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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 — Issue 81A News and Tribune Publication

TOP THREE: New Albany Street Piano debut EVENT: Rustic Frog's Befuddled Experience

Jeffersonville's Steamboat Days sets sail Friday

EDITORJason Thomas

DESIGNClaire Munn

STORYJerod Clapp

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The Belle of Cincinnati moves westbound on the Ohio River during the riverboat parade at Jeffersonville's Steamboat Days last year. This year's event will begin Friday, Sept. 4. | FILE PHOTO

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SELLERSBURG — The South Central Regional Airport Authority presents Clark Regional Airport’s in-augural Community Appreciation Air Fair and Car Show, 3 to 9 p.m., on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7. Gates Opening at noon. Admission is free and parking is $5 per car.

The fun-filled day will feature airplane, biplane, helicopter and teth-ered balloon rides; a balloon glow at 8 p.m., a static aircraft display; aircraft flyovers; a car show featur-ing muscle, vintage, exotic, and production cars; door prizes; a kids area; various food vendors and other vendor booths.

A presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to William “Hap” Happel; and much more.

Schedule: noon, gates open – live music provided by bands from Mom’s Music until 3 p.m., car show voting begins, 2 p.m. Door prizes be-gin (must be present to win), 3 p.m. Helicopter/airplane/biplane rides, 4:30 p.m., car show voting ends, 6

p.m., presentation of trophies for car show winners, tethered balloon rides (weather permitting), 7 p.m., pre-sentation of Lifetime Achievement

Award to William “Hap” Happel, 8 p.m., balloon glow, 9 p.m., close of community appreciation air fair and car show.

It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane!

SOIN THE KNOW• WHAT: Clark Regional Airport’s inaugural Community Appreciation

Air Fair and Car Show• WHEN: 3 to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7 (gates open at noon)• WHERE: Clark Regional Airport, 6003 Propeller Lane, Sellersburg• INFO: Contact Kris Brutscher at South Central Regional Airport Au-

thority at 812-246-7460 or [email protected]; visit flyjvy.com

It’s back, and it’s better than ever. Jeffersonville’s Steamboat Days Festival returns this weekend after a successful rein-

vention last year that featured juried artists and craftspeople. Judging by last year’s reception, this week-end’s event is sure to please the masses. And with Jeffersonville’s downtown revival in full swing — dare we say the city is a hip destination even among Louisvillians? — the reborn Steamboat Days Festival is a perfect match. “So when we brought it back last year, it was suc-cessful, and we’re trying to give it a new spin and focus on the arts,” Sara Kraft, director of RiverStage and Spe-cial Events for the Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation Department, told Elizabeth Beilman for today’s cover story. Wise idea. Last year’s event had a unique air about it, with blacksmiths and glass blowers demonstrating their trades. That’ll take place again this year, giving the Steamboat Days Festival legitimacy among the artisan crowd and

distancing it from the typical celebration of carnival rides and smelly Italian sausages. Not that there’s anything wrong with those events. But Steamboat Days captures Jefferson-ville’s evolving image as a trendy place to grab a beer, a bite to eat and stroll its galleries and shops. What in the name of James Howard is going on here? Revival. Totally SoIn.

The opening of the Big Four Bridge has transformed Jeffersonville’s downtown. Big Four Station, the park at the foot of the bridge, is getting more attention this year with bands and events. Another wise idea. The Steamboat Days Festival is a fitting celebration of all that’s happening in Jeffersonville. Time to get on board. — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Get on board with Steamboat Days

JASON THOMASSoIn Editor

POWER OF THE PEN(CIL)MUSIC UNDER MOONLIGHT• WHAT: Authors Fair

• WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9• WHERE: New Albany-Floyd County Public

Library, Strassweg Auditorium, 180 W. Spring St., New Albany

• INFO: Call 812-949-3523The New Albany-Floyd County Public Library

will offer guests the opportunity to meet local authors at the upcoming Authors Fair. Authors from New Albany, Louisville, Corydon, and other surrounding cities will discuss their latest works and upcoming projects, which cover a wide spectrum of subjects including mystery, ro-mance, poetry, science, music, history and more.

