Forest Fest 2011
The Grascals headline eighth annual festival
Saturday, May 21
Presented by Louisville Metro Parks

It’s time to think spring and plan now for the eighth annual Forest Fest Bluegrass Music Festival featuring the award-winning Grascals. Admission is free; parking is $5 per carload. Forest Fest offers something for all ages including the best local,

regionaland national bluegrass music talent, plenty of good food, and arts and crafts.

Forest Fest is made possible with the support of Louisville Metro Council members. Councilwoman Vicki Welch is again the presenting sponsor. The City Council believes it is important to provide our community with great family friendly entertainment that brings us all together.

Music begins at 11 a.m. Along with the music, local crafters and artisans offer a unique display and sale of exquisite crafts.

Kids enjoy family games, face painting, nature activities and a forest scavenger hunt led by Metro Parks Events teams and the Jefferson Memorial Forest program staff.

For more information, send questions to forest@louisvilleky.gov or call 368-5404.

Forest Fest Schedule of Activities and Music 2011

10:30 - Booths open to the public
Horine Environmental Education Center open until 2 p.m.
Forest Nature booth opens for children

11:00 - Music Begins

Noon - Children’s activities until 5:00 [0218]

1:30 - The Forest Scavenger hunt for families and children begins

4 p.m. - Announce the winners of the Scavenger Hunt and Award prizes

7 p.m. - Festival Concludes

Forest Fest Band Schedule 2011
WFPK Radio’s Berk Bryant program emcee

11:00 – 11:50 - Relic
12:00 – 12:50 - High Rollers
1:00 – 1:50 - Bluegrass 101
2:00 – 2:50 - The Grascals
3:00 - 3:50 - Relic
4:00 – 4:50 - High Rollers
5:00 – 5:50 - Bluegrass 101
6:00 – 6:50 - The Grascals

Band Biographies

The Grascals

Great musicians will always find a way to make good music, but for great musicians to make great music, they must form a bond – one that, more often than not, goes beyond the purely musical to the personal. For The Grascals, that bond has been forged at the intersection of personal friendships, shared professional resumes and an appreciation for the innovative mingling of bluegrass and country music that has been a hallmark of the Nashville scene for more than forty years.

Vocally, the trio of Terry Eldredge, Jamie Johnson and Terry Smith are tighter than ever, cutting loose on driving solo vocals and soaring trios with equal fire and passion. As an instrumental unit, The Grascals have never sounded sharper, with mandolin ace Danny Roberts, fiddler Jeremy Abshire and banjo player Kristin Scott Benson leading the charge. As a result, their cutting-edge modern bluegrass is delivered with a deep knowledge of, and admiration for, the work of the music’s founding fathers. Their sound is timely yet timeless.

The Grascals are among the most beloved and acclaimed bands on today’s bluegrass scene, winning the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America’s Bluegrass Instrumental Band of the Year for 2011 as well as Mandolin Player of the Year for Danny Roberts and Banjo Player of the year for Kristin Scott Benson.

Bluegrass 101

Terry Waldridge – guitar - lead vocals
Michael Yount – bass – baritone vocals
Jim Armstrong – fiddle – tenor vocals
Turner Hutchence – mandolin – bass vocals
Cody Pearman – banjo

Bluegrass 101 was formed in 1994 by Terry Waldridge and is a hard driving, traditional bluegrass band that enjoys performing for their audience. At the age of 35, Terry began playing bluegrass for the very first time but with his smooth vocals and hard driving guitar playing, you wouldn’t be the wiser. Bluegrass 101 will astonish you with their smooth vocal harmony and precise traditional music. With one foot planted firmly in the past and the other looking toward the future. Bluegrass 101 has shared the stage with some of the best known names in the Bluegrass world, such as, Ricky Skaggs, and Doyle Lawson.

Relic

Aaron Bibelhauser – Tenor vocals, Banjo
Dave Howard – Lead, baritone vocals, mandolin, fiddle
Adam Bibelhauser – Lead vocals, bass
Chuck Sharp – Lead vocals, guitar

RELIC is a four piece band based in Louisville, Ky stamping their trademark on the bluegrass music scene. Drawing from an array of influences, Relic creates a new, distinctive approach to the traditions of Bluegrass Music, THE definitive American folk genre

The High Rollers

Larry Chun – Guitar - lead vocal
Curtis Mann – Bass
John Tomlin – Mandolin – Tenor vocal
Gail Rudisill-Johnson - Fiddle
Robin Roller – Banjo – Harmony voca

The High Rollers are bursting onto the bluegrass and Americana music scenes with their debut album, appropriately titled: Welcome The High Rollers. Members of The High Rollers are veterans within various music circles throughout the US and Canada, having performed on several national stages, The Grand Ole Opry, and other high-profile venues.

The crowd reaction to this band’s traditional bluegrass sound has been very well received. The High Rollers live show is nothing less than stellar. Banjo player, Robin Roller states, “Each of us in The High Rollers band love traditional music. Roller continues, “We feel it is important to stay true to our roots and perform not only original material that reflects this, but to also revive some of our favorites that are not widely heard on the circuit today.”