Season Program | Big Top Chautauqua 2016 | Page 15

The 2016 Season is underwritten by The Bayfield Inn

Summer 2016 Schedule

June evening shows start at 7:30pm
sat 11 30 th Anniversary Celebration : 6pm Picnic / 7:30pm Concert
Blue Canvas Orchestrated with BCO and DSSO fri 17 New First Night : BCO and Barefoot Wonder sat 18 Brandi Carlile w / Greg Holden sun 19 Three Dog Night w / Tim & Myles thu 23 Belfast to Bluegrass fri 24 Warren Nelson ’ s “ So Many Shows , So Many Songs ” sat 25 Buddy Guy w / Matt Andersen sun 26 Michael Franti and Spearhead w / Chali 2na thu 30 Big Top Opry July evening shows start at 7:30pm fri 1 The Oak Ridge Boys with The Strangers and Ben & Noel Haggard sat 2 BoDeans w / Moors & McCumber sun 3 Riding the Wind thu 7 Belfast to Bluegrass fri 8 Chris Isaak sat 9 Night Fever : The Bee Gees Tribute sun 10 Big Top Opry 2 : The Outlaw Years
thu 14 fri 15 sat 16 Keeper of the Light sun 17 Emmylou Harris w / The Pines
tue 19 Pie & Politics 5:30pm Booths / 7pm Keynote / Free event thu 21 Lyle Lovett and his Large Band fri 22 Big Top Opry 2 : The Outlaw Years sat 23 Belfast to Bluegrass sun 24 For Pete ’ s Sake : A Tribute to Pete Seeger w / BCO ,
Larry Long , Kevin Kling , Prudence Johnson , and Dan Chouinard thu 28 Tower of Power fri 29 Riding the Wind sat 30 John Fullbright w / Tall Heights sun 31 Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle
Bluegrass Camp for Kids • August 16-18 Native American Community Connections Visit www . bigtop . org for event schedule
August evening shows start at 7:30pm thu 4 fri 5 Steerage Song with Duluth Playhouse and BCO
sat 6 sun 7 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w / Okee Dokee Brothers tue 9 Neko Case , k . d . lang and Laura Veirs w / Andy Shauf thu 11 Gaelic Storm fri 12 The Mavericks sat 13 Kris Kristofferson sun 14 The Willis Clan thu 18 Horseshoes & Hand Grenades with The Barefoot Movement fri 19 Big Top Idol sat 20 Ruthie Foster w / Room 2 Groove sun 21 Jonny Lang and The Fabulous Thunderbirds thu 25 The High Kings and Socks in the Frying Pan fri 26 John Anderson and Marty Stuart sat 27 Buffy Sainte-Marie w / Annie Humphrey sun 28 Michael Perry “ Population 485 ” wed 31 moe . and Yonder Mountain String Band
September evening shows start at 7:00pm thu 1 Home Free fri 2 Paula Poundstone sat 3 Michael Feinstein fri 9 Steerage Song with Duluth Playhouse and BCO sat 10 Old Last Night : BCO , Michael Perry , Tomáš Kubínek fri 16 Elephant Revival w / Mandolin Orange
sat 17 Big TAP ChautauquaFest 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Program subject to change
Essentia Health Free Family Matinee Series Starts at 1pm • No Tickets or Reservations Required sat 6 · 11 Blue Canvas Orchestrated with BCO & DSSO sat 7 · 16 Villalobos Brothers sun 7 · 31 Vocal Trash sun 8 · 7 Okee Dokee Brothers sat 8 · 13 Ko-Thi Dance sat 8 · 27 Native Expressions Drum & Dance with guests
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