Arts in the Middle Fine Arts Festival
Saturday, June 7th & Sunday, June 8th, 2025
Hewick Plantation ~ Urbanna, VA
AIM MUSIC 2025
Saturday, June 7th
Acoustic Stage
10:15 - 11:30am Peyton Brabrand
11:45 – 1:00pm Roxy Coke & Allie Schaefer
1:15 – 2:30pm Jeff and Sherry Wagner
2:45 – 4:00pm Russell Lawson and Liz Nance
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Main Stage
10:45 - 12:00pm Troy Breslow
12:15 – 1:30pm Tom Euler Trio
1:45 – 3:00pm Jumbo Lump Daddy & the Backfin Boys
3:15 – 4:30pm Bobby Blackhat Band
Sunday, June 8th
Acoustic Stage
11:30 – 12:30pm O.T. and Sandy Adcock
12:45 – 1:45pm Hunter Owens
2:00 – 3:00pm Tom Euler
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Main Stage
11:30 - 12:30pm The Gurleys
12:45 – 1:45pm Karl Werne
2:00 – 3:00pm George Robinson & the Gospel Robins
Headliner for 2025
Bobby Blackhat Band
Musical Performers 2025
Jumbo Lump Daddy & the Backfin Boys
Roxy Coke & Allie Schaefer
Russell Lawson and Liz Nance
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Jeff & Sherry Wagner
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Jeff and Sherry Wagner are a husband-wife duo who play acoustic Americana music. They blend modern folk, classic country, bluegrass and roots material with guitar, mandolin, and bass with tight vocal harmonies. Jeff and Sherry have delighted audiences with their entertaining performances as a duo for over 30 years in the greater Richmond and Central Virginia area. Jeff is an award winning songwriter and has recently finished his 3rd album of original songs.
Tom Euler
Tom Euler is an award-winning singer/songwriter and accomplished guitarist, whose powerful and thoughtful playing style has quickly led to him becoming known as “the young guy with the old soul.” The blues/rock musician from Virginia, is making a name for himself as lead guitarist for the Bobby Blackhat Band, as well as front man of the Tom Euler Trio and Tom Euler Band. He counts playing the 2016 Finals of the IBC at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis as a highlight of his young blues career.
Troy Breslow
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Peyton Brabrand
With a soulful resonance that echoes the greats of jazz history, Peyton Brabrand stands as a testament to the timeless allure of the tenor saxophone. Drawing inspiration from luminaries such as Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Ike Quebec, Peyton's technique is a homage to the masters, yet uniquely his own. His playing is a tapestry woven from the threads of indomitable swing and deep, soul-stirring tones.
Whether caressing the notes with a gentle finesse or unleashing a torrent of impassioned melodies, Peyton's saxophone channels the spirit of the jazz age, transporting listeners to smoky jazz clubs of yesteryears.
O. T. and Sandy Adcock
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Hunter Owens
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Bill & Pam Gurley
Bill and Pam Gurley are a married couple with deep roots in the Tidewater area of Virginia. They started singing together on their first date and have been doing so ever since, much to the delight of audiences from Maine to the Caribbean. Bill is a multi- instrumentalist moving from guitar to banjo to fiddle. He also writes many of the songs that they perform together. Pam has a warm, captivating voice that listeners have found to be quite memorable. The Gurley’s make their home in the Northern Neck of Virginia and have recorded
several CDs over the years working with some of the best musicians in the region. Bill and Pam also front a bluegrass band known as “Fiddlesticks”, a group of talented friends that they have known since high school. The Gurley’s mix of folk, bluegrass, blues, and a good dose of humor makes for a fun evening of music not to
be missed!
George Robinson & the Gospel Robins
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