Showcasing FARM
Folk Alliance Region Midwest is the regional chapter of Folk Alliance International. Each year FARM sponsors a conference and gathering to help promote contemporary, …
OTS Afternoon @ Wrigley Field August 8
The Old Town School of Folk Music and the Chicago Cubs will present a Pop Up Guitar Class at The Park at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, August 8 from 4:00 pm …
Music and Pot Lucks launches acoustic event August 7
The Old Town School of Folk Music returns to the Oak Park area on Saturday, September 30 for classes and a house concert in support of the Songs for Peace …
Meet Up & Eat Up July 10 - August 18 in Oak Park IL
Folk artist Dvorak brings music to Oak Park summer lunch program
OAK PARK IL - The Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry will distribute meals for children and …
Amelia K. Spicer, MD headline Flint Folk Festival
17th Flint Folk Music Festival July 22
FLINT, MI - The Flint Folk Music Society presents a day of music and activities featuring outstanding artists from Michigan …
MD performs @ Forsee Vineyards in Coffeen IL
Forsee Vineyards is nestled in the rolling hills of rural Montgomery County, near Coffeen, a small town just north of Greenville, Illinois. The vineyard was …
Music in the Garden
Music in the Garden features Chicago folk artist on July 27
ST. JOSEPH MI - The Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library, 500 Market Street welcomss Chicago’s “…
Old Town School teaching artists lead sing along
Old Town School of Folk Music teaching artists to lead community sing along in Forest Park on April 30
RIVER FOREST IL - Chicago’s “official troubadour” Mark …
This Land Is Your Land
This Land Is Your Land comes to Schubas April 23
CHICAGO IL - Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport welcomes Old Town School of Folk Music artists Campeau and Craig, …
Community Sing Along Concert
Sing Along Concert in Forest Park to benefit Community Foundation, Food Pantry and Housing Forward
RIVER FOREST IL - The first annual Oak Park River Forest …
Illinois Library Association
Mark Dvorak to showcase for the ILA Reaching Forward Conference in Rosemont May 5
ROSEMONT IL - The Illinois Library Association’s 28th annual Reaching Forward …
We get letters...
Carol Cat Trochelman of Washington IL writes:
I got a little story for you. A little while back you played at the Washington Library. I talked my eighty-one …
MD & Mike Dunbar on NPR StoryCorps
In 1978 & 1979 MD took a handful of guitar classes with MIke Dunbar at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Today, Mike is a bandleader and multi-…
Black Friday in Evanston
EVANSTON IL - The Merion, 1661 Chicago Avenue, welcomes Chicago’s “official troubadour” Mark Dvorak to its performance series in the Emerald Lounge on Friday, …
We get letters...
Mark,
Just writing to thank you for your generosity of spirit and help bringing to life our little project here in Plymouth. Throughout the weekend you poured …
2016 Distinguished Teaching Artists Awards
It is our pleasure to introduce the recipients of the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Artists Awards: Mark Dvorak, Charles Kim and Mary Peterson.
These honorees …