Southern California's Catholic Arts Festival
Folk / Roots / Bluegrass / Praise / Workshops / Artisan Crafts and Vendors
Admission is free!
Leave your world behind for a day.
Come to the mountains and nourish your soul with music, art, culture, and community.
WHEN /
SAT, AUGUST 10, 2019
11:30AM-9:30 PM
WHERE /
Santiago Retreat Center
27912 Baker Canyon Rd,
Silverado, CA 92676
ABOUT THE EVENT /
The 1531 Folk Fest is a Music & Arts festival, in celebration of the Good, True, and the Beautiful. We feature some of the best emerging folk bands and singer-songwriters from Southern California and beyond.
Many are Catholic in faith, but not all. We celebrate art and creativity as a space for conversation and journey of the soul. With over 15 bands on one stage, acoustic workshops, and artisan food vendors, we invite you to bring your friends, family, and instruments, and spend the day (or the whole weekend!) with us.
For weekend reservations:
https://santiagoretreatcenter.org/compostela-campout/
SCHEDULE /
SATURDAY
10-11:30 Musician Workshops / Film Screening
Workshops: Located at the St. Augustine Room (up hill, near cafeteria)
Bring your instruments (or just yourself!) and improve your skills
with the help of our talented artists! Each workshop will run 40 min.
Beginner/Intermediate Guitar - Jake Detar/ Daniel Bagdazian
Fiddle - Michaela Cooper
Beginner Ukulele - Melanie Mitchell
Vocal Technique - Melanie Mitchell
Celtic Guitar - Eamon Sefton
Percussion - Gus Detar
Songwriting - Abigail Rose
Film Screening: Located at the Divine Mercy Chapel
Screening of "A Way to Forgiveness" documentary, includes talk on "The Four Simple Steps of Forgiveness, and Q&A with filmmaker Erin R. Dooley
12:00 Welcome
Sampler Session 1
Michaela and Joshua Cooper (Irish tunes)
Ray Martinez and Ma'May Grimm
Monica Kinney
West Coast Traders
1:10 Sampler Session 2
Cristina Ballestero
The Standage Family Band
Melanie Mitchell with special guests
Johnny Oskam & Andrew Ascough
2:25 The Eschatones
2:45 Trailer Park Cabaret
3:15 I’m Fine
3:50 Mending Fences
4:20 Perry West
5:00 Mass
Celebrant: Fr. Kevin McGoldrick
6:00 Dinner (with special guests Rhythmo Mariachi)
6:50 Patrick Dwyer
7:10 Merlot Embargo
7:45 Jessica Gerhardt
8:30 Fr. Kevin McGoldrick
9:30 Community "Starlight Akathist Hymn"
a festival tradition led by the artists, we welcome all to sing!
9:45 Late Night Jam
CRAFT BEER | ARTISAN PIZZA | STREET TACOS | BURGERS
We will have food service on-site available with purchase of an all-day meal pass
ALL-DAY FOOD & NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PASS $45
ALL-DAY CRAFT BEER PASS $35
ALL-DAY FOOD & CRAFT PASS $70
CASH ONLY | PURCHASE YOUR WRISTBAND AT THE FRONT GATE
CRAFT BEER | ARTISAN PIZZA | STREET TACOS | BURGERS
Although Admission is free, we do hope you will support our on-site food vendors!
Proceeds will help support cost of the event, and the outreach efforts of the Santiago Retreat Center.
*Due to health and safety restrictions, no outside food will be permitted on the premises.
ALL DAY MEAL PASSES (LUNCH AND DINNER)
ADULT $75
STUDENT $50
CHILD (UNDER 10) $35
FAMILY $200
EXLUSIVE VIP* $200
LUNCH PASS: ADULT $35 | STUDENT $30 | KIDS $20
DINNER PASS: ADULT $50 | STUDENT $35 | KIDS $25
BEER BY THE GLASS $10
CASH ONLY | PURCHASE YOUR MEAL PASS/WRISTBAND AT THE FRONT GATE
*EXCLUSIVE VIP PACKAGE*
Santiago Premium Pass - suggested donation $200 per person.
The package includes:
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Premium parking
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Reserved seating
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ALL-DAY food and beverage pass
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Access to the artists' green room and backstage accommodations
Make a weekend out of it! Join us for the Compostela Campout:
https://santiagoretreatcenter.org/compostela-campout/
SHARE YOUR ART OR MUSIC AT 1531
OPEN CALL TO MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS
Are you a musician, or wanting to become one? Bring your instrument and attend a workshop
with our talented staff of instructors, or join in our late night jam session.
Workshops are free, and include fiddle, guitar, Celtic guitar, ukulele, and percussion. Starts at 10am.
Painters, photographers, potters, and jewelers,
we welcome you set up a table and share your artistry with us!
HELP US SUPPORT LOCAL KIDS IN NEED
SANTIAGO RETREAT CENTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Each year Santiago Retreat Center welcomes thousands of young people to our facility for life-changing retreats, conferences, and camps. No one should ever be denied the opportunity to attend one of our events due to lack of money. The Santiago Retreat Center Scholarship Fund allows us to welcome ALL campers, regardless of financial hardship. Your support of the 1531 Folk Fest and Compostela Campout allows us to underwrite the costs for these campers, their programming, materials, and professional youth leaders and musicians. Thank you for your generous support – EVERY dollar advances the New Evangelization in Orange County, one camper at a time...
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
This event would not be possible without the incredible foresight,
courage, and generosity of our sponsors.
We offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to:
Santiago Retreat Center
UNDERWRITING LEVELS
Castilian Package:
$2,500: 10 VIP Premium Passes, plus website listing
Zumárraga Package:
$5,000: All of the above, plus display advertising at the event
Tepeyac Package:
$10,000: All of the above, plus Step and Repeat Social Media package
Tilma Package:
$25,000: All of the above, plus Co-Sponsorship Package
(includes SJEN TV Broadcast)