The Grasskickers to perform on Friday, August 20

August 11, 2021 – Friday, August 20^th welcomes the return of The Grasskickers to Music on the Green. The Grasskickers play traditional, contemporary, and original bluegrass music. Hailing from the Oakhurst and Fresno area, the band's instrumentation includes banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele bass, and harmony vocals. If you like bluegrass this band will not disappoint!

Mike Hammar and The Nails to perform on Saturday, August 21

On Saturday, August 21^st the return of world class Blues recording artists, Mike Hammar and The Nails to the Art Park Stage is, every summer, one of the most anticipated. Native American Hammar - who grew up in Mariposa, and still maintains deep roots here - and his powerful electric blues band, The Nails, have become a staple of Mariposa Evenings, where every year they draw a huge crowd of locals and visitors for what we’ve come to call a “Blues Pow-Wow.” Garnishing a reputation over the years as one of the most exciting, live blues bands performing in California – in 2009 and 2014, Mike and the band won the prestigious Monterey Bay Blues Festival’s Battle of the Bands – their recordings have had airplay on American Roots Music Radio (Norway, England, Germany, Belgium, Canada, and U.S. College radio circuit) and they are regularly featured on Sirius XM Radio’s B.B. King’s Bluesville station. Mike’s song, “This Ain’t Goodbye,” from their second album, “Recipe for the Blues,” was nominated for an Independent Music Award. More on this great blues band can be found at: www.mikehammar.com, or their Facebook page.

The Mariposa Arts Council advises event attendees to follow CDC and Mariposa County Public Health recommendations for safe gathering during this time. Please visit https://www.mariposacounty.org/1592/COVID-19-Information for details and guidance.

For a complete Music on the Green schedule, please visit www.MariposaArtsCouncil.org. Tips for the performers will be solicited, encouraged, and appreciated. All performances begin at 7:00 P.M. (unless otherwise noted) at the Mariposa County Art Park, located on Hwy. 140, between 4^th and 5^th Streets, in historic downtown Mariposa, CA. Parking is available along 5^th Street and the lower 5^th Street parking lot for accessible pedestrian path through the Mariposa Creek Parkway entry.

Artwork for Music on the Green is created by student artist, Autumn Stock. Autumn can be contacted for commission via email autumn.stock.art@gmail.com.

The shows are free to the public thanks to the generous support of our sponsors: Yosemite Mariposa Tourism Bureau, Ranch Fence, Mariposa-Yosemite Rotary Club, Carol Johnson, James Wittkopf, Mariposa Museum & History Center, Yosemite Pilates, Sticks Coffee, Savoury’s, Mountain Yoga Studio, Fremont House, Mariposa Pizza Factory, Starchman & Bryant Attorneys at Law, Foster Ace Hardware, Mariposa Shipping, Sierra Gold Cleaning, Mariposa Lodge of Odd Fellows #39, Saralynn Nusbaum & Don Melcher, Dave & Terry Rozelle, Dog Grooming by Tess, Sue Overstreet,  Dewey Family Trust,  Meadow Creek Ranch B&B, Restful Nest B&B, Ladybug Embroidery and Garment Printing.

Those interested in supporting the Arts Council are encouraged to become Members at www.MariposaArtsCouncil.org/join.

The Arts Council is an incorporated not-for-profit organization, created to promote and support all forms of the cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa County and is supported in part by the County of Mariposa, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the California Arts Council, a state agency.

Music on the Green 2021 Line-Up

August 20	The Grasskickers
August 21	Mike Hammar and the Nails
August 27	Good Medicine
August 28	Roger Perry

Source: Mariposa Arts Council