Saturday: The Big Twang

Ted Waldbillig |

Bluegrass is truly a delight; it's acessible to nearly any musical fancy because of it's jubilation and hearty folk mixture. This Saturday Aug. 22, come out to Lake Altoona County Park (directions) for a good ol' fashion romp and stomp featuring nine bands and a fiddle contest – It's the WHYS Bluegrass Festival (a fundraiser for WHYS radio). We've already been heralding the event for sometime, but in case you missed it, here's another notification. Read more about the festival in the extended article or calendar entry. The whole thing starts at 11am.

Also on Saturday: Hmong culture Hmoobfest, gamer gathering BlizzCon, yacht club's National Championship Regatta, musical Levis Fest, Infinitea's one year birthday bash (tea-cake, anyone?), AnnaLily Fair (part deux!), happy tummys Peanut Butter and Gypsy, and Eau Claire Blues All-Stars.

On Sunday: Davey J's One Man Acoustical Band, more Hmoob'n, Heyde Center Back to School Giveaway, classic rock act Cats Ass, and the watershow feat. Ski Sprites.

Art Shows: More blues with Art & the Blues, Art Hanging Roger Adams, August Artists Suzanne Schroeder and Peg Breitzman, more Roger Adams (folk art), landscape photography by Tim Burns and Scott Wuerch, Story Lines: Narrative and Sequential Images (various artists), Watercolors Plus by Tere Hering, and The Brotherhood of the Lens (Brown, Johnson & Johnson photography showcase).