Chicago Folk & Roots Festival 2009

Press Release

OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC presents...

The 12th ANNUAL
CHICAGO FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL
SATURDAY JULY 11th & SUNDAY JULY 12th

Noon to 10:00pm in WELLES PARK 4400 North Lincoln Avenue between Montrose and Sunnyside in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood

Admission: $8 suggested donation for adults / $4 suggested donation for seniors and children Chicago Folk & Roots Festival is sponsored by WXRT.

For more information, contact the Old Town School of Folk Music:
chicagofolkandroots.org
(773) 728-6000

Lineup subject to change - Rain or shine - All Ages Welcome

Main Stage Artists

Saturday, July 11
Midwest Invitational Fiddle Championship - 12:55pm
Lamajamal - 2:05pm
Dan & Rayna Gellert - 2:45pm
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole - 4:00pm
Caleb Klauder Country Band - 5:25pm
Honey Honey - 7:00pm
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - 8:30pm

Sunday, July 12
Young Stracke All-Stars - 12:55pm
Woodstock Boomer Band - 1:25
Maestros del Joropo Oriental - 2:10pm
Mbolo Moy Dolle - 3:25pm
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble - 4:55pm
Watcha Clan - 6:30pm
DJ Warp & Friends - 7:45pm
Karsh Kale - 8:30pm

Kids Tent

Saturday, July 11
Wiggleworms with Little Miss Ann - 12:00pm
Ecuadorian Folk Dance - Nuestra Música Performance - 12:50pm
Cowpoke Sing-along with Annie Coleman - 1:40pm
Storytime Dances with Jen Guglielmi - 2:30pm
Laura Doherty - 3:25pm
Kids Rhythm Circle - 4:35pm

Sunday, July 12
Wiggleworms with Julie - 12:00pm
Hip Hop Kids with Lin - 12:50pm
Tricia Sebastian - Nuestra Música Performance - 1:45pm
West African Drumming with Taylor - 2:45pm
Erin Flynn Band - 3:40pm
Zumba for Kids - Nuestra Música Performance - 4:40pm

Dance Tent

Saturday, July 11
Family Hula with Lani - 12:00pm
Bhangra with Shamila - 1:05pm
Rumba Dance Lesson - 2:10pm
OgundaMasa - Nuestra Música Performance - 2:40pm
Welles Park Folkloric Dancers - Nuestra Música Performance - 3:55pm
Dance Lessons with Saladeen - 4:15pm
Papo Santiago & Infra Verde - Nuestra Música Performance - 4:45pm
Square Dance! Open Band with special guests - 6:30pm

Sunday, July 12
Jazz Dance with Jeanette - 12:00pm
Waltz Across Chicago! - 1:00pm to 3:15pm
1:00pm - Basic Waltz Lesson with Rene / Hora Circle Dance Lesson with Jon
1:10pm - The Alte Schteibeles
1:45pm - Basic Waltz Lesson with Rene
1:55pm - The Fantastic Toe Trippers
2:30pm - Polka Lesson with Rene
2:40pm - Simbolo Norteño - Nuestra Música Performance
Polka Lesson - 3:30pm
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones - 4:00pm
Hip Hop Dance with Boogie - 5:20pm
Two Step with Nicole - 6:30pm
Hoyle Brothers - 7:00pm

Gazebo

Saturday, July 11
Old Time Jam with Dan & Rayna Gellert - 12:00pm
African Drum Féte with Taylor - 1:00pm
Voice of the People with Andrea - 2:00pm
Brazilian Ensemble with Paulinho - Nuestra Música Performance - 3:00pm
Fandango with Raul - Nuestra Música Performance - 4:00pm
Woodstock Ensemble - 5:00pm
Soul Sing-along with Alton & Bill - 6:00pm

Sunday, July 12
Family String Jam with Maria (All Ages) - 12:00pm
Woody Guthrie Folk Jam with Mark - 1:00pm
Bluegrass Jam with Colby - 2:00pm
The Third Half with Dan - 3:00pm
Mellow Gold with Steve - 4:00pm
Grateful Dead Ensemble with Steve - 5:00pm
Beatles Ensemble with Steve - 6:00pm

Staff Stage

Saturday, July 11th
V (Virat Thakkar) - 12:00pm
Dale Petersohn & Jessica Coe - 12:30pm
Guitar Army 2 (Sandra Adrian) - 1:00pm
The Sheathens (Vanessa Vincent) - 1:30pm
The Lexie Bloor Group - 2:00pm
The Jeff Hunter Ensemble - 2:30pm
Angry Panther (Eric Unger) - 3:00pm
Shelley Miller & Friends - 3:30pm
WAZO County Warblers (Paul Tyler) - 4:00pm
The Ryan Project (Tom Ryan) - 4:30pm
Joel Styzens & Katinka Kleijn - 5:00pm
Typhanie & Neal (Typhanie Monique) - 5:30pm
The Rust Belt Ramblers (Joe Tessone) - 6:00pm
It's A Girl (Miki Greenberg) - 6:30pm
The Steve Levitt Project - 7:00pm
Charming Axe (Rob Newhouse) - 7:30pm
Congress of Starlings (Andrea Bunch) - 8:00pm

Sunday, July 12th
Ghost of a Fist (Erin English) - 12:00pm
The Seams (Ed Tverdek) - 12:30pm
David & Marian (David Bragman) - 1:00pm
Dahui (Rick Neuhaus) - 1:30pm
Strictly Jug Nuts (Skip Landt) - 2:00pm
Lanialoha - 2:30pm
Light, Sweet & Crude (Bau Graves) - 3:00pm
Rosenpalooza (Steve Rosen) - 3:30pm
Los Adminos (Eric Delli Bovi) - 4:00pm
The Barehand Jug Band (Jonas Friddle) - 4:30pm
Rod Gingrich & Friends - 5:00pm
Lenny & Harlan (Lenny Marsh & Harlan Terson) - 5:30pm
The Lindsay Weinberg Band - 6:00pm
Elk Heart (Jeremy Babcock) - 6:30pm
Julia & The Storkes (Julia Storke) - 7:00pm
Mead & Friends (John Mead) - 7:30pm
Unibrow (Dan Fulkerson) - 8:00pm

Nuestra Música Tent

Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago

Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago is the result of a research project conducted in 2005 launched by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and co-sponsored by the Old Town School of Folk Music. The Folk & Roots staging of Nuestra Música has live performances, interviews, and dance workshops by the artists, children's workshops, arts and crafts, and some of the displays from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. In addition to having its own tent, Nuestra Música perfromances will be happening thoughout Folk & Roots Festival's various stages. The full Nuestra Música schedule is listed below.

For updated schedule info go to: www.chicagofolkandroots.org