Mike Anderson's Calendar

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​​updated September 9, 2025​

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2025 ​

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​​July 2025

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

July 3 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

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

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

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

July 15 - 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 24 - The Beauty of the Dulcimer - 1:30, Mary Bryant Home for the Blind, Springfield, IL

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

July 28 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

July 29 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

July 31 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

August 2025

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

August 2 - Alsey Festival, 12:30-2:30, Alsey, 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

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

August 13 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

August 19 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

August 24 - Kathastu - Zoom storytelling festival in India.

August 26 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

September 2025

September 5 - Music - 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

September 6 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00,

Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

September 6 - Chautauqua 2025, Nicholas Park Pavilion, 2:00, Jacksonville, IL

September 12 - Music - 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

September 13 - Music - 10:00-5:00,

Prairie Stories & Exhibit Grand Opening,

Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet, IL

September 16 - Christian Women's Connection Luncheon, 12:00, Jacksonville, IL

September 19 - Music, 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

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

September 24 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

September 26 - Music - 11-1:00, Soap Co. Coffeehouse, Jacksonville, IL

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

OCTOBER 2025

October 2 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

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

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

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

October 10 - Dulcimer music, Villas of Hollybrook, 2:00, Springfield, IL

October 11-12 - 2025 Bomke's Pumpkin Patch,

9-5:00, Springfield, IL

October 13 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

October 23 - Spooky Stories for Early Childhood, 6:15, Northwestern Elementary School,

Palmyra, IL

October 24 - Dulcimer Music, Villas of Hollybrook, 2:00, Springfield, IL

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

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

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

​NOVEMBER 2025

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

November 7 - Senior Show, 10:00, Burlington Public Library, Burlington, IA

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

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

November 11 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 10:00-1:00, Springfield, IL

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

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

DECEMBER 2025

December 2- Hugo's Coming to Town 2:00 And Beauty of Christmas Dulcimer 7:00, St Charles City-County Library, St. Peters, MO

December 4 - Beauty of Christmas Dulcimer -

3:00, Cedarhurst Assisted Living, Jacksonville, IL

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

9-5:00, Springfield, IL

December 9 - 3 shows, Laurens Library, Laurens, Iowa

December 10 - Hugo's Coming to Town, 10:30, Marshalltown Library. Marshalltown, IA

December 11 - Christmas Dulcimer, 2:00, Concordia Village, Springfield, IL

​December 13 - Holiday Luncheon, 1:00, Cherry Hill Church, 1:00, Springfield, IL

December 17 - Christmas Dulcimer, 2:00, Centennial Pointe Assisted Living, Springfield, IL

December 18 - Hugo's Family Christmas, 5:30, Polk Co Library, Bolivar, MO

2026

January 2026

January 10- Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

February 2026

February 7 - Lincoln's Birthday, 12-4:00,

Postville Courthouse, Lincoln, IL

MARCH 2026

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

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

APRIL 2026

April 4 - Gallery Opening, 6:00-8:00, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL

April 17-18 - Southern Wisconsin Dulcimer Festival, Janesville, WI

https://southernwisconsindulcimerclub.com

May 2026

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

June 2026

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