Opening Night Party 2011:

TOSHI REAGON AND BIGLOVELY
VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ
DANIEL LANOIS’ BLACK DUB
RUSS BARENBERG TRIO

Vieux Farka Touré: a “bona fide African rock hero” (NPR). He bristles with “joyful audacity” on the cutting Malian phrases he was raised on and spiraling Clapton-style riffs (The New York Times). His father, the esteemed guitarist Ali Farka Touré, bred the blues into him from the elegant Arabic-inflected traditional rhythms of his homeland. Mentor Toumani Diabaté proffered space for Vieux to ascend globally with borrowings from Jamaican dub, raucous rock, and bluesy jams.

2011 Schedule

All events will be held in Downtown Urbana. To find out more about any of these events, look under the artist or group's name on our Artists page, or look for workshops and other participatory activities on our Events and Activities page.

** Please note: this schedule is subject to change

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd - evening

● Krannert Center for the Performing Arts – Festival kick-off party!* Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole, 5-7pm, in the lobby.

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4th – evening/late night (free activities indicated w/*)

● Heartland Gallery – Pennywhistle Workshop* w/Dean Karres 5-6 ♦ Lee Murdock 6-7

● Independent Media Center – Vintage Wildflowers 5:30-6:30 ♦ Morris dancers 6:30-7 ♦ Liz Carroll w/Cormac McCarthy 7-8:15 ♦ Square dance w/Kickapoo Sorghum Squeezers and T-Claw 8:45-10:15 ♦ Red Tail Ring 10:30-Midnight
● Iron Post – Beatles/Simon and Garfunkel Singalong* w/Matt Croisant 5:15-6:15 ♦ Prairie Dogs 6:30-7:30 ♦ Kate Fritz 7:30-8 ♦ Irish session 8-9:15 ♦ Liz Carroll w/Cormac McCarthy 9:30-10:45 ♦ Northern Magnolia 11-Midnight ♦ Evil Tents Midnight-1am

● Iron Post Patio – Campfire sing-a-long* “Sea shanties and more” w/Lee Murdock 8-9

● Buvons @Corkscrew Wine Emporium – Matt and Tom Turino 5-7

● 88 Broadway – Tango Lesson w/Joe Grohens 7-8 ♦ Tangotta 8-9:30 ♦ Bleu Django 9:45-11:15 ♦ Kilborn Alley 11:30-1am

● Rose Bowl – High Cross Road Band 9-10 ♦ The PBS Band 10:15-11:15 ♦ Backsliders 11:45-1am

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th
– All Saturday morning and afternoon activities are FREE!

● 88 Broadway – Thumbs Up Puppets w/Miriam Larson 10-10:30am ♦ Mister Stephens (family performer) 10:45-11:15 ♦ John Cheeseman (songs for kids) 11:20-11:40 ♦ Ben Rosenfield, storytelling miniset 11:45-noon ♦ Deep Fried Pickle Project (family band) noon-1pm ♦ Community Stage (open stage) hosted by Paul Kotheimer 1-3pm ♦ Swing Dance Workshop 3-3:50 ♦ Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three 4-5:30

Also: Try-It Tent (Free mini-lessons on a variety of instruments) 11am-4pm ♦ Open Jamming, 2pm-?♦ Musical Mayhem Parade 3:50pm (gather at 3:30)

● Independent Media Center, main room – Shape Note Singing 10am-noon ♦ Orpheum Mandolin Orchestra Noon-1pm ♦ CU Accordion Club w/Chris Reyman 1-2pm ♦ Folk dance try-it sessions (Yiddish, polka, English country, folk) 2-4 ♦ Amasong community sing 4-5

● Independent Media Center, sunroom – Textile Art 10:30-Noon ♦ Folk art for all ages Noon-2pm ♦ “Make a Doodlebass” w/Deep Fried Pickle Project 2:45-3:40 pm

