The 2008 Garlic Fest and Craft Show will benefit:
GF attendees will receive a coupon, if requested, for $1 off admission price at any of the specified 3 museums. (Valid for GF weekend only)
The 2008 Event Schedule is below.
| Friday August 22nd | |
| 12:00 pm | Locust Street Dixieland Jazz |
| 4:00 pm | Chris Guenther and the Honky Tonk Drifters |
| 7:00 pm | Backfire Band |
| Saturday August 23rd | |
| All Day | Wandering magician Louie Foxx |
| 8-11 am | Blueberry Pancake Breakfast to benefit the Lewis County Historical Museum |
| 9:00 am | Locust Street Dixieland Jazz |
| 1:00 pm | The Sundowners |
| 4:00 pm | Brian Feist Band |
| 7:00 pm | Little Bill and the Blue Notes |
| Sunday August 24th | |
| 10:00 am | Chris Guenther and the Honky Tonk Drifters |
| 12:00 pm | Locust Street Taxi |
| 3:00 pm | Splash |
** All times and acts subject to change.
Backfire Band has been rockin' around since 2000. Backfire plays a wide variety of high energy country music, classic rock, southern rock and even a few blues tunes. They focus on songs that are most popular.
Visit their website.Vocalist and bassist "Little Bill" Engelhart is the founder and front man for the Blue Notes - one of the first Northwest rhythm and blues groups and a contemporary of The Fleetwoods, The Ventures, Sonics and Frantics.
In his career that spans over 40 years , Bill has played nearly every club and concert hall in the Northwest, including such legendary venues as Parkers Ballroom, The Aquarius, The Spanish Castle, and Lake Hills Roller Rink.
Visit their website.LSJB has been a favorite at the garlic fest since the beginning. All dressed in red and white, their upbeat, festival jazz gets the day rolling on the right foot if it's not already tapping to the beat.
Locust Street Taxi deliver an infectiously fun and energetic live show the likes of which no musicologist or behavioral scientist would dare to analyze. In performances throughout the Pacific Northwest the band has proven to possess an irresistible appeal for crowds of all ages.
The combination of outstanding inspired musicianship and inimitable dance moves provide the exact sort of kick in the pants that people throughout this great country are sorely in need of.
Visit their website.Louie is a 30 year old that never grew up and you can tell he didn't grow up from his magic shows. His dream since he was five years old was to be magicians and Louie is living that dream!
As a kid he realized that he excelled all the things that "grown ups" told him were a waste of time. Instead of playing baseball in high school, Louie built himself a rickety table and rode the bus into downtown to perform magic tricks on the street corner and got paid by "passing the hat". He's come a long way since then.
The Society of American Magicians voted Louie The Best Stage Magician and Best Close Up Magician in Minnesota in 1996. He also took 2nd place in the Seattle Cabaret Contest, and has been a finalist in the Seattle Giggle’s Comedy Club Laff-Off.
Louie has also written several books about magic tricks for professional magicians, one of which has sold over 2,300 copies!
Widely known throughout the Pacific Northwest, Chris Guenther has performed for rodeos, livestock shows, county fairs, festivals, casinos, colleges, corporate events, as well as major concert venues. He is a BMI songwriter and a talented multi-instrumentalist, producer, and bandleader with two albums under his belt. Turning professional in his teens, Guenther cut his teeth in honkytonks and dancehalls, cultivating a distinctive sound by blending western folk, Texas swing, progressive honky tonk, and rockabilly into his own stylistic brand of contemporary country music.
Visit their website.Popular hits from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s