Advance tickets are $15 and are available in Ouray at Buckskin Bookstore, Khristopher's Culinaire, and Mouse's Chocolate; in Ridgway at Cimarron Coffee & Books; and in downtown Montrose at Ouray Silversmith, 312 E. Main St. Sweet Sunny South audiences always expect a highly entertaining stage show featuring rollicking fiddle tunes, soulful ballads, tight vocal harmonies and an exceptional array of original songs combined with a heavy dose of humor that keeps the crowd smiling. The band has recorded four unique and entertaining CDs which are receiving heavy airplay across the country.

Based in Paonia, the band has been making a name for itself at festivals and theaters throughout the region for the past eight years and has received invitations to perform as an official showcase band for several folk festivals. The group was also featured as one of Colorado's "Movers and Shakers" in Denver's Westword magazine in 2007 and were selected the winners of the New Belgium Brewery's "What's your Folly?" contest after writing a jingle for the brewery.

Sweet Sunny South represents the traditional music of greats such as The Stanley Brothers and The Carter Family at the same time drawing influences from more contemporary bands such as The Freight Hoppers, The Wilders and The Reeltime Travelers.

The bluegrass concert kicks off a weekend of Old West entertainment in Ouray County. On Saturday, the award winning troupe "Legendary Ladies" brings an evening of "unconventional women of the west" show under the artistic direction of Kyle Neidt, also academic advisor for theater and dance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The program is preceded by an optional reception at Venue Roscoe Fox and a dinner in the historic Beaumont Hotel. (Information: Ouray County Historical Society, 970-325-4576.

On Sunday, a free 4 pm Concert in the Park in Ridgway, sponsored by the Ouray County Performing Arts Guild, features the Dallas Divide Band who perform blue grass and country music with guitar, banjo, fiddle, and bass and the tight vocal harmony of bluegrass. (Information: Ouray County Performing Arts Guild, 970-626-2970 or 325-4598).

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