Grand River Folk Arts

Folk singer songwriter to perform in Grand Rapids February 8

GRAND RAPIDS MI - The Grand River Folk Arts Society welcomes folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak to their winter concert series on Saturday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. The event takes place at the in the Wealthy Theater Annex, 1130 Wealthy Street SE.

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“Mark has been on the road for a lot of years,” said music director Roger Plaxton. “Like fine wine, he keeps getting better with age. We're thrilled to present him.” 

“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 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 $15 general admission with discounts for seniors and students. Reservations can be made by phone 616.459.4788. Visit the Grand River Folk Arts Society at sites.google.com/view/grandriverfolkarts/home/

Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.

Stay in touch • markdvorakinfo@gmail.com • PO Box 181 • Brookfield IL 60513 • 312 315 4273