The 2009 Festival Artists:
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Photo by Alvin McGovern
The Woodstock Folk Festival in Woodstock, Illinois, has been in existence since 1986, proudly bringing McHenry County some of the best in family musical and storytelling entertainment.
The 25th annual Woodstock Folk Festival will take place Sunday, July 18th, 2010, at 12:30 p.m. on the historic Woodstock Square in Woodstock, Illinois. The Festival features a Main Stage, Open Mike Stage including a Featured Performer, Workshop, Children’s Area, and presentation of the 2010 Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
What follows is the details of the 2009 festival. Information about 2010 will be posted as it becomes available, so check back often.
The 2009 Festival Performers
The Woodstock Folk Festival is pleased to announce that this year's Main Stage schedule will include the following artists:
Michael Smith (MichaelSmithMusic.com) will receive this year's Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
Other Main Stage artists will include:
- John Flynn – JohnFlynn.net
- Magpie – www.MagpieMusic.com (comes up with sound)
- Natalia Zukerman – NataliaZukerman.com
- Still on the Hill – StillOnTheHill.com
- Jamie O’Reilly Trio (Jamie O’Reilly, Michael Smith, Bob Weber) – www.JamieOReilly.com
- Trillium – TrilliumTheBand.com
Also note the exciting news this year is that Rich Warren, host of "Folkstage" and "The Midnight Special" on WFMT/98.7, will co-host the Festival with Chuck VanderVennet.
Our Open Mike Stage Featured Performer is Compass – CompassAcoustic.com.
Our Workshop is being given by Joe Filisko – Filisko.com.
Here is the current schedule. Please check back often for additional details and announcements, or any changes that may have to be made.
The 2009 Festival
The 2009 Woodstock Folk Festival was very successful. It was a comfortable if mostly cloudy day, but the weather wasn't the reason for the festival's success—it was the people who participated; our wonderful audience (possibly our largest ever), our talented performers, and our many generous contributors. The Festival presented its Eighth Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Smith. The Main Stage featured Trillium, the Jamie O’Reilly Trio, Still on the Hill, Natalia Zukerman, Magpie, and John Flynn. Compass was the Featured Performer on the Open Mike Stage, and Joe Filisko offered a Harmonica Workshop. The Children's Area presented performances by John Flynn and by Magpie, and also had hands-on activities all day.
Here's what the President of the Board wrote to the people who helped:
Please mark your calendar now and plan on coming to the next festival. Meanwhile you can check this site often to find out when the next Woodstock Folk Festival Concert will be, you can help us by volunteering for a pre-festival and/or festival activity, and you can become a sponsor.
Photo by
Alvin McGovern
Donations Appreciated
Entrance to the Woodstock Folk Festival is by donation. The suggested donations are:
- $15/individual
- $25/family
- $10/seniors and students
Since the festival is held in a publicly accessible location, our audience pays on the honor system. Please be conscious of this and make sure you find out where the donation is being collected as soon as possible after arriving. Thank you.
Our 2009 Sponsors
Among the many people and organizations that help fund the Woodstock Folk Festival, we would especially like to acknowledge the following:
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Links
Links to the Woodstock Folk Festival can be found on these sites:
