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- Enjoy the best wines from across the state, as well as cooking demonstrations, a book signing and three stages of musical entertainment. Watch the video about last year's event.
- Cost to participate in the wine tasting is $10 and includes a commemorative wine glass for the first 2,000 paid attendees (must be 21 years or older to consume alcohol).
- Admission is free for concerts, book signing and cooking demonstration.
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| MARYLAND WINERIES |
Basignani Winery, Boordy Vineyards, Bordeleau Winery, Elk Run Vineyards, Frederick Cellars, Gilly's Craft Beer and Fine Wine, Jackie's Wine Club, Running Hare Vineyard, Solomons Island Winery, Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard, Terrapin Station Winery, The Bottle Shop, and Woodhall Wine Cellars. Find out more about the wineries.
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| PLAZA STAGE |
Noon - 1 p.m.
You wouldn't be wrong to refer to Word to the Wise, the latest outing from songwriter, singer and Titan of the Telecaster Bill Kirchen, as a "duets" album. The record—Kirchen’s second for Proper American, hit May 25. The new album opens with the rockabilly rave-up "Bump Wood."
On his first Proper album, Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods, Kirchen saw his challenge as "trying to write some songs that were more from the heart and closer to the bone. I wanted to let go of my stance of writing attitude-laden truck-driver songs—I've done enough of those to last a lifetime. But, as with any of my albums, I love so many kinds of music that I haven't figured out a way to focus down and just do one specific thing."
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 2 - 3 p.m.
San Francisco-based rock band Big Light first emerged in 2007 as a vehicle for aspiring singer/songwriter/guitarist Fred Torphy to get his songs into the world. Now hailed as one of the fiercest young rock bands on the Bay Area scene with a growing national buzz, Big Light is poised to release its debut full-length album, Animals In Bloom, through reapandsow on March 2.
With band members Fred Torphy, drummer Bradly Bifulco, bass player Steve Adams and guitarist Jeremy Korpas, Big Light quickly climbed the S.F. club circuit, going from bar gigs to headlining The Independent to playing support at the legendary Fillmore; they've shared bills with Spoon, Broken Social Scene, The Mother Hips, Dead Confederate, Everest and Howlin Rain to name a few. Listening to the new album and watching the band evolve at such a rapid rate onstage, one gets the feeling that Big Light is poised to get a lot bigger.
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 4:30- 6 p.m.
Formed in 2004 at the University of Maryland, Superland quickly became College Park’s favorite band. Featuring a raucous horn section playing funk classics from the '60s and '70s, the band was soon familiar throughout the region.
On the way, Superland has played shows with local favorites Chuck Brown, the Bridge, and the Pietasters, as well as funk icons Papa Grows Funk and Sam Kininger. In 2008, Superland’s horns crossed generations to back up guitar legend Tom Principato in a reunion with vocalist George Leh, and later that year Superland released its first studio recording, “Taste the Mangos,” featuring all original compositions. |
| MARYLAND STAGE |
Noon - 1 p.m.
Together, The West End produces straight-ahead Americana rock. The band was formed when neighbors Mike Shawn, Monique DeFrees and Brad Rourke got together and they felt a musical kinship. Neighbor and friend Matthew Taylor fills out the sound.
In 2007 they released their first EP, Risen, which was named an "editor's pick" by the influential Smother.net. In 2008 they followed up with their first full-length CD, This Ride Could Be My Last.
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2 - 3 p.m.
Since 1990, Mama Jama have been intoxicating Bay music lovers with their eclectic blend of rock, reggae, calypso and blues. The band plays everywhere, from week-long performances at local bars and restaurants to benefit concerts to the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival. “You can’t sit down when we play. We just make you feel good.” Drummer and original member Larry Griffin is joined in the band by John Gladstone—the other remaining original member—Avon Lucas, Henry Sar, Fallah Dadzie and Mike McHenry. |
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Hand Painted Swinger, formerly the PestStrips, is one of Washington D.C.’s most sought after cover-original bands, playing an electric arrangement of hit songs spanning over the last five decades. Since their first show in 1991, the band has performed more than 1,000 cover songs at hundreds of mid-Atlantic venues all while promoting two self produced original full length CD’s. Hand Painted Swinger continues to tour the Washington D.C. area entertaining fans of all ages. |
| GIBBS STAGE |
Noon - 1 p.m.
