Mike Anderson's Calendar

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​​updated April 17, 2025​

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2025 ​

MARCH 2025

March 1 - Gallery Opening, 6-8:00,

Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

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

March 7 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

March 8 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

March 12 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

March 14 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

March 16 - St. Patrick's Celebration, 10:30-2:00,

St. Patrick, MO

March 18 - Recording my new audio book!

March 21 - Family Day, 10-3:00, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

March 22 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

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

March 28 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

APRIL 2025

April 4 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

April 5 - Gallery Opening, 6-8:00,

Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

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

April 8 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

April 9 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

April 12 - RELICS AND REVELATIONS: CIVIL WAR STORIES, 1:00-4:00, Museum of The Grand Prairie, Champaign, IL

April 18 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

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

April 22 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

April 23 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

April 25 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

April 26 - Beaux Arts Ball, 7:00, Jacksonville, IL

April 30 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

MAY 2025

May 3 - Gallery Opening, 6-8:00,

Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

May 3 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

May 7 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 14 - School Program, 1:00, Lebanon, MO

May 17 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 18 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

May 21 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

May 27 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

May 31 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

June 2025

June 4 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

June 6 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 10 - Summer Reading, 9:30 & 10:30,

Brown Co Library, Mt Sterling, IL

June 11- History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 13 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 14-15 - Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival, Morris, IL

June 17 - Summer Reading, 10:30,

Meredosia Library, Meredosia, IL

June 18 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 19 - Summer Reading, 10:00, Slater, IA

June 20 -History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 22-23 - Beauty of Dulcimer Adult Programming and Summer Reading show, Springfield Greene Library System,

Springfield, MO.

June 24 - Summer Reading, 5:30,

Polk Co. Library, Bolivar, MO

June 25 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

June 27 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

​July 2025

July 2 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 4 - Musical Instruments of the Civil War, Chautauqua, Camp Point, IL

July 8 - Boing, Boing, Strum, Strum, Fun, Fun - 10:00, Jacksonville Public Library,

Jacksonville, IL

July 9 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 11 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 16 - Christmas in July Summer Reading, 10:00, Ankeny Library, Ankeny, IA

July 17 - Boing, Boing, Strum, Strum, Fun, Fun - 10:00, Polk County Library, Polk City, IA

July 18 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 21 - Summer Reading, and Musical instruments of the Civil War, 3:30 & 6:00,

Drake Library, Grinnell, IA

July 23 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 25 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

July 30 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

August 2025

August 1 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

August 6 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

August 7 - IL State Fair, Expo Building,

12-1:30, Springfield, IL

August 8 - History Comes Alive, 11, 12, &1:00, Upstairs in the Senate, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL

September 2025

September 6 - Chautauqua 2025, Nicholas Park Pavillion, 4:00, Jacksonville, IL

September 20-21- RailSplitter's Festival, 10-5:00, Postville Courthouse, Lincoln, IL

September 27-28 - Harvest Frolic, Lincoln Homestead, Lerner, IL

OCTOBER 2025

October 4-5 -Bomke's Pumpkin Patch,9-5:00, Springfield, IL
October 11-12 - 2025 Bomke's Pumpkin Patch,

9-5:00, Springfield, IL

October 26 - Spooky Stories, DeMoulin Museum, 1:30, Greenville, IL

​NOVEMBER 2025

November 13-14 - St Louis Storytelling Festival, various locations, St Louis, MO

November 15 - Christmas Dulcimer Workshop, Bishop Hill, 1:00-2:00, Bishop Hill, IL

November 28-30 - Bomke's Christmas Tree Farm, 9-5:00, Springfield, IL

DECEMBER 2025

December 6-7 - Bomke's Christmas Tree Farm,

9-5:00, Springfield, IL

MARCH 2026

March 15 - St. Patrick's Celebration, 10:30-2:00, St. Patrick, MO