JULY 18-20
ORIGINAL DULCIMER PLAYERS CLUB FUNFEST, Evart, MI – we are attending as tourists this year to fulfill one of the qualifications for teaching workshops next year, but we’d love to see any friends/fellow performers who may be there as well!

JULY 25-28
KENTUCKY MUSIC WEEKEND, Louisville, KY, main stage set on Friday evening, workshop times available at http://www.kentuckymusicweekend.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
SERVICE for Beverly Unitarian Church, Chicago, IL, “Dimming of the Day – The Songs of Richard Thompson,”  10:30 a.m., 10244 S. Longwood Dr., Chicago, IL, 773/233-7080 or beverlyunitarian@gmail.com, http://www.beverlyunitarian.org

SATURDAY,  AUGUST 9-10SATURDAY, AUGUST 9-10
SUGAR ISLAND FESTIVAL, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Saturday 4:15pm, Sunday 1:15pm, http://www.sugarislandfest.org

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
HUNTLEY ARTFEST, Huntley, IL, 3PM, corner of Church and Main Streets, 815/991-8073, Info@HuntleyArtfest.org, http://www.huntleyartfest.org

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17
SERVICE at Park Forest Unitarian Universalist Community Church, “The Sacred Path of the Long.Lived,” 10AM, 70 Sycamore, Park Forest, IL, 708/481-5339 or diane@uuccpf.org, www.uuccpf.org

AUGUST 21-24
MIDLAND FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL, Midland, MI, workshops, Midland County Fairgrounds, 6905 Eastman Ave, Learn to Play Chords On the Mountain Dulcimer – Friday, 1 pm; Writing Songs In the Celtic Tradition – Friday, 3 pm; Writing Songs In the Celtic Tradition – Saturday, 10 am; Celtic Guitar – Saturday, 2 pm, folkmusicsociety.org@gmail.com, www.folkmusicsociety.org/festival‎

AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1
FOX VALLEY FOLK MUSIC & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, Island Park, Geneva, IL, workshops, times and topics TBD, Sunday and Monday, 630/897-3655, juelu@aol.com or http://foxvalleyfolk.com