Old Town School – On The Road

Dispatches from the road from our wayfaring travelers.

Gigs and saloons and daylight.

Yesterday was the festival….Finnish bluegrass bands and us. These guys all play great and have been as hospitable as can be.
We did a set at 5pm and then another at midnight. The “Roots in Pyhtaa” Festival is in it’s 22nd year…the same weekend every year and they attract about 300 or so people…including cowboys and indians and bikers (no not the Village People).
The evening sets move from the open field to the back porch of the Ravintola Ruukinmylly..the only bar/restaurant in town.
Music on and on till all hours…beer that never stops flowing…some good Finnish brandy…(no vodka..?) open face sandwiches of salmon and cheese.
We walk everywhere, everything is 2 minutes from where we’re staying..
Along with the music festival there’s an “old west” reenactment campsite (we played the church today and we do the saloon tonight)…a Finnish version of cowboys and indians.
The almost never ending daylight is a bit surreal…at 11pm it’s looking like 8:30pm(CDT), by midnight it’s getting dark and by 2am dawn is tapping you on the shoulder….it beckons you to stay up for just one more.

Filed under: DMT in Finland,Finland,Notes from John by John | June 7, 2009 | Comments (1)


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  1. Jason on June 9, 2009 4:23 pm

    “. . . it beckons you to stay up for just one more.”

    What a beautiful sentiment. Music, man. That’s where it’s at.

    So glad to hear that you guys are enjoying yourselves.

    Jason

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