☀️ Indigenous Peoples Day 2024 ☀️
October 14th from 10am to 7pm
Tune in for KVMR’s annual Indigenous Peoples Day Special: Continuing Culture. This locally produced, 8-hour special features Dennis Banks, Dreamwalk 25th Anniversary Celebration, Grammy award-winning Flutist Mary Youngblood, Native Storyteller Johnny Moses, Brian Wallace, & The Cache Creek Conservancy. Produced by Miss Jiff (host of KVMR’s Resilience Radio).
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR:
◽10:00 AM – IPD Intro with Dennis Banks from the KVMR Archives
◽11:00 AM – Dreamwalk 25th Anniversary w/ Skip Alan Smith & Michael Ben
◽12:00 PM – Dreamwalk: Featuring Mary Youngblood
◽2:00 PM – Storyteller Johnny Moses
◽4:00 PM – Brian Wallace, Sierra Fund Chief Executive Officer
◽5:00 PM – Spoken Word w/ John Trudell, Joy Harjo & Leonard Peltier
◽6:00 PM – Garden Forum w/ Cache Creek Conservancy
➡️ More info about KVMR's IPD 2024 special programming HERE: https://www.kvmr.org/show/indigenous-peoples-day-2024/
📻 89.5 FM / KVMR.org
#idp #indigenouspeoplesday
You only need to encourage a group of KVMR broadcasters/listeners once for full-hearted audience participation. 🐺
Thanks to The Onyx Theatre, Nevada City, @glendadrew & @jessedrew for last night's screening of "Open Country"!
💚 It was a true treat to begin the evening with KVMR's favorite thing - LIVE music. (And by Utah Phillips' son Brendan Phillips & Cedar Hennings, no less!)
🔊 SOUND ON
✰⋆ The Most Excellent Dance Night! It's time for August's KVMRx A' Go Go⋆✰
⚡ WHAT: A DJ dance night in which KVMRx DJs spin specially curated tunes just for YOU while YOU dance your cares away and sip the evening's signature libations.
⚡ WHEN: Friday, August 16th from 8pm-MIDNIGHT
⚡ WHERE: Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street in downtown Nevada City
⚡ DOOR: $8 (a portion goes to KVMRx!)
MEET YOUR MUSIC PURVEYORS:
⚡ johnaxel host of Daydream Nation
⚡ The Moore Brothers hosts of The Moore Bros. DJ Game (YES, they are indeed ACTUAL bros.)
⚡ Troy host of Random Rules
⚡ Arellanes host of Sans Backup Plan
All found on your favorite hyperlocal community radio station - KVMRx 105.7fm / KVMRx.org
⚡ We'll see you on the dance floor! ⚡
✰⋆ ALL AGES WELCOME ⋆✰
🎥 Cinematography & editing by KVMRx DJ Isaac, aka Dr. Mountain
👉 https://kvmrx.org/members/isaac/
🍏 BECOME A MUSIC DJ 🍏
We promise we won't make you dance (we can't promise you won't be begging us to at some point tho 😏).
Music Broadcaster Training Course: Saturday, Aug 24th - Sunday, Aug 25th.
WHEN: 10am - 2pm
WHERE: KVMR station in downtown Nevada City
WHAT U NEED TO DO: register here 👉 https://www.kvmr.org/broadcaster/
Everyone is welcome to apply! However, if you have a penchant for late night/early morning shows, you might just be a shoo-in. This is your chance to aid in music discovery! We can't stress how special it is to have HUMANS thoughtfully choosing songs for other HUMANS.
🍏 Tag someone in the comments you wish had a KVMR music show of their very own!
🔊 SOUND ON: CALLING ALL NOCTURNAL BEINGS!
Do you hiss when the sun touches your skin? Is playing music under the full moon your idea of a good time? Do you have the voice and music taste of a killer, Bella? Uh, we mean, a killer voice and taste in music. Well then, do we have an opportunity for you. KVMR is hosting a MUSIC BROADCASTER TRAINING COURSE on Saturday, Aug 24th & Sunday, Aug 25th from 10am - 2pm. We're on the lookout for creatures of the night to host late night and early morning shows. We have several music show slots available - which means you'd get a coveted spot for your show right away. Bring a friend who prefers stars to sun and start a late-night music collective! 🌕🌙🌕🌙🌕🌙
🧛 NEXT STEPS: Click on the link 👉 https://www.kvmr.org/broadcaster/ 👈 There you'll find the course registration and any info you may need.
Sign up ASAP before the class is full! 🐶
Happy birthday to KVMR! Today we’re 46, and giving away lemonade and cupcakes at 120 Bridge Street, Nevada City. Come visit and get a new KVMR sticker!
Where are you listening from? KVMR loves sharing the magical music of festivals with those who aren't able to attend ✨. We're able to do so because of our live broadcast sponsor: Clearwater and Filtration. Thanks to them for valuing LIVE music and thanks to YOU for tuning in! 💚
📍 We know people are tuning in from all over so drop your location in the comments below! Our Father's Day Bluegrass Festival volunteers and broadcasters would love to know who's out there.
