Festival ~ Black Hawk Folk Society

26th ANNUAL BLACK HAWK FOLK FESTIVAL
Mt. Morris Town Park
July 13, 2013

Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys ~ Andrea Stader
Greg Boerner ~ Bill & Kate Isles
The Hollands ~ Ken Lonnquist

Bill Kehl will return as our great MC
Open Mic ~ Kids’ Workshop

We are in the process of planning this year's festival. Watch this space for updates!
If you've never been to our festival before, scroll down to see what last year's festival was all about!

General Festival Information

THE FESTIVAL IS HELD RAIN OR SHINE!
The rain site is the Mountain View Community Center
at N3137 21st Lane, just off Highway 152, south of Mt. Morris.

Refreshments are sold at the park by the Mt. Morris 4-H Pioneers; you may also bring your own refreshments. Visit with the artisans demonstrating their skills and selling their handmade art during the festival. Bring your lawn chairs to enjoy a full day of music and song. Remember, no pets are allowed at the festival. The outdoors reminds us to bring sunscreen and plenty of bug spray. You may want to bring your swimsuits for a cool dip in Lake Morris. Performers’ CDs are on sale at the information booth, along with Black Hawk shirts, mugs, and other gear.

Artisans: We invite artisans to demonstrate their skills and sell their handmade art during the festival. If you are interested in setting up your artisan booth at the festival, please download our printable registration form, which includes our rules and instructions for submission.

BHFS 2013 Artisan Registration Form (PDF)
BHFS 2013 Artisan Registration Form (Word document)

Tickets: For tickets and other information, contact Betty at (920) 295-0385 or trowbridgeb@yahoo.com. You may also download our printable advance ticket order form and send it in with your payment.

BHFS 2013 Advance Tickets Order Form (PDF)
BHFS 2013 Advance Tickets Order Form (Word document)

Open Mic: To sign up for the Open Mic, contact Guy at (715) 228-3662 or gk500@uniontel.net.

Calling All Volunteers

Needed: a few good volunteers for the festival. Please consider volunteering for an hour or so at our festival so we can keep the music coming in the future. We have enjoyed an incredible run of smoothly run festivals because we have a dedicated core group of people. But we need more volunteers to help with things like directing parking and setup and takedown.

If you’re interested in finding out how you can become a part of the festival crew, contact Dave Gunderson at (920) 787-7862 or davegunderson@cornerofgs.com.

A glimpse at last year's festival . . .

25th ANNUAL BLACK HAWK FOLK FESTIVAL
Mt. Morris Town Park
July 14, 2012

Highwater ~ Tom Pease Patchouli ~ Singleton Street Dekorra ~ Dan Zahn & Kate Moretti Bill Kehl returned as our great MC Open Mic ~ Kids' Workshop

10:30–11:45 am	Open Mic.
12:00–1:00 pm	Dekorra is a 4–5 piece band from Stevens Point that played a variety of music from folk to rock to western swing. Dekorra’s Web site
1:00 pm	Kids’ Workshop with Tom Pease. Calling all kids! Tom led this song adventure with his signature humor and high energy.
1:10–2:10 pm	Singleton Street brought fine harmonies and great instrumentals to their mix of bluegrass, gospel, and folk music. Singleton Street’s Web site
2:20–3:20 pm	Tom Pease is a pure original with finely crafted songs for kids of all ages. Fun, silly, surprising, delightful—it’s all good. Tom’s Web site
3:30–4:30 pm	Art Stevenson & Highwater is a premier bluegrass band with close harmonies, spirited banjo and dobro playing, and hard-driving mandolin work. We heard bluegrass classics, early country, mountain songs, and originals. Art’s Web site
4:40–5:40 pm	Dan Zahn & Kate Moretti combined superb vocals, fine guitar work, and masterful songwriting in a mix of cowboy tunes, folk, and swing. Dan & Kate’s Web site
5:50–6:50 pm	Patchouli is Julie Patchouli and Bruce Hecksel. Their music has been described as “the harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel meet the guitar brilliance of the Gypsy Kings.” An eclectic blend of folk, pop, flamenco, and jazz. Patchouli’s Web site
7:00–8:00 pm	Art Stevenson & Highwater were back with more great music to close our 25th festival.