Laura Russo Acosta dreams of large-scale music festivals at Boondock Farms in Jackson, S.C., but until that time comes, she’s starting with smaller events—the first one will be July 10.
“We miss having events such as Banjo-B-Que and the Aiken Bluegrass Festival,” said Acosta of the night of music and food featuring the Big Sky Revival Band and Wolfman String Band.
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A handful of tickets remain for the event.
“Big Sky Revival Band is jam-grass fusion. They’ll be doing two sets of live music. They’re a five-piece band,” she said.
The Wolfman String Band is a four-piece bluegrass jam band will open the event.
Que at the Shop will be cooking out barbecue pork, hamburgers and hot dogs, she said. The music is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. People are welcomed to make a night of it and camp out under the stars.
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Tickets are $40 and are available at www.eventbrite.com/e/boondock-revival-with-big-sky-revival-band-tickets-155514581
The concert and cook-out is scheduled on the same day at the Saturday vendor market at the farm.
The market opened for the season in April, and since then, additional farmers have begun to sell their products, joining the other artisans who already bring their handmade goods. Among the new vendors are Woodland Valley Farms and Black Feather Family Farm.
Acosta’s goal in starting the second Saturday event was to link local producers directly to customers.
She said COVID-19 showed her and others that disruptions in the food supply can happen, and people should know where their local growers and food producers are in case it happens again.
Not only are there farmers who grow fresh produce, but others raise animals for meat, eggs and milk, and those vendors will be part of second Saturday.
The market is only held one Saturday a month, but she’d love to see it expand to two if there were enough customers to sustain the farmers, she said.
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Also, she’d like to use the space to hold other large events and possibly a Renaissance Festival in the future, she said.
To find out more about Boondock Farms, visit boondockfarms.com.
Charmain Z. Brackett is the Features Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach her at charmain@theaugustapress.com.
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