Folk Festival List (Mostly US Midwest)
Stuart Halliday
Aural Tradition Folk Festival List 1991
Copyright (c) 1991 Aural Tradition
PO Box 14407
Chicago, IL 60614-0407
Following is a retyped (any typo's are mine) listing of folk
festivals, mainly for the Midwestern United States, from AURAL
TRADITION, address above. The list is copyrighted, but they
invite its dissemination. They request only that you credit
them when distributing or using it. Aural Tradition is a
Chicago based non-profit organization promoting folk music,
story telling and folk culture. Membership information can be
gotten by writing; membership is currently $7.00 for membership
plus $3.50 for first-class (US) monthly mailing of events in
and around the Chicago area. It may be going up a little soon,
so check with them first before sending a check.
Notices of events, your favorite folk performer(s) who will be
appearing in the Chicago area should be sent marked to L.
Lubin, 5461 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL 60615, and should arrive at
least six weeks before the event.
Performers interested in being sponsored by Aural Tradition
(usually house concerts or at small clubs such as the No Exit
Cafe) are invited to submit cassettes also to the PO Box above.
(Stuart Halliday...@CASBAH.NUACC.NWU.EDU)
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Chicago's GOSPEL FESTIVAL will be June 8-9 and Chicago's BLUES
FESTIVAL will be June 14-16, in Grant Park at the Petrillo
Bandshell, Columbus and Jackson Drives. (312) 744-3370.
The RAILROAD FESTIVAL OF SONGS AND STORYTELLING will be June 8-
9, at the Illinois Railway Museum (7000 Olson Road, Union,
Illinois in McHenry County; call *217) 789-9397 or (708) 351-
6127). Features: Elizabeth Ellis, Michael Cotter, Janice del
Negro, Dan Keding, Dave Williams, Julie Luther, Wil Bremer,
Nancy Donoval, Tom and Chris Kastle (Privateer), Larry Penn,
Bob Bovee and Gail Heil, Jim May, Mike Anderson, others. 11am
- 6pm, $8 adult/day, incl. admission Railway Museum; ghost
stories Sat. 8 pm, $5.
The BLAINE FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL will be June 9 at Blaine United
Methodist Church, IL 173 to 76 N to Blaine Rd, then E to fest
site. All volunteer, 11am - 7pm. (815) 544-3615 eves.
The BEAN BLOSSOM BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL will be June 13-16 at Brown
County Jamboree Park, 40 miles S of Indianapolis on Hwy 135,
IN. For info, write Monroe Enterprises, 3819 Dickerson Rd,
Nashville, TN 37207, or call (615) 868-3333.
The MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL will probably be June 21-23.
Contact the Mariposa Folk Foundation, 95 Lavinia Ave, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, M65 3H9, or (416) 778-9063 for info.
The SOUTHERN MICHIGAN DULCIMER FESTIVAL will be June 21-23 at
the Barry Exposition Center in Hastings, MI (new location),
featuring John McCutcheon, Just Friends, Paul van Arsdale,
Ruffwater String Band. Contact: Warren Guiles, 9575 Peach
Ridge, Sparta, MI 49345 or call (606) 887-9436.
The FOUNTAIN COUNTY HAY DAYS (Bluegrass Festival) will be June
21-23 at the 4H Fairgrounds, 3 miles west of town on Rt. 136,
Veedersburg, IN. For info, call (708) 672-5239.
The CHICAGO MARITIME FESTIVAL will be June 22-23, noon-6 pm, at
North Pier (in Chicago), featuring Bonnie Koloc (Sun), Jim Post
(Sun), Special Consensus (both), the Buskers (Sat), Song of the
Lakes (both), The Drovers (Sun), plus demos, exhibits, etc., on
Maritime subjects. Free. (312) 836-4343.
HERITAGEFEST (in downtown Downers Grove, near Two-Way St. at
1047 Curtiss St; call (708) 969-9720) will have the Volo
Bogtrotters and Beggar's Alley on Fri., June 28, 7:30-10 pm;
and Lee Murdock, Marianne Mohrhusen, Mark Dvorak, Ron Simpson,
Bryan Dagenhart, the Hapless Creatures, and many more at the
folk music stage on June 29, 10am - 6pm, plus other stages,
etc.
The INDIANA FIDDLER'S GATHERING (aka BATTLEGROUND) will be June
28-30 in Battle Ground, In. Concerts, workshops, dances,
children's events. Write Indiana Fiddlers Gathering, PO Box
49, Battle Ground, IN 47920 or call (317) 567-4242.
The OLD SONGS FESTIVAL will be June 28-30 at the Altamont
Fairgrounds in Altamont, NY. Featuring: Christopher Shaw,
Walt Michael and Co., Cindy Mangsen and Steve Gillette,
Margaret MacArthur and Family, Peter Sutherland and the
Clayfoot Strutters, U. Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, Bryan
Bowers, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, Samite, Michael Cooney, Faith
Petrie, and many others. Contact: Old Songs, Inc., PO Box
399, Guilderland, NY 12084 or (518) 765-2815, Mon-Sat 10am-3pm.
