Live: Claire Lynch Band

The Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca Street, Geneva

By any measure, The Claire Lynch Band is high on the bluegrass world’s A-List, with musicians
whose accolades include International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Female Vocalist of the
Year and two Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass Album (Claire); Canadian Open Mandolin
Championship and Florida State Championship on both fiddle and mandolin (Jason Thomas); the
MerleFest Doc Watson Guitar Champion (Matt Wingate); and two IBMA Bass Player of the Year
awards (Mark Schatz).

Dolly Parton credits Claire with “one of the sweetest, purest and best lead voices in the music business today.” Claire’s harmonies have graced the recordings of many stellar musicians, from Ralph Stanley to Linda Ronstadt. Equally gifted as a songwriter, her songs have been recorded by The Seldom Scene, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea, The Cherryholmes, The Whites and others.

$30 Day Fest ticket includes workshops, master classes with The Claire Lynch Band and admission to the show

Day Fest schedule:

11am Open Jam on stage

1-3pm Workshops: Upright bass-Doug Henrie, Mandolin-John Denniston, Banjo-Mike Cloonan, Dobro-Dave Borisoff, Guitar-T-Bone Farley

3-4pm Master Casses: Songwriting-Claire Lynch, Guitar Improvisation-Matt Wingate, Banjo Frailing-Mark Schatz and Fiddle-Jason Thomas

4-5:30pm Upstairs Open Jam (dance studio)

6pm Eva and the Dogboys

6:45pm Rebecca Colleen and the Chore Lads

7:30pm Claire Lynch Band

$30 Day Fest/$20 General admssion/$18 senior/free children grades 12 and under