Here is the music lineup for the 2011 Lower Town Arts and Music Festival!

The music schedule is also available for downloaded here in .pdf format.

The artist profiles are available for downloaded here in .pdf format.

On Friday, May 20 at 5pm Carefree Highway will be leading off the Festival on the Harrison Street stage. Here is some information about the band Carefree Highway from their website:

Carefree Highway is a hard-drivin' bluegrass band from western Kentucky. They have been playing professionally for many years, and now have added a few new faces to the group. Whether on the concert stage, festivals, or strolling entertainment, they are a listening pleasure for all age groups. The members of Carefree Highway are from various parts of the country and have come together to offer unique, well-rounded and professional performances.
Bluegrass music is their forte, blending traditional bluegrass, gospel and original songs. The result is an energetic sound with a wide variety in their repertoire.
The members of Carefree Highway have established reputations in the music world, winning many individual musical awards. Together they offer more than 85 years of professional experiences.
Carefree Highway is a group to watch for, and a bluegrass musical experience you won't want to miss.

Also, a featured performance on Saturday night will be by the Coco Yam Band. Here is a description of their music from their website:

The Coco Yam Band, hailing from Louisville, KY, presents a lively world music travelogue of Afro-pop, Salsa, Reggae, Funk, Afro-beat and Cha-cha-cha among others. Several members have performed and studied in various countries including Togo, Morocco, Senegal, Spain and India. Performance highlights include the World Equestrian Games, the Kentucky Reggae Festival, the Frazier International History Museum and several of the Worldfest on the Belvedere events in downtown Louisville.
From the inspirational grooves of West Africa to the pulse of Latin clave, the Coco Yam Band covers a lot of ground with with their mighty horns, melodic vocals and strong interlocking guitar parts; all propped up by a driving rhythmic foundation of percussion, bass and drums. Their songs are totally infectious, displaying incredible musicianship, while maintaining world rhythmic versatility. Derivatives of Jazz and R&B permeate their sound as well. The members of Coco Yam Band enjoy learning and performing diverse musical styles from around the world, and sharing the joy of these musics with audiences at community festivals, fairs and other events.
So what do yams, first grown in coconut groves, have to do with this band? Well, just as this starchy staple food feeds many in the tropic regions of the world, the Coco Yam Band feeds it’s globalicious grooves directly to the ears. In the southern U.S., the coco yam plant is known as taro root, or elephant ears. The Coco Yam Band certainly embraces musical diversity, and audiences enjoy hearing and dancing to their vast musical travelogue!