Please see our schedule to find out when all these great things are happening!
- “Three Chords and the Truth” Sing and Play Open Jam - Local favorite Rob Krumm leads 3-chord songs. Bring your guitar, uke, bass, banjo, or just yourself and be ready to play and sing along!
- Family Singalong, with Cielito Lindo - Sing along with the fabulous Cielito Lindo! The group performs in the styles of mariachi and Latin/American folk. A bilingual fourth generation family music group that performs a variety of Mexican and American folk
- Festival Send-Off Open Jam, with Dan Andree - Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned musicians. This jam will be hosted by Dan
- Friday Night: Bagpipers Welcome, Singalongs, and Other Free Stuff! - 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
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- Open Bluegrass Jam, with Dave Lowe - Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned musicians. This daytime bluegrass jam will be led by
- Open Blues Jam, with Susan Williams - Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned musicians. This daytime blues jam will be led
- Open Irish Session, with Jimmy Keane and Dean Karres - Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned musicians. The Irish session will be ably hosted
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- Open Mountain Dulcimer Jam, with Hilary Valentine - Bring your mountain dulcimer to this jam and singalong for all levels. A few extra dulcimers will be available if you want to give it a try. This dulcimer jam will
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- Open Old Time Jam, with Dan Gellert - Calling all musicians! Jams are open to musicians of all skill levels and experience, and each jam will be facilitated by jam-seasoned musicians. This daytime old time jam will be led
- Pickin’ Illini Open Jam Session - Come join members of the Pickin’ Illini in an old-fashioned, pickin’-style jam! If you love to pick bluegrass, blues or folk, or just want to sing along, then pull up a chair
- Sea Chantey Sing, with Chris Maden - Join chanteyman Chris Maden and some of the regulars from the Chambana Chantey Sing for an open song session. We’ll sing chanteys (sailors’ work songs) and forebitters (recreational songs), songs
- Shape Note Singing - Shape-note singing is a musical-notation system developed by 18th-century itinerant American singing masters to quickly teach 4-part unaccompanied vocal harmony for use in worship. No longer connected to any particular church
- Singalong with the Women of Early Country Music, with Hilary Valentine and Rebecca Grosser - Here’s your chance to sing along with the great women of early country music. Acoustic instruments are welcome. When not otherwise occupied, Hilary plays with the Young and the Fretless