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Brew Skies Festival staged this weekend at Timberline Four Seasons Resort

Entertainment schedule and ticket information provided

CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — The many sounds and sights of Brew Skies Festival 2016 will be on display at Timberline Four Seasons Resort this weekend — Aug. 19-20 — as the family friendly, two-day event showcases performances from 23 musical acts, local food & artisan vendors, a newly added homebrew competition and ctext_1raft breweries from around the state of West Virginia.

Presented by Mountain State Brewing Company and celebrated at Timberline Resort, just outside of Davis, the gates open at 3 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Advance tickets, which are recommended, can be purchased online at http://brewskiesfestival.com/get-tickets-brew-skies-festival/, or at the following retail locations: Mountain State Brewing Co. (Thomas, Morgantown & Deep Creek Lake, MD locations) and the Iron Horse Tavern in Morgantown.
A “Weekend Pass” includes entrance to the festival for both days, a 4oz souvenir sampler mug and tickets for eight craft beer samples. A “Day Pass: includes day of access, sampler mug and six craft beer samples. Currently 12 West Virginia breweries have confirmed attendance! Beer tickets for 16-oz pours will be sold for $5, and additional sampler tickets will be sold for $2. Food vendor menus and prices will vary.
The first annual Brew Skies Festival was held in 2012 in Canaan Valley as a celebration of live music, West Virginia craft beer and the great outdoors. The 2016 festival entertainment schedule includes the following:

ScheduleFriday, Aug. 19.

3 p.m. — Doors open

BEER GARDEN STAGE
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. — The Speakeasy Boys: Starting as a group of local musicians playing at a house dubbed ‘The Speakeasy’ along the banks of the Potomac River, The Speakeasy Boys are a blend of bluegrass, old time, country, rock-a-billy, jug band, country western & ragtime.

THE MAIN STAGE
5:15 p.m. – 6 p.m. — Split String Soup: Hailing from the darkest hollows of Northern Virginia, Split String is a veritable soup of musical influences. From traditional bluegrass to classic rock and country, Split String Soup create an eclectic Americana sound all their own.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. — Floyd Cowger: Local favorite and famed story teller Floyd Cowger performs some classic covers, as well as a few originals, with timeless lyrics, a touch of bluegrass and some old, outlaw country blues.

THE MAIN STAGE
6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. — Ona: Ona is a Huntington based rock-n-roll band. Bradley Jenkins and Zack Owens write about longing, resentment, searching and waiting. Zach Johnston, Max Nolte, and PJ Woodard back them with music that pulses, buzzes, echoes and rolls.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
7:30 p.m. – 8:15  p.m. — Neotronic: Elkins, WV, based Neotronic filter elements of jazz, rock-n-roll, jam-band, latin, funk, and psychedelia through the traditional instrumentation of guitar, sax and drums with looping polyrhythm.

THE MAIN STAGE
8:15 p.m. – 9 p.m. — Tyler Childers: Amassing a loyal fan base in Appalachia and beyond with a whiskey-soaked voice and songwriting that’d make Jason Isbell proud, recent Mountain Stage performer Tyler Childers’ heartfelt Americana is at home in the hills and hollers.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
9 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. — Scribe: Annapolis, MD, based Skribe travels from town to town in a blue hearse spreading his own blend of ‘garage folk’ – an unpretentious, soulful sub-genre that draws from roots in Americana & the 60’s garage rock spirit.

THE MAIN STAGE
9:45 p.m. – 11:15 p.m. — Patrick Sweaty: Patrick Sweany likes the spaces in between. On any given night he’ll swing through blues, folk, soul, classic 50s rock, or a even a punk speedball. A musical omnivore, devouring every popular music sound of the last 70 years. “This is the kind of music Robert Johnson sold his soul for … and Sweany is pouring his into it.” – Esquire Magazine

BEER GARDEN STAGE
11:15 p.m. – 12 p.m. — Major & The Monbacks: Hailing from Norfolk, VA, Major & The Monbacks have created their own blend of rock n roll, merging retro 60’s rock n roll, psychedelic twang, soaring three-part harmonies and the high energy and horn laden grit of southern soul.

Saturday, Aug. 20

10:30 a.m. — DOORS OPEN

BEER GARDEN STAGE
11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Douglas Falls: Douglas Falls is a local music favorite consisting of neighbors and friends in Tucker County, WV.

