21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival

Written by Sandra Marshall | 03 May 2009
Posted in The Arts

It’s the 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival, a three day concert and camping event held every year on Father’s Day weekend at the Live Oak Camp Grounds, in the beautiful and peaceful hills off Hwy 154, above Santa Barbara, California. This year’s festival will be held on June 19, 20, and 21, 2009. 100% of Live Oak proceeds go to support San Luis Obispo’s KCBX Public Radio, a non-profit organization!

Live Oak Festival Host Joe Craven offers a line-up that includes Grammy-winning Jim Lauderdale Bluegrass Band, The Subdudes and Rodney Crowell for a colorful mix of traditional, folk, bluegrass, gospel blues, jazz, classical and world music. Hone your rowdy barn dancing skills Friday and Saturday evening or partake in a music workshop while the kids enjoy supervised starlight story-time.

Live Oak, as it has become affectionately known, is more than just a music festival — it is an experience rooted in music and community. These two elements together create a three-day journey into a timeless place that is far removed from work and schedules. The festival features an aural collage of live music ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and world music.

KCBX Public Radio was founded in 1975 and is a listener supported, non-profit organization, serving the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara with interests in classical music, jazz, alternative musical arts, and public affairs programs. KCBX also encourages an interest in and appreciation of fine arts and issue oriented news for the people of our community.

To see the complete three day concert line-up and to order your tickets for the 2009 Live Oak Music Festival, please visit the website at www.liveoakfest.org If ordered from the website ticket prices are: full festival adult tickets are $115, teen tickets $75 and children’s tickets $35. Day tickets are $35 for adults and teens and $15 for children. 805-781-3030