Folk Calendar for Late December, 2007
Thursday, December 27
The DooDads at the White Crow Conservatory in Saginaw, $5+ donation
Ophus D. Poppa Blues Band at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
Friday, December 28
Finvarra's Wren at the Baile Corcaigh Pub in Detroit, 8pm
Muruga Booker: 50 Years of Drums at Crazy Wisdom, 8-10:30pm, $No cover
Crossroads Ceili w Séamus Connolly, Barbara MacDonald Magone, Nick Gareiss at the Ark, 7:30pm, $16
The Reefermen at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
Denny Dwyer at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Saturday, December 29
Stonecross at the Baile Corcaigh Pub
Winter Session at Crazy Wisdom, 8-10:30pm, $No cover
Crossroads Ceili w Séamus Connolly, Barbara MacDonald Magone, Nick Gareiss at the Ark, 7:30pm, $16
Motor City Josh at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
John and Jodi Dobat (Twenty Row) at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Sunday, December 30
Blue Cat at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
Monday, December 31(New Year's Eve)
New Years Eve at the White Crow in Saginaw, bring jokes, stories, instruments, canned donations, 7pm-1am, $10
New Year's Eve with The Chenille Sisters at the Ark, 10pm, $35
New Year's Eve Dance (Ten Pound Fiddle and Looking Glass Music), caller: Dot Kent, music by the Cosmic Otters at Central United Methodist in Lansing Potluck 6:30, Dance $8, $15
Regular Boys New Year's Eve Celebration at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
Dave Mosher and Kitty Donohoe at the 1st United Methodist in Ypsilanti, 9-midnight
Folk Calendar for January 2008
Friday, January 4
Banjo Jim & Ricky, and David Manchel at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
1st Friday Open Jam - Folk w/Shades of Blue at the Old Town Hall, Ortonville, 7:30pm
Jamie-Sue Seal at the Crow White Crow Conservatory of Music in Saginaw, 7pm
Yellow Room Gang at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Still Running at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Saturday, January 5
Paint Creek Folklore Society meeting with jamming, Songwriter’s Circle, workshop & Song Swap at UPC Lawnridge Hall in Rochester Hills, paintcreekfolkloresociety.org, 7:30pm, guests $10
Floyd King & the Bushwackers at the Upper Level Acoustic Cafe in Port Huron.7pm
Ten Pound Fiddle Contra Dance, caller: Julie Levy-Weston, Unitarian Universalist in East Lansing, 8pm
Fiddle From Scratch workshop (Part I) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 10:30am - 12:30pm, $40
Novice Guitar workshop (Part I) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 1-3pm, $40
RFD Boys at the Ark, 8pm, $11
John D. Lamb at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Sunday, January 6
Melvin Taylor at the Ark, 7:30pm, $15
Monday, January 7
Lonesome County at the Ark, 8pm, $12.5
Tuesday, January 8
Doug Berch & The Wanda Degen Trio at the Ark, 8pm, $15
2nd Tuesday Ann Arbor-Ypsi uke group at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 9
Open Stage at the Ark, 8pm, $3
Anya Cobler and Michael Shilling at Crazy Wisdom, 7pm, $No cover
Thursday, January 10
A Night To Re-Member at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Friday, January 11
John Latini and Dan Hazlett at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
David Nefesh & Cheryl St. Rebel at the Cellar Door Lounge in Farmington, 9pm
Michael Johnson at Geenwood 1st United Methodist in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $15
Vance Gilbert at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Mark Rucker at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Chrome Folk BBQ w/ Ron Moore at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
January 11 & 12
Joel Mabus, Detour, Jen Sygit, Heartland, Tim O'Brien, Steppin’ in It, and more, Cooper's Glen Music Festival at the Radisson Plaza in downtown Kalamazoo
Saturday, January 12
Open mic: Annette DeMaggio hosts the East River Folk Society at First Presbyterian in Wyandotte, $4
Open Mic at Bluewater, Trinity Episcopal, 5646 Main, Lexington, signup 6:30, 7-10pm, canned good donations
2nd Saturday MMBA Bluegrass Jam at Delta Haven Free Methodist in Lansing 7-11pm, $4
Bluegrass Guitar workshop (Part 2) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 10:30am - 12:30pm, $40
Finger Picking for Solo Guitar workshop (Part 2) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 1-3pm, $40
Annie and Rod Capps at Unity Coffee House in Livonia, unityoflivonia.org, 8pm
William Henry Russell at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Joel Mabus at the Ten Pound Fiddle at Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, 8pm
Dick Siegel at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Michael Young w/ Nick Schillace at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Larry Everhart w Maggie McCabe at the Butchers Inn in Detroit, 8pm
Stonecross at Music in the Burbs in Detroit, 7:30pm
Sunday, January 13
Blues Guitar workshop with Greg Nagy at Folk with Shades of Blue, Ortonville Old Town Hall, 3-5pm, $20 (adv. res.)