• WHAT: Warder Park Concert Series• WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4• WHERE: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring

Street, JeffersonvilleEnjoy music outdoors in “hipstoric” Jefferson-

ville as you sit on your blanket or lawn chair at Warder Park. The park’s gazebo becomes the stage, and the lawn a gathering place for family and friends. Enjoy sounds from the Big Band era, military bands, classic oldies, soulful jazz, and inspirational gospel. Friday’s featured band is Moonlight Big Band.

GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at [email protected]

• WHAT: New Albany Street Piano debut

• WHEN: 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5• WHERE: In front of Jimmy’s Music

Center, 123 W. Market St., New AlbanyThe New Albany Street Piano public art

display will debut in front of Jimmy’s Music Center, at 123 W. Market St. in New Albany. City resident and Com-munity Montessori teacher Hannegan Roseberry has orchestrated the instal-lation of the public art piece, which was painted by Felix Booker, one of her students at Community Montes-sori. Roseberry looks forward to the piano being enjoyed by the public.

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The Belle of Louisville heads westbound on the Ohio River during the riverboat parade at last year’s Steamboat Days in Jeffersonville. This year’s event will begin Friday, Sept. 4 and run through Sunday, Sept. 6. | FILE PHOTOS

Matt and Laura Marks and son, 16-month-old Jasper, walk down Spring Street toward the river as they look through the craft booths set up at last year’s Steamboat Days festival in Jeffersonville. This year’s event, which starts Friday, Sept. 4, will feature a balloon glimmer — a smaller version of a balloon glow — and a Greatest Little Boat Race for children, which is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.

Members of the Brotherhood of Friendly Hammermen work to shape a wizard bicycle rack that will be installed in Jeffersonville during a blacksmithing demonstration at Jeffersonville’s Steamboat Days last year. This year’s event starts Friday, Sept. 4 and will feature art demonstrations by an aero-sol muralist, a glassblower and a blacksmith. Visitors can also participate in an interactive art project that will carve out sand tiles into an image of a steamboat.

JEFFERSONVILLE — By the time Jefferson-ville’s Steamboat Days Festival was put to rest in 1999, the standard for its vendors was virtual-

ly nonexistent and its quality was poor.So when event planners decided to revive the famous

festival last year, the pendulum naturally swung the oth-er way — inviting only juried artists and craftspeople.

Steamboat Days in its second annual comeback this weekend will continue its dedication to arts and fami-ly-friendly activities, with some new debuts and some returning features, too.

“Steamboat Days in the past was Jeffersonville’s greatest festival and event, and I just think there’s been

a lot of interest from the residents to bring it back,” said Sara Kraft, director of RiverStage and Special Events for the Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation Department. “So when we brought it back last year, it was successful, and we’re trying to give it a new spin and focus on the arts.”

In addition to its juried art village with about 50 vendors, Steamboat Days will continue last year’s new tradition of live and interactive art demonstrations.

Art demonstrators will be Braylyn “Resko” Stew-art, aerosol muralist, Lisa Pelo, glassblower, and Jeff Reinhart, blacksmith.

Jeffersonville Planning and Zoning Director Shane Corbin, who has also helped plan the event, said this year’s interactive artist will be Gerry Masse, founder

of Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum in Solsberry, near Bloomington.

The outdoor museum has three miles of trails with 120 sculptures displayed throughout 50 acres. All the art is made at a foundry on a farm in Solsberry. Sculp-ture Trails also has a traveling aluminum foundry that it brings to festivals and schools around the region.

Masse will help visitors carve out 80 5-by-7-inch sand tiles that will be cast with aluminum and assem-bled to create a 3-by-9-foot image of a steamboat. Each artist will carve the tile based on a design from a paper template.

“You say, ‘What the heck is this?’” Masse said. “And you won’t be able to tell what it is until we put it all together.”

