Upcoming Events



Jam Sessions

The Folk School hosts jam sessions from Noon - 3pm every first and third Saturday of each month.

Jams will take place in multiple rooms, so whether your interest is bluegrass, old-time, or a beginner's jam, you are bound to find a jam that suits you! New: Blues Jam every third Saturday, in addition to the other jam rooms.

The Jam Session program is made possible, in part, by the Regional Arts Commission.


 

 

Workshops & Events

 

 

Folk School "Wall of Sound" Performs for the Kimmswick Dance Festival

Sunday, May 25, 7 - 9pm
at Cuivre River State Park

Folk School students (any recent student who wants to participate!) are the live band for the contra dance. For more info on the dance weekend and for a map or directions, visit www.childgrove.com.

 

Fiddle Workshop with Garry Harrison

Saturday, June 14
1 - 4pm
Workshop fee: $45

Click the button below to register and pay for this workshop online now:


For more than 30 years, Garry Harrison has been involved with the preservation and promotion of downstate Illinois's traditional music legacy. Garry and a group of friends independently documented the traditional fiddle music of downstate Illinois as performed by its last remaining sources throughout the 1970s and '80s. The group disseminated the music via three LP records made in 1976-78 under their string band identity, the Indian Creek Delta Boys. In 2000, Garry Harrison and the Mule Team released a CD of mostly Garry's original fiddle pieces entitled "Red Prairie Dawn". In 2007, Harrison and co-author Jo Burgess published the only substantial work documenting the traditional music of downstate Illinois, the book and companion 3-CD set of field recordings, "Dear Old Illinois". Over the years, Garry has won several fiddle and band contests across the country and has taught week-long fiddle camps and numerous single-day workshops.

 

Clogging Workshop with Abby Ladin

Saturday, June 14
Details coming soon.