Curtis & Loretta

Please email or call Glenn at glenn@elvig.com or 651-633-5353 to reserve a seat, and get the address. This is the "Carnegie of House Concerts," with a stage, professional sound and lights, and an expansive concert hall / living room!!  Also, lots of delicious munchies. Feel free to bring something to eat if you like, but it's not required.

Come join us in this beautiful park right in downtown Huron. There is always a drawing for prizes, and the City Band plays after us!!

Remember "Little House on the Prairie" ??  This annual pageant portrays the Ingalls family's challenges and triumphs, and it is presented right at their homestead in De Smet, South Dakota. Be sure to bring a lawn chair or a blanket. We play "pre-show" music, in 1800s costumes, for an hour before the pageant begins.

This is the Family Festival that happens during the day, before the evening's Wilder Festival !!

The Festival will be held in the Walnut Grove City Park.

The Family Festival will provide activities for all ages.  Demonstrations, activities, food craft vendors, music performances, and much more.  Free admission.  Some activities may include a small charge. (Though the concert is free!!)

Wood-fired pizza and much more! 

Tune in to 89.3 FM, or listen online at http://www.kzum.org

The festival runs 5 pm till 10 pm Saturday, with several acts!  Roca is just south of Lincoln, Nebraska

We do music and sound effects for the Kalevala Puppet Pageant at the New York Mills Cultural Center

We do music and sound effects for Annual Kalevala Puppet Pageant

Hoodsport is on the water, on the west side of the Hood Canal, on the peninsula of Washington. It's about 35 miles north of Olympia.

For reservations and details, email them at http://hanknclaire.com/contact/

923 Hazel Point Rd

Coyle is a small "hamlet" on the peninsula of Washington. It's about 20 miles from Quilcene - please check the website to get directions. It truly is a "Concert in the Woods" - it is a beautiful area! http://www.coyleconcerts.com

From the Nancy's Farm website - 

Our concerts will be "invitation only" which means if you are on the mailing list you are invited. If you are not on the mailing list you can call 360-739-5651 or email "info@nancysfarm.com" to get an invitation. Our address will not be on the website on posters or other advertising.

This is right in the church, but you ARE welcome to bring a bag lunch! Concert is 50 minutes long. We're told there are lovely acoustics in Westminster Presbyterian Church!

It's right downtown, across from beautiful Capitol Park

We'll be singing original songs of unsung Minnesota heroes from our latest recording, "When There's Good to Be Done."

OCTOBER 22 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2, at various libraries in the Arrowhead Library System, in northeastern Minnesota.

CHECK BACK FOR MORE INFO LATER!!

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Because of the springtime blizzard in the upper Midwest, we had to re-schedule our April 14, 2018 concert at Black Hawk. This is the new date. We'll see you there next year!

Concert is held at the Burning Bush Art Gallery.

For more info, contact 651-448-8665 or lakecityareaarts@gmail.com

This show will also be broadcast live on KBEK Radio 95.5 FM

Doors open at 7:00pm with cash bar and pizza, and shows start at 8:00pm.

ADDITIONAL INFO: For your reservations email hosts Pam and Jerry Gahr at  pjgahr@gmail.com. Address will be given when you make your reservation. Dessert and beverages during intermission.

Please email Gloria for the address, and to reserve a seat.

There is limited seating, so arrive early, or bring a lawn chair!

For info call Jean Hewitt at 941-377-9256 or email jvhewitt2@verizon.net

This intimate coffeehouse concert is held at Christ Unity Church every Saturday night!

Email for reservations and directions - suzynmills@gmail.com

WDCB Studios at College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL
Student Resource Center, lower level
A small audience can attend! Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
ADVANCE SEATING RESERVATIONS REQUIRED - Email LKupbeat@aol.com for a reservation.
Pre-radio show concert from 7-8 p.m. in the comfy 'living room.'

If you can stay later, you are welcome to visit in the broadcast
studio and enjoy the live musical performances there 8:30-9:30 
All who attend are asked to donate minimum $15
to the event performer.
Refreshments are complimentary.

OR TUNE INTO "Folk Festival" show with host Lilli Kuzma.
We'll be live on the air 8:30 pm - 9 pm. Listen at 90.9 FM, or
online at http://www.wdcb.org/

RE-SCHEDULED, FOR February 9, 2018.  (This show had to be re-scheduled because of a huge spring-time blizzard across the upper Midwest). 

