Following is our calendar of scheduled events. Check back often to see any updates. Click or tap on an Event Name for more details.
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Take a look at our Get Togethers for a description of our regularly scheduled events. And be sure to peek at Upcoming Special Events that you won't want to miss!
| Log Cabin Party/Annual Meeting September 22 | Our Annual Meeting/Log Cabin Party has been rescheduled!
Put a big circle around September 22 on your calendar! That’s when our popular Members' Annual Meeting & Party at the Lombard Log Cabin is scheduled,starting at 2 pm. There’s always a big turnout, and late summer/early autumn is an ideal time to gather and celebrate. |
| 5th Saturday Workshop with Spencer & Rains
August 31 |
5th Saturday Workshop at Two Way Street Coffee
House 2 to 4 PM, virtual
or in-person. Plank Road is excited to partner with Two Way Street
Coffeehouse in sponsoring special musical workshops on 5th
Saturdays! Join us on August 31 for a Fiddle/Guitar Workshop by
Spencer & Rains. |
| Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival
September 1st & 2nd |
The Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival is considered the finest
folk festival in Illinois. Come out to
Geneva and enjoy the music in a beautiful park setting. Plank Road has a
large
presence there annually, with a home base tent, string band music and a
stage
performance on both days at 11 am.
Note, this festival is in a new location this year; it has moved to Wheeler
Park
in Geneva. |
| 5th Saturday Workshop with Jenny Bienemann
November 30 |
5th Saturday Workshop at Two Way Street Coffee
House 2 to 4 PM, virtual
or in-person. Plank Road is excited to partner with Two Way Street
Coffeehouse in sponsoring special
musical workshops on 5th Saturdays! Join us on November 30th for
singer/songwriter Jenny Bienemann. |
Plank Road Folk Music Society and the Two Way Street Coffee House co-sponsor a Sing-Around at the Coffee House on the first and third Saturday of each month at 2:00-4:00 pm. The sessions are open to everyone who wishes to raise a voice, play an acoustic instrument or just sit and listen to a group of folks singing and "raising the roof ".
The Plank Road Folk Music Society Second Tuesday (Second Thursdays in Summer Months!) Song Circle; "BYOS " - Bring Your Own Songs, 7 PM at the Two Way Street Coffee House located at 1047 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove. This is a monthly gathering where you have an opportunity to try out a song unplugged in a song circle setting. These can be original songs you have written, or songs written by others.
Every 4th Saturday it’s time for some good old country music. It’ll be just like our regular sing-arounds, but with strictly classic country tunes. Open to all, from 2 to 4 PM at the Two Way Street Coffee House
Plank Road's Old-Time Barn Dances are one of our most popular regular events- a family-oriented evening of down-home music (provided by a live band- Plank Road String Band!), wonderful instruction suitable for folks who've never danced before, and grand conversation - with refreshments! If you are a musician with a hankering to haul out that old banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, mouth harp, bass, accordion (or whatever) and regain some of the old chops, come and join us. If you are a dancer, or even think it looks fun, or if you just want to watch and join in the revelry, come join us. Held at the Two Way Street Coffee House
The Plank Road String Band holds monthly practices on the second Saturday of each month between September and April and performs at Plank Road barn dances and other community events, such as Lombard Prairie Days, Danada Fall Festival and Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest and more.
String Band practice is open to newcomers. Those who are interested in playing with the band should be able to play their instruments at an intermediate level and be able to follow along with the tunes. Folks that would like to play with the String Band at barn dances and in performances need to attend the monthly practices regularly, become familiar with the music and practice at home. If you have any questions, please contact Jen at 630.518.2619.
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