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SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 2, 2021 WHAT'S UP! 9 FYI FreshGrass | Bentonville Full Schedule FYI Covid Policy Proof of full covid-19 vaccination or a negative covid- 19 test result obtained within 72 hours of entering the festival will be required to attend FreshGrass | Benton- ville 2021. Per the Momentary's covid-19 policies, masks are required for all visitors age 2 and up for all indoor programs, and recommended during the Fresh- Grass outdoor programming when social distancing cannot occur. Masks will be available for free. artists worldwide for more than a decade — and they're in on the festival as well. The House of Songs nonprofit established its second permanent location, and new national headquarters, in Northwest Arkansas in 2017. Through artist residencies, songwriter summits, co-writing sessions, music series and arts service efforts, House of Songs has established itself as a conduit for bridging cultures through the universal language of music. In that spirit, House of Songs partnered with FreshGrass to curate a group of artists who will premiere performances as part of the festival series FreshSongs. "The format will be very similar to [our Songwriter] Summits of the past," explains Graham Weber, program director for The House of Songs. Three artists with strong ties to Northwest Arkansas were chosen by THoS, and three from the northeast region of the country were chosen by FreshGrass to stay together at the Bentonville house. "They will live together, every artist will be paired with the other five, to have the possibility of creating 15 new compositions, if not more," Weber continues. "They will take the new songs to a recording studio (in this case, Haxton Road Recording Studio in Bentonville) and get versions of those songs (performed by the songwriters)." The intention of the Summits is to create new collaborative intellectual property for the involved artists' catalogues, and to take the artists out of their comfort zones by collaborating with artists who are stylistically diverse to create something new for both artists involved, Weber expounds. New works from past Summits have been presented at such prestigious settings as Folk Alliance International (Kansas City/Montreal/ New Orleans), AmericanaFest (Nashville) and AmericanaFest UK (London). With the Bentonville house being only a few blocks from the Momentary campus, this group of six artists participating in the FreshSongs project will not have to travel to debut their new work. The regional artists invited to participate are Willi Carlisle, Kalyn Fay and Bonnie Montgomery. "FreshGrass always features a diverse lineup encompassing the best in acoustic music — from traditional masters and iconic trailblazers to musical discoveries," the music festival's website details. The bluegrass/roots music festival celebrated its 10th anniversary Sept. 24-26 at its flagship location of North Adams, Mass., just ahead of its Southern debut Oct. 1-2 in Bentonville. (Courtesy Photo/Caleb Blansett, via MASS MoCA) See FreshGrass Page 38 Oct. 1 Old Crow Medicine Show Steep Canyon Rangers Aoife O'Donovan & Noam Pikelny Flor de Toloache Oct. 2 Billy Strings Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Alison Brown Leyla McCalla Martha Redbone A tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Felecia Collins Smokey & the Mirror The Ozarks Highballers The Irie Lions FreshScores: Film with live music by Alison Brown, Leyla McCalla, and Smokey & the Mirror FreshSongs: featuring Willi Carlisle, Kalyn Fay, Bonnie Montgomery, Mamie Minch, Sage Nizhoni, and Billy Keane