The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is next week starting on Wednesday. Here is a warning about fake tickets being sold online and information about how to get valid tickets, as provided by Suzy Thompson from the festival:
BEWARE of fake ticket sales for BOTMC events! The website ticketsales.com is selling fake BOTMC tickets, and there may be other second-party ticket sites doing it as well. These tickets will not be accepted for admission to shows!
WARNING: If you are trying to buy BOTMC tickets online, and you land on any page supposedly selling BOTMC tickets, that does NOT list all the performers for each night, that page may be a scam!! Any genuine ticket page will be from either secure.thefreight.org (i.e. Freight & Salvage website) or from ashkenaz.com (Ashkenaz’s website) and should list the entire lineup for that show.
Tickets should be available at the door for all shows — but if you want free music workshops, you will need to buy a 2-day pass in advance: https://secure.thefreight.org/packages/fixed/182
Here are links for advance tickets to individual shows:
Wed. Sept. 18 – Ashkenaz – Welcome Party and Cajun/Honky Tonk Dance
Marley’s Ghost, Cedric Watson plus jamming with Bigfoot
Cajun & Honky tonk dance lesson with Sarah Travis
https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-calendar#/events/110458
Thurs. Sept. 19 – Freight & Salvage – Concert
Clean Heat, Cedric Watson, Bigfoot
https://secure.thefreight.org/13793/botmc1-0919
Fri. Sept. 20 – Freight & Salvage – Concert
Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows, Maria Muldaur & Her Old Timey Pals, the Onlies
https://secure.thefreight.org/13793/botmc2-0920
Sat. Sept. 21 – Ashkenaz – Square Dance Party
Propagators, Bigfoot, the Onlies with Susan Michaels & Robin Fischer calling
Clogging workshop with Evie Ladin
Song circle with Viv & Riley; old time jam with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-calendar#/events/110459
I sincerely hope that none of you have fallen for this fake ticket scam!! And I hope to see you next week, we’re gonna have some gooooooood music!!
Suzy Thompson
Director, Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
www.BerkeleyOldTimeMusic.org
info@BerkeleyOldTimeMusic.org or suzy@ericandsuzy.com
Cell phone: 510-225-5508
Save the dates! Sept. 18-22, 2024
