Anderson Bluegrass Festival
Anderson Alaska
July 31-Aug 2, 2009

Last updated June 24, 2009

The Anderson Festival is located at Anderson Riverside Park, Mile 283 Parks Highway.  It is a 616 acre park with free camping and RV parking.  There's loads of camping space and a view of Mount Denali on a clear day.  Besides the music, there are food and vendor booths, a beer garden, restrooms and showers.  There is an admission charge to the festival by the day and by the weekend.  Children under 12 are free.  No carry-in alcohol, no fireworks, no drums or bongos in the campsites (but acoustic string band instruments are more than welcome!  :-)  Sponsored by The Anderson/Clear Lions Club and K&L Distributors, New Northwest Broadcasters, Clear Channel Radio, Acoustic Adventures, and Alaska Folk Music For more information email the organizers

Tentative Schedule
Friday, July 31

2:00-3:00	Mike Stackhouse		Honky-Tonkin’ originals
3:15-4:15	Ice Jam	Seth Danielson, Skip Nodler, Sarah Garland, Ryan Bowers, Bruno Grunau	“Dam” good music
4:30-5:30	Ryan Bowers and the Bluegrass Originals	Ryan Bowers, Nate McDonald, Gary Markley, Aurora Bowers, Bruno Grunau	Original Bluegrass songs from the twisted mind of Ryan Bowers
5:45-6:45	Last Frontier Bluegrass Band	Matt Johnson, Alethia Johnson, Rob Parks, Gary Markley, Danny Berberich, Nate May	Bluegrass
7:00-8:00	New Cut Road	Joe Larranaga, Carl Andersen, Steve Moore, Gary D'Onofrio, Janette Stansel, Ken Brown	Bluegrass, Rock, Blues, Country, Reggae, Tex-Mex
8:15-9:30	White Twang
10:00-2:00am	Dance Band

Saturday, Aug 1

12:00-1:00	Kit Carson and the Scouts	Kit Carson, Mel Birch, Fred Weiss	Acoustic Music that Rocks
1:15-2:15	The Deb Wessler Experience	Shawn Ruddy, John Reeves, Deb Wessler	Original Acoustic, Roots, & Rockabilly
2:30-3:30	Hog Heaven String Band	Pete Bowers, Uncle Buck (Richard Schoen), Kim Hutchings, Beth Crisman, Nate MacDonald, Ryan Bowers	Old-Timey
3:45-4:45	Chris Juhlin and the Collective	Chris Juhlin, Ken Civian, Nick Wilks	Rhythm and Soul
5:00-6:00	Oh Tallulah	Angelia & Alisa Williams, and Rebecca Johnson	Mother & Daughters with harmonious originals
6:15-7:15	Joe Page Band	Joe Page, Gary Markley, Dawn Venters, Todd Grebe
7:30-8:30	Steve Brown and the Bailers	Steve Brown, Robin Feinman, Todd Denick, Kliff Hopson, Dave Parks, Eric Graves	A Fine Blend of Fairbanks Folkabilly. Yeah, that's right: folkabilly
8:45-9:45	White Twang
10:00-3:00am	Dance Band

Sunday, Aug 2