Sutter Creek, CA…The Boot Scootin’ BBQ will be a night of live perfectly-performed country western music by the unequaled Slade Rivers Band, line dancing, a full western-style dinner, a local wine and beer bar, and bocce ball. On Saturday, August 22, from 7 – 10 pm, herd your friends to the cool, protected outdoor area of the Italian Picnic Grounds, Sutter Creek in Amador County for this annual fundraiser for the arts. Expect cowboy hats and boots, red-checked tables with summertime bouquets.

Tickets, which include a BBQ dinner, one drink, music, line dancing lessons, and bocce ball, if you like, are $40 each. Buy them on-line using PayPal at www.amadorarts.org. Or locally you can buy tickets at the AmadorArts Office and Gallery, 11-A Randolph St., SutterCreek; at the Amador Council of Tourism office at 115 Valley View Dr. Sutter Creek; or at any free TGIF concert.

AmadorArts is a 34-year-old non-profit providing much-needed arts programming for schools and the community. The Italian Picnic Grounds (aka Italian Benevolent Society Picnic Grounds) are at 581 State Highway 49 near the intersection with Ridge Road on Sutter Creek. Info: 209-267-9038.