The schedule below is arranged by start times.
Printable Grid Schedule HERE!
Venue Information

Thursday, Oct.24

Entry to Thursday evening events, excepting the meal at Red Herring, is free!

5:00 – 5:45  Hot Club of Urbana (Jazz) Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby
6:00 – 7:00 The Gaslight Squares (Early Jazz/Blues/Swing) Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Lobby

7:30 – 9:00 Dinner with the Hobnob String Band (Americana) Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant

8:00 – 9:00 Swing Lesson, with Sarah Scott Channing-Murray Foundation Chapel
9:00 – 11:00 Swing Dance, with The Gaslight Squares Channing-Murray Foundation Chapel

9:00 – 10:00 Carolyn Sills Combo (Swing/Jazz) Blackbird
10:00 -11:30 Bashful Youngens (Folk) Blackbird

Friday, Oct. 25

5 PM
5:00 – 6:15  Emily Anne Band (Country/Folk) The Iron Post
5:00 – 6:30  Songwriters in the Round with Christy Hays, Fate McAfee, & Cole Bridges C4A
5:00 – 6:00  The Young and The Fretless (Old-Time String Band) The Cohen Building

6 PM
6:00 – 7:15 Gaslight Squares (Early Jazz/Blues/Swing) The Rose Bowl Tavern
6:00 – 7:15 Humbird (Experimental Folk) Blackbird
6:30 – 7:30 Black Eyed Susans (Folk) The Cohen Building

7  PM
7:00 – 8:15 Veretski Pass (Klezmer) The Iron Post
7:00 – 8:00 Kevin Elliott (Singer-Songwriter) C4A
7:00 – 7:30 Intro Contra Dance Lesson Urbana Dance Company
7:30 – 9:30 Contra Dance, with Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers; Gail Hintze, Caller Urbana Dance Company
7:45 – 9:00 Melvin Knight and the Amber Sky (Neo Soul R&B) Blackbird

8 PM
8:00 – 9:15 Dom Flemons (Folk/Americana/Blues) The Rose Bowl Tavern
8:00 – 9:00 Dill Spears (Contemporary Folk) The Cohen Building
8:30 – 9:45 Kyshona Armstrong (Roots/Soul) C4A

9 PM
9:00 – 10:15 The Cody Sisters (New American Roots/Bluegrass) The Iron Post

10 PM
10:00 – 10:15  Ayodele Drum & Dance (West African Drum & Dance) Blackbird (Note that this is a change)
10:00 – 11:30 Cajun Cornstalkers (Cajun) The Rose Bowl Tavern
10:30 – 12:00 Candy Foster and Shades of Blue (R&B/Soul) Blackbird

11 PM
11:00 – 12:30 The Bottlesnakes (Blues/Barrelhouse) The Iron Post

Saturday, Oct. 26
ALL EVENTS BEFORE 5PM ARE FREE

10 AM
10:00 – 11:00 Morning Music for Kids C4A
10:00 – 11:00 Folkin’ Yoga, with Maggie Taylor Urbana Dance Company
10:00 – 12:00 Old-Time Jam, with Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers Common Ground Porch

11 AM
11:00 – 12:00 Dom Flemons presents an American Songster/Storytelling Workshop UFL-Lewis Auditorium
11:00 – 12:00 You Can Ukulele Too, with Martha Tyner The Cohen Building
11:00 – 12:00 Black-Eyed Lillies (Blues) UFL-Busey-Mills Reading Room
11:00 – 1:00 Bluegrass Jam, with the Cody Sisters Lincoln Square Food Court
11:15 – 11:45 Humbird (a musical fairytale for kids) C4A
11:30 – 12:30 Introduction To Blues Dancing Urbana Dance Company

