Events

John Gorka is a long-standing pillar of the American folk music community. John describes his music as a blend of folk, rhythm and blues, and gospel, though he doesn’t mind [...]

The Vogts Sisters, Maggie and Abigail, stand out from the crowd with their sweet sisterly harmonies from America's Heartland. Hailing from a small town in southeast Kansas, they have toured [...]

Pickin' and Grinnin' in Wooly's Big Back Yard, 6115 Huntington Ave, Lincoln. Musician's bring your instruments; others bring your ears! An alcohol-free, family-friendly event: bring your lawn chairs. Picking Begins [...]

Canadian troubadour Scott Cook has been touring almost incessantly across Canada, the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere since 2007, averaging 150 shows and a dozen summer festivals [...]

Jessica Willis Fisher is a singer-songwriter-fiddler with a storyteller’s heart. Raised playing traditional folk music from an early age, she performed with her family band in the Irish, Country, and [...]

A Lincoln native, Brad Colerick has had a long and successful career in music. After establishing himself in Los Angeles as an award-winning writer and producer of music for commercials, [...]

Did you know that the Lincoln Contra Dance is under the umbrella of LAFTA? This dance event takes place on the first Saturday of every month. No experience? We have [...]

The Weary Ramblers are Iowans Kathryn Severing Fox (violin, viola, mandolin, guitar, vocals) and Chad Elliott (guitar, harmonica, vocals). Drawing from genres ranging from blues to bluegrass, their music combines [...]

Hailing from Cork in the south of Ireland, award-winning songwriter and much sought-after guitarist Patsy O’Brien is renowned for his ability to meld songwriting and guitar styles seamlessly. It’s a [...]

Darrell Scott is a singer, songwriter, four-time Grammy nominee, and well-established as one of Nashville’s premier session instrumentalists. His songs mine and cultivate the everyday moment, taking the rote, menial, [...]

Lloyd McCarter says he was "raised in the poetry of old time twang," setting his destiny in motion at an early age. After learning and playing with his musician parents, [...]

A fine finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone, Kray Van Kirk has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska, but he set science aside to write songs, tell stories and [...]