Music @ The Apple Festival on Orchard Street 2010

I put together another Music Showcase for this year's Apple Festival on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side.  Come check it out!

The Big Apple and The Lower East Side Welcomes New York City Apple Day,
"Apples on Orchard Festival" – September 26, 2010

Performance Stage Times:

12:00 noon First Act by LES BID group Fantasy Grandma

Music presented by Lisa-Thi Beskar:

12:30 Stella Winkelmann

1:00 PM Jamie Bendell

2:00 PM Cows Like Shrimp

3:00 PM Tyrone Noonan Band


Where an Apple Orchard Once Stood in NYC,
A Festival Celebrating “Everything Apple” Grows into a City Tradition

New York, New York – The Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LES BID) is proud to announce the 2010 NYC Apple Day, Apples on Orchard festival. Now in its third year, the free festival has become a city tradition, celebrating the history of a neighborhood where an apple orchard once grew. The orchard became Orchard Street on NYC's thriving Lower East Side, and the festival brings to life everything apple. It's a special place where New Yorkers, and visitors alike, can become “urban farmers” for an entire day on Sunday, September 26, 2010.

Specifically, the New York City Apple Day festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, 2010 and will take place on Orchard Street between Broome and Grand Streets. Dozens of local businesses, as well as upstate apple growers, will be participating. The festival is free and open to the public.

On the entertainment front, NYC Apple Day will feature free performances by some of New York City’s finest artists, performing live on Orchard Street. Kicking the day off will be the hilarious rapping and comedy of Fantasy Grandma.

Featured performers presented by L.E.S. Resident, Lisa-Thi Beskar will include Australian Sensation Tyrone Noonan Band, New York based singer-songwriters/ rising stars Stella Winkelman (of Bell Book and Scandal) and Jamie Bendell, and local blues-rockers Cows Like Shrimp with Sefton Stallard.

NYC Apple Day Performer Profiles:

Tyrone Noonan Band originally hails from Australia, and is now based in New York City. Noonan is a Former member of the Australian band George, who’s first album Polyserena, entered the Australian charts at No 1, and later went platinum. Self described as Lenny Kravitz meets Coldplay, Noonan weaves pop, rock, and soul together seamlessly with effortless, soaring vocals and infectious hooks.

Stella Winkelmann is one half of the New York City based duo Bell Book and Scandal. Her haunting voice and accompanying acoustic guitar make for an almost trance-like, folk/blues/rock inspired musical and emotional experience. Ms. Winkelman’s songs strike directly at the heart of the listener, invoking beauty and darkness all at once.

Jamie Bendell, after graduating from Emory University with a degree in Business, packed a car and drove 24 hours to New York City to follow her lifelong passion, music. Jamie’s pure voice pairs perfectly with her personal approach to writing lyrics to create true pop music gems that will sweep listeners off their feet and carry them to a better place.

Cows Like Shrimp with front man Sefton Stallard, bring the Blues, big time. Based in New York City, Cows Like Shrimp serve straight-up blues-rock to anyone who will listen. These blues revivalists bring screaming guitars, a soaring harmonica and broad, bold vocals that take their sound back to the golden ages of blues.


There will be activities and culinary delights for all ages, including upstate New York apple producers Red Jacket Orchards proudly presenting countless varieties of apples. Further, a wide-array of local restaurants will be offering apple-related dishes including Georgia’s Eastside BBQ presenting Applewood Smoked BBQ Sandwiches, German inspired creations by Café Katja, South African cuisine by Bunny Chow, among many other delicious participants. To be sure that no member of the family is left out, The Mark Miller Gallery will have an interactive (free) art table for kids and Make-Up Mania will bring a fantastic face painting booth just for kids. For a full list of festival participants, please go to:

http://www.lowereastsideny.com/NYCAppleDay.html

How to get to NYC Apple Day:

Getting to the festival is easy, as many of NYC’s subways drop you off just a few blocks from Orchard Street. You can take the J/M or F to Delancey/Essex, the F to Houston/2nd Avenue and walk a few blocks south on Orchard, the D/B to Grand Street, or the F to Canal Street.


ABOUT THE LOWER EAST SIDE BID (LES BID)

Established in 1992, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LES BID, www.LowerEastSideNY.com) is a non-profit economic development organization created to revitalize the Orchard Street Shopping District while preserving its unique and diverse character. Today, the LES BID is a community of over 500 merchants and property owners managed by a Board of Directors and consisting of local merchants, property owners, residents and elected officials. The LES BID promotes the local businesses, develops events, and provides community beautification services. LES is More. Explore.