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ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FOR FALL & WINTER 2010.... STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED PERFORMANCE DATES AS THE KNUCKLE DUSTERS MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR 14TH SEASON!
2010 Performances
OCTOBER 30th (Saturday) - Private Party (Westminster, MD.)
OCTOBER 9th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (Shepherdstown, WV.)
SEPTEMBER 18th (Saturday) - Private Wedding Linganore Wine Cellars (Mt. Airy, MD.)
SEPTEMBER 11th (Saturday) - Private Wedding *(Monkton*, MD.)
AUGUST 7th (Saturday) - The Jackson Clinics (Middletown, VA.)
AUGUST 6th (Friday) - Political Party Fundraiser *(Greencastle*, PA.)
JULY 28th (Wednesday) - Penn National Golf Course *(Fayetteville, PA*)
JULY 17th (Saturday) - The Hamilton Club (Lancaster, PA.) postponed T.B.A.
JUNE 26th (Saturday) - Bluemont Concert Series (Warrenton, VA.)
JUNE 26th (Saturday) - Market Days (Colonial Beach, VA.)
JUNE 23rd (Wednesday) - The Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Washington D.C.)
JUNE 18th (Friday) - Edward Jones Investments (McConnellsburg, Pa.)
MARCH 21st (Sunday) - Ohr Hamizrach Congregation/Jewish Wedding (Baltimore Md.)
FEBRUARY 22nd (Monday) - James Buchanan Middle School (Mercersburg, PA)
JANUARY 21st (Thursday) - International Harbor Hotel (Inner Harbor, Baltimore Md.)


2009 Summer Performances
SEPTEMBER 25th (Friday) - The Jemicy School *(Baltimore, MD)*
SEPTEMBER 13th (Sunday) - Private Event *(Westminster, MD)*
AUGUST 29th (Saturday) - Private Event *(Littlestown, PA)*
JUNE 27th (Saturday) - *The Pen Mar Club (Western Maryland)*
JUNE 25th (Thursday) - 11th Annual *Chautauqua Event (Lewes, DE)*
JUNE 6th (Saturday) - *The Textiles Museum (Washington D.C.)*
MAY 9th (Saturday) - *Private Wedding (Baltimore, MD)*



Recent Venues
OCTOBER 4th (Saturday) - Tranquility at Fredericktowne (Frederick, MD)
SEPTEMBER 7th (Sunday) - Private Event (Westminster, MD)
AUGUST 14th (Thursday) - Private Event (Philadelphia, PA)
JUNE 29th (Sunday) - National Conservation Training Center (Shepherdstown, WV)
JUNE 14th (Saturday) - Pen Mar Club (Western Maryland)
APRIL 19th (Saturday) - *Irish Wedding (Hampstead, MD)*
MARCH 15th (Saturday) - St. Patty's at Rue's Food & Spirits (Mercersburg, PA)
SEPTEMBER 2nd (Sunday) - Pen Mar Club (Western Maryland)
AUGUST 26th (Sunday) - *Easter Seals regional fundraiser (Altoona, PA)*
AUGUST 4th (Saturday) - Private Party (Waterfall, PA)
JULY 7th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (Halifax, PA)
JUNE 16th (Saturday) - Party on the Potomac (Berkeley Springs, WV)
MAY 28th (Monday) - Graduation Party (Altoona, PA)
MAY 26th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (Allentown, PA)
MAY 19th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (Hagerstown, MD)
MAY 12th (Saturday) - Rue's Food & Spirits (Mercersburg, PA)
DECEMBER 9th (Saturday) - Beck & Benedict's Music Theater (Wayensboro, PA)
OCTOBER 28th (Saturday) - *Bull & Oyster Roast (Baltimore, MD)*
OCTOBER 21st (Saturday) - Private Wedding - Bryce Resort (Mt. Jackson, VA)
OCTOBER 20th (Friday) - *Wedding Rehearsal Dinner (Morgantown, WV)*
OCTOBER 14th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (St. Thomas, PA)
SEPTEMBER 22nd (Friday) - *Private Wedding (Gaithersburg, MD)*
SEPTEMBER 16th (Saturday) - *Upper Providence Community Event (Oaks, PA)*
SEPTEMBER 1st (Friday) - The Quincy Ox Roast (Quincy, PA)
AUGUST 26th (Saturday) - The Gettysburg Hotel (Gettysburg, PA)
AUGUST 5th (Saturday) - Private Party (Pittsburg, PA)
JULY 21st (Friday) - Rue's Food & Spirits *(Mercersburg, PA)*
JUNE 17th (Saturday) - Private Wedding (Pittsburg, PA)
MAY 17th (Wednesday) - Wildlife Conservation Society (Central Park Zoo, NY)
JANUARY 21st (Saturday) - The Shamrock *(Hagerstown, MD)*
JANUARY 13th (Friday) - Port City Java (Hagerstown, MD)

And much more... The 2005 season included performances at Port City Java (Hagerstown, MD), The Washington/Dulles Marriot (District of Columbia), The Avalon Music and Arts Festival (Paw Paw, WV ), Phoenixville Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), Smithsburg Pride Days (Smithsburg, MD), Quad Graphics (Martinsburg, WV), The Homecoming Day Festival (Orbisonia, PA), Viddles & Vettes (Carlisle, PA), The Mayfair Festival of The Arts (Allentown, PA), The Shamrock (Hagerstown, MD) and for numerous weddings and private engagements up and down the eastern interstate highways. The 2004 season was one fun and adventure for the Knuckle Dusters, with appearances at The Wolf's Den (Smithsburg, MD), and for The Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes (The Holiday Inn Capitol - Washington, DC). Trail riding, and mountain music were the task at hand for the Knuckle Dusters when they visited The Andora Farm (Fredricksburg, VA). Local favorite Rue's Food & Spirits (Mercersburg, PA) hosted the Knuckle Dusters in May, as did the Veteran's Administration Hospital (Martinsburg, WV) for a Memorial Day performance. After some camping and fishing in the summer months, The Knuckle Dusters finished out the year with a handful of private engagements and festivals.
Books and Music hosted The Knuckle Dusters on May 30, 2003. A follow up performance sponsored by Rococco (Hagerstown, MD) took place during The The Western Maryland Blues Fest on May 31st. The Knuckle Dusters rounded out the year with numerous private functions including a performance at Edward Jones Investments (McConnellsburg, PA). The Knuckle Dusters performed a limited schedule in the winter months of 2003 to record and produce a compilation of original music titled "Driving With My Knee".
The 2002 Knuckle Dusters season started with a rumble at McKnight Cycle (Hagerstown, MD). They covered some familiar and uncharted highway performing at Rococco (Hagerstown, MD), Smithsburg Pride Days (Smithsburg, MD), Rue's Tavern (Mercersburg, PA), a Toys for Tots Benefit (Wayensboro, PA), and the Civil War Weekend (Mercersburg, PA). The Knuckle Dusters rounded out their winter schedule with performances at The Market Cross Pub (Carlisle, PA) and The Broad Axe (Hagerstown, MD).
The Knuckledusters spent most of the 2001 season in the studio, but managed to squeeze in performances at the Martinsburg Veteran's Administration Hospital (West Virginia), the Market Cross Pub (Carlisle, PA), the Bentz Street Raw Bar (Frederick, MD), Rue's Tavern (Mercersburg, PA) and the Bullfrog Brewery (Williamsport, PA). The 2000 season brought Knuckle Dusters performances to Franco's Lounge & Music Club (Williamsport, PA), Rue's Tavern (Mercersburg, PA), the American Red Cross "Relay for Life" fundraiser at Black's Woods (Mercersburg, PA), The Hublersburg Hotel (Centre County, PA), The Market Cross Pub (Carlisle, PA) The Black Horse Tavern (Shippen Place Hotel, Shippensburg, PA) the Bullfrog Brewery (Williamsport, PA), The Bellefonte Arts festival & The Bellefonte Elks (Centre County, PA) Shooters (Funkstown, MD) and to many other fine engagements. In 1998-99 the Knuckle Dusters performed across the region making stops at the The Bullfrog Brewery (Williamsport, PA), The Market Cross Pub (Carlisle, PA), Casey’s (Greencastle, PA), The Gingerbread Man (Shippensburg, PA), The Red Bat's Nest (Harrisonville, PA), The Stray Cat Café, (Keyser, WV), and the former Bombay Blues (Hagerstown, MD).