Northwest String Summit Festival

The Northwest’s largest acoustic music festival returns July 18-20 for its seventh year to picturesque Horning’s Hideout in North Plains, Oregon. The 2008 Northwest StringSummit features three days of virtually all-acoustic music, culminating each night with main stage performances from festival hosts Yonder Mountain String Band, once again joined by special guest fiddler Darol Anger (David Grisman Quintet, Psychograss) and banjo/guitar virtuoso Danny Barnes (Bad Livers, Tim O’Brien Band).

Other groups and musicians on the bill for the String Summit are Keller Williams, Gibb Droll (Marc Broussard), and Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Trey Anastasio, Susan Tedeschi, Phil Lesh). Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon will perform with Billy Nershi (The String Cheese Incident) and friends - which likely will include Vince Herman also of Leftover Salmon. A very special appearance by Guitar phenom Bill Frisell in duet setting with Danny Barnes will precede this year’s super jam, to be hosted by Danny Barnes.

On Friday night, the festival holds its annual Band Contest, where four competition finalists compete for the opportunity to perform on the main stage the following year. Last year’s winners were Head for the Hills.

More information on the festival and tickets are available at the Northwest String Summit website.