Folk singer songwriter performs at Givins Castle April 11
CHICAGO IL - The Beverly Unitarian Church in the Givins Castle will present folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak in concert on Saturday, April 11 at 7:00 pm. The Givins Castle is located at 10244 South South Longwood Drive.
“Mark has been on the road for a lot of years,” said Music Director Jean Robinson. “Like fine wine, he keeps getting better with age. We're thrilled to present him as part of our 2026 season.
“At this stage of the game,” said the singer from his home outside Chicago, Illinois, “I feel like I’m doing my best work.”
Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar is celebrating the release of his 20th CD, Live & Alone, recorded in an empty concert hall during the height of the pandemic lock down, and his fourth book of essays, 31 Winters, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.
The Givins Castle was complete in 1887 under the direction of Robert C. Givins, a successful real estate developer. Givins lived in the castle after its completion until 1894, when it housed the Chicago Female College. The Beverly Unitarian Church purchased the castle for $14,000 and has used it ever since. It is the only building in the city described as a “castle,” and it is claimed to be haunted.
The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”
Tickets are $25 and availble at www.concertsatthecastle.org or at the door.
Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.