Weston A. Price Foundation, and WTMD.
TICKETS
Come and be a part of this fun-filled fall festival!
Tickets for this fundraiser are:
It's not too late to sponsor!
Support our efforts to Keep Farmers Farming and get your name out at the same time by sponsoring Farm Fest. Download our sponsor form here.
Volunteer
1000 Friends is recruiting volunteers for Farm Fest! If you can donate two hours or more there's a free ticket in it for you! Contact Kelly at kelly @ friendsofmd.org for more information.
Raffle
Have something you'd like to donate to our raffle? Perhaps a piece of artwork, a gift certificate, or a PIG? Donating an item for our raffle, big or small, helps us more than you think. Contact Kelly at kelly @ friendsofmd.org for more information.
