Dinners & Dances
INCLUDED WITH CULTURE CAMP & OPEN TO THE PUBLIc
Dinners at 6:30pm - Dances at 8:30pm
Culture Camp celebrates the end of each day with a super fun and fabulous themed dinner and dance! Dinners are cooked in traditional style by performers and chefs from around the United States. Tickets for “dinner and a dance” or just “the dance” are sold separately. You don’t have to do both- you can come to just the dance if you'd like. In the tradition of the festive GrassRoots community spirit, the dinners and dances are open to the public! All are welcome to join in this special time each evening. Come warm up your dance shoes with us in a more intimate setting before the main festival begins!
DINNER & DANCE - ONE NIGHT
$50 Advance / $55 Gate
Youth Dinner and Dance - $40 (15 and under)
Fuel up before getting your dance on! Enjoy a delicious, culturally-themed dinner with the company of the GrassRoots Culture Camp community and your favorite instructors, then dance the night away!
honky tonk night
SUNDAY, JULY 13th
6:30PM
Menu and Chef TBA
8:30PM
Jim Lauderdale and the Game changers
Nashville, Tennesse
With GrassRoots favorite Jim Lauderdale at the helm, Frank Rische, Craig Smith, Jay Weaver, and Dave Racine of The Game Changers bring Nashville’s legendary Honky Tonk Tuesday’s to Culture Camp for a fantastic night of country ,two-stepping, honky tonkin’ classics and originals. A special opportunity here at Culture Camp as The Game Changers will not be appearing at the festival. Seen only here at camp! Shine the shoes, saddle up, gonna be a time!
“Jim Lauderdale is a consummate entertainer, a sharp dressed man as well, a terrific songwriter and great singer” - George Strait
”He’s my favorite part of Americana Music” - Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show
”He’s a man of great style, an exceptional songwriter and tremendous singer” - Elvis Costello
Texas Two-Step led by Sara Juran at 7:30 PM before the dance.
cajun night
monday, JULY 14th
6:30PM
Menu and Chef TBA
8:30PM
Prends courage
Southwest Louisiana
In the heart of Lafayette, where Cajun spirit meets creative fervor, Prends Courage was born. This dynamic band is a testament to the power of music to transcend time and circumstance, inspired by the passing of Christopher Stafford and the enduring legacy of Feufollet’s “Prends Courage”.
As they take the stage, Prends Courage embodies the joie de vivre that defines their heritage, inviting all to join in the dance, the song, and enthusiasm that flows from their very being.Prends Courage shines bright, a beacon of light and laughter, reminding us all to prends courage – take heart – and let the music set us free.
Cajun Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Sara Duran
new orleans nighT
TUESDAY, JULY 15th
6:30PM
Menu and Chef TBA
8:30PM
Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sally Baby is a local gem of the New Orleans Music Scene. Seamlessly blending the sounds of the early Creole Jazz Bands with New Orleans RnB, Second Line music, Calypso, and their ethereal, mystical, magical original music...it is a show that leaves audiences deeply touched with a renewed hope for the future of art and transcendence through music.
New Orleans is in the house!
zydeco Night
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th
6:30PM
Menu and Chef TBA
8:30PM
PRESTON FRANK & DONNA THE BUFFALO
Preston Frank of Soileau, LA
Zydeco royalty, GrassRoots favorite, beautiful man and musician, our beloved Preston Frank. It doesn't get much better than this!
“I don’t play that new zydeco or Acadian music. I play Creole zydeco. It’s in between both of them. It’s got a good drive and a good swing to it.” — Preston Frank
(Zydeco Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Sara Juran)
