2026 Festival Dates Announced!
The 18th annual Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival will be held Thursday, October 8 through Saturday, October 10, 2026. Please note that this is a change in the previously announced
Winter Weekend 2026!
Time to warm up this season a bit with great music and good vibes at the Rose Bowl Tavern for CU Folk & Roots Festival Winter Weekend 2026! Winter Weekend
2025 Lineup Sneak Peek!
We are excited to offer a sneak peak at our 2025 artists, with more announcements to come. See you October 2nd-4th in Downtown Urbana!
Winter Weekend 2025 Lineup Announcement
The CU Folk & Roots Winter Weekend 2025 lineup is here! Join us on February 7th and 8th at the Rose Bowl Tavern for a couple stacked nights of Folk
CU Folk & Roots 2024 Full Lineup!
The full artist-line up for the CU Folk & Roots Festival is now available! Look for artist bios in the 2024 festival section of this website soon.
Winter Weekend 2024 – Feb. 8-10
Our annual CU Folk & Roots Winter Weekend is coming up soon. All events will be at the Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana from Thursday, February 8th through Saturday, February 10.
Artist Feature: Tee Dee Young
Tee Dee Young is a blues legend in his own time. He has definitely got the blues and he loves “firing down on that guitar”. While playing his own unique
Artist Feature: Adeem The Artist
Adeem Maria is a seventh-generation Carolinian, a makeshift poet, singer-songwriter, storyteller, and blue-collar Artist. They began toiling at their instrument in 2002 when their family relocated to Syracuse, NY and
CU Folk and Roots Winter Weekend
The CU Folk & Roots Winter Weekend is coming up soon. All events will be at the Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana. We will be collecting donations to support
Folk & Roots Fridays Return
We’re thrilled to announce that we are again joining forces with the Urbana Park District to present this series of free noontime concerts at the Lake House in Crystal Lake