Aluminum sculptures last “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years” — long enough that future grandchildren of children who help create the sculpture

this weekend may be able to see their grandparents’ work, he said.

“I think the coolest part is you’re leftover with a sculpture that everyone can see,” Masse said.

He said American culture is growing further and further away from knowing how to create objects.

“For students, I think it’s really important to get off your iPhone and make something and see how easy it is and be inspired by life,” Masse said.

He’ll bring at least 100 additional tiles that won’t be part of the sculpture that guests can carve and take home.

The youngest artist he’s seen participate in the traveling foundry was 4 years old and the oldest 94, he said.

“And you know what? They both had the same smile when we gave them their casting,” Masse said.

CHUGGIN’ ALONG SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFRIDAY• Derby City Rockers — 7-8:15 p.m. on the RiverStage• The Newbees — 8-9 p.m. on the RiverStage• Balloon Glimmer — 8-9 p.m. at Colston Park• The Louisville Crashers — 8:30-10:30 p.m. on the RiverStage

SATURDAY• Juried Art Village and Live Art Demonstra-tions — 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at Big Four Station and on Pearl Street• Family Fun: Pony rides, bouncy houses, face painting, miniature golf and balloon animal artists — 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at Big Four Station • Steamboat Days Parade — 11 a.m. begin-ning on Spring Street• Corydon Dulcimer Society — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Talent Show — beginning at noon at Big Four Station stage 

Steamboat Days festival returns to Jeff with new featuresBy ELIZABETH BEILMAN

[email protected]

SEE EVENTS, PAGE 8SEE STEAMBOAT, PAGE 8

The Belle of Louisville heads westbound on the Ohio River during the riverboat parade at last year’s Steamboat Days in Jeffersonville. This year’s event will begin Friday, Sept. 4 and run through Sunday, Sept. 6. | FILE PHOTOS

Matt and Laura Marks and son, 16-month-old Jasper, walk down Spring Street toward the river as they look through the craft booths set up at last year’s Steamboat Days festival in Jeffersonville. This year’s event, which starts Friday, Sept. 4, will feature a balloon glimmer — a smaller version of a balloon glow — and a Greatest Little Boat Race for children, which is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.

Members of the Brotherhood of Friendly Hammermen work to shape a wizard bicycle rack that will be installed in Jeffersonville during a blacksmithing demonstration at Jeffersonville’s Steamboat Days last year. This year’s event starts Friday, Sept. 4 and will feature art demonstrations by an aero-sol muralist, a glassblower and a blacksmith. Visitors can also participate in an interactive art project that will carve out sand tiles into an image of a steamboat.

JEFFERSONVILLE — By the time Jefferson-ville’s Steamboat Days Festival was put to rest in 1999, the standard for its vendors was virtual-

ly nonexistent and its quality was poor.So when event planners decided to revive the famous

festival last year, the pendulum naturally swung the oth-er way — inviting only juried artists and craftspeople.

Steamboat Days in its second annual comeback this weekend will continue its dedication to arts and fami-ly-friendly activities, with some new debuts and some returning features, too.

“Steamboat Days in the past was Jeffersonville’s greatest festival and event, and I just think there’s been

a lot of interest from the residents to bring it back,” said Sara Kraft, director of RiverStage and Special Events for the Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation Department. “So when we brought it back last year, it was successful, and we’re trying to give it a new spin and focus on the arts.”

In addition to its juried art village with about 50 vendors, Steamboat Days will continue last year’s new tradition of live and interactive art demonstrations.

Art demonstrators will be Braylyn “Resko” Stew-art, aerosol muralist, Lisa Pelo, glassblower, and Jeff Reinhart, blacksmith.

Jeffersonville Planning and Zoning Director Shane Corbin, who has also helped plan the event, said this year’s interactive artist will be Gerry Masse, founder

of Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum in Solsberry, near Bloomington.

The outdoor museum has three miles of trails with 120 sculptures displayed throughout 50 acres. All the art is made at a foundry on a farm in Solsberry. Sculp-ture Trails also has a traveling aluminum foundry that it brings to festivals and schools around the region.