Held at the Mountain View Community Center, at N3137 21st Lane, Wautoma, WI 54982, just off Highway 152, south of Mt. Morris.

We're so sorry, a winter storm has forced us to cancel this show!  It will be re-scheduled at a later time.

Stay safe - they're forecasting 1/2 inch of ice on the roads, followed by a foot of snow, in central Wisconsin.

At 2nd Street Community Center - Arts Studio

For more info, contact  715.660.8154 or HearkenHouseConcerts@gmail.com

Potluck throughout the evening - bring food if you like, plus your own plate / utensils

Also featuring --

Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association Winter Bluegrass Weekend. 

We're onstage at 5:50 pm, in the Europa Room (Approximately 40 minute set)

Concerts, jamming, workshops, dancing, vendors Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

This is a "When There's Good to Be Done" concert, highlighting original songs about Minnesota unsung heroes

Tickets $10 at the door, $5 for students 12 - 17, free for kids under 12

Dinner available 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Gonvick is about 45 miles northwest of Bemidji, Minnesota

Folkways of the Holidays. We'll be playing holiday music, in Victorian costumes, throughout the afternoon, either in the Town Hall or in the church.

At the Dakota County Fairgrounds

We perform Christmas favorites in Victorian costumes, from 6 pm - 8 pm

HOLIDAY SHOW, IN COSTUME!

Inside the First Congregational Church

We play 7 pm - 8:45pm, in Victorian Christmas costumes, upstairs in the "Courtroom."  This is a fundraiser for restoration of the Historic Courthouse. Many wonderful activities, plus a chance to shop local craft vendors. 

This concert will be a fundraiser for The Zephyr Theatre. They're raising money to purchase, renovate, and build at the site of the Zephyr Train Depot on North Main Street in Stillwater. It will be a professional theatre providing live performances, music, dance, education, and artistic opportunities for all ages.

READ MORE AT - 

https://stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org/

Here's the showcases we'll be doing, at the Sheraton  (Yes, some of these are REALLY late night!!)

Thursday, Oct 19

1:30 am - Showcase in the Round with Dave Cofell in Warming House Room # 222

Friday, Oct 20

4:10 pm - Performance Lane showcase in Amos Dean A

12:30 am - Showcase in Uncorked Room # 214

1:00 am - Showcase in Traditional Room # 228

Saturday, Oct 21

5:45 pm - Showcase at Uptown Bill's (730 S Dubuque St)

12:30 am - Showcase in Folknet Room # 216

This is a concert in a private home, but ALL ARE WELCOME!  Please call for the address, reservations, and info

There will be a potluck and jamming after the concert.

Location - Betty and Allen Scott's place, 6169  Berwyn Lane, Dallas, 75214

For info,  call Curtis & Loretta at 612-812-4555

We'll be the featured performers before the monthly "Hoot" where everyone joins in to play songs!

We play for an hour at the beginning of the Hoot.

Cost - $5 for non-members of the Folk Society, $2 for members

Bring your guitar (or ukulele, or whatever!) and jam with everyone after the concert!

Free parking on Belleview Street entrance

We're doing a one hour set, 8 pm till 9 pm. There will be other performers onstage before and after our set.

With host Matt Meinke

Tune in to 88.9 FM, or listen on-line at http://www.ketr.org

Located in Northpark Presbyterian Church

This will be a 20 - 25 set, before David Roth plays.

NOTE - This was originally scheduled for Manhattan, KS. Now it will be in El Dorado, KS.

Contact Don for the address.

Hope you can come join the fun.  Please let us know you can make it so we’ll be sure to have a seat for you. Refreshments will be available during intermission. BYOB.

Admission  $15.00

Please RSVP: dkoke@cox.net or 316-321-6348

ARBOR ROAD BLUEGRASS BAND opens the night!

Reservations recommended but not required

With host Tad Frazier

Tune in to 89.3 FM, or listen on-line at http://www.kzum.org

Lower level of library - handicapped accessible

Refreshments will be served

At Lord of Life Lutheran Church

We play music before the show.

From the event description - "Funds raised through ticket sales and through a free-will offering at the event will be used to support the mission of Family Promise as we work to expand our services to serve more families in our community and make deeper impacts on the families we serve."

