Celebrate Britt, Celebrate Jacksonville, Celebrate Summer

Spend the day enjoying scenic Jacksonville as Britt celebrates the beginning of another summer in our beautiful hometown. The afternoon includes food vendors, wine tastings by Applegate wineries, and free music. Spend the day strolling the streets and sampling all of the treats Jacksonville has to offer. The artists of Art Presence (Anne Brooke, Katy Cauker, Peter Coons, Elaine Frenett, P aula Fong, Cheryl Garcia, Katharine Gracey, Mae Heideman, Jeff Levin and Danna Tartaglia) will also have a display booth. The evening starts with an early concert on the Britt hill, headlined by Gypsy Soul.

Downtown Activities (wine tastings, music, food vendors, art): 12:30 - 5 p.m.
Free music at 130 S. Third Street
12-2 p.m.: Blind Lion (fun contemporary rock)
2-5 p.m.: B-Wishes (fun band that plays from reggae to rock)
Applegate Wineries tastings downtown: $14; Glass: $6

Concert: 6:30 p.m. (Gates open at 5 p.m. for this event)
Concert tickets (all seats general admission): Adults: $14; Child (0-12): $5

Gypsy Soul

Sunday, June 13, 2010 • 6:30 p.m.
Gates for this concert open at 5 p.m.

General Admission: $14; Child (0-12): $5

Gypsy Soul’s music has Celtic and Americana roots, but delves into rock, blues, jazz and world music, drawing from the eclectic background and interests of vocalist Cilette Swann and multi-instrumentalist Roman Morykit. Gypsy Soul has won critical acclaim, won international independent music awards, and been featured on television. Their latest album is Grace and Tranquility, a collaboration with lyricist and author Eric Alan.

For more information, visit http://www.gypsysoul.com

Hamfist

Also on the bill is the local group Hamfist, who describes their music as Americana/ Bluegrass/ Cowboy/ Folk Blast!

For more information, visit http://www.hamfist.net/

Sweetgrass

Opening the concert is acoustic folk Ashland-based band Sweetgrass. The band describes its music as acoustic folk music with lyrics inspired from the worldly travels of a man and his instrument. For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/sweetgrassoregon

4.8/5 Stars (4 votes)

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Posted Jun 15, 2010 at 04:38 AM By Britt Patron

Gypsy Soul was the perfect choice to initiate the season. They delivered a substantive performance worthy of the Britt with strong, pretty songs, gorgeous vocals, and feel-good lyrics that evoked for me the local character. Although I had never heard them before, spending the evening with them felt like being among wonderfully talented neighbors. It was a lovely community event in an ideal setting and on a beautiful night.

I only hope that next year the opening acts are shorter, and more seriously chosen to appeal to the audience for the headline act. No offense the bands, but I didn’t really see the connection between these two groups and Gypsy Soul, beyond a shared influence of acoustic folk in the broadest sense. I believe Gypsy Soul earned their place at the Britt much more studiously. No one should assume they have built such a fan base simply by being local.