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PlainSong Folk Festival
History
The Plainsong Folk
Festival began in the fall of 2002, as a showcase for local
musicians and dancers.
The first two seasons were held indoors at Southeast Community
College in Lincoln, NE, and featured a variety of multi-cultural
acts as well as limited cuisine for Festival go-ers. Workshops were
also held throughout the day.
The next two seasons
were held in an old barn at an orchard just outside Lincoln, with a
shift toward national and regional acts and some hometown music and
dance, as well as poetry and songwriting workshops,
and some space for local artisans.
Another move to a
facility just east of Lincoln for the 2006 and 2007 seasons brought
a lovely outdoor setting with a gazebo stage, as well as some
different cuisine options. Again, nationally known musicians were
interspersed with local talent. The workshops continued, as did some
limited booth space for local artisans.
(Fortunately, there was also seating for
inside performances because Nebraska weather can be tricky!)
As lovely as the
outdoor setting was, uncertain fall weather the past two years
brought a reality check to the Festival planners, We need an indoor
venue! We're growing the Festival slowly and surely, and an indoor
venue brings assurances to both the crowd and the performers that
the show will be comfortable for all concerned. So we looked around
and then we booked PO Pears late in 2007 for the 2008
Festival. PO Pears was the one of the venues for the 2007
Meadowlark Chamber Music Festival and we were impressed with the
expertise shown by Pears.
YIKES! But then in the
spring of 2008, Pears announced that they would be closing after 20
years as a downtown Lincoln restaurant. The closing date was late
March of 2008, and that left us without a venue for 2008. So, we
began looking again, this time widening our search area, but still
staying within Lincoln. AND, after a suggestion from a PlainSong
Fan, we found a super venue in the historic Havelock area of North
Lincoln! We'll be at the Isles Reception Hall, and it really fits
our needs perfectly. We know our audiences and performers will
love it, too!
2007 Festival Main Stage
Alasdair Fraser &
Natalie Haas | Denice Franke | Chris Talley Trio
The String Beans
| Nebraska 2 Nashville
held at Country Pines just outside Lincoln, NE
2006 Festival Main Stage
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion | Oceans Apart |
Kusi-Taki
Terri Jo Dodson
& Chris Sayre | Toasted Ponies | Emanon
held at Country Pines just outside Lincoln, NE
2005 Festival Main Stage
Special Consensus | Five Mile Chase | Dorian Michael
Marge Saiser,
Poet | Phyllis & Bob Dunne | Capital City Cloggers
Doris Winkler | Tractor Bob, Poet
held at an Olive Creek Apple Orchard in Hickman, NE
2004 Festival Main Stage
John McCutcheon | Frank Meyer | Blues Therapy | Edgar
Clemens
Bill Kloefkorn, Poet | Lincoln
Irish Dancers | In Your Dreams
held at an Olive Creek Apple Orchard in Hickman, NE
2003 Festival Main Stage
Josh White |
Victoria Parks | Jubilant Bridge
& local musicians on other stages
spread throughout
Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE
2002
Festival Main Stage
Guy Davis
& 15 local musicians and acts on other stages
spread throughout Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE
We are a Nebraska Non-Profit
Corporation and have Federal 501(c)3 status
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