August 29, 2009
Noon - 6 p.m.
Rockville Town Square

• Enjoy the best wines from across the state, as well as a cooking demonstration, wine seminars and three stages of musical entertainment. 
   
  
• 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, wine seminars and cooking demonstration.
      
  
• Congratulations to 2009 poster contest winner Denise Tuttle!

IONA
Noon - 1 p.m.

IONA's music is a unique, acoustic weave of the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, the Isle of Man, Asturies and Galicia, as well as their transplants in America. Blending songs, dance tunes, and aires into a rich and stunning tapestry, their style is outstanding in an arena where these traditions are seldom intertwined.  Conceived in 1986, IONA was the musical offspring of lead singer, bouzouki, guitar and bodhrán player Barbara Ryan and wind section, Bernard Argent. With fiddlers Jim Queen and bass guitar player Chuck Lawhorn, IONA has become the leading Celtic group in the Mid-Atlantic region. They are all seasoned performers: entertainers who involve their audiences with the history and cultural backgrounds of the music, with teaching words to the songs -- even those sung in a Celtic tongue, with leading simple Breton dances, with humor, and with every emotion in the spectrum.

Swingin' Swamis
2 - 3:30 p.m.

Wes Tucker and the Skillets
4 - 4:30 p.m.

Wes Tucker & the Skillets return to the D.C. music scene with the release of their third full-length album, The Scorpion and the Dove. Produced by their own WAMMIE-nominated multi-instrumentalist, Arch Alcantara, The Scorpion and the Dove picks up where their last album, Beauty in the Broken, left off, showcasing the band’s range and Tucker’s songwriting. Wes Tucker & the Skillets have earned their fan base by playing more than 300 shows since their start in 2005. The band has performed for capacity crowds at such premier venues as IOTA, the Evening Muse, the Velvet Lounge, DC9, Jammin’ Java, the House of Blues and the State Theatre. The band has also been selected to play at many popular festivals, including the Steppin’ Out Festival in Blacksburg, Va.; Cinco De Mayo Fiesta in Richmond, Va.; Artscape Baltimore; Dewey Beach Music Festival; and the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Six Points Music Festival in Washington, D.C. The Skillets’ appearances are regularly featured as editors’ picks by the local press.  

Sons of Bill
5 - 6 p.m.

It starts with the music. A sound that’s all too familiar, yet somehow resists an easy definition. Too edgy for Nashville, but too earnest for New York. Drawing comparisons to artists ranging from George Jones to the Gin Blossoms – Gram Parsons to Guns and Roses – Sons of Bill have been called “equal parts raucous and reflective.” A sound that is revolutionary only in its simplicity.  Bill Wilson’s three eldest sons grew up listening to him fingerpick old country tunes around the house. They learned to sing harmony at family holidays and inherited old guitars with their hand-me-down jeans. With the addition of long-time friends Seth Green and Brian Caputo, Bill’s sons became Sons of Bill.  With a live show known to evolve from acoustic ballads into sweaty stage-dives, Sons of Bill has gained a loyal fan base from Florida to NYC, sharing the stage with acts ranging from Robert Randolph to Robert Earl Keen. After selling their self-released debut album A Far Cry from Freedom by the thousands, SOB flew to California in late 2008 to record a much-anticipated follow up. Tracked live in just 10 days with legendary producer Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Whiskeytown) One Town Away is as honest and straightforward as records get.

Eric Scott
Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Washington, D.C., area musician Eric Scott has to date enjoyed a varied and interesting musical journey. As a touring bassist and vocalist, Scott has performed on numerous stages throughout Europe, Canada, the Caribbean Islands and the United States. This journey has led to sharing the stage with artists as diverse as James Brown, B.B. King and Ray Charles to Little Feat, Kansas, The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Buffett and Keb' Mo'.  Scott has also released two solo records, "Divine Static" (1999), and "Let's Hear it for the Fools" (2002).  The journey continues today with Scott's third release, "Red," (Fall 2007).  With influences blurring the lines of neo-soul, pop, funk, rock and even gospel, Scott has arrived at a sound that is uniquely his own.

