2025 CUFRF Performers

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Promotional image for the 2025 Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival taking place in Urbana, IL, October 2-4. The image includes 4 animals playing around a campfire with the moon shining above them. The lineup includes: Willi Carlisle, Hogslop String Band, Greg Cahill & Special Consensus, Eddie Barbash & KASA & Friends, Buffalo Rose, Lizzie No, Chris Acker, Melody Angel, Vitalis “Samaita” Botsa, The Sullivan Sisters, Hogslop String Band, Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Wild Earp & The Free For Alls, The Claudettes, Cole Bridges & The Overpass, The Illegal Smiles, Jamika ft. Ther'Up.Y, Broken Brogue, LoveSeat, Jordan Kaye's Django Wrangle, Robin and the Toad, Papashoy Klezmer Band, Bandoneon Massacre, Two Shoes Urbana Revue, Mariachi Libertad, Backyard BBQ Band, Bowdacious String Band, Bill Poss Children's Show, Black Eyed Lillies, Foothill Rounders, Union Avenue, Lehra Lehra, The Firesides, Dan Kusaya and Chimurenga Inspirations, and Rodrigo Avalos. In addition, there will be jams, workshops, dances, and family-friendly activities. Pre-sale tickets are available on our website: www.folkandroots.org

Willi Carlisle, Hogslop String Band, Greg Cahill & Special Consensus, Eddie Barbash & KASA & Friends, Buffalo Rose, Lizzie No, Chris Acker, Melody Angel, Vitalis “Samaita” Botsa, The Sullivan Sisters, Hogslop String Band, Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp, Wild Earp & The Free For Alls, The Claudettes, Cole Bridges & The Overpass, The Illegal Smiles, Jamika ft. Ther’Up.Y, Broken Brogue, LoveSeat, Jordan Kaye’s Django Wrangle, Robin and the Toad, Papashoy Klezmer Band, Bandoneon Massacre, Two Shoes Urbana Revue, Mariachi Libertad, Backyard BBQ Band, Bowdacious String Band, Bill Poss Children’s Show, Black Eyed Lillies, Foothill Rounders, Union Avenue, Lehra Lehra, The Firesides, Dan Kusaya and Chimurenga Inspirations, and Rodrigo Avalos.

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