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Celebrate dads with live bluegrass music at California Bluegrass Association’s 49th Annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, starting today through Sunday, June 16th. Hear select artists perform live from the festival on KVMR beginning today at 10am, and all weekend long. This year the fest includes over 32 acts on 3 stages, Music Camp All Stars, free music workshops, square dances, youth programs, 24/7 jamming, and loads of fun activities for the whole family. Nothing beats being there in person, but if you’re sequestered for one reason or another, treat your ears to fresh bluegrass in your car, workshop, office, or couch. If you make it out to the fest, drop by the KVMR booth and say hello, or we'll see you on the radio!

LISTEN LIVE

Fun fact: Four decades ago, Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival was held in the dusty parking lot of the Nevada County Fairgrounds, because there weren’t enough patrons to afford the grounds... A bluegrass festival with no grass! Eric Rice realized more people would go if only they knew about it, so invented KVMR's live-remote broadcasts about 1985, all for the love of a mandolin. Since then, legions of new fans have discovered an appreciation for traditional bluegrass music and showed up to meet each other and enjoy the fest in person. Eric hosts The County Line Bluegrass Show on KVMR Saturday mornings, 10am to noon. However this Saturday he'll be bringing you live bluegrass music from the festival that started it all. And yep, it's on the grass!

KVMR's Father's Day Bluegrass Festival Live Broadcast Schedule (approximate):

Thursday 10am - 11pm

Friday 10am - 12am

Saturday 10am - 12am

Sunday 10am - 5pm

LISTEN LIVE Tune in to hear select artists, beginning this morning at 10am.

Thanks to Clearwater & Filtration for sponsoring the live broadcast. 

If you would like to sponsor an upcoming live broadcast, call Business Sponsorship Manager Michelle Bonomolo, (530) 362-7006 or email sponsorship@kvmr.org.  There's only one sponsor per event, so be the one!

KVMR has teamed up with Sierra E-Bike to raffle a Troxus Explorer e-Bike this summer. We're calling it Electric Summer!

In California you must buy raffle tickets IN PERSON, so rock over to KVMR headquarters at 120 Bridge St in Nevada City, Monday through Friday 9am-5pm, or catch us out and about. We'll be alternating weekends at the Grass Valley & Nevada City Farmer's Markets on Saturdays, plus Hot Summer Nights (July 17, 24 & 31 6:00-9:30pm) in Nevada City. You can also buy tickets at Sierra E-Bike Superstore, 11282 Pleasant valley Road in Penn Valley.

1st Prize - Troxus Explorer Step Thru 26" e-Bike with 3 year warranty & helmet

2nd Prize - 2 full-day e-Bike rentals from Sierra e-Bike

3rd Prize - $100 gift certificate to Sierra e-Bike

Drawing will be held at KVMR in Nevada City Sept 9, 2024 at 6:00pm



Tickets are $10 each, or 3 for $25. All proceeds go to support KVMR's operational costs.

Thanks to Sierra E-Bike Superstore for donating the prizes, and Real Graphic Source for donating the signage, tickets and design work. Maintaining a local, grassroots media hub that keeps our community engaged and thriving is expensive. Thanks Sierra E-Bike and Real Graphic Source!

Photo: Local man hellbent on #winning! We only printed 4,999 tickets, and so far we've sold about 360, so your odds are TERRIFIC!! Come buy a ticket to support the station, and maybe win an e-bike! Whee!

Where: Communal Cafe in downtown Nevada City

When: June 20th, 6-8pm.

$10 at the door, all proceeds to KVMR



Sharing stories is what community radio is all about—join us for the second edition of KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers: River Tales. Local storytellers share true tales of the river, with a twist!

KVMR’s Women’s Collective and the Nevada City Odd Fellows Present: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC ~ Local Singer / Songwriter Concert Series

Join us for an intimate evening of song and creative passion while celebrating the amazing original music of local women singer/songwriters. The first evening in the four-concert series will feature the music of:

Jessica Roki Kilroy w/ Ariella Mae and Ayla Stone

Heather Grove w/ Tim Yamaguchi, Pamela Roberts, Tim Grebe

Rita Hosking w/ Sean Feder

First Concert is Thursday, July 11th~6pm to 9:30pm (doors at 5:30pm). The concert series takes place 2^nd Thursdays in July, August, September and October at the Nevada City Odd Fellows Hall, 223 Broad St, Nevada City.

