Last modified: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 4:06 PM EDT
Cynthia Sayer plays the Early Spring Banjo Fling on Friday night at the Mansfield Holiday Inn.

GO: Banjo Fling opens Thursday in Mansfield

Here is the schedule for the 2008 Early Spring Banjo Fling, which runs Thursday through Sunday at the Mansfield Holiday Inn. All events are free and open to the public:

Thursday, April 3

7-9 p.m. - Stroll Down Memory Lane starring the Stone Street Strummers with special guest Dave Marty. Music from the 1920s and 1930s, the Tin Pan Alley Era.

Friday, April 4

Garden Court welcome party 2-6 p.m. - guest performers Dixie Diehards 2-3 p.m., Steve Caddick and Avalon 3-4 p.m., Jeff Grosser 4-5 p.m., Dave Marty 5-6 p.m., 7-9:20 p.m. Buckingham Ballroom.

Friday Night concert performances: Tom Stuip 7-7:20 p.m., Paul Doerner 7:20-7:40 p.m., Kurt and Dave 7:40-8 p.m., Steve Caddick 8-8:20 p.m., Cynthia Sayer 8:20-8:40 p.m., Jeff Grosser 8:40-9 p.m., Mike Hashem 9-9:20 p.m.

Saturday, April 5

9 a.m.: Jam room open, Ballroom

1 p.m.-closing, Vendors, Wedgewood

1 p.m.-midnight, open jamming, Boxwood

1 p.m.-midnight, open jamming, Board Room

2-6 p.m., welcome party, Garden Court

9:30 p.m.-closing, organized jam led by Tom Fee with music selections projected on screen, Board Room

1-6 p.m., rehearsal space, Buckingham

9 a.m.-noon, workshops, aphitheater (9-9:55 a.m. Mike Currao Intros, fill-ins and endings; 10-10:55 a.m., Dave Marty. "My Way", touching mainly on the importance of the left hand, and chord inversions related to playing melody with chords; 11 a.m.-noon, Kurt Abell and Dave Frey, "Transposing a Tune"

Lobby Performances on Saturday Morning:

9-9:55 a.m., Jim and Geri Rheel, Garden Court; 10-10:55 a.m., Mike Currao, Garden Court. Gala all-star show, Buckingham Ballroom, 1-4 p.m.

Headliner concert 7:30-8:10 p.m., Michael Nix 7 string Banjo. Buckingham Ballroom; 8:15-9:15 p.m., Dave Marty "Mr. Smooth" Plectrum Banjoist extrodinaire.

Sunday April 6

9:30-11 a.m.: Buckingham Gospel Jam Hosted by Tom Fee.

For more information, visit www.stonestreetstrummers.org.