Thursday night at 10PM, Jacksonville, Floridas WJCT will air a one hour documentary that looks at MagnoliaFest and Suwannee Springfest. Music Farmers: Sowing The Seeds Of Americana features music and interviews with Vassar Clements, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan, Donna the Buffalo, the Duhks, Jim Lauderdale, the Waybacks and others. It is expected that the show will air on additional PBS stations nationwide in the months to come.
Meanwhile one of the events chronicled in Music Farmers will return to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL next month. The 10th Anniversary MagnoliaFest will feature the Sam Bush Band, Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Donna the Buffalo, the Duhks, the Lee Boys and nearly forty other performers on five stages from October 19-22.