At Owatonna Center for the Arts / Orphanage Museum

We're onstage approximately 2 pm - 4 pm. Celebration goes until 5 pm

50/50 Raffle, horse-drawn wagon rides, History Stops, book signing by State School authors, and more!

For the first time ever, the New York Mills Cultural Center has added a second date for the Puppet Pageant, outdoors at Goose Gang in Perham. It's a really fun store, with lots of toys and treats!

We do music and sound effects for the Annual Community Puppet Pageant. 

Sponsored by the New York Mills Cultural Center, this year the Pageant will be held behind the New York Mills VFW.

Here's a fun video from the 2016 pageant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Eyau1aj9A&feature=youtu.be

This is a Rendezvous, an early American Festival. We'll dress in 1800s outfits!

PLEASE NOTE - This is NOT in the town of Wadena. It's actually at Old Wadena County Historic Park, in the country, about 4 miles north of the town of Staples. Please go to their website for directions. It's a beautiful site, right on the Crow River.

DIRECTIONS TO SITE - 

http://www.oldwadenarendezvous.org/directions.php

We'll be playing in the Bandstand at Dakota City.

Dakota City is located at the Dakota County Fairgrounds

Also on the bill are - The Okee Dokee Brothers, Roe Family Singers, Sawtooth Brothers and more!!

Sunday - 

11:30 am - Children's Stage

1:00 pm - West Stage

3:30 pm - Children's Stage

You may also see us "minstreling" throughout the park!

Saturday - 

3:00 pm - West Stage

5:30 pm - Children's Stage

Earlier in the day, we'll be "minstreling" throughout the park!

Remember "Little House on the Prairie" ??  This annual pageant portrays the Ingalls family's challenges and triumphs, and it is presented right at their homestead in De Smet, South Dakota. Be sure to bring a lawn chair or a blanket. We play "pre-show" music, in 1800s costumes, for an hour before the pageant begins.

In the historic Commander Elevator, in downtown Stillwater

This is the MBOTMA (Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association) June Festival. We're onstage at 1:10 pm, for 45 minutes. The festival runs Friday through Sunday, with lots and lots of acts, plus LOTS of jamming, workshops and vendors. Camping available.

El Rancho Manana Campground is near Richmond, MN, which is about 20 miles west of St Cloud. All the details are at http://www.minnesotabluegrass.org/homegrown-kickoff.html

Bring a lawnchair or a blanket to sit on.

Come help us celebrate 40 years of performing together, and 30 years of being married (to each other!)

Formerly the Coffee Grounds

Falcon Heights is a suburb of St Paul

At the Old Church at Burritt on the Mountain

JACK D ELLIS OPENS THE SHOW!! He's a past president of Huntsville Trad Music Association!

In the historic Commander Elevator in downtown Stillwater

We're on the Europa Stage live 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

The festival is held all weekend, Friday through Sunday, with 100s of performers!

DOORS OPEN AT 6 pm - Come early - there's a cash bar and pizza available from a local pizza place! 

This performance will be broadcast live on the air 95.5 FM in Braham, Minnesota!!

2:00 pm - LilFest I - Room # 727

12:30 am - Brett Perkins' Listening Room - Room # 649

11:00 pm - Access Film Music GREEN - Room # 629

1:00 am - Warming House / Minnesota Music Coalition - Room # 734  (In the round with Roe Family Singers & John Louis)

2:30 pm - LilFest I - Room # 727

11:00 pm - Violet Hensley Trad Room - Room # 645 

11:10 pm - Handshake Management - Room # 711

1:00 am - Warming House / Minnesota Music Coalition - Room # 734

Glad4Trad will be playing our version of "Sweet Betsy from Pike" during their show on February 8, between 3 pm and 4 pm, when the theme of their show will be "Sweets for the Sweet." The song is on our CD, "Our Heritage in Song." If you're in Oberlin County, tune in at 91.5 FM

OR you can listen online at http://www.wobc.org/

OR you can listen any time the week following on www.judycook.net by clicking "Play Archive."

Thanks to Glad4Trad hosts Judy and Dennis Cook for playing the song, and letting us know!

We'll be live on the air, starting between 11:15 am and 11:30 am

Tune in or listen online at www.kbek.com

We'll be on live, starting between 11:15 am and 11:30 am.  Tune in or listen online at www.kbek.com

Yes, the Bothy Folk Club is back!! After a hiatus, Bothy Folk Club concerts return, starting with this concert on February 4 !!!

