The Steep Canyon Rangers play Saturdays-in-Saxapahaw on May 5th

The Saxapahaw Rivermill Saturdays-in-Saxapahaw summer series begins this week and runs till Aug. 25. The weekly festivities include performances by top bands — featuring bluegrass, back porch, roots, americana and old time music — and a thriving farmer’s market, in which you’ll find fresh loal produce, cheese, eggs, baked goods, organic meat, locally produced wine, arts and crafts and more.

Admission is free. The series is sponsored by the Saxapahaw Rivermill and by local businesses, including Open Eye Cafe, Fifth Season Gardening, Townsend Bertram and The Barbecue Joint. Visit www.rivermillvillage.com for more information.

Saturdays-in-Saxapahaw schedule:

May

• 5 Steep Canyon Rangers
• 12 Guilty Pleasures
• 19 Hooverville
• 26 Polecat Creek

June

• 2 Gospel Jubilators
• 9 Great Big Gone (formerly Brown Mountain Lights)
• 16 Jimmy Magoo & Friends
• 23 Big Medicine
• 30 The Jonathan Byrd Band

July

• 7 The Maudlin Brothers
• 14 The Two Dollar Pistols
• 21 Wood & Steel
• 28 Memphis

August

• 4 Randy Whitt & The Grits
• 11 Django Haskins
• 18 Tommy Edwards & Friends

— From Staff Reports