August 9, 2023 - Nicholas Lefler will be Music on the Green 's featured artist on Friday, August 11. From Calaveras county, Nicholas Lefler is a prolific musician and producer.  He is a master multi-insturmentalist and live looper creating a full band sound for a one man band show. Nicholas has been on the forefront of California's live music scene for a couple of decades, from directing the hugely popular Alma Melodiosa in the late 90s and early 2000s, to producing and performing at the River Ranch Music festival with many of his bands for nearly 20 years. He has recorded several notable bands including Clan Dyken and Tarantula-Banjo. His music is genre defying and will surely captivate the Art Park audience.

Nicholas Lefler to perform on Friday, August 11

Them Badgers will make their debut for Music on the Green on Saturday, August 12. Based out of Olympia, Washington, Them Badgers are making a stop by the Art Park as part of their summer tour schedule through the Pacific North West. Part country, folk and punk, duo Kadan Spooner and Audrey Baker are sure to delight a diverse audience for their first ever show on the Green! 

Them Badgers to perform on Saturday, August 12

Spooner delivers both original tunes and old favorites while playing guitar, banjo, piano, or even the washboard. For them, writing songs is an expression of their deepest parts.  Audrey Baker’s intuitive and well-practiced playing comes through years of study driven by a deep-seated passion for her craft. Audrey reinvigorates the old ways, building on her classical foundation with folk traditions from bluegrass, Americana, and jazz manouche. More about Them Badgers can be found on their website: www.thembadgers.com or on their Instagram, @thembadgers.

All performances begin at 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at the Mariposa County Art Park (5013 Hwy 140) in historic downtown Mariposa, CA. Parking is available along 4^th and 5^th St. The lower 5^th St. parking lot provides an accessible pedestrian path to the Art Park through the Mariposa Creek Parkway entry. Tips for the performers will be solicited, encouraged, and appreciated. A complete schedule of the talent performing throughout this summer season can be found at www.mariposaartscouncil.org/music-on-the-green; weekly updates will be shared on the Mariposa Arts Council’s Facebook and Instagram pages (@MariposaArts).

This cornerstone concert series is made possible with generous support from Music on the Green Sponsors: 

Yosemite/Mariposa Tourism Bureau, Mariposa/Yosemite Rotary Club, Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Tel, High Country Health Food Store, Charles Street Dinner House, Mountain Yoga Studio, Yosemite Pilates, Sierra Gold Cleaning Services, Sticks Coffee, Mariposa Certified Farmers Market, Foster Ace Hardware, Mariposa Lodge of Odd Fellows, James Wittkopf, Dave & Terry Rozelle, Anita & Tim Bryant, Kevin Cann & Beth Waldow, The Starchman Family, Saralynn Nusbaum & Don Melcher, Pamela Flick, Meadow Creek Ranch Bed & Breakfast, Restful Nest Bed & Breakfast, Sierra Artist Gallery, The Local Grape, and Yosemite Songwriting Retreat. 

Special thanks to our Music on the Green producer, Andy Roberts. 

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.

2023 Line Up

Source: Mariposa Arts Council