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Folkus Fridays
First and third Friday of the month / May Memorial UU Society / all shows at 8 pm (doors open at 7:15)
3800 East Genesee St., Syracuse / website / how to get there
"Second Saturdays"
Second Saturday of the month / Westcott Community Center / all shows at 8 pm
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., a half-mile east of SU / website / how to get there
Reserve Tickets: Call 478-8634. (Please do not call this number about Friday shows at May Memorial)
Questions about your ticket purchase for a Friday show? Please do not telephone May Memorial or the Westcott Center. Review our advance ticket policy and, if you still have questions, try e-mailing tickets@folkus.org. Thanks.

Thanks to everyone for another great season. Check back soon for details of our Fall '13 line-up.

Volunteer for Folkus. Help staff a show. Learn to do sound. Help manage Folkus. For info, e-mail volunteer@folkus.org

Next Meeting: TBA

A meeting of and for local songwriters . . . play something new and get the reactions and advice of other songwriters . . . then return the favor. Held at the Liverpool Public Library. Click here for more info / Sign up for the Facebook page

   

Thanks to Sparky Town!
. . . great supporters of Folkus

The good folks at Sparky Town restaurant provide meals for visiting artists and lots of other little favors to Folkus. We love Sparky Town! (Their website.)

Want to Help Folkus?
Help Get Our Posters Out There!
Join the Poster Club.. Give us your e-mail address and we'll send you Folkus show posters (as a PDF attachment). Print and post it wherever you like. To join, send an e-mail to posters@folkus.org.		 Bring Baked Goods to a Show!
 The snack counter at Folkus shows features a mixture of store-bought and homemade goodies, but of course everyone prefers the homemade stuff! If you're a baker, next time you come to a show, bring a plate of cookies, brownies or such. Thanks.


Past Shows on Facebook

Photos of some recent Folkus shows have been posted at Facebook by Larry Hoyt:

John Cadley & Cathy Wenthen • Sa 5/18• Oswego Music Hall • website

Zero Point Zero • Sa 6/1 • Kellish Farms • website


(All shows at 8 pm; doors open at 7:15)

Fall Season Announced Soon

Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble. Bill's bluegrass radio show (and associated events) date back almost as far as Bill Monroe himself! / website 

CNY Bluegrass Association. Folk music's mountain-bred second cousin / website  

"Common Threads." Folk music on the radio. / website

Guitar League. Talk and workshops about your ax. Meeting monthly / website

Irish Sessions. A great, ongoing jam of Celtic and old-timey types. Every Sunday / website

Kellish Farms. This Pompey Center farm has been converted into a music center, featuring concerts and jams of folk, bluegrass, and country types / website / Post-Standard article


Oswego Music Hall. One of upstate New York's most venerable music venues, in a beautiful location to boot! / website

Robinson Memorial Presbyterian Church. Has a regular concert series with a folk-leaning bent / website

Syracuse Community Choir. Songs of peace and social justice / website 

Syracuse Country Dancers. Contra dances and the like / website

Join the CNY Friends of Folk listserv. For info: website


The Folkus Project pays tribute to Linda "Sparky" Mortimer, who passed away on November 21, 2011. Sparky was a big supporter of the Folkus Project (as she was a supporter of all local music). We miss her.

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