MOUNT MORRIS – The Mount Morris Jamboree announces the debut of the Barb City Stompers to the band shell, who will be playing a free two-hour concert on Aug. 24, starting at 7 p.m.
The Barb City Stompers is a swing band that was formed in 2004.There's no doubting that they know their stuff nor that they have something personal to say. That's no mean feat given the age of a lot of the material here. The Band plays regularly in Dekalb as well as throughout the central USA. Their style might be described as “Hot-Swing-Trad.”
The Mount Morris Community Women's Club will be serving concessions including walking tacos, soda, water and a dessert, starting at 6 p.m. The Campus will be extra festive that evening as the 3rd Annual National Straw-sculpting Competition continues, which has six new sculptures on display all around the Campus until Aug. 26. Public voting is ongoing.
The Artful Threads Fiber Art Show continues at the Encore Old Sandstone Gallery next door until the end of the month, open from 6-9:30 pm, featuring original fiber Art of all kinds, from weaving and quilts to lace and thread sculpture and more by local Artists. Several other local food and craft vendors will likely be on site as well, including Jen's Artisan Breads, featuring many different varieties of delicious fresh baked bread and Pecatonica River Honey, with raw, natural, locally sourced honey, Dietrich Ranch will have beef sticks and beef jerky and Barker Brew will likely be there to serve a variety of iced coffees, too.
Please come to town early and have a look at all the good locally grown produce and other foods and crafts available at the Mount Morris Community Farmers Market held in the bank parking lot at the corner of Wesley Ave. and Rt. 64 from 4-7 p.m, every Friday through October.
Our rain location for the concert and concessions is the Mount Morris Moose Lodge, at 101 Moose Dr. just off of E. Hitt St. at the same times.
