Once again, Paducah Symphony Orchestra has taken the reins when it comes to music planning. The result is a 46-band schedule that fans out over three separate stages. Organizer Leigh Ann Renfro said a committee received more than 200 applicants this year, and the schedule reflects an eclectic music taste.

“We listened to every one of the tapes that came in,” Renfro said. “We tried to get a wide variety of talent so everyone can have something they like.”

All of the bands on stage in 2012 come from within a 350-mile radius. Only 10 bands are performing who hit the stage in 2011, allowing for new sounds to drift into Lower Town.

MAIN STAGE

Friday

3:30 p.m. —  Lone Oak High School Jazz Band

5 p.m. — Lew Jetton & 61 South

6 p.m. — Switchmen

7 p.m. — Blind Corn Liquor Pickers

8 p.m. — Tony & the Oh’s

9 p.m. — The Great Gatsby Jazz Funk Odyssey

Saturday

10 a.m. — Paducah Jazz Ensemble

11 a.m. — Tony Logue Band

Noon — Nathan Blake Lynn & the Sluegrass Boys

2 p.m. — The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra

3 p.m. — Trapper Haskins & the Bigger Swill

4 p.m. — Alonzo Pennington Band

6 p.m. — Sarah Elizabeth Burkey

7 p.m. — Bawn in the Mash

8 p.m. — Solid Rockit Boosters

9 p.m. — The Ladybirds

Sunday

Noon — Kelsey Waldon

1 p.m. — Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church

2 p.m. — Q&A

3 p.m. — Megan Light

4 p.m. — Like Nichols

  MADISON STREET STAGE

Friday

3:15 p.m. — Wm. Alan Ross

4:15 p.m. — Makayla Reign

5:45 p.m. — Harpeth Rising

6:45 p.m. — Lane Davis & the Blackbirds

Saturday

10:45 a.m. — Patrick Worley

11:45 a.m. — Ryan Gilchrist

12:45 p.m. — Year of October

2:15 p.m. — Beaucoup Creek

3:15 p.m. — Chester Brown

4:45 p.m. — Fat Box

5:45 p.m. — Oh Yeah! Dakota

Sunday

1:15 p.m. — Dee Anna Archie

2:15 p.m. — Captain Freddy & the River Cats

3:15 p.m. — Eddie Windhorst

  HARRISON STREET STAGE

Friday

4:30 p.m.  — Mark Donham

5:30 p.m. — Meet the Seavers

6:30 p.m. — Ashley Jace

Saturday

12:30 p.m. — Steel Dove Band

1:30 p.m. — Gene Poole

2:30 p.m. — Aly Sutton & Travis Stinson

4:30 p.m. — The Trio

5:30 p.m. — Cates-Jackson Band

Sunday

12:30 p.m. — The Rich Fabec Band

1:30 p.m. — The Great Compromise