● Community Center for the Arts (multiple upstairs rooms, Independent Media Center) – Basics of Clawhammer Banjo w/Christine Breen 11-Noon ♦ How to build a jug band w/Deep Fried Pickle Project 1:30-2:30 ♦ Irish Fiddle w/Ben Smith 1-2pm ♦ Ukulele for all ages w/Matt Croisant 2-3 ♦ How to Steal a Song w/the Viper 2-3 ♦ Bottleneck guitar w/Reverend Robert 3-4 ♦ Illinois Old-Time tunes w/Tom B, Lyle K and Laura S. 3-4 ♦ Mandolin workshop w/Ashley Lewis 4-5

● Corson Music – Harmonica basics 11am -11:45/Intermediate harmonica 11:45am-12:30 w/Doug Schroer and Dave Witzany ♦ Delta Blues guitar workshop w/Donna Herula 1-2

● Das Café – Singer-Songwriter Showcase: Nile Hawver, Angie Heaton, Dan Hubbard, Morgan Orion 3-5pm

● Iron Post – Singer-songwriter collective hosted by Jeff Arrigo Noon-1 ♦ bluegrass jam 1-2 ♦ blues jam 2-3 ♦ Cajun jam 3-4 ♦ old-time jam 4-5

● Strawberry Fields – Roger Netherton 10-10:45am ♦ Black Coffee Fridays 10:45-11:30 ♦ Emerald Rum Noon-1:30 ♦ Rick Kubetz and Terry Bush 2-3:30

● Urbana Free Library – Storytelling w/Kim Sheahan, Camille Born and Hal Southern 10-10:45 ♦ Kim Sheahan and Elaine Bearden 11-11:30 ♦ Ben Rosenfield 1-2 ♦ Kim Sheahan 2:15-2:50 pm ♦ Workshop w/Ben Rosenfield 3-4

● Urbana Free Library Conference Room – Mountain Dulcimer Circle W/Hilary Valentine 10:30-11:30am ♦ Autoharp song circle w/Jamie Carras 11:30am-12:30

● Urbana Free Library Busey-Mills Room (café area) – Strings Attached Noon-12:45 ♦ John Elder 1-2pm

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5th
– evening/late night (free activities indicated w/*)

● 88 Broadway – Contra dance lesson 5:30-6:00 ♦ Contra Dance w/The Mean Lids and Gail Hintze 6-8 ♦ Parkland Early Jazz Orchestra 8:15-9:15 ♦ Deep Fried Pickle Project 9:30-10:30 ♦ Ol’ #7 10:45-11:45 ♦ Blind Boy Paxton midnight show

● Iron Post – Ragtime and Early Jass Guitar workshop w/Blind Boy Paxton* 6-6:45 ♦ Blind Boy Paxton 6:45-8 ♦ Donna Herula 8:15-9:30 ♦ Reverend Robert 9:45-11:15 ♦ The Viper and his Famous Orchestra 11:30-1am

● Independent Media Center – Hot Iron String Band 5:45-6:45 ♦ Ashley Lewis 7-8:15 ♦ Cajun dance with the Cornstalker Cajun Band 8:30-9:30 ♦ Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three 10-11:15

● Heartland Gallery – Bodhran workshop* w/Dean Karres 5-6 ♦ Don’t Ask 6-7 ♦ The Turnstones 7:30-9

● Outside on Elm Street The Mugdockers piper band* 8-9

Further information:

This is a grassroots festival to celebrate the vibrant music and arts communities in the Champaign-Urbana area and in the Central Illinois region.

Though many events are free, a Festival wristband will provide access to all events. Wristbands can be purchased (for $25 each) on-line at Brown Paper Tickets, at Heartland Gallery in downtown Urbana and at the CU Folk and Roots Festival booth at the Urbana Farmer’s Market in October. When you buy a wristband, your support will help make next year’s Folk and Roots Festival even better.

Festival volunteers are needed! Work a four-hour shift and receive a Festival wristband and a t-shirt. See the volunteer page for more info.

Word-of-mouth advertising will help the Festival so please tell your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues.

Please check back regularly for schedule updates.

Your participation and support are appreciated – thank you!

Cuban son, guajira son, and trova/bolero.