Root Doctor at Folk with Shades of Blue, Ortonville Old Town Hall, 7:30pm, $10
Maura O'Connell at the Ark, 7:30pm, $25
Stan Rogers Tribute Concert with Paul Mills (aka Curly Boy Stubbs), Jack Cole, Loretta Fullerton, Brad Nelson, Dan Patterson, Glen Soulis at the Cuckoo’s Nest, 7:30pm, $18
Grievous Angel at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak, 8:30
Monday, January 14
Orpheum Bell / Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful at the Ark, 8pm, $12.5
Tuesday, January 15
Melodic Ukulele workshop with Lil Rev at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 5-6:30pm, $35
Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Wednesday, January 16
Blues Ukulele workshop with Lil' Rev at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 5-6:30pm, $35
Ann Doyle & Lindsay Tomasic at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Thursday, January 17
Malinky at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Friday, January 18
Tracy Kash Thomas, & the Matt Bastardsons at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
All About Eve (Katie Geddes, Debra Gerber, Deb Wood) at Geenwood 1st United Methodist in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $15
Rory Block at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Marc Dillon at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Chris Arduser and George Cunningham w/ Greg Mahan at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Saturday, January 19
Novice Mandolin workshop (Part I) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 10:30am - 12:30pm, $40
Intro to Clawhammer Banjo workshop with Doug Berch at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 1-3pm, $40
3rd Saturday Jolly Hammers Jam 1-4 at the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland
Annie and Rod Capps w Jason Dennie, and the Milroys at MAMA's, Birmingham Unitarian in Bloomfield Hills, 8-10
Bill Bynum & Co. at the Ark in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $13.50
Robert Marr and Hannah Fralick at the Flint Arts Council Gallery, 7:30pm, $12
Diana Jones, the Milroys, & Tangerine Trousers at Folk with Shades of Blue, Ortonville Old Town Hall, 7:30pm, $10
Dan Hazlett at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Doug Berch, Wanda Degen & Mustard's Retreat - Ten Pound Fiddle at Unitarian Universalist in East Lansing, 8pm
Dave Boutette, Chris Buhalis, Jim Bizer and Jo Serrapere at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Joel Mabus at Off the Wall Coffeehouse in Walled Lake
Sunday, January 20
Suzanne Westenhoefer at the Ark, 7:30pm, $26
Tuesday, January 22
Joshua Davis at the Ark, 8pm, $Free
January 23
Steve Gillis and Matt Bell at Crazy Wisdom, 7pm, $No cover
Friday, January 25
Bluesman Leonardo, and Duality at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
Motor City Sidestrokers & The Fabulous Heftones at Stage 1210 in Lansing, 8pm
Ann Arbor Folk Festival; Ben Folds, Toad The Wet Sprocket & more at the Ark, 6:30pm, $45, $30
Bill Immekus at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Saturday, January 26
Fiddle From Scratch workshop (Part 2) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 10:30am - 12:30pm, $40
Novice Guitar workshop (Part 2) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 1-3pm, $40
Michigan Association of Bluegrass 4th Saturday Jam at Paro Elementary in Flint, 6:30pm
The Lost Cuzzins at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Motor City Sidestrokers, the Milroys, Doug & Telisha Williams at Johnny’s Speakeasy in Ann Arbor, 8pm
Ann Arbor Folk Festival, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, more at the Ark, 6:30pm, $45, $30
Sunday Jan 27, 2008
Dan House at the Huron Valley Council for the Arts in Highland, huronvalleyarts.org, 7:30, 10
John Lamb Singer Songwriter Songwriters at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak, 8:30pm
Tuesday, January 29
Ember Swift Trio at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Wednesday, January 30
Raul Midon at the Ark, 8pm, $20
Thursday, January 31
Neil Woodward & Cats and the Fiddler at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Folk Calendar for February
