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See also our Special Events
Printable PDF version of the Entertainment Schedule.
- Friday July 30 (8:15pm, $7) CLAUDIA RUSSELL and the Folk Unlimited Orchestra Award-winning California singer/songwriter. Eclectic folk with traces of all her musical loves: blues, western swing, rock & country. Kerrville finalist! Guitar, mandolin, bass.
- Friday August 6 (8:15pm, $7) MICHAEL KENT SMITH A guitar and dulcimer CD release show for this superb musician! He performs a delightful and exciting blend of Latin, Spanish, folk, blues and classical on modern, traditional and folk instruments.
- Friday August 13 (8:15pm, $7) MIKE O’CONNELL & his Grasslands Pals Mike and his band return with gypsy swing a la Django Reinhardt, plus bluegrass, western swing, standards & more. Virtuoso mandolin, guitar, fiddle, Dobro & more!
- Friday August 20 (8:15pm, $7) HANS YORK German-born, nationally-touring, award-winning singer- songwriter. He’s a consummate musician with infectious joy and a playful voice (a 3-octave range!), blending folk, jazz and pop, with guitar and piano.
- Friday August 27 (8:00pm, $7) OPEN MIKE Anyone is welcome to perform, and we always have a great variety of acoustic performers! So popular we must limit the number of acts. 12 songs, 10 minutes max. Doors open at 7:30 for signups first come, first served. Show starts 8:00. For more information, phone 630-968-5526.
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- Friday September 3 (8:15pm, $7) JENI & BILLY Acclaimed “new old music” drawn from country, Appalachian, bluegrass, country blues & folk. Stirring harmonies, absorbing original lyrics and a sparse, engaging sound. Guitar, banjo, harmonica, autoharp.
- Friday September 10 (8:15pm, $7) COMFORT FOOD A release show for their new self-titled Wind River CD! Singer-songwriters Rich & Vicki Ingle present entertaining original songs plus country, blues and bluegrass covers; some serious, some comic!
- Friday September 17 (8:15pm, $7) JOHN FLYNN Delaware songwriter counts Kris Kristofferson and Arlo Guthrie as fans! Songs of humanity, justice and hope with disarming honesty and humor. Eight CDs! ”Brilliant performer-songwriter” Rich Warren, WFMT
- Friday September 24 (8:15pm, $7) *MY SWEET PATOOTIE With humor-driven lyrics, guitar & fiddle virtuosity and hot vocals, this Canadian duo is “more fun than drinking martinis at a tractor pull!” Former members of award-winning roots group “Tanglefoot.”
*Will be featured the next night on WFMT 98.7 “Folkstage” with Rich Warren.
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