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Chicago Folk & Roots Festival

View MapLincoln and Montrose, Chicago
Tel: (773) 728-6000
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Editorial Review of Chicago Folk & Roots Festival

Date: July 12-13, 2008

Cost: $7 donation, $3 for seniors and kids

Organizer: Old Town School of Folk Music

What to expect: A wide-ranging music line-up, dance workshops, cooking demonstrations, staff jams and more.

Mainstage Schedule:

Saturday, July 12
12:55-1:20 p.m. Special Music By Special People
1:30-1:50 p.m. The Astronomer
2-2:25 p.m. Unibrow
2:45-3:30 p.m. Grupo Miel - Nuestra Música Performance
3:45-4:45 p.m. Jon Langford and the Burlington Welsh Male Chorus
5-6 p.m. David Davis and the Warrior River Boys
6-6:30 p.m. Charro with Jorge Duran & Jorge Duran Jr.
6:30-7:45 p.m. Slavic Soul Party!
8:15-9:45 p.m. The Mother Truckers

Sunday, July 13
12:55-1:55 p.m. Midwest Invitational Fiddle Contest
2:15-3 p.m. Los Vencedores del Norte
3:30-4:30 p.m. The Iguanas
5-6 p.m. Les Primitifs du Futur
6-6:25 p.m. Read My Hips (Belly Dance in the Park)
6:30-7:45 p.m. Dobet Gnahoré
7:45-7:50 p.m. Yaneida Rivera & Michael Reyes (Poetry)
8:15-9:45 p.m. Kinky

Additional info: Don't forget to check out the Kids' Tent, Chicago Short Film Brigade, Dance Tent, Gazebo and Staff Stage. There's also a Nuestra Musica Tent, in addition to numerous Latino Chicago programs on various stages throughout the park. The festival takes place in Welles Park, directly across from the Sulzer Library.

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein

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