📻 You can listen to the 49th annual California Bluegrass Association Father's Day Festival at 89.5FM or KVMR.org ⭐
TUNE IN & BLISS OUT:
This weekend, KVMR brings you our annual LIVE broadcast of the 49th California Bluegrass Association Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival from the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
⭐ KVMR Bluegrass Fest Broadcast Schedule ⭐
🪕 Thursday, June 13th: 10am-11pm
🪕 Friday, June 14th: 10am-1am
🪕 Saturday, June 15th: 10am-1am
🪕 Sunday, June 16th: 10am-5pm
📻 89.5 FM // 105.1 FM Truckee & streaming worldwide @ KVMR.org
MORE INFO ➡️ www.kvmr.org/show/fathers-day-bluegrass/
💚 THANKS TO: Clearwater and Filtration
KVMR's LIVE broadcast of the 49th annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival is supported by Clearwater & Filtration offering solutions for water quality, well operations, maintenance and water storage management problems.
#bluegrass #fathersday #fathersdaybluegrassfestival #californiabluegrass
🌞 THE SCENE: enjoying a casual stroll along the beautiful Spring St. in downtown Nevada City when SUDDENLY you realize KVMR community radio is broadcasting The Strawberry Music Festival LIVE!
Get yourself to a radio/phone/computer/music-transferring-device-of-some-sort! Might we be so bold as to suggest 🍓🍓🍓 pair well with a fine, sunny day?
👂@ 89.5FM / KVMR.org
🍓 Fine live broadcast details HERE 👉 https://strawberrymusic.com/lineup/main-stage-schedule/
🍓 Thanks to KVMRx DJ Arellanes for starring 💚
BRACE YOURSELF.
⚡ It's KVMR's Electric Summer E-Bike Raffle! ⚡
KVMR has teamed up with Sierra Ebike to raffle a Troxus Explorer E-Bike this summer. 🚲
🌞 HOW TO MAKE THIS BIKE YOURS:
Here in California you can't buy raffle tickets online or through the mail, so rock on down to KVMR headquarters at 120 Bridge St. in downtown Nevada City: Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm or catch us out and about on the weekends. We'll be at the @nevadacityfarmersmarket most Saturdays & Nevada City Hot Summer Nights (July 17, 24 & 31), as well as festivals and events all summer long!
✨ THE GOODS:
1st Prize: Troxus Explorer Step-Thru 26" E-Bike with helmet & 3-year warranty
2nd Prize: 2 full-day E-Bike rentals from Sierra E-Bike
3rd Prize: $100 gift certificate to Sierra E-Bike
🧐 THE DETAILS:
The raffle drawing will be held at KVMR in Nevada City on Sept 9th, 2024 @ 6:00pm.
Tickets are $10 each OR 3 for $25.
All proceeds go to support KVMR's operational costs.
A huge THANK YOU to Sierra E-Bike & Real Graphic Source! 💚
#electricbike
#electricsummer
#communityradio
Sound ON 🔊 It's KVMRx A' GO GO time ⚡
⭐ This FRIDAY, May 10th you'll find a DJ Dance Party at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center
👇👇👇
WHO: KVMRx Radio DJS & The Miners Foundry Cultural Center
WHAT: DJs spinning their perfectly curated dance tunes just for YOU!
WHEN: Friday, May 10th from 8pm-12am
WHERE: Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street in downtown Nevada City
Door: $8 (A portion goes to KVMRx!
Tell a friend & bring your dancing shoes! 🗣️
☀️ Sun is shining on the Celtic lands!
Join us for a beautiful day at the @kvmr_radio Celtic Festival. 🎫 Unredeemed Saturday tickets will be honored. So don't let yesterday's weather cast a shadow on the Celtic experience! Come frolic in the sun-drenched fest!
📷: Gold Country Photos 💚
FAERYWOOD
🧚 Enter the Faery Portal and discover the Faery Realm when you step into KVMR Celtic Festival's Faerywood 🧚
Daily Faerywood activities include:
✨ Labyrinth
✨ Wishing Tree
✨ Faery Wishing Fountain
✨ Sword Play
✨ Roaming Fiddle Players
✨ Faery Hair Salon
✨ Make a Sword with Fox
✨ Maypole Dancing
✨ & other workshops!
🎭 The Faery Folk are very theatrical beings, so be sure to catch a performance while visiting their magical domain.
Witness 🌬️ “The Final Frost” in which Old Man Winter stilt dances with the Spring Queen!
Or glimpse 🌸 "A Mother’s Love: the Story of the Seasons" with Goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, performed by Honeysuckle Lodge children.
🕯️ Join in the frolicking & merriment with the Opening Faery Parade both Saturday & Sunday at 10:30AM.
🌳 Be sure to head to the big Faery Tree for all scheduled event time updates.
Details about activities and performances can be found in the 2024 KVMR Celtic Festival Program. 🧚
🔔 P.S. DON'T FORGET! Presale-priced Celtic Fest tickets are only available through Friday, May 3rd. Snag yours today! 🎫 https://kvmrcelticfestival.org/tickets/
#celticfestival #fairy #faery
☝️ A quick note about KVMR Celtic Festival Tickets:
Tickets will be available at the gate on whichever day you choose to attend. However, we highly encourage you to snag your tickets online before Friday, May 3rd at 11:59 PM for presale pricing.
We can't wait to see you at the fest! 💚
🎫 Get your tickets HERE 👉 https://kvmrcelticfestival.org/tickets/
*Gate price tickets will be available online & at the gate after Friday.
✨ Be sure to have the sound on for a special message from KVMR Celtic Festival emcees Annie O'Dea Hestbeck & Jerianne Van Dijk!