Masse will help visitors carve out 80 5-by-7-inch sand tiles that will be cast with aluminum and assem-bled to create a 3-by-9-foot image of a steamboat. Each artist will carve the tile based on a design from a paper template.

“You say, ‘What the heck is this?’” Masse said. “And you won’t be able to tell what it is until we put it all together.”

Aluminum sculptures last “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years” — long enough that future grandchildren of children who help create the sculpture

this weekend may be able to see their grandparents’ work, he said.

“I think the coolest part is you’re leftover with a sculpture that everyone can see,” Masse said.

He said American culture is growing further and further away from knowing how to create objects.

“For students, I think it’s really important to get off your iPhone and make something and see how easy it is and be inspired by life,” Masse said.

He’ll bring at least 100 additional tiles that won’t be part of the sculpture that guests can carve and take home.

The youngest artist he’s seen participate in the traveling foundry was 4 years old and the oldest 94, he said.

“And you know what? They both had the same smile when we gave them their casting,” Masse said.

CHUGGIN’ ALONG SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFRIDAY• Derby City Rockers — 7-8:15 p.m. on the RiverStage• The Newbees — 8-9 p.m. on the RiverStage• Balloon Glimmer — 8-9 p.m. at Colston Park• The Louisville Crashers — 8:30-10:30 p.m. on the RiverStage

SATURDAY• Juried Art Village and Live Art Demonstra-tions — 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at Big Four Station and on Pearl Street• Family Fun: Pony rides, bouncy houses, face painting, miniature golf and balloon animal artists — 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at Big Four Station • Steamboat Days Parade — 11 a.m. begin-ning on Spring Street• Corydon Dulcimer Society — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Talent Show — beginning at noon at Big Four Station stage 

Steamboat Days festival returns to Jeff with new featuresBy ELIZABETH BEILMAN

[email protected]

SEE EVENTS, PAGE 8SEE STEAMBOAT, PAGE 8

ALBUMS: BOOKS:MOVIES:SEPT. 8é “Above the Waterfall” by

Ron Rash “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender” by Chrissie Hynde

SEPT. 4é “Cast in Steel” by ah-a

“Anthems for Doomed Youth” by The Libertines

SEPT. 4é “The Transporter

Refueled” “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine”

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ENTERTAINMENT This week's entertainment releases

CLARKSVILLE — Nearly 20

vendors will be on hand at Sam’s

At The Montrose on Sunday, Sept.

13, showcasing their services at an

event show.

The free event is to draw atten-

tion to the facility at Sam’s, 318 W.

Lewis and Clark Parkway, Clarks-

ville, which is ideal for weddings,

receptions, rehearsals, corporate

outings and other events, according

to a news release from Sam’s.

“The Montrose is the hidden

gem of venues and the event show

was put into place to showcase

the facility, as well as showcase

Kentuckiana vendors,” Benita Conn,

event planner, said. “We are not just

a wedding venue, but a venue for

many different functions: business

meetings, reunions, graduations,

fundraisers, showers ... and much

more.”

The event show will feature

goody bags for the first 100 guests, tours of the facility and the opportu-

nity to talk with vendors.

One chapter in the history of

Sam’s Food & Spirits ended when

the popular New Albany restaurant

went up in flames Dec. 9.But a new chapter began in

October when Sam’s at the Mon-

trose opened its doors on a full-time

basis, looking to continue the tradi-

tion owner Sam Anderson started in

1985 at his old New Albany location along Payne Koehler Road.

Included in that new chapter is the

opportunity to host special events,

highlighted in the event show.

