Surprise Acoustic Set Saturday by Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers

Here are the details on tomorrow morning's surprise musical guests:

This Saturday, March 31, at 10am tickets to most of Wolf Trap's summer shows go on sale to the public through tickets.com, 877-WOLFTRAP, or at the Filene Center box office at Wolf Trap National Park for the Perfomring Arts, where you can save money on service charges.

As an added bonus, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers will play a surprise acoustic set at 9am in front of the box office. So, get there early for a free concert and pick up some tickets for this summer's shows,. Stephen and his band will be back at Wolf Trap on July 6 with the Pat McGee Band and Carbon Leaf. SHOW DETAILS

Summer Season in Washington Post

Jacqueline Trescott's article on our summer season appears in today's Washington Post. There's one error people should be aware of in the article...the free Summer Blast-Off event with the U.S. Marine Band and fireworks is listed as happening on May 25, when the show is actually on Sunday, May 27. That's one of the most popular nights of the year here and we don't want people showing up on the wrong date, so please make a note of that if you're heading out here for it.

REMINDER
Box office opening day is tomorrow. Get your tickets early and don't forget that you can save on service charges by coming to the Filene Center box office to get your tickets.

Box Office Opening Day Festivities to Include Live Music

Tickets for most of Wolf Trap's Summer 2007 shows go on sale this Saturday, March 31 at 10am. You can get tickets that morning by calling 877-WOLFTRAP, ordering online at tickets.com, or in person at the Filene Center box office, where you can save money on service charges.

If you come out to the Filene Center to get your tickets that morning, you can catch a special acoustic set of music at 9am from a Summer 2007 Wolf Trap artist (check back here on Friday night to find out who that is), plus Starbucks will be handing out drinks and Capital Restaurants will have some free snacks as well. Cerphe from 94.7 The Globe will be broadcasting live from 9:30-11:30am and WJFK will be here providing on-air updates.

Stay tuned to wolftrap.org during April, as we'll be announcing more shows.

Win Tickets to Vienna Teng at Wolf Trap

Instrumental Analysis is giving away a pair of tickets to the Tuesday, April 3 performance by Vienna Teng at The Barns at Wolf Trap.

In other contest news, Wolf Trap is giving away a pair of front row tickets to the 2007 Filene Center performance of your choice. The deadline is Monday, April 9 and the Enter to Win page at wolftrap.org has the details.

Wolf Trap at the National Press Club

Things have wrapped up here at the National Press Club. Our summer season schedule has been posted at wolftrap.org and you can find details online about the new environmental initiative that our President & CEO Terre Jones announced today. And here's the press release on the summer season. Check back later for pictures and more news from today's event.

2007 Summer Season Announcement Monday

Tomorrow at noon, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts' President & CEO Terre Jones will announce a major environmental initiative and our 2007 summer season schedule from the National Press Club in downtown Washington, DC.

If one of us can get to a computer to blog something from down there, we will. Or you can also tune into the mainpage of wolftrap.org on Monday for a rundown of our summer shows; check out the Newsroom where press releases will be available detailing Wolf Trap's new environmental initiative and all aspects of the summer season; or tune into Wolf Trap Radio, where we'll be playing music by artists from the summer schedule.

Joining us at the Press Club tomorrow will be Mike Love, Lead Singer of the legendary Beach Boys and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who will also deliver a speech related to the environment.

C-SPAN will likely air the event, either live or tape delayed. We'll keep you posted on that.

George Winston in Today's Post

A review by Richard Harrington of the latest George Winston releases "Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions: A Hurricane Relief Benefit" and "Complete Solo Piano Recordings 1972-2004" appears in today's Washington Post Weekend section. Winston performs here at The Barns at Wolf Trap tonight through Sunday, though all three performances are now sold out.

Summer on the lawn is right around the corner

The summer season will be here before you know it...and here's a little YouTube footage I came across a few weeks ago from last summer's moe. performance. It's been viewed over 3,000 times. Long live Web 2.0!

Wolf Trap Education Programs

Here's a nice article that ran over the weekend on Wolf Trap Institute teaching artists at work in a school in Caroline County, Virginia.

Channel 9 Live Tomorrow Morning from Wolf Trap

Peggy Fox of WUSA-TV 9 broadcasts live from the Center for Education at Wolf Trap tomorrow morning during the 6'clock hour. The segment will highlight this Saturday's Art Uncorked event which benefits Wolf Trap Education Programs.

On hand for the broadcast will be Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts President & CEO Terre Jones, Barry Broadway of Broadway Galleries, Wolf Trap Visual Artist of 2007 John Bannon, and Rande Janus of The Wine Cabinet. Tune in for a sneak preview of this weekend's event.

Roomful of Blues Tonight

Roomful of Blues visits The Barns at Wolf Trap this evening for one of our General Admission Dance shows. There are still have some tickets left and you can get yours at 877-WOLFTRAP, www.wolftrap.org, or at The Barns box office.

The DC Blues Society gave one lucky winner a pair of tickets to this show...thanks to them for spreading the word and for all they do to "celebrate blues in the nation's capital."