Calendar of Upcoming Folklore and Folk Arts Events:
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Ongoing:
Tune into KRCU 90.9 Saturday evenings from 7:00pm - 8:00pm and listen to Your Folk Connection (www.yourfolkconnection.org) with Barney Hartline and Terry Wright. Folks living in the Parkland area and beyond (Farmington, Bonne Terre, Park Hills and Ste. Genevieve, MO) can hear the show at the same time on our repeater station, 88.9 FM in Farmington.
1st and 3rd Thursdays, September to May: The Little Dixie Old-Time Fiddle Club meets at the Boone-Walters Historical Museum in southeast Columbia, Missouri. The sessions are 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 is the Boone County Historical Society (thank you Jennifer Flink!). Contact: Boone County Historical Society, (573) 443-8936, email BCHS@Socket.Net (BCHS@Socket.Net) , or Howard (Rusty) Marshall, (HMarshall@Socket.Net)
The McDowell Gold Jubilee, held in the Barry County community of McDowell, MO, and located in the SW corner of the state, is now in its 32nd year. 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 accompaniment 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 south Hwy VV midway between Monett and Aurora is the home of the program. Seating is available, but conveniences are few. Our outhouse, however, is most modern...electric lights...just imagine! (And I've never seen a snake!). So y'all come, y'hear? And experience some of our old-fashioned Ozark hospitality. Interested parties can contact Betty Craker Henderson at 417-235-3719 (cell: 417-236-4983) or by e-mail: http://www.bettyh@sofnet.com or bchenderson39@yahoo.com.
Tune into KOPN's
Sunday Morning Coffeehouse, broadcast weekly over community radio 89.5 FM,
Columbia, Missouri. Every Sunday, from 9AM until Noon, host Steve
Jerrett brings you the best in folk and acoustic music including traditional
folk, bluegrass, country, Celtic and singer-songwriter expressions of the
ever-evolving folk process.
Farm and
Fiddle airs on KOPN Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM. with hosts Margot McMillen and
Jenny Czyzewski. This is the program that explores and celebrates life on the
farm and small towns in mid-Missouri with guests from our rural area and all
over the world. Every week, we feature agriculture news, a "Barnyard
Baffler" so our farm - and town - friends can test their knowledge, and a
"Chore of the Week" to help everyone keep up with the never-ending
variety of work around the place. During our breaks, we play lots of Missouri
fiddling from legendary fiddlers, including those of today.
Upcoming:
A note on Native American Events: we post notices of pow-wows which are open to the general public. It’s a worthwhile experience. However, if you have never attended a powwow before, please click here.
Wyatt Fiddle Shop in Independence maintains a fiddle events calendar, with lots of information on upcoming contests:
http://www.fiddlesong.com/pages/fiddle_and_bow.htm
April 1
Heritage Day Festival at the Baker Creek Pioneer Village, Mansfield.
http://rareseeds.com/our-village
For more information, call 417.924.8917
April 1-June 1
American Quilts Exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles.
For more information, call 636.255.0270
April 7
“The Battle of Glasgow” at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site.
For more information, call 660.837.3231
April 13-14
It's time for the Big Muddy festival in Boonville!
April 14
Old Drum Day Festival in Warrensburg.
Read more about the original “man’s best friend”:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/education/olddrum/
For more information, call 660.747.6480
April 14
Quilt Show & Fair at the Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg. For more information, call 573.953.1688
or visit www.eastperrycomo.org
April 10-21
Civil War Days in Doniphan at the Heritage Homestead. For more information, call 573.996.5298
April 21
Join the Journey West at the Daniel Boone Home in Defiance.
This is where the Society will be holding its 2012 annual meeting in November!) For more information, call 636.798.2005
April 21
All Missouri Spin-In at the Oak Grove civic Center. For more information, call 816.850.8684
April 21
Old Fashioned Plow Day at the Barks Planation in Glen Allen. For more information, call 573.238.4108
April 21
Antique Show, Folk Festival and Grand Opening of The Mill in Hermann. For more information, call 573.486.3276
April 26-28
Cherry Blossoms Festival in Marshfield. Call 417.859.3925 for more information
April 27-28
Missouri Cowboy Poetry Festival in Mountain View. For more information, call 417.934.2213
May 26-27
"For the People" Pow Wow at the Boone County Fairgrounds
With
Honored Guest Larry Sellers from “Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman”
http://www.msptv.org/powwow.htm
If you have never attended a pow-wow before, please click here: http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/powwow.htm
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