Move aside newgrass and jamgrass: here comes kleptograss! Semantics aside, something unique and dazzling is bound to transpire when musical eclecticist and virtuoso guitar flatpicker Eric Thompson convenes some of the Bay Area's finest traditional musicians for a special evening of musical fireworks.

One of the most versatile figures in the local traditional music scene, Eric has spent the past four decades exploring bluegrass, old-time, Irish ceili, Greek rembetika, Cajun, blues, and jibaro music in beloved groups like the Blue Flame Stringband, California Cajun Orchestra, Bluegrass Intentions, and Thompson's String Ticklers. Tonight he brings all this and more to the Freight stage, with the help of a consortium of outrageous talent -- fiddler Paul Shelasky, guitarist Scott Nygaard, Laurie Lewis on bass, and Tom Rozum on mandolin. With aces like these on stage, a range of roots music as deep as it is broad is sure to go into the mix, but the only way to discover the outcome is to be here yourself!

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