An amazing time at the MontroseSOIN THE KNOW• WHAT: Event Show• WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday,

Sept. 13• WHERE: Sam’s At The Mon-

trose, 318 W. Lewis and Clark Parkway, Clarksville

• INFO: samstavern.com

Customers are served their meals during lunch at Sam’s at the Montrose, 318 W. Lewis and Clark Parkway, in Clarksville in this file photo. The original location of Sam’s in New Albany burned down in December of last year, and the restaurant began serving out of the new location in October. | NEWS AND TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO

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LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGS | 7SoIn | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or orga-nization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at [email protected] MUSIC AT HUBER’S• WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday• WHERE: Huber WinerySaturday, Sept. 5: Me and You; Sunday, Sept. 6: Elliot Truman;

Monday, Sept. 7: Corey & Stacey[huberwinery.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S• WHAT: Live on State• WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New AlbanySaturday, Sept. 5: J.D. Shelburne; Sept. 11: Shane Dawson;

Sept. 12: Gas Money; Sept. 18: Redneck Noize; Sept. 19: Radiotronic; Sept. 26: The Rocking Dead; Sept. 30: Blaise Streets

CONCERTS IN THE PARK• WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday• WHERE: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street,

JeffersonvilleSept. 4: Moonlight Big Band; Sept. 11: Cloigheann Irish Band;

Sept. 18: Wulfe Brothers

RIVERSTAGE CONCERT SERIES• WHEN: 7 p.m. Fridays (with exceptions)• WHERE: RiverStage, Riverside Drive and Spring Street,

JeffersonvilleSept. 4: Steamboat Days: The Louisville Crashers with guest

Derby City Rockers; Sept. 5: Steamboat Days: Doo-Wop All-Stars, The Wulfe Brothers; Sept. 6: Steamboat Days: Dance-A-thon/ Kidz ROCK the Stage; Sept. 12: Zumba Glow Party; Sept. 13: Rock on Water Jason Gray with guest Car-rollton & Hush Harbor

LIVE MUSIC AT NAPH• WHERE: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St.,

New AlbanySaturday, Sept. 5: Rosedale (from Ontario, Canada), with

Amongst The Waves and Tonight’s Entertainment, doors at 6:30 p.m., $10

[naproductionhouse.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER JEFFERSONVILLE• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jefferson-

ville• WHEN: Friday and SaturdaySept. 4: Drew Alexalder; Sept. 5: Kyle Hastings; Sept. 11:

Kelsey Allen; Sept. 12: Drew Alexander; Sept. 18: Tyler Stiller; Sept. 19; Kelsey Allen; Sept. 25: Eric and Kenney; Sept. 26: Kyle Hastings

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER NEW ALBANY• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 114 E. Main St., New

Albany

• WHEN: Friday and SaturdaySept. 4: Kyle Hastings; Sept. 5: Kelsey Allen; Sept. 11: Eric and

Kenney; Sept. 12: Kelsey Allen; Sept. 18: Drew Alexander; Sept. 19: Kyle Stiller; Sept. 25: Kelsey Allen; Sept. 26: Drew Alexander

CORYDON JAMBOREE LIVE• WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. SaturdaysAug. 29: Natalie Berry, Meagan Stout, Kelly AmyGeneral Admission $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6, free. For

reservations, directions or any other information call 812-738-1130.

Sept. 5: Gerald Shelton; Shelly Young; Greg Perkins; Sept. 12: Brady Meenach, Jo Anna Kai Cobb; Kirby Stailey

[corydonjamboree.com]

CLOSING DAY AT BERRY TWIST• WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 13• HOURS: noon to 9:30 p.m.• WHERE: 3660 Paoli Pike, Floyds Knobs

CRAFTS & HOBBIES BOOK SALE• WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5• WHERE: Annex Building, New Albany-Floyd County Public

Library, 180 W. Spring St., New Albany• INFO: For a detailed description of each book sale, e-mail

[email protected] sale will offer an assorted collection of books for individuals

who are interested in learning a new craft or exploring different activities. All books in the Crafts & Hobbies section will be discounted by 50 percent. Regular prices are $1 for hardbacks; 50 cents for paperbacks, CDs and VHS movies; and 10 cents for magazines and pamphlets.

KENTUCKY SMALL BATCH RYE WHISKEY DINNER• WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10• WHERE: Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., Louisville• INFO: Call 502-899-9904• COST: $55The evening will feature guest speaker Tara Schaefer and

a four-course dinner paired with various whiskeys from a variety of distilleries.

