Genoa kicks off Old Time Music Festival

The Old Time Music Festival is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in Genoa Town Park. The free event features the Country Valley Jug Stompers, Quake City Jug Band, the Hot Two Plus One, Julio and the Honeybunnies and the Mad Cow String Band.

The music festival includes strolling musicians outside Genoa businesses and a jam session in the Genoa Town Hall at 7-9 p.m.

Food and beverages available for purchase at the Genoa Town Park include barbecued burgers and hot dogs from the Genoa Country Store, salad from La Ferme, wine from Tahoe Ridge and a beer bar sponsored by the Greater Genoa Business Association.

The music festival include children's cowbell and kazoo workshops by Chris Bayer, 1-3 p.m. in the church garden, booths by the Carson Valley Trails Association, and sales of crafts, pottery, music CDs and antique posters.

Sponsors include the Greater Genoa Business Association, the Wild Rose Inn and the Town of Genoa Recreation and Events Committee. Information, www.genoanevada.org

Bands playing noon to 6 p.m. Saturday in Genoa Park include:

The Hot Two Plus One plays acoustic ragtime with CW Bayer on banjo-guitar, Professor Gary Lyon on cowbell, and Uncle Jack McFarland on washboard.

The Mad Cow String Band is a group of string-plucking UC Davis alumni. Tim Delaney, Alex Roth, Danny Chaves and Andy Lentz swap instruments, and share vocals and solos on guitar, mandolin, upright bass, banjo and fiddle.

Julio and the Honeybunnies are Julio "Inglasses" Guerra, Lisa Smithson, and Cheryl Nelson who bring mountain melodies and old-time string and jug band music from Columbia, Calif.

Quake City Jug Band is Jeff Terflinger, Myron Grossman, Natasha Haugnes, Steve Scott and John Tuttle. The band plays classic swing, blues and jazz on mandolin, guitar, accordion, stand-up bass, harmonica, and adds a bit of tap dancing.

The Country Valley Jug Stompers is Fred Adams, Krista Jenkins, Mark Kuniya and Natalie Nielson who perform a blend of primitive blues, country western music of the late 1920s and early '30s and Japanese jug band music.