There will be COUNTRY DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY SESSIONS at
Pinewoods (MA) on June 28-July 4 and July 20-August 31, with
Folk Music Week, July 27-August 3. Also sessions July 6-20 at
Buffalo Gap (WV). For further information, write to CDSS, 17
New South St., Northampton, MA 01060 or call (413) 584-9913.
The LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND FUN will be June 30 at Navy
Pier, Chicago (708) 864-6423), approx. noon - 8pm, featuring
the Faith Tabernacle Choir, The Drovers, The Otters, Clarence
Gatemouth Brown, 3 Mustaphas 3, Big Shoulders, Beausoleil.
The WINNEPEG FOLK FESTIVAL will be July 4-7. Contact them at
264 Tache Ave., Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada R2H 1Z9 or (204)
231-0096.
The WARRENVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL will be July 6-7, in Cerny Park
(River Rd. and Forestview Ave., Warrenville), Sat., 10am - 5pm,
Master Classes (pre-reg. req.), 7:30pm, Barn Dance. Sun., noon
- 9:30pm, concerts and hands-on workshops featuring R. P. Hale,
Catherine Hall, Mark Dvorak, Lindsay Haisley, Kwasi Aduonum,
Brushfire, Cooper and Nelson, Running Fox Bluegrass Band, David
Schnaufer, and more. Call (708) 717-8495.
The OAKDALE MUSIC FESTIVAL will be July 7--traditional,
bluegrass and folk music, 1pm - 6pm, Oakdale Nature Preserve, 3
miles south of South St. on Baileyville Rd. in Freeport, IL.
It's an "Amateur Fest" with an open stage, lots of jamming,
etc. (815) 235-6114 or (815) 235-2812.
The AUGUSTA HERITAGE ARTS WORKSHOP will be July 7 - August 11,
with Vocal Week August 4-9 featuring Marcy Marxer, Sally
Rogers, Peggy Seeger, Ginny Hawker, Martin Carthy, Ethel Raim,
Kay Justice, Cathy Fink coordinator. Write for a free
brochure: Augusta Heritage Arts Workshops, Davis and Elkins
College, WV 26241 or (304) 636-1903.
The GEBHARD WOODS DULCIMER FESTIVAL is July 13-14 in Gebhard
Woods State Park near Morris, Il. Park opens 9am. Concerts,
workshops, jam sessions, instrument builders and artisans, etc.
Featuring: Mike Anderson (Sun), Gerry Armstrong, Robin Huw
Bowen, Liz Cifani, Gary Gallier Band, Paul Goelz, Diane Ippel
(Sat), Holly Williams, David James and Kim Hoffmann, Bill
Robinson and Friends, Alex Udvary Cimbalom Ensemble (Sat), The
Capering Roisters Morris. $8 donation requested. Write HANDS,
PO Box 110, Downers Grove, IL 60515 or call (708) 852-7902.
The annual VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL will be July 19-21 at
Jericho Beach Park. Contact: Vancouver Folk Music Festival,
3271 Main St., Vancouver, BC V5V 3M6 or (604) 879-2931.
The HIAWATHA TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL will be July 19-21,
featuring The Storytellers, Liz Carroll, Volo Bogtrotters,
Kitty Donohoe, many more. Contact: Hiawatha Music Co-op, PO
Box 414, Marquette, MI 49855 or (906) 225-1733.
The EVANSTON ETHNIC ARTS FESTIVAL will be July 20-21, noon -
7pm (Sheridan Rd. at Church St., Evanston); call (708) 491-
0266.
The WOODSTOCK FOLK FESTIVAL will be July 21 in Woodstock City
Square (in Woodstock; call (815) 338-4245), with a Gospel Sing
11am - noon, folk festival from 12:30pm to 6:30pm, featuring
Mick Scott, Amy Beth (wonderful light-hearted songs); kids'
sets 2:45-3:45 with Peg Lehman, Mary Norris (storyteller);
Bridges, Steve and Sylvia Francois, Beggar's Alley, Mary Eagle
(English, traditional, Appalachian). $5 donation.
The Annual ROCKFORD FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL will be July 27-28, on
the grounds of the Historical Midway Village (6799 Guilford
Rd., Rockford; call (800) 521-0849) featuring Red Clay
Ramblers, U. Utah Philips, Howie Bursen, Willie Porter, Second
Opinion, Michael Johnson, Sally Rogers, Just Friends, Oak Apple
Morris Dancers, Mark Dvorak, and many more. $8/day (or free
day for 4 hrs. volunteer work, if signed up in advance with
Ryall's (815) 968-1681), $15/weekend pass, free on-site
camping.
The ILLINOIS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL will be July 27-28 in Spring
Grove, IL (5 miles north of Fox Lake on US 12), featuring
Donald Davis, Milbre Burch, Janice Harrington, Susan Jackson
(from the National Theater of the Deaf), Bob Sander, Barbara
McBride-Smith. Fest Sat. noon-5pm, Sun 10am - 5pm, Ghost
Stories Sat 9pm - midnight. $10/event. Master Class Sat. 9-11
with Donald Davis, $25. Illinois Storytelling Festival, Inc.,
9716 N. Route 12, PO Box 507, Richmond, IL 60071 or (815) 648-
2039.