TIMBERLINE LODGE
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. — BREW SKIES HOMEBREW COMPETITION: Introducing the first annual Brew Skies Festival 2016 Homebrew Competition! This is a friendly competition that strives to recognize the most talented homebrewers in our region, and those who continue to push boundaries to elevate the possibilities of craft beer. See here for more informtion and cometition entry details.

THE MAIN STAGE
12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. — Two Ton Twig: Two Ton Twig is a six-piece string band from Washington, DC, who draw on songwriting influences ranging from classic bluegrass tunes, hard rock, Eastern European folk music and eighties British Indie.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. — The Masons: Over the years, The Masons have evolved with tight arrangements, smooth harmonies and an ability to put an Appalachian spin on familiar songs, generating enthusiastic support throughout their home state of West Virginia.

THE MAIN STAGE
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.— The Howlin Brothers: Sounding like what would happen if a bunch of Appalachian punk rockers formed a jug-band, Nashville based The Howlin’ Brothers play with a ferocious energy that drags you in and finds you boogieing along in spite of yourself.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m. — Triple S: Triple S is a classic rock style band composed of three Tucker County High School students; brothers Skyler and Shane Humphrey and Seth Dotson.

THE MAIN STAGE
3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. — Liz Frame & The Kickers: Liz Frame wrote her first song at age nine, and has been performing her own brand of rootsy Americana music since her early teens. The Kickers raw, acoustic sound and sweet harmonies help to deliver her material with distinction.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. — LocalMotive: LocalMotive is a West Virginia based rockin’ R&B reggae band. Their sets are replete with original tunes and classic ballads that span many genres.

THE MAIN STAGE
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. — The Commonheart: Formed to invoke emotion through tone and energy, The Commonheart is a nice-piece Pittsburgh area band that take rock riffs, gritty vocals and a screaming organ to deliver rock ‘n’ roll with a heavy blues, soul and gospel influences.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
5:15  p.m. – 6 p.m. — Chaga Tea Project: Locally sourced, and steeped in rock, reggae-billy, and blues, the Chaga Tea Project will serve you up a funky new brew.

THE MAIN STAGE
6 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. — The Suitcase Junket: The Suitcase Junket is Matt Lorenz’s internationally touring, throat-singing, slide guitar playing one-man-band. His sound isn’t easy to pin to a genre, but is often compared to the likes Tom Waits, The Black Keys & Andrew Bird.

BEER GARDEN STAGE
6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. — EMay: EMay was once dubbed the “Renaissance Queen of the Pittsburgh Scene”, and awarded a Pittsburgh Creativity Project award through the STUDIO and Heinz Endowments in 2009 for her “contributions to Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape”.

THE MAIN STAGE
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. — Kelsey Waldon: Think Tammy Wynette on a trip to Whiskeytown, as unafraid of heavy twang and spitfire pedal steel as any coffeehouse confessional. Kelsey Waldon is an American country music singer-songwriter with one of the most stellar backing bands in Nashville. “I promise you this is country’s coolest young voice.” – Joe Heim, The Washington Post

BEER GARDEN STAGE
9 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. — Holy Ghost Tent Revival: Holy Ghost Tent Revival’s exhilarating live shows have uplifted audiences since the band formed in 2007. They honor their unique sound, which NPR describes as that of a “soul-rock horn band that recalls 60s and 70s classic-rock influences such as The Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers, contemporary indie-rock acts like Dr. Dog, and New Orleans brass-band jazz.”

THE MAIN STAGE
9:45 p.m. – 11:15 p.m. — Old 97s: Old 97’s emerged from Dallas, TX twenty years ago at the forefront of a major musical movement, blending rootsy country-influenced songwriting with raw punk rock energy and delivery. The New York Times dubbed their major label debut album, ‘Too Far To Care’, as “the cornerstone of the alternative country movement”.

BEER GARDEN STAGE 11:15 p.m. to 12 a.m. — Charlie Brown Superstar: With influences ranging from Gary Numan to Curtis Mayfield, Charlie Brown Superstar is a talented and true form DJ, spinning original new wave, rock, disco and funk mixes from the 80’s and early 90’s.

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