Friday, February 1
Eric & Polly Rapp, and Murrow's Boys at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
Songwriters Anonymous Showcase at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
1st Friday Open Jam - Folk w/Shades of Blue at the Old Town Hall, Ortonville, 7:30pm
Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt, Joel Mabus & more at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
Juggernaut Jug Band at Geenwood 1st United Methodist in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $15
Special Consensus at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Tim Pepper at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Saturday, February 2
Paint Creek Folklore Society meeting with jamming, Songwriter’s Circle, workshop & Song Swap at UPC Lawnridge Hall in Rochester Hills, paintcreekfolkloresociety.org, 7:30pm, guests $10
Novice Mandolin workshop (Part 2) with Bob McCloy at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, 10:30am - 12:30pm, $40
Contra Dance - Danika Murray calls to the Scarlet Runner String Band at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt, Joel Mabus & more at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
Yiddishe Cup at the Ark, 8pm, $20
Pino Forastiere, Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society at 1st United Methodist in Ferndale, 7:30-10:30pm, $15
David Rogers w/ Jason Dennie at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Sunday, February 3
Pino Forastiere workshop at 1st United Methodist in Ferndale, fingerstyle.org, noon - 2pm, $40 (adv. res.)
Monday, February 4
Joe Henry at the Ark, 8pm, $20
Wednesday, February 6
Kate Clinton at the Ark, 8pm, $30
Thursday, February 7
Eddie Shaw at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Friday, February 8
Theresa Dalton, and February Sky at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
Josh White Jr. at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $15
Mustard's Retreat at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Saturday, February 9
Open mic: Rick Pitts hosts the East River Folk Society at First Presbyterian in Wyandotte, $4
Open Mic at Bluewater, Trinity Episcopal, 5646 Main, Lexington, signup 6:30, 7-10pm, canned good donations
2nd Saturday MMBA Bluegrass Jam at Delta Haven Free Methodist in Lansing 7-11pm, $4
Swing Guitar Masterclass with Ray Kamalay at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, noon - 2pm, $40
Bill Staines at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
Peter Mulvey at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Tracy Kash Thomas w/ Liz Larin at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $15
Cats and the Fiddler at Off the Wall Coffeehouse in Walled Lake
Monday, February 11
Buckwheat Zydeco at the Ark, 8pm, $20
February 12
2nd Tuesday Ann Arbor-Ypsi uke group at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, 7:00pm
Wednesday, February 13
Open Stage at the Ark, 8pm, $3
Thursday, February 14
4th Annual My Folky Valentine w couples Annie and Rod Capps, the Milroys, Allison Downey/John Austin, Jan Krist/Alan Finkbeiner, and Dublin Station at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Friday, February 15
Drew Nelson at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
Peter Ostroushko at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, 8pm
Last to Know & Blue Jello at Stage 1210 in Lansing, 8pm
The Ark's 21st Annual Storytelling Festival at the Ark, 7:30pm, $20
Matt Watroba & Robert Jones at Geenwood 1st United Methodist in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $15
Saturday, February 16
Floyd King & the Bushwackers CD Release party at MAMA's Coffeehouse, 8pm
Ten Pound Fiddle 3rd Sat. Contra, Barry Dupen calls to Dr. Grangelove, Central United Methodist in Lansing, 8pm, $8
Madcat & Kane at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
The Ark's 21st Annual Storytelling Festival at the Ark, 1pm, $10, and 7:30pm, $20
The Great Lakes Songwriting Contest Showcase at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Kitty Donohoe at Unity Coffee House in Livonia, 8pm
