What: A Folk, Bluegrass, and Harvest Jam To Remember! When: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 / Usually Noon till Midnight! Where: Mateel Community Center Tickets:TBA (See below for last year's general information...) A down-home celebration of bluegrass & beyond, the 9th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown will return to the Mateel Community Center in 2013. It customarily features a variety of world-class and local performers on two stages, along with vendors, a kid zone, petting zoo, country games, jamming opportunities, and lots of fun for the whole family.

What: The 8th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown
When: Saturday, Sept. 22nd, 2012 / Noon till Midnight!
Where: Mateel Community Center
Tickets: $27 Advanced / $30 At The Door

Tickets also available now at these local outlets  

Humboldt Hills Hoedown Goes Country...
With Its Bluegrass (& Beyond) September 22nd, 2012!

Coming up on Saturday, September 22nd, the Mateel Community Center is gearing up for the 8th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown.  A down-home celebration of bluegrass, country and related musical genres with a full line-up of hill-stompin’, heel kickin’ groups playing music in the hall and on the “Back 40.”

There will be heap of fun for the whole family. Folks can test their skill at staying mounted on Butch the Mechanical bull. There will be country games and activities for the “youngons,” plus vendors, jamming opportunities for you musicians, and plenty of dancing all day long, including a group contra dance lesson from the Striped Pig String Band.  Chef Michele will be cooking up a mouth-watering country-style menu of ala carteoptions while the bar pours domestics, microbrews, and fine wines.  There’ll also be some good old-fashioned cakewalks and everyone’s favorite, chicken poop bingo.

And, of course, music lovers will enjoy a line-up that represents the whole landscape of bluegrass and country styles and will feature the following acts: ~ Hellbound Glory ~ The Brothers Comatose ~ The Pine Box Boys ~ Hillstomp, ~ Polecat ~ Three Times Bad ~ Cash'd Out ~ Blackberry Bushes Stringband ~ The Hicktown Homeboys ~ Absynth Quartet ~ The Striped Pig Stringband ~ Rooster McClintock ~ Dirt Floor Band ~ Compost Mountain Boys ~ The No Good Redwood Ramblers ~ Way Out West ~ Jefferson Parson & Bell Springs Below are photos, brief bios, and lots more about all of these great performers: Doors open at high noon with music all day and into the wee hours. Tickets are now available at the usual local outlets and online (with the button on this page above) for $27 in advance and $30 at the door. Don't miss the 8th Annual Humboldt hils Hodown!

8th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown Stage Schedule Main Stage: 11:30am ~ Hicktown Homeboys 12:40pm ~ Compost Mountain Boys 2:05pm ~ Striped Pig String Band 3:30pm ~ Blackberry Bushes String Band 5:05pm ~ Cash'd Out 6:40pm ~ Polecat 8:15pm ~ Pine Box Boys 9:50pm ~ The Brothers Comatose 11:30pm ~ Hellbound Glory Back 40 Stage: 11:30am ~ Jefferson Parson & Bell Springs 12:45pm ~ Way Out West 2:00pm ~ Three Times Bad 3:15pm ~ No Good Redwood Ramblers 4:35pm ~ Dirt Floor Band 6:00pm ~ Rooster McClintock 7:30pm ~ Absynth Quintet 9:00pm ~ Hillstomp

