Ahallmark of the Black Swamp
Arts Festival is the unique opportunity tohear local, national, and world musicians performing on multiple
stages,each stage offering a different presentation of the musical experience,from intimate and unamplified
to rocking and full-scale electric.Year-after-year the Acoustic and Family Stages have allowed
Festivalpatrons to get closer to performers, and to hear bands in differentenvironments, both in terms of
instrumentation and acoustic setting.The2013 Festival provides festivalgoers multiple chances to see Main
Stageperformers on smaller and more intimate stages. 10 Main Stage acts willplay additional sets on the
Acoustic and Family Stages, including threeacts performing on all three Stages.In addition eight local
performerswill appear on the Acoustic and Family Stages, showcasing the diversemusical talent the area has
to offer.The Acoustic Stage kicks off on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with BSAF newcomer and local
singer-songwriter Chris Salyer at 10 a.m. He will be followed by festival veterans Tom Gorman, who is
continuinghis string of playing at every Black Swamp Arts Festival, and Tom DelGreco, featuring tracks from
their new album “The Chase” at 11 a.m. Local favorite The Joe Baker Band takes the stage at noon.Friday
night Main Stage openers and roots blues/rockers, The Ben Miller Band, perform a 1 pm. They are followed by
Ohio indie/folk artist and Main Stage performer Diana Chittester at 2 p.m., stalwart vocalists and Main
Stage performers The Womack Family Band at 3 p.m. and progressive bluegrassers (and Main Stage performers)
The Brothers Comatose at 4 pm. The Calypso/reggae band and Main Stage performances Kobo Town close out the
Stage at 5 pm.On Sunday local singer/songwriter, and purveyor of the weekly Hump Day Review, Tim Concannon
opens the Stage at 11 am. He is followed by local singer/songwriter Tim Tegge (with Dick Hermes andMatt
Webb) at 1 pm. At 2 pm jazz vocalist, BGSU faculty member and Festival newcomer Morgen Stiegler brings her
sultry voice to the Acoustic Stage.She is followed by three Main Stage performers. Malian guitarist/vocalist
and world music legend Sidi Toure performs at 2 p.m.Folk rocker Milton performs and 3 pm, and Rockabilly
Hall of Fame members Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys close out the Stage at 4 p.m.The Family Stage
showcases a mix of local and Main Stage acts, keepingthe Youth Arts area moving all weekend long. The Stage
opens on Saturday with the BGSU Faculty Jazz Quartet at 11 a.m.and the BGSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble at noon.
Blues master Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones takes the Stage at 1:15 pm,celebrating the release of his new, locally
recorded at Grounds ForThought, LP “Ready To Play”. The Ben Miller Band follows at 2:30 pm. Closing out the
Family Stage at 4 p.m. is Main Stage headliners The Aggrolites, showcasing their infectiousreggae/ska
sound.The Family Stage resumes at noon on Sunday with Kobo Town. They are followed by the Brothers Comatose
at 1:15. Closing out the action on Sunday are sacred steel masters The Slide Brothers at 2:30 p.m.