Sunday, February 17
John Jorgenson Quintet at the Ark, 7:30pm, $20
Joe Jencks at the Cuckoo’s Nest, 7:30pm
Monday, February 18
Ray Bonneville at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Tuesday, February 19
Song of the Lakes at the Ark, 8pm, $17.5
Wednesday, February 20
John Berry at the Ark, 8pm, $25
February 20 - 24
2008 International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, TN
Thursday, February 21
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at the Ark, 8pm, $20
Friday, February 22
Dean Barnett, and Judy Insley at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
RFD Boys at the Ark, 8pm, $11
Blue Jello w/ Luke Sayers and Mark Iannace at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Drake at the Raven Coffee House in Port Huron, 8-11pm, $No cover
Saturday, February 23
Michigan Association of Bluegrass 4th Saturday Jam at Paro Elementary in Flint, 6:30pm
The Rhythm Billies - CD release party at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
Vincent York's Jazzistry Annual Fundraiser at the Ark, 7pm, $$20 students, $35 GA
Michael King at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $12
Sunday, February 24
Ragbirds at the Ark, 7:30pm, $15
J.D. Lamb's Songwriter Showcase at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak
Monday, February 25
Ken Waldman at the Ark, 8pm, $12.5
Tuesday, February 26
Chris Bathgate at the Ark, 8pm, $Free
Wednesday, February 27
Open Stage at the Ark, 8pm, $3
Thursday, February 28
Po' Girl at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Friday, February 29 (Leap Year Day)
The Beat Boys, and Dell Smith at Live from the Living Room at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
Bill Kirchen at the Ark, 8pm, $15
Small Potatoes at Geenwood 1st United Methodist in Ann Arbor, 8pm, $12
Bill Mallonee w/ Steve Dawson and Diane Christiansen at Trinity House in Livonia, 8pm, $15
Dala in Mackenzie Hall, Windsor Folk Music & Arts Society, 8pm, $18
Special Heads-Up – Editor’s Picks
March 1 - The Yellow Room Gang at Off-the-Wall, St William’s in Walled Lake, 8-10pm
March 3 - Tom Russell at the Ark, 8pm, $20
March 8 - Claudia Schmidt at Unity Coffee House in Livonia, unityoflivonia.org, 8pm
March 9 - Cats and the Fiddler at West Highland Baptist in Highland, 7-9pm
March 11 - April Verch at the Ark, 8pm, $15
March 12 - Open Stage at the Ark, 8pm, $3
March 14 - Ruth Bloomquist (exclusive) at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
March 19 - Open Stage at the Ark, 8pm, $3
March 20 - LL Blues at the Board Meeting Room in Shelby Twp, 7pm
March 28 - Dan House, and JB Davies at the Blue Note Café in Pontiac, 8pm, $5
March 29 - Rev. Robert Jones at Unity Coffee House in Livonia, 8pm
April 13 - Cheryl Wheeler at the Ark, 8pm, $3
April 19 - Mad Agnes at the Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing
April 19 - Katie Gettels & David Mosher at Unity Coffee House in Livonia, 8pm (I can’t decide!)
April 25 - Claudia Schmidt, Matt Watroba, Jim Bizer, Jason Dennie, Beaucoup Blue, Annie Capps at Trinity House
April 26 - James Keelaghan n Mackenzie Hall, Windsor Folk Music & Arts Society, 8pm, $18
May 2 - Rhonda Vincent wsg Cats and the Fiddler, OCC Bluegrass Series in Farmington Hills
Think Summer, Think Festivals!
May 3 - The Americana Roots Festival in Saginaw
May 16 - WMBMA - Lowell Bluegrass Festival in Lowell
May 25 - Rhubarb Festival in Kalkaska (featuring Cats and the Fiddler)
June 6 - Midwest Banjo Camp in Olivet
June 13-15 - 6th Annual Nor-East’r Music and Art Festival at the Oscoda County Fairgrounds in Mio
June 13-15 - 10th Annual "Unfest" and campout in Hastings, $5 person/day
June 13-15 - Silver Strings Friends and Family Campout - Myers Lake Campground
June 25-29 - Mountain Laurel – “As Evart is to Dulcimers, Mountain Laurel is to Autoharps”
June 26 - Charlotte Bluegrass Festival (featuring Cats and the Fiddler)
July 4 - Leslie Bluegrass Festival at the Wheel Inn Campground in Leslie
July 11-13 - Blissfest in Harbor Springs
July 17 - ODPC Funfest in Evart
August 14 - Farmfest at The Farm in Johannesburg, 8pm
August 21 - Midland Dulcimer Festival