San Francisco Festival of the Mandolins April 11, 2010

Join us for the annual gathering of the mandolins. Five diverse ensembles will be performing on this year's program! Hear the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra, San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra and Achille Bocus, Espacio and Eva Scow, Marla Fibish and Jimmy Crowley, Caleb Klauder and The Foghorn Duo. Add the BYO Mandolin Orchestra, all the mandolin workshops, and you have a day that cannot be missed.

The performances for the public will commense at 1PM. Workshops will begin at 10:30AM. This year will feature Bulgarian fare prepared by Hristos Kolev available from noon. Advance tickets available at

Featured Artists & Orchestras

Local mandolinist Marla Fibish is joined by Irish Music legend Jimmy Crowley to represent Irish music on the mandolin at this year's Festival.
At the festival, Jimmy & Marla will deliver a variety of Irish tunes and songs featuring the whole mandolin family of instruments.

Caleb Klauder and Stephen "Sammy" Lind have performed traditional American Old-Time music all over the globe with their band the Foghorn Duo.

Espacio is a group of talented young musicians from central California. Its members (Eva Scow - mandolin, Mike Taylor- guitar, Kevin Hill - bass, and Nathan Guzman- drums/percussion) play a progressive blend of funk, rock, brazilian, and jazz. Their music is both energetic and compelling.

The Aurora Mandolin Orchestra (AMO), the largest orchestra of its kind in he San Francisco Bay Area continues to perform many concerts to thousands of audiences at festivals and organizations throughout the area. The Aurora Mandolin Orchestra consists of up to thirty musicians (mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, string bass, accordion, flute and percussion)

San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra's instrumentation consists of members of the mandolin family, such as the mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello, in addition to guitar, double bass and harp.

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