The WOODS MUSIC AND DANCE CAMP will be July 31 - August 5 in
Aurora, Ontario, with Ken Bloom, Magpie, David Parry, Jane Voss
and Hoyle Osborne, and more. Write Woods Music and Dance
Society, c/o Shelly Romalis, 20 Windley Ave., Toronto, Ontario
M6C 1N2 or call (416) 657-1708.
The LAMBS FARM BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL will be August 4 on Lambs
Farm, Rt. 176 and I-84, 2 miles east of Libertyville. Call
(708) 672-5239.
The MONT CLARE FOLK FESTIVAL will be August 10 at 6935 W.
Medill, Chicago, call (312) 714-0328. Concerts and workshops,
11am - 7pm, free, featuring Alvin McGovern and Chris McIntosh,
Dos Boys, Tom and Chris Kastle (Privateer), the Sag Valley
Boys, and others, followed by a barn dance at 7pm, $3.
The OLD TIME MUSIC AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL in Mielke Park, Shawano,
will be August 9-11. Write them at PO Box 213, Shawano, WI
54166 or call (715) 526-2525.
The EDMONTON FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL will probably be August 9-11.
Write Kate Carey, PO Box 4130, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6E 4T2 or call (403) 429-1899.
The WILLOW FOLK FESTIVAL will be August 10-11 in Stockton, IL.
Sat noon-10pm, Sun. 11am - 5pm. Like a continuous open stage,
lots of great jamming going on. $2/day. Call (815) 947-3601.
The OWEN SOUND SUMMERFOLK FESTIVAL will be August 16-18. Write
Box 521, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada N4K 5R1 or call (519) 371-
2995.
MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST will be August 16-18 at the Henry W. Maier
Lakefront Festival Grounds, Milwaukee, WI, Sat. noon-midnight,
Sun. 11am - 11pm, $7/day. Features: Tommy Makem, Schooner
Fare, Cherish the Ladies, Capercaillie, Altan, The Drovers, and
many more. Write Box 599, Milwaukee, WI 53201 or call (414)
466-6640.
The GREAT RIVER TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL will be
August 30 - September 1 in La Crosse, WI. Call (606) 786-1434.
The FOX VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL will be Sept. 1-2 in Island Park,
Geneva, IL (Rt. 38 and the Fox River), featuring 3-4 dozen of
the finest traditional and contemporary folk performers in a
beautiful island setting, with concerts, workshops,
storytelling, dance, and plenty of jamming. Call (708) 897-
3655.
The WHEATLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL will be Sept. 6-8. Write
Wheatland Music Organization, PO Box 22, Remus, MI 49340 or
call (517) 967-8879.
The WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL (aka WINFIELD) to be Sept. 19-22.
Write Walnut Valley Association, PO Box 245, Winfield, KS 67156
or call (316) 221-3250.
The ROCKFORD STORYTELLING FESTIVAL will be Sept. 13-14 at
Rockford's Midway Village Museum (6799 Guilford Rd.). Ghost
stories Friday eve, Fest during day on Sat. Info (800) 323-
6079.
The CLAYVILLE MUSIC AND STORYTELLING FESTIVAL will be Sept. 13-
15. Clayville is a historical site 14 miles west of
Springfield on Route 125. Featuring Steve Gillette and Cindy
Mangsen, Jim May, Larry Penn, Chris Vallillo, Julie Luther,
many, many more. Call Chris Vallillo at (217) 322-4838.
The DUNELAND HARVEST FESTIVAL will be Sept. 21-22 at Chellberg
Farm at the Indian Dunes National Lakeshore (1100 N. Mineral
Springs Rd., Porter, IN 46304; call (219) 926-7561).
The NATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL will be Oct. 4-6 in
Jonesborough, TN. Contact NAPPS at PO Box 309, Jonesborough,
TN 37659 or (616) 753-2171.
The Scottish Cultural Society, Ltd.'s annual indoor SCOTTISH
FAIR will be Oct. 12-13, at the Odeum Sports and Expo Center
(1033 N. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL). Send SASE to: The
Scottish Fair, PO Box 486, Lombard, IL 60148-0486 or call (708)
629-2227.
The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOLK FESTIVAL OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN
MUSIC will be Feb. 14-16, 1992. For info write the University
of Chicago Folklore Society, Faculty Exchange, Chicago, IL
60637.
The WILD ONION STORYTELLING CELEBRATION will be Feb. 14-16,
1992 at the North Shore Country Day School (310 Green Bay Road,
Winnetka, IL); call Nancy Donoval at (708) 869-0807.
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David Brightbill
May 26th at the Stephen Foster Memorial on the Suwanee River at White
Springs Florida. I don't have a schedule in front of me but the festival
features a variety of mostly Florida performers from many different folk
traditions.
Davie Brightbill