Calendar of Upcoming Folklore and Folk Arts Events:
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Ongoing:
Just a reminder to
tune into KRCU 90.9 Saturday Evenings From 7:00pm-8:00pm and listen to Your
Folk Connection. www.yourfolkconnection.org with are pals Barney
Hartline and Terry Wright.
Our
1st and 3rd Thursdays,
September to May:
Due to popular demand (that's right), in September 2009,
after a year's hiatus, the Little Dixie Old-Time Fiddle Club will return
to the Boone-Walters Historical Museum in southeast Columbia, Missouri.
The sessions will again be held on each first and third Thursday of the
month, September through May, from 5.00 to 8.00 pm. Our emphasis is
on traditional fiddle music. All levels of experience are welcome,
but we ask that everyone observe "jam session etiquette." The
Boone-Walters museum is in Nifong Park,
southeast Columbia (from US63, east off of US63 at the AC / Grindstone Parkway
exit, then south on Ponderosa Drive to the Museum). Our host will be
the
2nd Monday of the month,
at Churchill's Coffee Shop in downtown
The Celtic Society of the Ozarks' newest
special interest group, the "Hoolie-gans" (Hoolie is the Irish word for a music session), is now
meeting every 2nd monday of the month at Churchill's
Coffee Shop in downtown
The "hoolie-gans" play a wide variety of traditional Irish,
Scottish, Celtic and Ozarks music, and audience participation is strongly
encouraged!
For more information, or directions to
the venue, please see the "Hoolie-gans" web
site at:
http://www.mcwhistles.com/Hoolie.html
Or e-mail "Head Hoolie-gan"
John McHaffie at John@mcwhistles.com
.
Every other Sunday, 5-7 p.m.:
broadcast from
Info: 573-874-5676.
lgrace@coin.org
Third Tuesday of every month, in Springfield--
Scottish Country Dance lessons will be held at the Southside
Community Center, 2215 South Fremont, Springfield, Missouri, 7 - 9:00
PM. Beginning and intermediate level dancing. A fun evening for all.
Anyone interested in learning Scottish Country Dancing is welcome. There
is a three dollar charge for each adult to cover facility usage.
For additional information: contact Jean Ann Barrera
at 417-887-6841.
Proudly associated with the Celtic
Society of the Ozarks
Every Thursday in
The Mansfield Jamboree meets each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Mansfield
Auto Auction building in
Mansfield Jamboree, Inc.
or email music@mansfieldjamboree.org
First Saturdays in
The First Saturday of the month music gatherings have started their
third year at the
Music begins about 6:30 p.m. All musicians are invited and it is open to
the public at no charge. These will run through April.
Every other Saturday in McDowell
The McDowell Gold Jubilee, held in the Barry County community of
McDowell, MO, and located in the SW corner of the state, will begin with the
first session of its 24th year on Saturday, October 13. The program, under the
direction of Betty and Ben Henderson, Monett, is held
. It is an "entertainment-style hootenanny", with amateur and
semi-professional entertainers appearing regularly onstage. Music
begins at 6:30 and continues until all the participants have been featured.The event is free to the public and concessions
help with the expenses of upkeep, electricity and heating. Acoustic instruments
are the preferred form of musical accompiment for the
program, which consists of bluegrass, country/western and gospel.
Performers are requested to keep their sessions to three numbers for a single
and twenty minutes for a group. An old school building located on
Upcoming:
August 12-15
Kahoka
37th Annual Kahoka Festival of Bluegrass music.
For more information, call 573.853.4398
August 14-15
Freistatt
Freistatt Ernte Fest
For more information, call 417.236.8660
August 15
Clarksville
Clarksville Blues Festival
For more information, call 573.242.3309
August 15
Lone Jack
Lone Jack Civil War Commemoration at the civil War Battlefield
For more information, call 816.805.1815
August 21-22
West Plains
3rd Annual Fiddle Fest, Harmonica Howl, Bluegrass Jam and Crafters’ Convention
For more information, call 888.256.8835
August 29
Lexington
Missouri River Old Time Fiddlers’ Contest & Lexington Community Fair
For more information, call 660.259.4922
September 3-6
Dixon
41st Annual Show of Bluegrass Pickin’ Time
For more information, call 573.759.3544
September 4-13
Gainesville
Pre-1840s Blackpowder Rendezvous
For more information, call 417.294.1175
September 12
Birch Tree
2nd Annual Loggers’ Day
For more information, call 573.292.3181
September 12
Marshall
Santa Fe Trail Days
For more information, call 660.886.3324