Newsletter
Updated 6-7
Mike's
Calendar
Updated 8-11
Prairie Grapevine Folklore Society
Steve Endsley's Midwest Goings and Doings
Updated 02/02/08
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
August 2007
August 11 – Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL
Old Time Country and Blues Review: A duo from the DeKalb area consisting of Dave
"DK" Kolars and Pete Norman. These two multi-instrumental pickers play
music ranging from Tin Pan Alley, Old-Timey, Blues, Ragtime, Bluegrass,
traditional Country and home-grown songs. If you are a fan of our Old Time Folk
and Country Jam sessions, these guys are right up your alley!
August 12 – Illinois Storytelling Festival, Spring Grove, IL http://www.storytelling.org/festival.html
August 12 - Jacksonville Pilot Club Summer Concerts in the Park, “Prairie Grass”, 6pm-7pm. Groups perform at the large bandstand in Community Park, spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. For more information, contact Mary McCloskey 243.8179 Jacksonville, IL
August 10 - 20 – Storytelling at the Illinois State Fair, Conservation World, Springfield, IL
August 16 – Dulci-Kids at the Illinois State Fair
August 19 - Jacksonville Pilot Club Summer Concerts in the Park, “Youngblood”, 6pm-7pm. Groups perform at the large bandstand in Community Park, spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. For more information, contact Mary McCloskey 243.8179 Jacksonville, IL
August 17-19 – Gateway Dulcimer Festival, Our Lady of the Snows Shrine. Belleville, IL http://www.gatewaydulcimer.org/
August 25 – Mike Anderson at the Chandlerville Burgoo, 1:00, Chandlerville, IL
August 31-September 3 - Prairieland Chautauqua – 9th Annual, this years theme celebrates “Voices for Freedom and Justice”. Under the big tent in Jacksonville’s Community Park. Presentations, re-enactments, music, communal supper. Contact Wolf Fuhrig, 243.2423. Jacksonville, IL
September 2007
September 1 - Mountain Dulcimer Workshop, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, Illinois. Beginning and intermediate sessions. Contact Steve Endsley: sraendsr@theramp.net
September 2 – The Dulcimer Gathering at the Mounds. An afternoon stage concert of mountain and hammered dulcimer performers plus an open stage! Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, Illinois. Beginning and intermediate sessions. Contact Steve Endsley: sraendsr@theramp.net
September 2-3 – Fox Valley Music and Storytelling Festival, Geneva, IL http://members.aol.com/fvfolk/
September 8, Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. There is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard work, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in, Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL
September 9 – Art Spectacular at the Carillion. Springfield, IL http://www.carillon-rees.org/html/art_spectacular.html
September 15 – Rail Splitter Festival, Lincoln, IL
September 17 – Judy Cook – American Songs and Ballads, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
Sept 22 & 23 - 23rd Annual Cruise Nite and Car Show, one of the largest Cruise nights in Illinois. Watch the cruise on Saturday night and enjoy the car show on Sunday morning. This event brings in classic and antique autos for a weekend of fun for young and old alike. For more information call Steve Pahlmann 243.1975 or the Jacksonville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau 217.243.5678. Jacksonville, IL
Sept 28-30 - 38th Annual Prairieland Heritage Museum Steam Show & Fall Festival Days. Admission $5 for the whole weekend. Food, old-time demonstrations, HUGE flea market, lot of family fun! For more information contact Charles Hendricker 217.997.2102 or Hank Pool 217.245-4905. Jacksonville, IL
September 29-30 - Boggio’s Nursery Fall Harvest Festival, 10-5, Granville, IL
October 2007
October 7, Bill Staines, Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL
October 12-13 – Autumn Acoustic Festival, Jefferson College Campus, Hwy. 21, Hillsboro, MO www.autacoustics.com
October 18 – 21- DULCIMER CHAUTAUQUA ON THE WABASH, New Harmony, IN - http://www.maureensellers.com/Chautauqua/chautauqua.htm
October 20 – Paddy Lynn, story acting for kids, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
October 27 - Hammered Dulcimer Workshop, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, Illinois. Beginning and intermediate sessions. Contact Steve Endsley: sraendsley@sybertech.net
November 2007
November 10 - Exorna, Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL
November 10 - Mountain Dulcimer Workshop, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, Illinois. Beginning and intermediate sessions. Contact Steve Endsley: sraendsr@theramp.net
November 17 - Dennis Strougmatt et L’Espirit Creole, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
December 2007
December 8 - Tom and Chris Kastle/A Christmas Concert, Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL
2008
January 17 – 20 - 2nd Annual Western Carolina
University Mountain Dulcimer Week "WINTER WEEKEND"
Lambuth Inn, Lake Junaluska, NC http://edoutreach.wcu.edu/dulcimer
or contact Lois direct at Loisdulc@verizon.net
January 18 - Molly and Friends, bluegrass and more, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
February 16 – Andy Weisenhoff and the Cowboys, western songs and humor, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
March 15 – Bob Bovee and Gail Heil, old-time country and folk, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
April 19 – Bardsong by Dan Marcotte, storyteller, bard, and singer, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
May 17 – Dan Levenson, old-time fiddle and banjo, Prairie Grapevine Concert series, Springfield, IL http://www.prairiegrapevine.org/index.php
Square Dancing in Central Illinois contacts:
Peoria Il Area: Rusty Pickup Band with Jim Hicks - (309)
274-2228
Bloomington Il Area: Tatter Patch String Band, with
Martha Tyner - (309) 452-9250
http://storytelling.org/events.html