Don’t miss a weekend of great traditional music at the Sugar Maple Fest right here in Madison! The festivities start Friay at 4pm and run through Saturday evening, featuring everything from bluegrass and old-time to cajun and celtic performances.

If you can skip out of work early enought to catch the New Bad Habits, they are guaranteed to get you groovin’ with their oldtime fiddling tunes. And the Mark Newton Band is sure to impress with their excellent harmony vocals and excellent musicianship on Friday as well. Jazz mandolinist Don Steinberg will be pairing with folk/country/bluegrass guitar and vocalist Robbie Fulks on Saturday afternoon. Bluegrass and country musician Jim Lauderdale will be headlining Saturday night, and he’ll likely be performing many of the songs off of his new album that will be released next month (and it’s real good!).

While you’re at it, swing by the SWBMAI table to meet the SWBMAI board members, get info on upcoming bluegrass events, and check out our new t-shirts (they’re hot so get your size before they’re gone!) And don’t forget to visit the workshop tent, where SWBMAI will be hosting a question and answer session with bass player Beth Lawrence at 6:30pm Friday. See you there!