Sandunga consists of Julián Norato (guitar), William Hope (Cuban tres and laúd), Tina Hope, (claves and guacharaca), Eduardo Herrera (bass), Adam Walton (congas), and Andy Miller (bongó and maracas).

Sandunga draws its inspiration from the Cuban musical traditions of son, guajira son, and trova/ bolero. With its historic roots in the interweaving of African and Iberian rhythms and melodies, the Cuban son remains today a vibrant musical and dance form across the island and throughout the Americas.

June Jamboree Music Festival Featuring: Austin City Limits, Petersen Family, Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin, Templeton Family, The Rural Kings, and the Heartland Cloggers.

12:00 Noon Templeton Family
12:55 PM Wil Maring & Robert Bowlin
1:50 PM Peterson Family
2:45 PM The Rural Kings
3:40 PM Intermission-"Guitar Drawing"
4:00 PM Austin City Limits
4:55 PM Heartland Cloggers

Come to Illinois Amish country and experience a beautiful theme park with a touch of the simple life from the past and relax in the present with authentic Bluegrass Music from area and regional bands. The 20 acre park is an ideal setting for great music and a relaxing day. See the Raggety Ann and Andy display, Amish Interpretive Center, full service Cheese Factory, Candy Shoppe, Bakery, Ice Cream Shoppe, Snack Shack, General Store, Restaurant and beautiful flower gardens.

This one-day festival will feature the talents of many local bluegrass bands on the main stage. The River Ramblers, from Springfield, IL will headline the performances which will also include sets by Illinois Rail, Bluegrass Escape, The Red Berry Elders, Truman’s Ridge, Celtic Grass, The Ransom Notes and more! Food & beverages will be on sale at the park. Plowman’s park has a large picnic shelter and lots of big oak trees for shade. Please plan to bring your own lawn chairs or other seating.

Mrs Maneesha Sathe will present a lecture-demonstration on the Kathak style of dancing. A Question/Answer session will follow the lec-dem

The organizers request that people wanting to attend should call (309) 664 6043 to reserve a place.

Malawi Sister Cities Music Performance

Wongani Katundu (voice and guitar) and Rick Deja (sax, guitar, voice)
with guest artist Andy Miller (percussion)

Join us for a tribute to Kwela bands, the upbeat street music of southern African which features Malawian guitar, sax jive (jazz), and pennywhistle. Our very special guest performers will draw on this lively, rhythmic musical tradition, made popular in the southern African mining circuits of the 1950s, but still a strong influence on current popular music.

This performance is part of an International Sister Cities project linking Urbana with Zomba, Malawi. Come enjoy great music and learn more about this partnership.

OUTSIDE at the Research Park: Matuto

Whose feet can resist moving to the bubbling Brazilian backbeats, Appalachian flat-picked melodies, and bluesy riffs of Matuto? Clay Ross’ Telecaster and Rob Curto’s accordion lilt and samba with sounds forged from Pan-American folk tunes, fiddle music, funky grooves, and marvelous interplay with percussionist Ze Mauricio. It’s Brazilian dance meets South Carolina roots meets New York City vitality in this night-long improv session.

Houlihan’s will be on hand with food and beverages to purchase that will keep your energy soaring until the dancing’s over.

Krannert Uncorked with High Cotton, bluegrass

The beverage samples are from jim gould and High Cotton breezes in with bluegrass picking and catchy melodies.

OUTSIDE at the Research Park: Del Castillo

Are you ready for a supercharged night powered by “Latin music’s romance and rock’s grit” (Billboard)? Del Castillo rips into the night with driving flamenco rhythms and guitar lines laced with the Latin blues. Best known for its Grindhouse and Kill Bill Vol. 2 tracks, this Austin band helmed by brothers Rick and Mark del Castillo has toured with Ozomatli, Willie Nelson, Los Lobos, and Don Henley and nearly burned up the stage at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. Del Castillo’s energetic songs will lift your spirits up into the night sky.

Houlihan’s will be on hand with food and beverages to purchase that will keep your energy soaring all night long.