12 NOON
12:00 – 12:30 Mister Stephens Magic & Music (Kids) C4A
12:15 – 2:45 Storytelling, with Dean Dempsey (12:15-12:45), Elaine Bearden (12:45-1:15), Linda Dust (1:15-1:45), and featured storyteller, Kath Brinkmann (1:45-2:45) UFL-Lewis Auditorium
12:45 – 1:30 Lil’ Folkers Puppet Party, with Miss Hannah Rae (Kids) C4A
12:30 – 1:30 A Brief Look at Folk Music from the African American Tradition with Lilli Lewis The Cohen Building
12:30 -1:30 The Coneflowers (Folk) UFL-Busey-Mills Reading Room

1 PM
1:00 – 3:00 Cajun Jam, with the Cajun Cornstalkers Lincoln Square Food Court
1:30 – 2:15 West African Dance Class, with Ayodele (Drum & Dance) Urbana Dance Company
1:30 – ?   Musical Mayhem Parade (Kids and the young at heart) C4A
1:30 – 3:00 Blues Jam, with the Cobalt Blues Band The Rose Bowl Tavern
1:30 – 3:30 Knights of Cabiria open rehearsal C4A upstairs

2 PM
2:00 – 3:30 Jug Band Jam, with the Steel City Jug Slammers The Iron Post
2:00 – 3:00 Introduction to Playing Klezmer, with Veretski Pass C4A
2:00 – 4:00 Learn to play Harmonica, with Dave Witzany (harmonicas provided) The Cohen Building
2:00 – 3:00 Michael Meadows (Contemporary Folk) UFL-Busey-Mills Reading Room
2:30 – 4:00 New Orleans Street Beats: Jam to a Different Drummer, with Lilli Lewis Blackbird

3 PM
3:00 – 4:00 Capoeira, with Capoeira Angola Center Urbana Dance Company
3:00 – 5:00 Shape-Note Singing, with the Sacred Harp Singers UFL-Lewis Auditorium
3:30 – 4:30 The Matchsellers (Bluegrass/Old-time) UFL-Busey-Mills Reading Room
3:30 – 4:30 Rhythm Bones Workshop, with Dom Flemons C4A
3:30 – 5:00 Country Jam, with Nick Stein The Rose Bowl Tavern

4 PM
4:00 – 5:00 Barrelhouse Piano Workshop, with Ethan Leinwand The Iron Post

6 PM
6:00 – 7:15 Dom Flemons (Folk/Americana/Blues) The Rose Bowl Tavern
6:00 – 7:00 Asher Danziger (Bohemian Folk) The Cohen Building
6:00 – 7:30 Songwriters in the Round, with Paul Kotheimer, Gloria Roubal, and Kenna Mae Reiss C4A

7 PM
7:00 – 8:15 Whiskey Bent Valley Boys (Old Time String Band) The Iron Post
7:00 – 8:00 Cobalt Blues Band (Blues) Blackbird
7:30 – 8:30  Tex Wynn (Country/Folk) The Cohen Building
7:30 – 8:30 Yiddish Dance, with Veretski Pass and Mitch Harris Urbana Dance Company

8 PM
8:00 – 9:15 Nick Dittmeier and the Sawdusters (Country) The Rose Bowl Tavern
8:00 – 9:00 Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra C4A
8:30 – 9:45 Bluegrastronauts (Outerspace Bluegrass Odyssey) Blackbird

9 PM
9:00 – 10:15 Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers (Country/Folk) The Iron Post
9:00 – 10:00 Jean Rene Balekita (Congolese Rumba/Gospel) The Cohen Building
9:30 – 10:30 Matt, Bob, and Doug (Acoustic Blues) C4A

10 PM
10:00 – 11:30 Maria Carrelli (Country/Folk) The Rose Bowl Tavern
10:30 – 12:00 Lilli Lewis Project (Revivalist Soul/Folk) Blackbird

11 PM
11:00 – 12:30 Steel City Jug Slammers (Jug Band/Blues) The Iron Post

12 PM
Midnight – ? Urbana Hootenanny The Rose Bowl Tavern