Helbound Glory   Hellbound Glory Headliner, Hellbound Glory, is popular for their stone hard country and honky tonk music.  Performing on banjo, fiddle, and steel guitar for that heavy twang, their songs are full of grit and character with lead singer/songwriter, Leroy Virgil’s whiskey and gravel croon bringin’ it home.  Brothers Comatose   Brothers Comatose The five member band, The Brothers Comatose, areled by Alex Morrison on banjo and vocals and his brother, Ben on guitar and vocals.  They are a strong bluegrass-influenced folk rock band that brings a sing along, stomp along energy to their live shows, which earned them a slot at this year’s Outside Lands festival. Pine Box Boys   Pine Box Boys The Pinebox Boys, say their music isn’t exactly bluegrass - more like “bloodgrass” with a song list that includes humorous originals and new renditions of old murder ballad classics as evidenced on their albums, Arkansas Killing Time, Stab, Child of Calamity, and their latest, Tales of The Emancipated Head. Hillstomp   Hillstomp Hillstomp is a punk blues duo known for unique versions of traditional material as well as notable originals, including “Northeast Portland 3AM,” “Graverobbers Blues,” and “Lucy’s Lament.” They are widely considered to be the forerunners in the modern two-piece blues revival, along with acts like the Black Keys, DooRag and The White Stripes.   Polecat   Polecat Polecat hails from Bellingham, WA and willbring along their dance-friendly Americana, a unique style rooted in bluegrass but also incorporating elements of blues and jazz with a hint of reggae and Celtic flavor.   Three Times Bad   Three Times Bad Three Times Bad’s Jesús Ángel García describes his band’s sound as “dirty roots music: bent blues and bluegrass, drunk country, anti-folk, story songs, hillbilly swing, Appalachian rags, hot sing-alongs, freak preachery, and murder ballads from the dark side of lovin’ the reverend’s wife on a bed of cornbread crumbs.”    Cash'd Out   Cash'd Out Cash’d Out is one of the nation’s premier Johnny Cash tribute shows.  Doing authentic justice to the music of “The Man In Black” they’ve won Best Tribute Band at the San Diego Music Awards two years running and are sure to be a favorite of any Johnny Cash fan.   Blackberry Bushes String Band   Blackberry Bushes Stringband Hailing from Olympia, WA, the inimitable, multi-instrumentalists of Blackberry Bushes String Band have a repertoire of original bluegrass and traditionally twisted music infused with indie, jazz, punk, and alternative styles.   Hicktown Homeboys   Hicktown Homeboys Hicktown Homeboys are a CA-based acoustic band devoted to traditional country music from the 30’s through the 60’s, plus a few folksongs and bluegrass thrown in for good measure. Their high-level musicianship and lead singer Eric Cornforth’s uncommonly sweet vocals set them apart from other acts in their genre.   Absynth Quintet   Absynth Quintet Anchoring the local end of the bill, Humboldt County’s own Absynth Quintet is getting raves for their tight Grismanesque picking with a healthy dash of gypsy jazz on the side. Always a crowd pleaser, their live shows are proof positive as to why Strawberry Music Festival chose to offer them a slot on their bill this summer.   Striped Pig Stringband   Striped Pig Stringband The Striped Pig String Band is an incredibly engaging old-time string band. Theyplay traditional old-time fiddle/banjo/ukelele tunes made for dancing with a traditional caller to teach the dances. Their unabashed love and enjoyment of what they do is highly infectious, so non-dancers beware!   Rooster McClintock   Rooster McClintock To say Rooster McClintock is “boot-stompin’ booty-shakin’ Humboldt Honky Tonk is the truth, but it hardly covers the appeal of this six-piece, goodtime band that rocks five-part harmonies, as well as dobro, two guitars, banjo, bass and drums.   Dirt Floor Band   Dirt Floor Band Representing Mendocino County, Willits’ own Dirt Floor Band describes their music as “barefoot-punk-grass,” a special blend of “mutt music” that combines guitars, banjos, mandolins, harmonicas, bass, drums, and three singer/songwriters to produce bluegrass with an electric funk jam twist.   Compost Mountain Boys   Compost Mountain Boys Humboldt County’s most time-honored bluegrass ensemble, Compost Mountain Boys are back at the Hoedown after a long hiatus to present their traditional and original, old school, down home string band music.   No Good Redwood Ramblers   No Good Redwood Ramblers Arcata’s No Good Redwood Ramblers dress in period attire and play a combination of original and traditional tunes in the old time, bluegrass and jugband styles for an amalgam they call “Jug-grass.”   Way Out West   Way Out West With Charlie Pecora on banjo, Robert Smyth on mandolin, Marie Shafer on bass, Larry Fries on guitar, and Matt Hanf on drums, Way Out West plays a variety of bluegrass and country originals and are surely one of Southern Humboldt’s favorite acts.   Jefferson Parson & Bell Springs   Jefferson Parson & Bell Springs Jefferson Parson & Bell Springs will round out the bill with their original, old-timey, post-modern, sometimes radical perspectives on history, ecology, and personal experience.   It’s all happening at the Mateel Community Center’s 8th annual Humboldt Hills Hoedown on Saturday, September 22, 2012.  Gates open at 11am with music til late.  Don’t miss it. Doors open at high noon with music all day and into the wee hours.  Tickets available at local outlets and online (with the button above) for $27 in advance and $30 at the door. See you at the Hoedown!