Rollin’ Weed fun this Saturday

World champion BMX Flatland Freestyle stunt rider from Cap City Stunts Pete Brandt will perform at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. during this Saturday’s Rollin’ Weed event in downtown Weed.

Rollin’ Weed also features a Show & Shine, street fair, food court, barbecue, waterslide and live music, including the debut of the newly formed Hop Creek Boys.

The street fair will have an array of items including local honey, handmade jewelery, antique, tie die and pottery. Plus the downtown shops are featuring specials.

A quilt show and kids activities will take place at the Mercantile; along with a Fruit and Veggie Exchange on the Merc porch.

A Weed Pride BBQ will be held at the Centennial Plaza.

A Main Street Pride fundraiser will be held at  the Centennial Plaza, helping the efforts of the local group of citizens and organizations to raise the funds to remodel the historic downtown district of Weed. Plans include new cobblestones, lights, benches and crosswalks in Weed.

The Siskiyou Food Assistance will host a water slide fundraiser at the Tri Counties Bank parking lot. Play in the water all day for $5. Kids should bring a bathing suit. All proceeds go toward purchasing food for families in crisis.

SFA will also hold a Because Hunger Hurts Food Drive. Bring non perishable foods to the SFA during Rollin’ Weed.

Cedar Lanes All Day Specials include two free games per person; burger and soda or draft beer for $5; and Bloody Mary’s for $2.

There is still time to get applications in for the Show & Shine. Call the Weed Chamber of Commerce at (530) 938-4624 or download an application at www.weedchamber.com
Rollin’ Weed Show & Shine is sponsored by the Weed Chamber of Commerce as well as the Kiwanis, Weed Arts Council, and Weed Ministerial Association.

The Show & Shine is supported by the Siskiyou Motorcycle Association, Orphan Custom Classics, Cruisin Rebels, Klassic Kruisers, Christian Motorcycle Association, and Klamath Kruisers.

The Hop Creek Boys are a newly formed band with members Jak Anderson, Jim Roy and Billy Shaver. Anderson, the mandolin player, has been playing guitar and mandolin for 43 years with a degree in music from Santa Cruz. He has played in funk bands and bluegrass bands, such as local group Panther Creek.

Roy, the guitarist, has 35 years of picking folk country bluegrass on guitar and mandolin all over the United States and now lives and plays in Siskiyou County.
Shaver has been picking the banjo for 10 years with backgrounds in bluegrass as well funk and jazz.

The Hop Creek Boys have been playing together for two years every Thursday at Brew Grass Night in Weed. They have developed a unique sound in folk rock, bluegrass, jazz and driving blues that, as Roy puts it, you can tell that “the beer runs deep through the music.”

The Hop Creek Boys are debuting as a trio this Saturday, Aug. 28 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the music stage at the Weed Chamber of Commerce’s annual Rollin’ Weed Show & Shine.

Rollin' Weed schedule of events
7 to 9 a.m. – Last minute Show & Shine registration at Centennial Plaza (participants must enter Alamo Avenue from Highway 97 to get to Centennial Plaza, it will be marked with signs).

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Street fair.

9:30 a.m. – Cap City Stunts BMX Flatland Freestyle demonstration.

10 a.m. – Hop Creek bluegrass music.

11 a.m. – Food Court opens at US BANK parking lot.

11:30 a.m. – Cap City Stunts BMX Flatland Freestyle demonstration.

Noon – Goba Girl & the Groove Goons blues music.

1:30 p.m. – Cap City Stunts BMX Flatland Freestyle demonstration.

2 p.m. – Black Tooth Grin rock music.

3 p.m. – Show & Shine awards.

Closing up with Black Tooth Grin.