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Simply Folk Spring/Summer 2001 Festival Guide
...to be updated throughout the season!
Simply Folk Calendar phone line: 800-654-FOLK (3655), or 265-4073 in Madison.
| DATE | LOCATION | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| March 30 - April 1 | Dodgeville, WI Folklore Village 3210 Cty. BB |
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE WEEKEND guests: Bare Necessities 608-924-4000 www.folklorevillage.org |
| April 6 - 8 | Dodgeville, WI Folklore Village 3210 Cty. BB |
OLD TIME WEEKEND The Teflons, Michael Miller, Martha Tyner, Gene & Celeste Gryniewicz, Catherine Baer, Alicia Rheal and Doug Miller 608-924-4000 www.folklorevillage.org |
| April 19-22 | Minneapolis MN Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. South |
NORDIC ROOTS FESTIVAL 612-338-2674 www.noside.com/festival/index1.html |
| May to September | Bayfield-Washburn, WI |
LAKE SUPERIOR BIG TOP CHATAUQUA www.bigtop.org |
| May 25 - 28 | East Troy, WI Edwards Conference Center N8901 Army Lake Rd |
THE STRINGALONG WEEKEND 262-642-7466 www.uwm.edu/Dept/Folk/ |
| June 8 - 10 | Sarona, WI Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary |
JOINING THE CIRCLE DANCE CAMP 715-635-7642 or 715-635-7641 |
| June 16 | Brethren, MI | SPIRIT OF THE WOODS MUSIC ASSOCIATION TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL FOLK FESTIVAL 2001 - A FOLK ODYSSEY Dan Duggan, Peggy Eyres & Dan Berggren Al & EMily Cantrell, Patchouli Matt Watroba, Robert Jones, Steve MacNeill food, crafts, square dancing, kid stuff 11171 Kerry Rd., Brethren, MI 49619 231-723-2230 |
| June 18 - 22 | Madison, WI Wisconsin Veterans Museum |
"UNSUNG STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR" history and music for children in grades 3 - 6 3O W. Mifflin St. 608-266-1854 |
| June 22 - 24 | Amherst, WI Portage County Fairgrounds |
MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENREGY FAIR 715-592-6595 www.the-mrea.org |
| June 29 - July 2 | Dodgeville, WI Folklore Village 3210 Cty. BB |
SCANDINAVIAN MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL 608-924-4000 www.folklorevillage.org |
| July 7 - 8 | Mount Horeb, WI Grundahl Park 400 Blue Mounds St. |
OLDTIME FIDDLERS' CONVENTION AND MUSIC JAMBOREE 608-437-3388 88TROLLWAY reidmiller@yahoo.com |
| July 13 - 15 | Harbor Springs, MI | TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL BLISSFEST Tom Rush, Karen Savoca, Solas, Joaquine Diaz, The Juggernaut Jug Band, The Wild Woodies and more! 231-348-2815 www.blissfest.org |
| July 13 & 14 | Dodgeville, WI Folklore Village 3210 Cty. BB |
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 608-924-4000 www.folklorevillage.org |
| July 14 | Mount Morris, WI Town Park |
BLACK HAWK FOLK FESTIVAL The Nob Hill Boys, The Berrymans, Ken Lonquist, Lil' Rev, NAVAN and more! 920-787-7475 gables@vbe.com |
| July 14 &15 | Morris, IL Gebhard Woods State Park |
GEBHARD WOODS DULCIMER FESTIVAL PO Box 801, Morris IL 60450-0801 708-331-6875 www.gwdf.org |
| July 15 | Manitowoc, WI Washington Park |
ACOUSTIC FEST Pieere Bensusan, Tom Pease www.acousticfest.com/ |
| July 20 - 22 | Marquette, MI Tourist Park |
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL HIAWATHA TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 906-225-1858 www.portup.com/~hiawatha |
| July 25 - 29 | Manitowish Waters, WI |
MIDSUMMER IN THE NORTHWOODS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 715-543-2166 www.bluegrassshowswithjerry.com |
| July 28 & 29 | Spring Grove, IL Village Park |
ILLINOIS STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 815-344-0181 www.storytelling.org |
| July 31 - August 4 | Madison, WI UW Campus |
RUSSIAN FESTIVAL Concert information at www.members.tripod.com/~ferrat_2/BDAA/concert2.html |
| August 3 - 5 | Zimmerman, MN | MINNESOTA BLUEGRASS AND OLDTIME MUSIC FESTIVAL Dry Branch Fire Squad, Blue Grass Cardinals, Volo Bogtrotters, Robin and Linda Williams, Peter Ostrousko and many more www.minnesotabluegrass.org |
| August 9 - 12 | Northfield, MN St. Olaf College |
HARDANGER FIDDLE ANNAUL WORKSHOPS www.hfaa.org/workshops/2001_annual.shtml |
| August 9 - 11 | Cecil, WI | BLUEGRASS BASH 2001 Sloppy Joe, Amazing Grass Burnt Toast and Jam, Frogwater, Blueground Undergrass and more (SASE) PO Box 12764 Green Bay, WI 54307-2674 920-432-1045 |
| August 10 - 12 | Shawano, WI | OLD TIME MUSIC AND CRAFT FESTIVAL 715-799-3688 www.shawanofestival.com |
| August 16 - 19 | Milwaukee, WI Maier Festival Park |
IRISH FEST www.irishfest.com |
| August 18 | Green Bay, WI | BILL JORGENSON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Dallas Smith and the Boys, Boys from Shiloh Josh Graves 920-429-9060 www.bjorgensonbluegrass.com |
| August 24 & 25 | Highway 49 between Rosholt and Iola, WI | NORTHLAND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Art Stevenson and High Water, Becky Schlegel and True Blue, Nob Hill Boys, Mary Henderson and Geoff Shannon, Sloppy Joe, Mecan River Boys, Bay Lakes Bluegrass, Old Truck 715-884-6996 artstevenson@hotmail.com |
| August 24 - 26 | La Crosse, WI UW Campus |
GREAT RIVER FOLK FESTIVAL John Gorka, Vance Gilbert, Mustard's Retreat, Alice Peacock, The String Ties, Lynn Miles, Cliff Eberhardt, Steve Young and others 608-263-8162 www.greatriverfolkfest.org |
| Labor Day Weekend | Geneva, IL Island Park |
FOX VALLEY FOLK MUSIC & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 755 N. Evanslawn Ave. Aurora, IL 60506 630-897-3655 |