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2007 Fair Performers To Create Memories
Musicians, Dancers, and the Yolo Idol Search—Entertainment for Memorable August Nights
A Live Entertainment Schedule is available in PDF format.
 Yolo County musicians and dancers will fill the East and West Stages of the 2007 Yolo County Fair with a variety of entertainment, August 15–19. Some or all members of each act either live or work in Yolo County or went to school here where they got their start on the stage.
“There is quite a variety of music and dance scheduled, so there should be something for everyone,” said Yolo County Fair Manager Lonny Wunder.
![bottomheadlarge[1]](../assets/images/bottomheadlarge_1_.jpg "bottomheadlarge[1]") Classic rock, modern covers and originals, blues, bluegrass and country, Celtic, concert brass band and jazz are music styles to be enjoyed. Student dance groups will present Ballet Folklorico, traditional jazz and ballet and even belly dancing.
Some Yolo County acts have delivered their talents well beyond Yolo County’s borders. Two have even been nominated for SAMMIES (Sacramento Area Music Awards) and last month the Bottom Dwellers took home a SAMMIE in the Country/Bluegrass category. Previously Bill Scholer received a SAMMIE nomination in the Blues category.
 Yolo County Supervisor Mike McGowan’s Mighty Delta Roadmasters has been featured the last few years in the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, playing often in a Yolo County venue,  Raley’s Field. Rocky and the Revellettes for more than two decades have been performing throughout Northern and Central California and Nevada, often appearing at clubs in Reno. Other groups play frequently in the Sacramento Region.
Although more than half of last year’s performers are returning, there are still several new acts to add spice to the 2007 Fair: The Mighty Delta Roadmasters (Blues), Sleeper (Blues) , Riggity Jig (Celtic), Custom Neon (70 and 80s Rock) and Hungry Hollow and the Pleasant Valley Boys, both of which play traditional Bluegrass.
 Classic Rock ’n Rock will again be a featured attraction with Woodland’s most successful rock and roll band of the last two and a half decades, Rocky and the Revellettes, being featured on Opening Night, Wednesday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m. on the West Stage. On Friday, high energy Four Barrel will close the West Stage at 8:30 p.m.
Rock will again be featured on the West Stage on Saturday starting at 4:30 p.m., with Eddie Loebs and Blue Soul, followed by the RetroSpecs, and wrapping up with Alincia and the Bandavelas from West Sacramento, who add a multicultural flare to rock and pop music. In 2005 Alincia Vela was the winner of both the Yolo Idol Search and the Northern California Fairs’ regional prize at the Gold Country Fair a month later.
In addition to rockers, this year’s Fair also features five Bluegrass bands, several Blues bands, a concert band, a Celtic band, two country bands and two jazz bands.
 The Yolo Idol Search will again be the Thursday evening featured event on the West Stage at 7:30 p.m. The West Stage is adjacent to the Rotary Park Picnic Area, where this year the Guadalupana group will sell those well-loved Fair tacos. Entry forms for the Yolo Idol search are available on the Fair Web site at www.yolocountyfair.net The first twenty entries received are guaranteed a performance opportunity.
Other featured Yolo County entertainers scheduled for this year’s Fair include:
 •2006 SAMMIE nominee Bill Scholer’s Blues Band will close the East Stage on Thursday (8–10 p.m.).
•The Peter Neumann Band plays intense pop rock with inspirational themes at 6:30 p.m. Friday on the West Stage.
•Mike McGowan and the Mighty Delta Roadmasters close the East Stage on Friday.
•Grooveline closes the East Stage on Saturday with their unique Old School, Funk and R & B sounds. Catch them after the Demolition Derby.
•2007 SAMMIE winners Bottom Dwellers will close the Fair on the East Stage Sunday night beginning at 8 p.m. They offer Country music with a honky tonk and swampy dark side as well as the Bakersfield sound of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. What a way to musically wrap up the 2007 Yolo County Fair!
Three dance groups will also perform during the Fair: Woodland’s Ballet Folklorico de Beamer will present traditional dances of Mexico at 4 p.m. Thursday on the West Stage. On Saturday Yvette Corvo Misner’s Bohemian Bellies troupe will open the East Stage at noon and Tirza Warren’s River City Dance Academy will follow at 1:30 p.m.
Additional performers during the five-day Yolo County Fair include: Wednesday: Gabe Lewin, Custom Neon and Paradoxx; Thursday: Woodland Community Band, Riggity Jig and the Urban Sherpas Friday: Native Grass, Over Forte, Plainfield Pickers; Saturday: Sleeper, Notorious Shank Bros, Hungry Hollow, Katie Jane, Jim Hunter and Simpson Creek; and Sunday: The Pleasant Valley Boys, Don Price and Jazz Gitan, Mr. Chitlin, and on the West Stage a variety of Spanish language and Latin music produced by K-Buena radio.
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Yolo County Supervisor Mike McGowan’s Mighty Delta Roadmasters has been featured the last few years in the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, playing often in a Yolo County venue, 
