We just received a promotional CD from the Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmerer. It's a nifty five-minute overview of the festival and its many performers, including L'Angelus, Victor Barnes Insurgent Bluegrass, Trampled by Turtles, Lander, Crooked Kill, and Menage. As long-time performer Robin Kessinger says on the CD, festival attendance increases every year, with barely 75 people coming out the first year but now big crowds people Triangle Park every summer. "This festival is here to stay," he says. Oyster Ridge traces its origins to 1993 and, in 2005, it was a recipient of a Wyoming Governor's Arts Award.
The festival's 2008 dates are July 25-27.
See the video and find out more at http://www.oysterridgemusicfestival.com/.
