The Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival is invading York, PA this week. We invite you to make a trip and join us for some awesome music and fun. Here's the schedule of events (more to be added as the week goes on)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Shane Speal is joined by Ronn "The Human Washboard Machine" Benway for an unforgettable outdoor concert in Cherry Lane (behind the Central Market House). Get your lunch at the market and join Shane and Ronn for some deep blues on cigar box guitars/washboards. more info
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Shane Speal's Open Mic at First Capital Dispensing Co. You could win a cigar box guitar by taking part in Speal's "Songwriter's Challenge." 21 and over. First Captial Dispensing Co., 57 N. Pershing Ave., York.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Cigar box phenom, Justin Johnson returns to the PA CBG Fest with an outdoor concert in Cherry Lane (behind the Central Market House). Get your lunch at the market and join Justin for some mindblowing cigar box guitar pyrotechnics. more info
THURSDAY NIGHT - LIVE IN CONCERT AND STREAMING ONLINE!!!
Christian rock and blues legend, Glenn Kaiser will perform a special live-and-up-close concert with Shane Speal at the York Emporium Bookstore this Thursday at 8pm. The concert will be filmed and streamed live online. (The link to the concert will be posted on the front page of www.ShaneSpeal.com as soon as we get it.) The show will also be broadcast live on local TV station, WRCT!
FRIDAY NIGHT
Be part of the Cigar Box Guitar meet-and-greet on Friday night. Bring your favorite cigar box guitar and jam with others. Meet CBG authors, David Sutton, Bill Jehle and Mike Orr and get autographed copies of their books. Toss down a few brews and finally shake hands with all those great musicians you've met at Cigar Box Nation.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8PM. $20 at the door (covers food, drinks, beer)
THE YORK EMPORIUM BOOKSTORE, 343 WEST MARKET ST., YORK PA
SATURDAY!!! SATURDAY!!! SATURDAY!!!
THE PENNSYLVANIA CIGAR BOX GUITAR FEST!
SATURDAY, 10AM-6PM
The world's largest cigar box guitar/homemade instrument festival, featuring 14 acts on two stages, vendors, demonstrations and more. AND IT'S ALL 100% FREE! The fest takes place on Saturday, August 24, 2013, the same day as YORKFEST, the fine arts/crafts fair in downtown York. The streets will be alive with music, art and culture. Bring the kids and make a day of it.
PERFORMERS INCLUDE
JUSTIN JOHNSON, GLENN KAISER, OLDS SLEEPER, SHANE SPEAL, ONE STRING WILLIE, KILLING AUNT GRACE, 7 HILLS STOMP, THE MUCKLAND CROONERS, JC FISHER BAND, JOHNNY STOMPBOX AND THE STOMPERS, THE FRONTIER DENTISTS, PENNSYLVANIA ALLEY CATS, BLUESMAN D. CLARENCE HART, DAVID SUTTON
MORE INFO
SATURDAY NIGHT
SHANE SPEAL DEBUTS THE FULL THEATRICAL DEBUT OF THE SNAKE OIL BAND! Special concer at the New Grounds Roasting Co (just 1/2 a block from the Cigar Box Fest). It's a modern incarnation of the old snake oil show, featuring cigar box guitars, washboards, homemade instruments and flying rubber chickens. Open act: Gerry Thompson's "Killing Aunt Grace." Tickets are just $5 and available from Shane at the fest or at the door. More info
Join us for all the fun this week!!!
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When you are there... be sure to ask Jim in the Emporium about the custom Cigar Box Guitars he has imported from RTL Cigar Box Guitars in California. Each one is completely unique and sounds great. There are Acoustic and electric to choose from. Take home a fantastic reminder of this year's Penn. Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
man i wish i could go to this ! ..... You know The Train Yard Aint Far From Me Might Be A Thought . 0.o