Music lovers! Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, November 12th and 13th. It’s time for the 10th Annual Bozeman Bluegrass Festival at the Emerson Cultural Center.
To celebrate the tenth year, the festival will offer two great shows. Saturday will feature a hootenanny dance party in the ballroom. New for the festival, Sunday will be feature a matinee in the Crawford Theater. Three awesome bands will play each day. Special guests Trout Steak Revival will headline both days. Each event will feature locally crafted Red Tractor Pizza and Bridger Brewing beer. Plans are still developing, so check back next issue for more details on times and the lineup. Tickets will be available for purchase soon at Cactus Records.
Trout Steak Revival has earned a prominent place in the mountain states bluegrass scene, performing to sold-out audiences, winning the 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, placing in the 2012 Rockygrass Band Competition, appearing on the Today Show in 2015, and even winning an Emmy Award for a soundtrack with Rocky Mountain PBS.
From beginnings as an informal jamming unit during treks through the peaks of the Front Range, Trout Steak Revival has evolved into one of Colorado’s most tightly knit, hard-driving bluegrass bands. Their brand of heartfelt songwriting blends dynamic musicianship with intricately woven harmonies, all tied together with the unmistakable sound of their years of friendship.
Whether playing in sweat-soaked clubs or at beautiful mountain festivals, the five-piece has shown a tenacity for quick-picking and all the right polish without sacrificing the raw feeling of well-executed bluegrass. Keeping an eye on traditions of the past but boldly forging into new territory, Trout Steak Revival takes us back to memories of whiskey, laughter, and the misty high country where the band was born. •
