2025 Sponsors

The festival couldn’t happen without the support of many generous organizations and individuals. Find out about the benefits on our Support page.

Presentation Sponsors ($5,000+)


Sousa Archives & Center for American Music	City of Urbana

Hotel Royer

Corporate Sponsors ($2,500+)


Roland Realty	40 North 88 West	Illinois Arts Council

Benefactor Sponsors ($1,000+)


Krannert Center for the Performing Arts	University of Illinois Global Arts Performance Initiative	Right Here Music

Rose Bowl Tavern	Dixon Graphics	Backland Radio
Barbara England and Terry England	John Marden

Spotlight Sponsors ($500+)


Martin Hood	Big Grove Tavern	The Upper Bout	The Music Shoppe

Riggs Beer Company	ServiceNow	First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign	Black Dog Urbana
Lisa Burgoon and Jose Agusti	Pat Gill	Frances Harris and Mitch Harris	Edwin Hawkes
Robert Krumm and Jennifer Hines	Bryan Maxwell	Anne Robin	Tom Bassett and Carol Spindel
Sandra Volk	Matthew Winters	Daniel Lewart

Community Sponsors ($250+)


Urbana Boulders	Common Ground Food Co-op	Pygmalion	Elliot Counseling Group

Prairie Rivers Network	WEFT	Ruth Wyman Law Office	Urbana Country Dancers

Prairie Crossroads Blues Society	Harvest Market
David Adcock	Kathy Anderson and Thomas Anderson	Lee Roberts and Deb Dorsey	Michael & Karen Folk Family Gift Fund
Marilyn Marshall	Scott Dossett and Meg Miller	Richard Palmer	Todd Kinney and Peggy Patten
Trent Shepard	Jonathan Sweedler and Kathy Sweedler	Alex Thompson	Joe Vitosky and Yvonne Vitosky
In honor of Mark Wetzel	Minette Layne-Worthey

Patron Sponsors ($150+)

RegCakes Gluten Free Bakery
Record Swap
Delight Flower Farms

William Brown
Thomas Fehrmann
Barbara Ford

Gerald Guthrie
Brenda Koenig
Cloydia Larimore and Rick Larimore
James Lorr
J.V. Malkovich and Tracey Malkovich
Teri McCarthy
Barry J. Ackerson and Theresa Miller
Dennis Roberts
Douglas Shroer
Kathryn Valdes
James Watkins
Pius Weibel
Martha Weller