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FOLK ON STATE 2009
Saturdays, June 6 through September 5
Downtown Madison - Frances Street Park
FREE!

An inclusive mix of folk music from acoustic pop to traditional singing and songwriting
featuring a mixture of local, regional, and national talent

DATE/TIME: Saturdays, 1:00 to 3:00 pm as shown at right
LOCATION: FRANCES STREET PARK (downtown Madison)*
**** Shady location! Chairs are provided so come and sit a spell!****
RAIN SITE: Rathskeller, Memorial Union Terrace
(Exception: Rain site for week #1 will be the Overture Center,
in the Rotunda - 201 State St.)

5/12/2009: This popular series is in it's 7th year! (See links to archives below.) It is a program created through the partnership of the Madison Folk Music Society and the Greater State Street Business Association.

With performers from as close as Madison to as far away as Australia, The Madison Folk Music Society and The Greater State Street Business Association bring music to State Street.

These events feature national and local music plus poetry and are FREE!  (Donations are collected weekly and appreciated, and help to offset costs for the entire series.)

* Getting There -- Construction Issues

Please refer to these handouts from the City of Madison about getting around downtown during summer 2009 construction:

• How to Get Around and Park Downtown
• Maps

Thanks!

We want to extend our thanks to the following, whom without their support we would not be able to continue have this music series:

• WORT 89.9 FM
• This program is supported in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, with additional funds from the Overture Foundation and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, plus many of the businesses of State Street.  THANK YOU!!

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Peter Mulvey, a Mad Folk favorite,
performing at Folk on State in July 2005 

ARCHIVES OF PAST YEARS