Inaugural Baltimore Old Time Music Festival
Fri Mar 22, 8:00 PM - Sat Mar 23, 12:00 PM

Join host artists Ken & Brad Kolodner for the inaugural Baltimore Old Time Music Festival! On Friday night, Festival Host Artists Ken & Brad Kolodner welcome old time legend Bruce Molsky and his Molsky's Mountain Drifters, young string band hot shots the Corn Potato String Band, and The Local Honeys, with their intoxicating harmony vocals, for a kick off concert that will leave you breathless. Saturday day is packed with hands on workshops from many of our headline performers, intimate performances in the Marquee Lounge, afternoon concerts in the theater and a wild square dance to close out the festival on Saturday night. See you there?

The music of the American upland south traveled from Appalachia to the streets of Baltimore in the middle half of the 20th century, where old time and bluegrass musicians put their own charm city spin on roots music. Since those heady days, some 75 years ago, the sounds of the fiddle and banjo, along with ballad singing, country song, flatfoot dance, and social square dancing, have moved into pockets of America, far and wide, where virtuosic musicians have made it their own.

*Please let us know if you have any ideas for the festival (workshops, performers, offerings, etc) and if you're interested in volunteering, partnering and being involved in some capacity. We'd love the help!
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About the artists (more to be announced!)
Molsky's Mountain Drifters:

The Mountain Drifters are an old time power trio comprised of Bruce Molksy, Stash Wyslouch, and Allison de Groot.

Bruce Molsky, “one of America’s premier fiddling talents” (Mother Jones) and Grammy-nominated artist on fiddle, banjo, guitar and song is delighted to present his new group already on tour in the US. Bruce’s previous collaborations, with Anonymous 4, 1865 – Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War, was released to rave reviews and was on the top 10 Billboard charts for weeks. He is also a special guest on legendary guitarist Mark Knopfler’s latest CD, Tracker and is working on his 3rd album with Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny’s supergroup Mozaik. You can also hear Bruce on BBC TV Transatlantic Sessions singing with Joan Osborne, Julie Fowlis and fiddling with Scottish legend Aly Bain and A