Bashful Youngens
The Bashful Youngens are Carrie Chandler-Harrison and Aaron Short. Both Central Illinois natives, they’ve been playing their blend of folk and alternative country in the C-U area since 2011. After

2015 Festival – performance events
The Bashful Youngens are Carrie Chandler-Harrison and Aaron Short. Both Central Illinois natives, they’ve been playing their blend of folk and alternative country in the C-U area since 2011. After
Kurt Bielema has been playing guitar and writing songs for thirty years. It wasn’t until a few years ago that he found his voice, and officially became a singer/songwriter. He’s played in
Man the Still is a locally-grown five-piece bluegrass band. Transplanted here for grad school, the band members all took root in the fertile ground of the Champaign/Urbana folk and bluegrass scene. After one particularly
Under the Wolf Moon is a group of local musicians, connected through the local Irish session scene. They bring the session experience to the stage, playing traditional Irish tunes (and a
Black Ridge Road is a Champaign, Illinois-based bluegrass band, with Roger Bowen, on mandolin and harmony vocals, Roy Britton on guitar and lead and harmony vocals, Doug Buchanan on resonator
Local gospel favorite, Noah I. Brown and Company, has been going strong for sixteen years, proclaiming the word of God through song.
Idea Garden is an original acoustic duo, named after a small plot in the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Arboretum. Dan Andree on Fiddle/Vocals and Aaron Dorfman on Guitar/Vocals perform
The Amigos deliver foot-stomping, accordion-infused Americana music blending folk-rock, zydeco/cajun, and hot jazz. As global ambassadors for American music, the Amigos toured 6 countries and 20 states in the past year,
We are sorry to announce that David Francey has cancelled all November appearances due to vocal impairments. We wish him speedy recovery! David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who
Kevin Elliott has maintained an uninterrupted love affair with the contemporary folk sound he first heard as a child in the 1960’s. Over the past 30 years or so, Kevin has