Presented by Granite City Folk Society

Hosted by Lilli Kuzma, this is "Folk Festival" Radio show's Annual Hoot, with many special guests. More information coming soon!

90.9 FM in Glen Ellyn - Chicago

90.7 FM in Chicago's West Loop

Presented by Burning Bush Art Gallery and Folk-Lore Center

This is a living history site!    Price includes admission to the park, and touring each house, which is decorated in a different holiday culture. Look for us playing Victorian Christmas music in either the Town Hall or the church!

Explore more and immerse yourself in a different aspect of 1800s life in the Minnesota Valley at each event. Visit with costumed characters living in the frontier, farmstead, and village. Trolleys provide transportation through the site. Food concessions available. 

Here's the Facebook page for this event at this wonderful Historical House

https://www.facebook.com/events/1471104589570874/

At Christ Unity Church

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/155189491223849/

Presented by Western Springs Friends of the Library

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by Kitchigami Regional Library System

Presented by the Kitchigami Regional Library System

This is a wonderful new venue, a "listening room" in south Minneapolis. Free parking on the street. Venue is in the lower level. At the corner of 40th and Bryant. Enter through the door on 40th.

You can learn more about the wonderful duo of Amy and Adams at www.amyandadams.com

We'll be on live with host Pam K, playing songs and talking about our upcoming concert at The Warming House in Minneapolis, which is October 21. Tune in, or listen on-line at http://www.kfai.org 

Sacramento favorite singer/songwriter Paula Joy Welter opens this concert!!

NOTE - Roseville is about 20 miles northeast of Sacramento

Tune in to 89.5 FM or listen online at  - Time will now be 10:15 am

Tune in or listen online at http://www.kpig.com/ - remember, the time is Pacific Daylight Time

We'll be on live at 11:30 am. (Originally it was 10 am, now we've switched to 11:30 am 

Soquel is right next to Santa Cruz, California!

For more info, contact Fiddling Cricket at crbrundle@gmail.com or 408-499-9441

OR

Call the Ugly Mug at 831-477-1341

We are so pleased to be sharing the stage with Crooked Kate 

7:30 pm - Curtis & Loretta

8:30 pm - Crooked Kate

All Ages!!

16 miles north of Vancouver, Washington

"Double Duo MuseBird Cafe" - this is a split bill. We're sharing the evening with Saint September (Shannon Fulgham and Chris Davidson).

Conway is about an hour north of Seattle, and about 30 miles south of Bellingham

James Faretheewell opens!

Email Lois to reserve a seat and for directions: letloisdoit (at) juno.com or call (360) 877-5862

Hoodsport is on the water, on the west side of the Hood Canal, on the peninsula of Washington. It's about 35 miles north of Olympia.

Coyle is a small "hamlet" on the peninsula of Washington. It's about 20 miles from Quilcene - please check the website to get directions. It truly is a "Concert in the Woods" - it is a beautiful area! It's in a community center.  http://www.coyleconcerts.com

We'll be on live with host Phil Andrus. Tune in, or listen online at www.kptz.org

We do music and sound effects for the Annual Community Puppet Pageant in the parking lot behind the Arts Center

We perform in 1800s costumes

Our Friday schedule - 9 am on Marketplace Stage, 3 pm on Family Area Stage

Our Saturday schedule - 10 am on Marketplace Stage, 1:15 pm tweener on MainStage

Our Friday schedule - 9 am on Marketplace Stage, 3 pm on Family Area Stage

Our Saturday schedule - 10 am on Marketplace Stage, 1:15 pm tweener on MainStage

You must be registered for the Conference in order to attend this concert.

In the historic Commander Elevator, downtown Stillwater

We'll be at the festival Saturday and Sunday. Here's our schedule - 

We'll be at the festival Saturday and Sunday. Here's our schedule - 

Saturday, July 9

3 pm - West Stage

Plus, "minstrelling" through the park!

Sunday, July 10

10:30 am - Children's Stage

1 pm - West Stage

Plus, "minstrelling" through the park!

We'll be at the festival Saturday and Sunday. Here's our schedule - 

Saturday, July 9

3 pm - West Stage

Plus, "minstrelling" through the park!