The partnership between Joe Martinez and Gus Guthrie began in 2004. A couple of years later, in 2006, "Gathering Change" was released on a self-created music label, NeZ Records.  Since its release, songs from “Gathering Change” have been played regularly on many radio and Internet stations, most notably Sirius/XM.  Martinez & Guthrie’s sound is honest and direct, blending acoustic music and interesting rhythms.  Their influences range from artists in the world of Latin music to Paul Simon, Ry Cooder and Buddy Miller.

Harkening back to the Golden Age of country and rock-n-roll, Arty Hill and the LGDs growl, stomp, yodel, and muscle through true life originals, as well as Sun classics and Opry gems. Arty Hill's soulful voice and driving acoustic guitar are rounded out by David Chappel's hot pickin' and drummer Craig Steven's stripped-down, slammin' rhythms.

Bob Tublin
Noon - 1 p.m.

At the early age of 8, Bob Tublin began playing the guitar and later intensified his studies with noted local and nationally recognized jazz guitarists such as Paul Wingo, Gary Varano, Joe Pass, John Pisano and John Stowell. Bob's professional career has included almost 20 years of work for Washington, D.C., area talent agencies like Washington's Best Musicians, Bialek's Music, Mostly Music, Potomac Talent and Ensemble Elan. Bob was awarded the "Honorable Mention - Best Jazz Composition 1992" from the Songwriter Association of Washington and had also just finished composing and recording an original soundtrack for a short film.

Some artists dream...some artists work. From singing for more than 15 years almost nightly in bars and coffee houses to shaking the rafters of main stages on the East and West Coast, Patty has sustained a career doing what she loves best... writing and performing the music she loves.  Patty considers herself fortunate to be sharing the stage on any given night with some of the most celebrated talent on the East Coast, including guitarists Dave Chappell, Dan Hovey or Robert Fiester, saxophonist Ron Holloway, bassists Mark Foster, Dennis Michaels, and Sonny Petrosky and drummers Brian Edwards, John Tracey and Robbie Magruder.
 

She learned to play guitar at age 11, and began writing songs as a teenager. Lori performs in the Washington, D.C., area with local songwriter Cletus Kennelly, and with Twice Shy. Lori has shared the stage with Nashville hit songwriters Pat Alger (co-wrote “The Thunder Rolls” with Garth Brooks), Tia Sillers & Mark D. Sanders (Lee Ann Womack’s 2001 Song of the Year, “I Hope You Dance”), Mark Selby (co-wrote Dixie Chicks hit “There’s Your Trouble”) and Steve Key (Kathy Mattea’s “Record Time (33, 45, 78)”).  In 2008, Lori was nominated for WAMMIE Awards for Songwriter of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Vocalist, Best Folk Contemporary Recording “Be the Missing Peace” and Song of the Year “Love on the Metro” with Cletus Kennelly.

Patrice Olivon is part of a new wave of chefs taking cooking to exciting and dramatic new levels. Currently the Program Director of Culinary Arts at L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Chef Patrice obtained his culinary degree from Ecole Hôtelière de Marseille, and then cooked at the renowned Negresco Hotel with Michelin two-star Chef Jacques Maximin.  Relocating to Washington, D.C., in 1979, Chef Patrice first worked at Le Palais des Friandises and then was the sous chef at La Maison Blanche for 12 years. Chef Patrice achieved the position of Executive Chef of the Embassy of France and excelled there for 12 years.  Chef Patrice cooked at the White House for formal affairs and private parties under both President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush.

On Food Network’s competition series Food Fight, Chef Patrice and his French team won by a landslide. His team not only won the show’s grand prize, but Chef Patrice won viewers’ and television executives’ attention. Following Food Fight’s success, Chef Patrice competed on Food Network’s Iron Chef America with the former Executive Chef of the White House, Walter Scheib.  He has appeared in two Smithsonian Folklife Festivals on the National Mall.  His long awaited 26-part cooking series, Dinner is Served, is currently in production.

Wine Seminar: Winemaking
4:30 - 5 p.m.
Carl DiManno, winemaker at Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards will discuss winemaking.  Carl attended the University of California at Davis where he obtained a Masters in Oenology.

DIVINE

Noon - 6 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.