Kevin Mittleman first began playing guitar at age 17 after becoming enamored with the sounds of Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. He soon gravitated towards Jazz at age 21 and began his studies under local Jazz Guiatr Master, Paul Wingo. While studying at Berklee, Kevin attended private lessons with Jazz Legend Mick Goodrick, a period which would prove to be pivotal in his development as a guitarist. He has performed in various venues in Boston and the DC area as well as The Knitting Factory in NYC. In 2005 Kevin co-founded The School of Music LLC in Rockville, MD where he currently teaches guitar. |
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
A veteran of the Washington, D.C., area acoustic music scene, Kevin draws on elements of pop, rock, country and Irish folk music. His easy-going manner and sense of humor combine with tasteful guitar playing, bluesy harmonica and heart-felt singing to create lively and entertaining performances. An award-winning songwriter, Kevin received national acclaim for his song “USS Indianapolis—Let History Remember." Most recently his song “When Dixie Was Young” won honors in the Billboard Magazine song contest. |
4 - 5 p.m.
Toby Walker is a unique, accomplished fingerstyle guitar virtuoso adept at blues, rags and hot country picking, coaxing more out of a guitar than anyone can imagine. He is also a skilled singer and songwriter who draws inspiration from traditional and contemporary music.Toby takes this foundation and creates something uniquely his own and has been eagerly received in concert halls, festivals, schools and coffeehouses throughout the U.S., England and Europe. His songs can make you shake with laughter or, bring a tear to your eye. |
| DEMO STAGE |
1 - 2 p.m.
 Chef Patrice Olivon is taking cooking to exciting and dramatic new levels.
Currently Chef Patrice is the Program Director of Culinary Arts at L'Academie de
Cuisine. Prior to that he was the Executive Chef of the Embassy of France,
where he excelled for twelve years. In addition, he regularly cooked at the White
House for formal affairs, private parties, and daily meals. Chef Patrice trained at
the renowned Negresco Hotel with Michelin two-star Chef Jacques Maximin.
Chef Patrice uses humor, anecdotes, and charm to captivate live audiences and
television viewers. In addition to appearing on Iron Chef America, Chef
Patrice's long awaited public television cooking series, Dinner is Served, is
currently in production with Fresh TV Creative. In each episode of Dinner is
Served, he makes a three-course meal that is "easy, delicious, and not
expensive." Chef Patrice readily shares his passion for the culinary arts and his
innovative ideas about what it takes to truly cook like a professional chef...and
he's showing no signs of slowing down. Learn more about Chef Patrice at
www.chefpatrice.tv.
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3- 4:30 p.m.
Suzanne's first cookbook is "The Dog Who Ate the Truffle: A Memoir of Recipes and Stories from Umbria" released in Spring 2010. Veteran food critic Suzanne Carreiro spent a year and a half in Umbria, and this is her intimate look at its ancient recipes, traditions and the people who pass them on. She teaches the reader about the region's customs and foods, many of which can be traced back two thousand years to the ancient Etruscans—roasting meat on a spit, making wine, pressing olives to make oil, making cheese, and cooking with saffron, pepper, and bay leaves.
 "The Dog Who Ate the Truffle" immerses the reader in the people, cuisine, and lifestyle that few are privileged to experience. Suzanne's colorful stories and authentic classic recipes make for an intimate and illustrious travel cookbook.
During Suzanne's twenty-plus year career, she has been teaching cooking classes, developing recipes and styling food for major food companies, and writing for major newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle and The Oakland Tribune. She was a PR director for Beringer Blass Wine Estates' international portfolio—Castello di Gabbiano, Campanile, and Travaglini in Italy, and Tarapaca in Chile.
In 2007, Suzanne was a demo chef at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, CA—one of the best-regarded chef training programs in the country.
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DIVINE |
2- 5:30 p.m.  Entwined around a tree or sprawled along a wall, DiVine is at first incognito. Reaching a height from 9 feet to 16 feet tall, the beautiful living vine-woman slowly animates, moving in and out of stunning tableaus. She gracefully leaps her way to the next location leaving her audience fascinated as once more she melds into her surroundings. DiVine will perform four, 30-minute encounters from 2-2:30 p.m., 3-3:30 p.m., 4-4:30 p.m., and 5-5:30 p.m.
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| ADMISSION/PARKING |
- Admission is free for concerts, cooking demonstrations, and book signing
- Cost to participate in wine tasting is $10
- Parking in Town Square garages will cost a $1 flat fee.
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Capital Remodeling
Wheaton Door & Window Co.
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