All 2015 Festival events
Did you know that some of the festival events are free? There is no cost to experience the thrill of the Highland Bagpipe, for example, as the Mugdock Pipers offer
Continue readingFriday Night: Bagpipers Welcome, Singalongs, and Other Free Stuff!
Congratulations to Mark Richardson, the 2015 winner of the guitar raffle! And many thanks to the Upper Bout for donating a beautiful Takamine guitar for our raffle fundraiser, their second year of
Fusing elements of folk, blues, honky-tonk country, straight ahead rock, and jazz, Bucky Halker has recorded a dozen albums since the 1980s, including his recent double-CD,The Ghost of Woody Guthrie
Continue readingBucky Halker presents Rebel Voices: The Songs of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie
Paul Kotheimer has been writing, recording, and releasing DIY acoustic music since the days of the cassette tape. He is quite possibly one of the finest songwriters you’ve never heard of,
As is tradition, the festival will begin with a FREE Krannert Uncorked performance at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday (5 November) from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in
The Piato Cafe in Lincoln Square is hosting a $5.00 all-you-can-eat lunch buffet as a fundraiser for the CU Folk and Roots Festival. Enjoy your lunch to the sounds of
Have you always harbored a secret desire to play the fiddle? Now’s your chance! C4A Director, master teacher, and fiddler extraordinaire Robin Kearton guarantees that by the end of this session
Meet C-U’s newest old-time band! Tiny Arms features Claire Johnson and Amanda Ramey on fiddles and Matt Turino on guitar.
Cliff will teach some less common old-time tune forms. Ever wanted to try a schottische or a (non-Irish) jig? Now’s your chance!
The New Orleans Jazz machine is a Traditional/Dixieland jazz band that began over 20 years go. At the 2015 festival the band will feature the following musicians: Carl Johnson, clarinet/soprano sax;