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Mini-Schedule

May 12

Panera Bread
Harrisonburg, VA
6:30 pm

May 16

Antique Automobile Club of America
Flintstone, MD
TBA

May 24

Private Party - Frontier Museum
Staunton, VA
7:00 pm

May 25

Brain Freeze!
Klines - 11 South
Harrisonburg, VA
6:30 pm

June 1

Brain Freeze!
What's The Scoop
Grottoes, VA
6:30 pm

June 8

Brain Freeze!
Sarah's Ice Cream
Penn Laird, VA
6:30 pm

June 9

Panera Bread
Harrisonburg, VA
6:30 pm

June 14

Farmers' Market
Staunton, VA
9:00 am

June 15

Humpback Rocks
Blue Ridge Pkwy
Afton, VA
2:00 pm

June 15

Brain Freeze!
Klines - Wolfe St
Harrisonburg, VA
6:30 pm

June 28

Private Party
Middletown, VA
4:00 pm

June 29

Brain Freeze!
Klines - Staunton
Greenville Ave
6:30 pm

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Latest News

(Visit the News Archive for all the Loose Gravel news)

Brain Freeze Tour 2008 Gets Cranked!

Loose Gravel has completed the schedule for the 2008 version of the Brain Freeze Tour! Stops this year include What's The Scoop in Grottoes, Sarah's Ice Cream and Coffee Shoppe in Penn Laird and all three Klines Dairy Bar locations in Harrisonburg and Staunton. Each 6:30 pm stop features a 2-hour concert with the lactose-tolerant bluegrassers and assorted cone-heads. (more)

Loose Gravel Fiddler Featured in Magazine

Loose Gravel fiddler Anthony VanPelt graces the cover of the Spring 2008 issue of Shenandoah Living, a quarterly magazine available at many Valley locations from Winchester to Lexington. (more)

Loose Gravel On The Road in Franklin, WV

Loose Gravel was the guest of the Pendleton County Chamber of Commerce (www.visitpendleton.com) for their First Annual Whistle Pig Jamboree at the Pendleton County High School auditorium in Franklin on February 2. (more)

Loose Gravel Bassist Recovering From Recent Surgery

Loose Gravel bass player Pat Velanzon is recovering at home from his recent hip replacement surgery and thanks everyone for their kind wishes. The operation went well and Pat expects a complete recovery. He's already been relieved of the pain symptoms that had persisted for many months.

Loose Gravel Bassist Under the Knife

Loose Gravel bass player Pat Velanzon and reigning IBMA Bass Player of the Year Missy Raines have something else in common -- a hip replacement! Missy had hers done in early 2005 and Pat will undergo a right hip replacement on Dec. 7, 2007 (more)

Loose Gravel Opens for Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain

Loose Gravel took the stage at Harrisonburg's Court Square Theater on Thursday, October 11 as the opening act for Rural Rhythm recording artist Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain, whose self-titled CD has been climbing the Bluegrass charts since its 2006 release. (more)

Loose Gravel Subs For Rough & Natural

Loose Gravel was pleased to be able to help out on Sunday, October 7 at Humpback Rocks when the Rough and Natural String Band was forced to cancel their appearance due to the passing of a family member. (more)

Loose Gravel On Television!

Virginia Farming Logo_121x57 (4K)Loose Gravel was excited to be the guest of "Virginia Farming" host Jeff Ishee on Wednesday, September 26 at the studios of WVPT-TV in Harrisonburg, VA. Jeff did us the great honor of featuring Loose Gravel for the entire show! (more)

Brain Freeze Tour 2007 Concludes

BrainFreezeLogo-Klines-120x146 (10K)Loose Gravel concluded its successful "Brain Freeze Tour 2007" on Sunday afternoon, September 23 at the Kline's Dairy Bar Wolfe Street location in downtown Harrisonburg, VA with a 2-hour concert that featured spirited versions of traditional and contemporary bluegrass covers, original tunes and waffle cones featuring the flavor of the week -- "Cherry and Chocolate Chip". (more)

Gravel Goodies

LG cap_orange (1K)Get your official Loose Gravel baseball cap -- "just like the big boys wear!" -- at our next concert. It instantly identifies you as a fan of Loose Gravel -- or VDOT, whichever you prefer. Only $15!


AnthonyCD (9K) Classical? Bluegrass? He's "blue-classi-grass-cal"! Get Loose Gravel fiddler Anthony VanPelt's new CD and discover a talented artist who's equally at home in a tuxedo or jeans. Order online!