Get ready for a weekend of non-stop entertainment at Genesee Country Village & Museum’s Fiddlers’ Fair, happening on Saturday, August 17, and Sunday, August 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event transforms the museum’s 19th-century village into the backdrop for a music festival celebrating styles old and new. The event is sponsored by National Grid.
Visitors can explore the influence of Irish musical stylings brought to New York State by laborers on the Erie Canal, meet a luthier crafting stringed instruments on-site, and enjoy a wide range of musical acts on stages set throughout the museum grounds. Highlights include performances by Joe Beard, Vienna Carroll, Alyssa Rodriguez, Fiddlers of the Genesee, and many more. A full lineup of performances can be viewed at https://www.gcv.org/event/fiddlers-fair-making-music-weekend/. In addition to live performances, guests can participate in workshops such as “Fiddle for Dancing,” “Making Tunes Your Own: Irish-style Ornamentation & Variation,” “Communicating Effectively with Your Audience,” and “Improvisation Made Simple & Learning by Ear.” Enjoy making music with 19th-century noisemakers, creating a jingle stick or shaker, and joining a sing-along with GCV&M naturalist Adam Henne. Catch instrument spotlights with Fred Brown of Lowly Mountain Banjos, Dylan Race with Race Orchestral Strings, and Alyssa Rodriguez with the Swedish nyckelharpa.
Visiting musicians are welcome to join in the music festival fun as troubadours, buskers, performing groups, or student musicians, and will receive free admission when they pre-register with http://rward@gcv.org or sign up at the Main Stage on the Great Meadow day-of.
Tickets for Fiddlers’ Fair & Making Music Weekend are free for museum members, $23 for adults, $20 for seniors (62+), $20 for students (age 13 to 18), $17 for youth (age three to 17), and children under three are free. Tickets can be purchased online in advance to save $2. Go to https://www.gcv.org/event/fiddlers-fair-making-music-weekend/.
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