The 2009 Rhythms On The Rio Music Festival will take place in South Fork, CO on August 22 and 23. The event is presented by The South Fork Music Association and will be free of charge to the general public. Acts scheduled to appear include The Nershi – Law Trio & Friends, Darol Anger, Drew Emmitt, the Emmitt-Nershi Band, Great American Taxi, The Susan Gibson Band, The Pete Kartsounes Band, Palmas and several additional acts. This Nershi-Law Trio includes Honkeytonk Homeslice collaborators Bill and Jillian Nershi and Scott Law.

The festival will also be a benefit concert: all money raised through a voluntary donation drive and beer garden sales will benefit The Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust, the High Valley Community Center for children in Del Norte, Hike For Cancer and
The South Fork Music Association.