Mike Anderson's Calendar

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​​updated May 21, 2026​

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2026

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​​May 2026

May 1 - Dulcimer Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

May 2 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

May 5 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 6 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 8 - Dulcimer Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

May 12 - Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Snyder Assisted Living, Metamora, IL

May 14 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 15 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 16 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 19 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 19 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

May 20 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 21 - Dulcimer Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

May 25 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 26 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 29 - Artist in the Park, 1200-1:00,

Union Station Park, Springfield, IL

June 2026

June 3 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 4 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 9 - Instruments of the Civil War Soldiers - 6:00, Hayner Public Library, Alton, IL

June 10 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 11 - Summer Reading Program (1:00) and adult show Civil War theme (5:30), Germantown Hills branch, Germantown Hills, IL

June 13-14 - Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival, Morris, IL

June 16 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

June 17 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 18 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 23 - Summer Reading - 10:00,

Jacksonville Pubic Library, Jacksonville, IL

June 24 - Summer Reading- 10:00,

Lamar Public Library, Lamar, MO

June 25 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

June 20 - The Grand Levee, 1-4:00, Vandalia Statehouse, Vandalia, IL

June 27 - Mountain Dulcimer Workshop, 1-2:30, Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site, Lerna, IL

July 2026

July 1 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 2 - Instruments and Songs of the Civil War, 10:00, Manitou Pubic Library, Manitou, IL

June 2 - History Comes Alive, 2:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 8 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 9 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 13 - History Comes Alive, 6:00, Wyoming Public Library, Wyoming, IL

July 15 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 16 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 17 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 3:00-4:00, Montvale Senior Living, Springfield, IL

July 21 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

July 22 - Summer Reading, 4:30, Rock Hill Library, Rock Hill, MO

July 23 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 29 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

July 30 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

August 2026

August 5 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

August 6 - History Comes Alive, 11-3:30, Old State Capital, Springfield, IL

August 18 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

August 29-30 - Rail Splitter's Festival, 10-4:00, Postville Courthouse, Lincoln, IL

September 2026

September 12 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

September 15 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

September 23 - Jolly Seniors Luncheon at Lincoln Christian Church, 10-2:00, Lincoln, IL

September 26-27 - Harvest Frolic, Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site, Lerna, IL

October 2026

October 3-4 - Bomke's Pumpkin Days, 10-4:00, Springfield, IL

October 3 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

October 10-1100 - Bomke's Pumpkin Days, 10-4:00, Springfield, IL

October 20 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

November 2026

November 7 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

November 14 -- Mountain Dulcimer Workshop,

1-2:00, Bishop Hill, IL

November 17 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

November 27-29 - Bomke's Christmas Tree Farm, 10-4:00, Springfield, IL

December 2026

December 3 - Tot Time, Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewiston, IL

December 5-6 - Bomke's Christmas Tree Farm, 10-4:00, Springfield, IL

December 5 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

December 14 - Christmas Dulcimer, 10:00-11:00, Concordia Village, Springfield. IL

December 15 - The Beauty of the Christmas Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Senior Living, Springfield, IL

2027

January 2027

January 9 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn

Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

February 2027

February 6 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

March 2027

March 6 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn

Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

April 2027

April 3 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn

Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

May 2027

May 1 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL