Almost “A” Quartet
Almost “A”, combines strong backgrounds in classical, contemporary art music and jazz with folk, gypsy, gypsy jazz, tango, and klezmer. All have experience working with many styles of dance. Their music
Cowboy Songs Playalong and Singalong with the Prairie Dogs
The Prairie Dogs have been a fixture of the Champaign-Urbana music scene for 15+ years. They know a thousand songs and a hundred jokes. Guaranteed to make you laugh or
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Advertise in the festival program!
Now is the time to book your ad for this year’s festival program. Here’s the skinny: [si-contact-form form=’6′]
Clarke Buehling and the Skirtlifters
Join us on Friday, September 12, 2014, at 7:30pm at The Upper Bout for an evening of banjo, sponsored by Techline, the CU Folk and Roots Festival, and The Upper Bout.Clarke Buehling is widely
CU Folk and Roots Stage at the Sweetcorn Festival
A new feature of this year’s Urbana Sweetcorn Festival—August 22-23, in downtown Urbana—will be the CU Folk & Roots Festival Stage, located on Race Street, near the Iron Post. Owing
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Passerine
Join the CU Folk and Roots Festival and the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center in welcoming Passerine this coming Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at 7:30pm at the IMC (202 S. Broadway
City of Urbana
Many, many thanks to the City of Urbana for signing on as primary sponsor of the 2014 CU Folk and Roots Festival! We are tremendously excited about this new partnership and
Winning t-shirt design!
Congratulations to Robert Law of Champaign for submitting the winning entry!
Featured Sponsor: Urbana Public Arts Program
We are grateful to the Urbana Public Arts Program for its ongoing support of the C-U Folk and Roots Festival. Did you know that this program and other similar efforts
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Billy Strings and Don Julin
The C-U Folk & Roots Festival presents the acoustic duo Billy Strings and Don Julin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23, at the Rose Bowl Tavern (106 N. Race