At the end of the evening, there will be an opportunity to talk with the artists about their creativity, inspiration and songwriting.

GET TICKETS

This is a fundraiser for KVMR & Nevada City Odd Fellows. Tickets are $15 advance, $20 door

Meet Sabrina Blackburn, host of Beat Bizzare

Sabrina moved to Nevada City about three years ago. She graduated KVMR's training clas in February of this year, and already has a show, Beat Bizarre, alternate Tuesday mornings 5-7am. She says, "I’ve been obsessed with music, art and community radio from a young age. I am an oil painter and also play guitar, drums and sing. I recorded an album and toured Italy for a few months in my early 20s. When I moved to Nevada City I opened an art gallery/performance venue called The Sacred Higher Ground Gallery & Art Collective on Commercial Street, which I’ve since closed to focus on school and painting full time. My father, also an artist, always encouraged me to listen to music from all over the world, to broaden my own art and music. I am so honored to be a part of this incredible station, and to have gotten to know so many through KVMR! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity to share my love of rare, underground artists with you all!"

Beat Bizarre airs live alternate Tuesday mornings 5-7am, or catch it on the archive anytime. Afro beat, world music, psychedelic rock, funk, Latin fusion, soul, hip hop, and things that make you groove from all over the world! 

*New Date*

KVMR Music DJ Training

Saturday August 24th & Sunday August 25th

10am-2pm

Now Accepting Applications MORE INFO

We interrupt this email to bring you LIVE Bluegrass MUSIC from the Father's Day Bluegrass Festival, beginning at 10am, today through Sunday! Listen Live

It Was The 90s!

Kick up your heels and dance it out among friends at The Miners Foundry, with KVMRx deejays at the turn table!

This Saturday, June 15th 8-midnight join BBoy Supreme, Orion, and The Occupant

Sat July 27 -- MystikAl, DJ Stepdaddy, Brisa

Sat August 16 -- The Moore Brothers, Troy, Johnaxel

$8 at the door, all ages welcome!

Classics Declassified Hosts a Special Show, With a Special Guest!

Veteran broadcaster Keith Porter and relative newcomer John Watson will be collaborating at the end of June on a special show putting the spotlight on a fascinating new play, having its first-ever reading in Nevada City this July.

The play: “Resistance,” written and directed by Jeffrey Mason, follows the life of a famous German conductor, modeled after musical genius Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic throughout the Third Reich. During a crucial period of his career, the Conductor navigates the treacherous political waters created when a nefarious Party comes to power.

Sierra Stages presents a premiere staged reading of “Resistance” at the Nevada Theatre on the evening of Wednesday, July 17. John, a longtime community theater actor, portrays the Conductor.

The special edition: “Classics Declassified” co-host Keith has invited John to be his guest on June 30, 6-8 p.m., playing 1940s-50s recordings of classical music conducted by Furtwängler, widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic conductors of the 20^th century. The focus is on music invoked within the “Resistance” script, including the entirety of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Keith has for many years co-hosted both “Classics Declassified” and “The Sages Among Us.” John joined the roster of “South of the Border” co-hosts in early 2022 while appearing in a variety of local theater productions, including “You Can’t Take It with You” for Sierra Stages and “Clue On Stage” for the Lyric Rose Theatre.

Please tune in June 30 for this very special edition of “Classics Declassified,” 6-8pm!

Photo: Wilhelm Furtwängler and John Watson, host of KVMR's "South of the Border," who portrays Furtwängler in the play

The Kids Are Alright

Community radio is a great place for people of all ages to try on new skills. KVMR partners with local high schools and job placement agencies to give opportunities through internships for young people to do professional work when they're just starting out. We are so grateful for the work they have contributed to KVMR. Many KVMR interns have stuck around, becoming broadcasters and contributors, because they find a community here as well. We are proud of the impact we've had in creating avenues for folks to pursue their dreams wherever it leads them. To every volunteer, intern, broadcaster, donor KVMR has had during the last 46 years—you'll always be part of the KVMR family. Thank you so much!

KVMR Interns 2024--left to right-- Alex (Bitney Springs College Prep), Pants (Connecting Point 211), Eddie (Bitney), Amelia (211)

See you on the radio!