Dinners & Dances
INCLUDED WITH CULTURE CAMP & OPEN TO THE PUBLIc
Dinners at 6:30pm - Dances at 8:30pm
Culture Camp celebrates the end of each day with a super fun and fabulous themed dinner and dance! Dinners are cooked in traditional style by performers and chefs from around the United States. Tickets for “dinner and a dance” or just “the dance” are sold separately. You don’t have to do both- you can come to just the dance if you'd like. In the tradition of the festive GrassRoots community spirit, the dinners and dances are open to the public! All are welcome to join in this special time each evening. Come warm up your dance shoes with us in a more intimate setting before the main festival begins!
honky tonk night
SUNDAY, JULY 16
6:30PM
Prepared by Johnny Nicholas of Hill Top Cafe, Fredericksburg, TX
MENU COMING SOON
8:30PM
JOSHUA HEDLEY AND THE HEDLINERS
Nashville, TN
Hedley’s got a voice that could sing the phonebook and make it sound like a Sixties gem straight from Billy Sherrill’s lost 1960s archives...
— Rolling Stone
Hedley is driven by a similar goal: to make music that honors tradition in a personal and heartfelt way.
— NPR - 'Songs We Love'
Texas Two-Step led by Rosie Sayvetz Grady at 7:30 PM before the dance.
cajun night
monday, JULY 17
6:30PM
Prepared by Jolie Meaux (assisted by Tanner Dimmick) from Lafayette, Louisiana
Menu coming soon
8:30PM
KYLE HUVAL AND THE DIXIE CLUB RAMBLERS
Southwest Louisiana
“If you blinked, you might have missed it. Cajun music just sprouted another branch, and this time it’s Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Rambleers - it’s clear that they take tradition and the stalwarts who came before them seriously. Their pile-driving dancehall stuff stomps and pops; their waltzes are glorious, majestic and stirring.” - Offbeat Magazine: Kyle Huval “The Corner Post”
Cajun Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Rodney Sutton.
jump blues nighT
TUESDAY, JULY 18
6:30PM
Prepared by Gabriel Emilio Gomez Recio from Oaxaca, Mexico
Menu coming soon
8:30PM
johnny nicholas
Fredericksburg, Texas
Blues legend Johnny Nicholas' music is full-spectrum Americana - a rich gumbo of not just blues, but cajun, western swing, honky tonk and barrelhouse rock ’n’ roll. He can mesmerize a listening room crowd or bring a festival crowd to their feet!
It's a Jumpin’ Blues dance party!
Line Dance workshop afternoon of the dance led by Rosie Sayvetz Grady
zydeco Night
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
6:30PM
Prepared by Jolie Meaux (assisted by Tanner Dimmick) from Lafayette, Louisiana
Menu Coming Soon
8:30PM
PRESTON FRANK & DONNA THE BUFFALO
Preston Frank of Soileau, LA
Zydeco royalty, GrassRoots favorite, beautiful man and musician, our beloved Preston Frank. It doesn't get much better than this!
“I don’t play that new zydeco or Acadian music. I play Creole zydeco. It’s in between both of them. It’s got a good drive and a good swing to it.” — Preston Frank
(Zydeco Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Sara Juran)
