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2017 wristbands
Purchase your wristbands now and we’ll mail them to you! To receive your wristbands in time for the festival, purchases must be made by October 25, 2017. You can also pick up purchased wristbands at...
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Hobnob String Band at the Sipyard
Come visit us at the Sipyard (204 W. Main) during the Urbana First Friday celebration on October 6. The Hobnob String Band, an acoustic musical group steeped in the traditions of American music from...
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Hogchute Opry Harvest Festival
We’re happy to share the news that the Hogchute Opry Harvest is back for its 2nd year on October 14 and 15, gathering again at the Kalyx Center barn out in the woods. The festival is welcoming a whole...
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Calling all volunteers!
It’s time to sign up to help out your favorite community festival! A mere four hours of volunteering gets you a free full-festival wristband and a festival t-shirt. Come out, help make the festival...
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Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
We’d like to extend a hearty thanks to the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music for its sponsorship of our family programming. Support from Sousa allows us to do our bit to cultivate a future...
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Tenth Anniversary Festival organizational meeting
Love the music? Love the workshops and the dances and the storytelling and the singalongs and the family programming? Help make it happen! The first C-U Folk and Roots Festival organizational meeting...
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C-U Folk and Roots Festival Winter Weekend
Filisko and Noden. Photo Credit: Paul Natkin The official C-U Folk & Roots Festival is not until October…But don’t worry! Friday and Saturday, February 23rd and 24th we’ll be having a six act...
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2017 Festival Volunteer & Sponsor Appreciation Party
Pizza M Did you volunteer for the 2017 festival or support the festival with your contributions? Please join us for an appreciation party to celebrate everyone’s collective efforts in making the...
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Beth Lee & The Breakups at Iron Post
Based out of Austin, TX, Beth Lee grew up on the grit and soul of the Houston music scene, her dad a long time musician of the Bayou City. Since 2008, Beth has been playing live and recording her...
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Tribute to Hank Williams and Honky-Tonk Heroes
Join us on May 11 for a tribute to Hank Williams and other Honky-tonk Heroes including Ray Price, Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, Bob Wills and more. You won’t want to miss this evening of traditional...
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Folk and Roots Fridays at the Lake House
Join the Urbana Park District and the C-U Folk and Roots Festival for noontime live music at the Lake House in Crystal Lake Park, Urbana! FREE from noon-1:00 pm on the first and third Fridays of each...
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5th Annual Roots Walk
Listen to live blues, roots, folk, and Americana music while strolling past the mature trees of Urbana’s oldest park on Friday, May 18th, 6:00pm-8:00pm. This sunset event brought to you by the Urbana...
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The April Verch Band Comes to the Iron Post
Canadian fiddler April Verch may be best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, Canada. But her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and...
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Pokey LaFarge at IMC
Bloomington-born LaFarge has a repertiore that’s a mix of Americana, early jazz, country blues, early 20th century string-band, and Appalachian folk. Now based in St. Louis, he tours internationally...
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Urbana Sweetcorn Festival
It’s the return of the C-U Folk and Roots Stage at the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival! Come out for the music, and be sure to drop by our booth to check out our 2018 festival swag and hang with us. Friday,...
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Elliott Counseling Group
A hearty thanks to first-time sponsor the Elliott Counseling Group for their support of the 2018 Festival. Their support helps us continue to cultivate a future for folk and roots music, dance, and...
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Support Free and Family Friendly Programming
We’re running a GoFundMe campaign to support the many free, family-friendly musical and storytelling performances, hand-on workshops, dance lessons, jam sessions, children’s activities, and singalongs...
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Extended Thursday Kickoff: The Mighty Pines
We’re pleased to extend our Thursday night kickoff this year and include a new venue: Blackbird in downtown Urbana! Join us as we keep the music rolling with The Mighty Pines on October 18th from 9-11....
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Purchase 2018 wristbands now!
Purchase your wristbands now and we’ll mail them to you! To receive your wristbands in time for the festival, purchases must be made by October 10, 2018. You can also purchase wristbands in advance at...
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Volunteer for the festival!
We can’t do it without you – help make our all-volunteer festival happen! We’re using SignUp.com to organize volunteer needs for the festival. Working two two-hour shifts earns you a wristband and this...
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