CLARKSVILLE — Derby

Dinner Playhouse announces its

30th Children’s Musical Theatre

Season. Subscriptions to its

Saturday public performances

are now available.

The 2015-16 Season offers

the following musicals: “Junie

B. Jones The Musical,” “Jack

Frost Saves Christmas,” “Char-

lotte’s Web” and “Pinkalicious

The Musical,” according to a

Derby Dinner news release.

Derby Dinner’s Children’s

Musical Theatre features break-

fast and lunch performances

on Saturdays. The one hour

performances are suitable for

ages 3 to 12. Subscribers will

enjoy visits from Bravo the Star,

the Children’s Theatre mascot,

at each performance.

JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL

(Oct. 3, 17, 24, 26, 31, Nov.

7) Awaken your child’s desire to

read with sassy little diva Junie

B. Jones and her adventures in

first grade. This is a delightful adaptation of Barbara Park’s

best-selling books brought to life

in a genuinely comical musical.

JACK FROST SAVES CHRISTMAS

(Nov. 14, 21, 27, 28, Dec. 5,

12, 19, 21) Follow Jack on his

adventures in Christmastown

as he discovers his special icy

talents and manages to save

Christmas. Santa will visit with

children in the audience before

every performance.

CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Feb. 27, March 5, 14, 19, 26,

April 2) Based on E.B. White’s

classic book, this touching mu-

sical tells the story of Fern, her

beloved pig Wilbur, and his best

friend Charlotte. Come see why

Wilbur is truly “Some Pig.”

PINKALICIOUS THE MUSICAL

(May 21, June 4, 11, 13, 18,

25) What happens when a little

girl eats too many pink cup-

cakes? She turns pink, of course.

See how Pinkalicious and her

brother handle it in this hilarious

musical based on the New York

Times Best Seller.

Discover the kid in youSOIN THE KNOW• WHAT: Derby Din-

ner’s 30th Children’s Musi-cal Theatre Season

• WHEN: Oct. 3 through May 25

• WHERE: Derby Dinner Playhouse, 525 Marriott Drive, Clarksville

• INFO: For more informa-tion call  812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com.

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NEW ALBANY — He may have orchestrat-ed the biggest party Floyd County’s ever seen last year, and Shawn Michael said he hopes this weekend’s Befuddled Experience will raise the bar even more.

“We heard nothing but good reviews, except for having 63 noise complaints,” Michael, co-owner of the Rustic Frog, said. “Last year, we apparently set a record for the most noise complaints in the area, but this year, we hope to break that record.”

The Rustic Frog’s biggest event returns for Labor Day weekend, starting Saturday at 3 p.m. Local acts, national bands and all kinds of other entertainment are back on the roster. But this year, Michael said the whole thing’s even big-ger than before.

“Everywhere you look, there will be some-thing more bizarre going on than the last place you looked,” Michael said.

The two-day event kicks off with a local musical act, Out of Order. Other groups like the Big Phatty Band will also share this year’s big-ger stage with national acts like Andrew W.K.,

Warrant and shock rock legends, GWAR. The first day of the festival is hosted by Pauly Shore of “Biodome” and “Encino Man” fame.

Michael said part of the idea of the festival to begin with was to give local groups a chance to bump elbows with bigger groups.

Red Scott, the other co-owner of the Rustic Frog, said without much in terms of big parties on this side of the river, he hopes the Befuddled Experience continues to grow.

“We don’t really have any expectations other than we want it to be something cool to have here in New Albany,” Scott said. “You can get all kinds of stuff in Louisville, but nobody re-ally does anything over here.”

But oh, the bizarre fun is also very much a part of the whole shebang.

Last year’s camel beach was a hit, Michael said. This year, he said he’s got more than just one variety of the desert beast, both single and double-humped camels. Along with that, he’s

giving people a chance to bottle-feed a baby kangaroo and emus — large, flightless birds similar to ostriches — will also be around to keep everyone’s interest.

All of that, along with Hulk Hogan’s Micro Championship Wrestling, volleyball, a pool for VIP ticket-holders and much more await show-goers this weekend.

Last year, Michael said he was happy with the attendance and it was enough to keep it go-ing for another year. Though rain made coming

out a little more difficult, he said they’ve tried to make the whole place more habitable if it comes down again. But he said he’s just excited about getting the party started.

“There are no big parties around our area,” Michael said. “If anybody wants to go to a concert, they have to go across the bridge to the Yum! Center, to the Mercury Ballroom. It was a prime test to see if anyone would come to a venue in Southern Indiana and we chose a hard venue.”

A whole new experienceThe Rustic Frog’s Befuddled Experience isn’t just more of the same

By JEROD CLAPP

[email protected] THE KNOWFor more information on the festival, includ-ing how to get tickets, go to shawnmichaels-mayhem.com, or visit rusticfrog.com.

A crew with Evolution Pro Wrestling, based in Clarksville, works to set up a wrestling ring for last year's Befuddled Festival behind the Rustic Frog in New Albany. This year's Befuddled Experience will take place Saturday, Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. | FILE PHOTO

Corbin said he isn’t sure yet where the sculpture will be displayed.

Last year, visitors of Steamboat Days helped carve a limestone time capsule cover and create aluminum-paneled steamboat stacks — both public art pieces that are now on display.

Corbin said the goal is to create art pieces each year.“Any time that people are involved in making

something, it means more to them,” he said.And people just enjoy live and interactive art, too.“That’s always been my favorite part of going to

festivals is going to the art installations and getting the opportunity to actually interact with them,” Corbin said.

Another new feature of the festival this year is a balloon glimmer, which is a smaller version of a bal-loon glow.

Kraft said the glimmer Friday from 8 to 9 p.m. will display six hot air balloons in Colston Park next to Big Four Station.

“I think that we’re just kind of looking to add some-

thing new every year, an attraction that will hopefully draw more families to the event,” she said.

More entertainment at Big Four Station will be fea-tured this year, too. Bands will perform Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. on a stage on Market Street, in addition to larger perfor-mances each night at the RiverStage.

One new event for the kids is the Greatest Little Boat Race, similar to the Ken-Ducky Derby in Lou-isville. Small rubber steamboats will be available for purchase for $5 at the information booth throughout the weekend.

On Sunday at 1 p.m., all the steamboats will be launched into the Ohio River from the RiverStage and will float to the finish line at Big Four Bridge. Ten winners will receive gift cards for $200 each, some including private rental of Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation facilities.

Event planners decided to move the festival from mid-October to Labor Day weekend in hopes of warmer weather and catching more out-of-town fami-lies who are visiting home.

• SteamBoat Days Parade Awards Ceremony — 1-1:15 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Mystic Hips Belly Dance — 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Billy Goat Strut Revue — 3-4 p.m. at  Big Four Station stage• Harpeth Rising — 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• The Ark Band — 6-8 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Munch — 6-6:45 p.m. on the RiverStage• Doo-Wop All Stars — 7-8:15 p.m. on the RiverStage• The Wulfe Brothers — 8:30-10:30 p.m. on the RiverStage

SUNDAY• Juried Art Village and Live Art

Demonstrations — 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Big Four Station and on Pearl Street• Family Fun: Pony rides, bouncy houses, face painting, miniature golf and balloon animal artists — 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Big Four Station • Kidz Dance-A-Thon — 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the RiverStage• Sparkles & Spurs Dance — 11:15-11:45 a.m. at Big Four Station stage• Andrew Pittman — 12-1:30 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Greatest Little Boat Race — 1 p.m. at the RiverStage• Greatest Little Boat Race Awards — 1:30 p.m. at the RiverStage• Pati Kele — 2-3:30 p.m. at Big Four Station stage• Kidz Rock the Boat! — 2-5 p.m. on the RiverStage• Louisville Pipe Band — 4-5 p.m. at Big Four Station stage

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