Sunday, July 10

10:30 am - Children's Stage

1 pm - West Stage

Plus, "minstrelling" through the park!

Remember "Little House on the Prairie" ??  This annual pageant portrays the Ingalls family's challenges and triumphs, and it is presented right at their homestead in De Smet, South Dakota. Be sure to bring a lawn chair or a blanket. We play "pre-show" music, in 1800s costumes, for an hour before the pageant begins.

For reservations and directions, email paris-belleconcerts@outlook.com

Williamsville is about 15 miles north of Springfield

Tune in about 8:30 am. We'll be playing live on the air, and doing an interview with host Chris Darling.

You can listen on-line at http://www.wmpg.org

To find a station near you, or listen on-line, go to http://slbradio.org

For info, reservations and directions amtrimble@earthlink.net
or call Annie or Curt at 412-343-0498

Lyndhurst is near Cleveland, Ohio

Wonderful, intimate house concert. Yes, the public is invited!!

10 miles south of Lake City, 25 miles north of Rochester

We're doing a showcase performance on the Auditorium Stage at 6:00 pm  

The festival continues all weekend, with showcases, concerts, dances, jamming, and vendors!

THIS SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 27. NOW WE'LL BE THERE FEBRUARY 19 INSTEAD!!!

In the historic Commander Grain Elevator in downtown Stillwater

We'll be live on "The Folk Tree" with host Karen Impola, doing holiday music.  Go to http://iowapublicradio.org/find-station-0 to find where to listen in your area, or listen online at http://iowapublicradio.org/online-listening

COME LISTEN TO US LIVE IN STUDIO ONE!!  Yes, there will be a live audience at KUNI Radio for this show. We'll be on approximately 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm. There'll be different groups playing, and refreshments, from 2 pm - 5 pm.   IT'S FREE!!

It's on the 3rd floor of the Communication Arts Center, at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614

For information, call (319) 273-6400 

NOTE - This concert series is usually at the Dickson Mounds Museum outside Lewiston, but since Illinois museums are temporarily closed, it will be held at the Lewiston Visitor's Center. Call the Visitor's Center at (309) 547-4300 or (309) 547-4306 for directions 

 (Lewistown is approximately 40 miles southwest of Peoria)

HOLIDAY SHOW!!  - We'll do some songs from our new CD, and lots of Christmas songs!!

Holiday Show!

We'll do some songs from our new CD, and lots of holiday songs!!

We'll be playing songs from our new CD, and talking about the CD release concert at the Cedar on Nov. 22. Tune in at 90.3 FM in Minneapolis, 106.7 in St Paul, or listen online at www.kfai.org

We'll be on live at 9:40 am, talking about our new CD, and the CD release concert at Owatonna Arts Center on Nov 21.Tune in at AM1390, or listen online at www.krforadio.com

At Bancroft Bay Park, Albert Lea, Minnesota Park at Freeborn County Fairgrounds for free shuttle to the park 

At Bancroft Bay Park, Albert Lea, Minnesota 
Park at Freeborn County Fairgrounds for free shuttle to the park 

40 mi. West of The Chicago Loop

Free Parking At Kane Co. Government Ctr, 719 S. Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL. (IL Rt. 31)

Admission Donation -- $20 per day Adults - $15 Teens & Elders 
-- 12 & Under Free! 
($5 Discount For Both Days -- Family Rate of $45 Per Day For Mom, Dad & Their Children)

40 mi. West of The Chicago Loop

Free Parking At Kane Co. Government Ctr, 719 S. Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL. (IL Rt. 31)

Admission Donation -- $20 per day Adults - $15 Teens & Elders 
-- 12 & Under Free! 
($5 Discount For Both Days -- Family Rate of $45 Per Day For Mom, Dad & Their Children)

This Rendezous is at Old Wadena Park, in the country just a few miles north of Staples, MN.  It is NOT in the town of Wadena!

West end of town, Hwy 14 / 6th St

On Sunday, we'll be on the Children's Stage at 10:30 am, and the rest of the day minstreling through the park

"South Dakota Arts Council support is provided with funds from the 
State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the 
National Endowment for the Arts"

West end of town, Hwy 14 / 6th St

On Saturday, we'll be on the West Stage at 5 pm, and minstreling through the park the rest of the day

"South Dakota Arts Council support is provided with funds from the 
State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the 
National Endowment for the Arts"