On this page, you are listening to the Mars Hill Porch Pickers perform their version of "Sadie" !
NEW GIGS :
MARCH 27th SATURDAYGIG-STONEMOUNTAINVILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL and BAND COMPETITION: Arrive between 9 am and 9:45 am -Register then start playing on street somewhere until around 2:30 and then play in the BAND COMPETITIONThen leave around 4:30 or whenever we finish.
APRIL 2010 :
APRIL 3RD SAT. 34th ANNUAL PEACH BLOSSOMBLUEGRASS FESTIVAL (fundraiser) sponsored by WRFG-89.3 FM Radio- in CLARKSTON, GA COMMUNITY CENTER HALL (near Stone Mtn) ALL DAY EVENT - JAMMIN- Crafts- and THE MARS HILL PORCH PICKERS PLAY AT 6:45 to 7:40p.m. Come out and join us !
APRIL 16th Friday-COBB COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY STAFF APPRECIATION - Private Party.
APRIL 17th Saturday-SEBA SPONSORED ANNUAL -"BEAR ON THE SQUARE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL"- On the streets of Downtown Dahlonega, Ga. from 9 a.m to 4 p.m.
APRIL 17th- CARTERSVILLE YOUTH DANCE PRIVATE PARTY.
APRIL 24th- Open to Public-4th ANNUAL-KENYA CONNECTION DAY MUSICFESTIVAL ANTIQUE CARS- ARTS 'N' CRAFTS-BBQ- - FUNDRAISER- Kids Jumpy and BBQ. On the Campus of MARS HILL CHURCH on MARS HILL ROAD (hwy 176) in ACWORTH, GA. South of Hwy 41 one block. 10 to 4p..m. - COME ON OUT and have so me fun!!
MAY 2010
MAY 15th - Saturday- LIVING HOPE OUTREACH MINISTRY - KENYA ORPHANS FUNDRAISER. ANTIQUE CAR SHOW- JUMPY THINGS- BBQ- HOTDOGS HAMBURGERS, ARTS-N-CRAFTS, BALOONS, BLUEGRASS and OTHER MUSIC- Located on the Campus of WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH in KENNESAW, Ga on WadeGreen Road west of I-75.
MAY 22nd SAT - BUTTERFLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - 118 RIVERSIDE ROAD -BLAIRSVILLE, GA. 30512 FUNDRAISER FOR CHILDREN WITH BRAIN TUMORS- GO TO: WWW.BRAINTUMORKIDS.COM
**THE PROCH PICKERS PLAY AT 6 TO 6:45 P.M.**
MAY 28TH AND 29TH - ARMUCHEE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - AT THE ROCK CAMP GROUNDS of MR. JOHN HITCHCOCK - ROCKMART, GA. TIMES OF PLAY TO BE ANNOUNCED
MAY - ANY SUNDAY NIGHT-Mike Holcomb called me yesterday to ask us to play at The Old Tucker Fountain for their Sunday Evening Music Show from 8 to 9 PM.The The Old Tucker Fountain is an old style drug store that has kept their soda fountain and grill and replaced the pharmacy with an entertainment stage.*DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER*
SEPT. 6th - LABOR DAY - WRFG RADIO 89.3 FM - 8:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m. PLAYING LIVE BLUEGRASS and interviewing Rev Humphrey Muthengi KANGA from KENYA AFRICA with MARC MILLER -"THE OLD FOLKIE HIMSELF"_
SEPT. 17th- 2010- BLAIRSVILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Friday Night 9:30 P.M. play on stage in front of HOLE IN THE WALL RESTAURANT. Lots of street vendors, crafts, 2 stages and lots of bluegrass come help us raise funds for the UNIION COUNTY FOOD BANK - lots of folks need food help up there.
SEPT 18th SATURDAY - BLUEGRASS, BBQ & LIVE MODEL TRAINS FESTIVAL - At Due West Methodist Church on Due West Road Marietta. MHPP will play a set from 2:30 p.m. until 4p.m. Come have some BBQ and hear some great BLUEGRASS WHILE looking at some LIVE model trains in action.
SEPT 18th SATURDAY - BLAIRSILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - GOING Back up at the BLAIRSILLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL. Jammin on the square at the HOLE IN THE WALL.
October 2nd CRABAPPLE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL-SATURDAY- 10a.m. to 6:00p.m. - Crabapple town square- ALL DAY EVENT - MARS HILL PORCH PICKERS ROAMING THE GROUNDS PLAYING DIFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT PLACES ALL DAY> Lots of ARTS N CRAFTS. Come join the fun and frolickin and BLUEGRASS PICKIN'. DECEMBER 2010:
1 Chronicles 23:5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose."
