During the summer we do some different types of things including Folk on State, Summer Singalongs, and the Friday Night Folk Jamboree (new this year)...are all FREE events! Plus some members of Mad Folk may host house concerts from time to time, and those will be shown below when applicable. (See the HOUSE CONCERTS page for more details on house concerts.)
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New Series:
FRIDAY NIGHT FOLK JAMBOREE
GOV. NELSON STATE PARK
Held at the beach picnic area and shelter. Bring a picnic and relax with some entertainment by the lake!
(sorry, no pets). All shows are 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Madisonian banjo-picking, guitar-strumming, silver-voiced Mac Robertson will again lead Summer Folk Sing-alongs at Blue Mounds State Park on three Fridays this summer. The singing begins at 8 pm, time to sneak a peak at the sun setting in the west from the highest point in southern Wisconsin! Families camping at the park and others from the area join Madison Folk Music Society members amid the mists that often settle into the park after sundown.
This is a family-oriented event, and the audience is invited not only to sing along, but bring and play any instruments they can strum, shake, rattle or blow.
Rise Up Singing books will be available for those who need the words, but Mac is sensitive to his audience, and usually chooses well-loved favorites suggested by young and old.
Song leader Mac Robertson, whose day job is teaching computer science at MATC, has developed a loyal multi-generational following in the past two years of leading the summer sing-alongs.
DIRECTIONS[MAP]: Blue Mound State
Park is just north of the Village of Blue Mounds, about 25 miles west of Madison via US Highway 18/151. From Highway 18/151, go north on County Highway F and turn left on County Highway ID into Blue Mounds. Go west on Highway ID about a half mile to Mounds Road. Turn right (north) and follow Mounds Road north through town. (Mounds Road becomes Mounds Park Road once you leave the village.) The park entrance is one mile north of the intersection of Highway ID and Mounds Road.
By foot or bicycle: You can reach the park by way of the Military Ridge State Trail. The park access trail is about .7 mile west of Mounds Park Road on the Military Ridge Trail.
You will need a
state park sticker
to drive into
the park,
but once there,
the sing-alongs
are free!
