08/03/2007

Weekend lineup includes acts on three stages

EMPIRE — The Sleeping Bear Dunegrass and Blues Festival is running through Sunday.

Here's the schedule for the weekend:

Today

Gates open at 8 a.m.

Main Stage:

10 a.m.-noon Larry McCray

1-3 p.m. Dark Star Orchestra

4-6 p.m. Keller Williams

7-9 p.m. Yonder Mountain String Band

10 p.m.-midnight Particle

Side Stage:

12-1 p.m. Rachel Davis

3-4 p.m. Detour Bluegrass

6-7 p.m. Seth Bernard & Daisy May

9-10 p.m. Rootstand

Third Stage:

12-1 p.m. Lead Food

1:30-2:30 p.m. Mobile Chiefing Unit

3-4 p.m. Copper Country Quintet

4:30-6 p.m. Rusty Blaides

Saturday

Gates open at 8 a.m.

Main Stage:

10a.m.-12 p.m. Shout Sister Shout (and friends

1-3 p.m. Peter Rowan Crucial Reggae

4-6 p.m. David Grisman Quintet

7-9 p.m. Railroad Earth

10 p.m. - midnight Dark Star Orchestra

Side Stage:

12-1 p.m. Ron Getz Trio

3-4 p.m. Great American Taxi (with Vince Herman of Left Over Salmon)

9-10 p.m. Corn Meal

Third Stage:

12-1 p.m. Macpodz

1:30-2:30 p.m. Cabin Fever

3-4 p.m. Grievous Angel

4:30-6 p.m. Back Forty

Sunday

Gates open at 9 a.m.

Main Stage:

12-1:30 p.m. Great American Taxi

2-3:30 p.m. Greensky Bluegrass

4-5:30 p.m. Railroad Earth

6:30-8 p.m. Martin Sexton

8:30-10 p.m. Todd Snider

Side Stage:

1:30-2 p.m. Luunappi

3:30-4 p.m. Breathe Owl Breathe

5:30-6:30 p.m. Steppin' In It & Earth Works Jamboree

Third Stage:

12-1 p.m. Breathe Owl Breathe

1:30-2:30 p.m. Benzie Playboyz

3-4 p.m. The Biddies

4:30-5:30 p.m. Detour Bluegrass

The Sleeping Bear Dunegrass and Blues Festival is held near the corner of M-22 and Lacore Rd in the Village of Empire. Tickets will be available at the gate depending on availability. Cost for the weekend is $115. Two-day price is $85. One-day pass is $50. Camping passes are $20. For more information, call (231) 882-9502.