Plan your day for the February 24, 2018 Lake Erie Folk Fest with the schedule below. Printed copies will be available at the Festival.
Doors and Culinary Bistro open at noon.
1 – 6pm
40+ FREE Community Concerts, Music Workshops, Community Jams, Kids’ Activities, Community Dances and more, including:
Community-Concerts with Tom Evanchuck, Sands & Hearn, Ballinloch, The Silver String Band, and Young Singer Songwriters
Push Me, Pull Me! Compare and Contrast of Cajun, Irish and Slovenian Accordion Styles
Square Dance with the Corn Potato String Band Duo, Paul Kovac and Bryan Thomas
Cajun Dance with the Cajun Pals and dance instruction with Cheri Chapman and Dennis Tranchita
Polka with The Button Box Divas
Old-time and Irish community jams
Bluegrass Lecture/Demo with Paul Kovac
Community sing with Joanne Laessig
Music workshops in ukulele, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bodhran, mandolin, bass and hammered dulcimer
Poetry Open Mic with Dianne Borsenik and John Burroughs
Kids workshops & activities
Pop-up jamming all day
Food & concessions
6 – 7:30pm
Dinner Break
Dine at the Culinary Bistro or nearby Euclid restaurants.
7:30pm
Grand Finale Concert
Concert admission $15; prepay online for $10; age 12 & under free.
Doors Open 7pm. Tickets will be available at the door until they sell out.
Featuring:
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin FolkFusion from Prince Edward Island
Emily Keener Singer/Songwriter
Aaron Jonah Lewis & Lindsay McCaw of The Corn Potato String Band Traditional American
Tam Tam Magic West African Drum and Dance
Fantje na vasi Slovenian Men’s Chorus
Ten Strings And A Goat Skin is a bilingual folk/fusion trio from Prince Edward Island that presents traditional and original music inspired by their Atlantic Canadian histories and roots, and infused with pop and world rhythms.