Mike's
Calendar
Updated 1-29
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Anderson's Winter Weekend
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Steve
Endsley's
Goings & Doings
Steve Endsley's Midwest Goings and Doings
Updated 07/21/09
Steve has become the keeper of the keys in the Midwest when it comes to the folk scene. He organizes mountain and hammered dulcimer workshops, is the director of the Dulcimer Gathering at the Mounds, is the main volunteer and fill-in MC at the Dickson Mounds Coffeehouse series, has sat on the Board and been instrumental in keeping the Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival alive and well, appears regularly at various functions playing his mountain dulcimer, and has become my right-hand man at the West Carolina University Dulcimer Workshop Week. I know I’ve left out a bunch of stuff he does, but he’s harder to keep up with than 50 kittens. Oh, did I mention he's also a national class dulcimer builder?
Anyway, Steve always has a long list of the music, dances, jams, and festivals that are happening in the central Illinois area, so we decided to get those events out there so others can see the richness of the Midwest folk scene and participate in it. --Mike
Know
of an event that ought to be included? Send the details to mike@dulcimerguy.com
(We reserve the right to not include events that are not family and kid
friendly.)
NEW WEBSITE! Prairie Grapevine
Concert series, Springfield, IL
http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
Check out the coffeehouse series
at Forest Park Nature center, Peoria, IL:
http://www.peoriaparks.org/fpnc/fpncconcerts.html
Looking for Lincoln Events:
http://www.lookingforlincoln.com/cfm/events.cfm
Swedish Utopian Colony of
Bishop Hill, IL has a great line-up of events all year round. Click here for
their calendar:
http://www.bishophill.com/events.php
GREAT LISTING of St. Louis
area dance, concerts, storytelling and anything else folk:
http://www.folkfire.org
Hickory Ridge
Coffeehouse at Dickson Mounds, Lewistown, IL:
http://www.hickoryridge.outfitters.com
or http://www.ginridge.com
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Ongoing lunchtime music at the Trout Lily Café, 6th Street, Springfield, IL www.troutlilycafe.com.
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Two Way Street Coffeehouse offers a continuing series of great folk acts; twowaystreet.org/schedule.html some are listed below, most are not due to the weekly nature of the concerts. 1047 Curtiss Street - Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 (Across from the Downers Grove Public Library) Map and Directions here
630-969-9720 -
Trout Lily Café. 218 South 6th (downtown). Mon-Fri. 7am- 4:30pm, Sat. 9am-3pm, Sun. 9:3Oam-2pm. (217) 391-0101. www.troutlilycafe.com. Multi-media exhibits by talented local artists; new exhibit each month.
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Second Saturday Coffeehouse - Ethical Humanist Society - 7574 N. Lincoln Avenue (corner of Lincoln and Howard) Skokie, IL
7:30 pm begins sign-up for 8:00 pm open mike (any genre, all acoustic) followed by intermission and feature. January 14 features Love Gone Wrong - stories, poems, and songs of love that veers from the straight and narrow presented by Zane Chait, Lynne Clayton, and Vicki Elberfeld. $5 cover. For information call 847 677-3334. -
Village Square Concert Series, Sandwich, IL http://www.villagesquareconcerts.org
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The Celtic Knot Public House 626 Church Street, Evanston IL (847) 864-1679 www.celticknotpub.com
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Changes Coffeehouse, Park Forest IL, 708-747-9190 http://www.changescoffeehouse.com – This is the last season for this great venue
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Edgar’s Place, UU Church, Park Forest, IL 708-481-5339, http://www.uuccpf.org - Live music every 2nd Saturday
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Molly’s Place – Mokena, IL – house concert series – 708 479-8680
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Someplace Else Coffeehouse, Highlands Presb. Church, LaGrange, IL, 708-246-1011, http://www.someplaceelsefolk.org
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Universal Blend Coffeehouse, UU Church, Joliet, IL, 815-436-7428, http://www.universalblend.org
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Prairie Grapevine, UU Church, Woodside Road, Springfield, IL, http://www.dulcimerguy.com/pgfolklore.htm
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Front Porch Music Company, Valparaiso, IN, 219-464-4700, http://frontporchmusic.com
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World Folk Music, Chicago (south), IL 7733-779-7059, http://www.worldfolkmusiccompany.com at the Art Theme Concert Hall!
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Old Town School Of Folk Music, http://www.oldtownschool.org/performances
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Silk Road Oasis - www.silkroadchicago.org