Downtown hosts BoCO Music Festival, Marine Market
Published 12:59 pm Monday, May 2, 2016
CAROLINE HUDSON | DAILY NEWS
PLUCK THE STRINGS: A member of Guitar Pull plays to a small crowd outside of the Turnage Theatre.
Downtown Washington was bustling with activity on Saturday with the eighth annual BoCO Traditional Music Festival and Washington Harbor District Alliance’s sixth annual Marine Market, taking place side by side. Vendors lined Stewart Parkway, featuring anything from food, to boats and boating equipment, artwork and jewelry. Musicians playing bluegrass, old-time and blues songs jammed on West Main Street in front of the Turnage Theatre, as other groups performed inside the theater’s gallery. The all-day events brought out people of all ages.
JASON SCOTT | DAILY NEWS
FULL STEAM: Gene Oakley, a Grifton resident, set up a display of model steam engines at the sixth annual Marine Market.
CAROLINE HUDSON | DAILY NEWS
VISITING ARTIST: Mark Cunningham, of Fish Art in Hayes, Virginia, begins painting one of his creations.
CAROLINE HUDSON | DAILY NEWS
BOAT LOVER: Joe Peacos shows off one of his three boats on display at the Marine Market. Peacos restored each one to its former glory.
JASON SCOTT | DAILY NEWS
TALENTED GROUP: The Lonesome Creek Band performed Saturday in the Turnage Theatre gallery.
CAROLINE HUDSON | DAILY NEWS
PIRATE PLAY: Donning their best pirate regalia, the Motley Tones played for passersby at the Marine Market.
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