Eric and Suzy at "Strings", Drawing by Christopher Peterson.

Welcome to our schedule page, here's where you can hear us during the next little while. Don't forget about this year's Berkeley Old Time Music Convention which will be Sept. 11-13, 2009. Another amazing lineup this year, including Mike Seeger, Benton Flippen, Paul Brown, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Rodney Sutton and many others!

Sat. June 13 - Freight & Salvage 41st Anniversary Show We're honored to be part of a large star-studded cast including Phil Marsh & members of the Cleanliness & Godliness Skiffle Band, Country Joe McDonald, and Danny Carnahan. The Freight is still at the old location, 1111 Addison near San Pablo. Freight & Salvage website

Weds. June 17 - Fiddling Mamas - Maria Muldaur, Kaila Flexer, Bobbi Nikles, Irene Sazer, Stairwell Sisters & Misters, and Suzy Thompson at the Freight Famed fiddling mothers—and other musical friends—converge for an exciting evening of singing and music making to benefit the family of Briana Waters, a fellow fiddler and mother. The sultry vocals (and fiddle!) of Maria Muldaur, the wide-ranging fiddle skills of Irene Sazer, Kaila Flexer, and Suzy Thompson, and a special "boys included" version of the beloved all-gal old-time outfit Stairwell Sisters join together for a memorable evening of great music. Briana Waters is currently serving a 6-year prison sentence in Danbury, Connecticut, far from her daughter who lives with her father and grandparents near Sacramento. Funds raised from this concert will help to pay travel costs for her daughter to visit Briana. More information about Briana can be found here: Briana Waters website Ticket info can be found here: Freight & Salvage website

June 21 -26 -- Eric teaches at Kamp Kaufman -- Eric will be teaching flatpicking at Steve Kaufman's Kamp, in Maryville, Tennessee. Incredible faculty includes Robin Kessinger, John Reischman, John Carlini, Scott Nygaard, Bill Evans, Bill Keith and much more. Kamp Kaufman website

Sun. June 28 - Bluegrass for the Greenbelt, Dunsmuir-Hellman Estate, Oakland -- Come join us at the 4th Annual Bluegrass for the Greenbelt, a mini-festival, now with 2 stages. This year, we are part of a lineup that also includes The Waybacks, the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, the Wronglers, Nell Robinson & Red Level, and ’49 Special. The show runs from 11 am to 6 pm; our set (on the 2nd stage) is sometime in the afternoon. We'll post the actual time once we know it. The festival is a benefit for the Greenbelt Alliance, a terrific nonprofit that, since 1958, has been the San Francisco Bay Area's advocate for open spaces and vibrant places. Bluegrass for the Greenbelt website

July 26- Aug. 2 -- Suzy teaches fiddle at Blues Week, Port Townsend. Suzy is honored to return to blues week again, with new artistic director Corey Harris at the helm. The usual amazing staff includes Del Rey, Steve James, Alvin Youngblood Hart, etc. etc. Blues Week website

Aug. 8-14-- Eric teaches at Puget Sound Guitar Workshop-- Eric returns to PSGW, at beautiful Pilgrim Firs (about 90 minutes south of Seattle). Puget Sound Guitar Workshop website

Tues. Aug. 18 - Aux Cajunals Trio at Ashkenaz. Eric, Suzy and Agi will hold forth with old-fashioned Cajun and Creole dance music. Ashkenaz has got a great wooden dance floor, and a wonderful old-fashioned barn dance kind of atmosphere. Dance lesson at 8, the Aux Cajunals at 8:30. Admission is $10. Ashkenaz is located at 1317 San Pablo, near Gilman, in Berkeley. All ages welcome, free parking across the street in the REI lot. Ashkenaz website

Sat. Aug. 29 - the Aux Cajunals at the Berkeley Farmers' Market - FREE! We're delighted to be part of one of the Berkeley Farmers' Market special events. The Aux Cajunals Trio will play Cajun and Creole dance music from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. The Berkeley Farmers' Market is a program of the Ecology Center, and they also sponsor the String Band Contest at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. Check out the . Berkeley Farmers' Markets website

Sept. 9-13 - BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION! Eric & Suzy will be performing on Thurs. Sept. 10, along with Mike Seeger and the Tallboys String Band at the new downtown Freight (across from Berkeley Rep)-- Check out the website for more details -- this year's stellar lineup includes Mike Seeger, Benton Flippen, Paul Brown, Terri McMurray, John Schwab, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Tallboys String Band, Rodney Sutton, and much more. We've added a Weds. night event: the Berkeley premiere of "Always Been A Rambler" which will show at the Pacific Film Archive, followed by a discussion with Mike Seeger and filmmaker Yasha Aginsky! BOTMC website

If you are interested in booking Eric & Suzy (with a band, or as a duo) for your party, wedding, or other special occasion, please visit our Weddings and Parties page.