52nd Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival Comes to Campus
Mandel Hall (1131 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for University of Chicago Folk Festival have expired.
The last date listed for University of Chicago Folk Festival was Sunday February 12, 2012 / 6:00pm.
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Friday, February 10, 2012 at 8:00pm:
Kentucky Clodhoppers -- This old-time string band will make you get up and flatfoot and square dance to their rollicking assortment of dance and party tunes from east-central Kentucky.
The Quebe Sisters Band --Their smooth blend of Western Swing, and country and pop standards from the 1940s-1960s is beginning to catch on with a crossover country and folk audience.
Billy Boy Arnold -- The master blues singer and harp blower makes a rare local appearance.
James Bryan and Carl Jones --James was a child prodigy, winning the Tennessee Valley Fiddle King title when he was only 17. Carl, on guitar and mandolin, brings a touch of bluegrass into the mix.
Bonsoir, Catin -- Renowned women’s Cajun ensemble with old and new tunes and songs of the bayou.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 6:00pm:
The Stars of Heaven -- Glorious sounds of Chicago-style contemporary gospel will make the rafters ring.
Tony Holt and the Wildwood Valley Boys -- Bluegrass band of southeastern Indiana have carried their hot licks and sweet harmonies to the Hoosier State and further afield since 1992.
Bua -- A fine young band based in Milwaukee, composed of some of today’s most energetic young Celtic musicians.
James Bryan and Carl Jones -- James was a child prodigy, winning the Tennessee Valley Fiddle King title when he was only 17. Carl, on guitar and mandolin, brings a touch of bluegrass into the mix.
Billy Boy Arnold -- The master blues singer and harp blower makes a rare local appearance.
(Lineup current at time of publication, but subject to change without notice.)
About the Ticket Supplier: The University of Chicago Folklore Society
The University of Chicago Folklore Society formed in the early 1950s and put on its first Folk Festival in 1961. Featuring such greats as Ralph and Carter Stanley, The New Lost City Ramblers, Elizabeth Cotton, Roscoe Holcomb and Willie Dixon. The Festival was a huge success, and over the next decade, exposed many great traditional musicians to a much wider audience. Legends like Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Frank Profitt, Hobart Smith, The Staples Singers, Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa, Doc Watson, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter, and many more graced the Mandel Hall stage in the early years. It is no exaggeration to say that the U of C Folk Fest had a lasting impact on the national folk music scene.