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Check out the schedule for this weekend’s virtual C-U Folk & Roots Festival

Just about a month ago, C-U Folk & Roots Festival announced the lineup for this year’s virtual installment of the annual festival, which typically takes place all over Urbana every fall. Don’t forget to tune in this weekend as CUFRF will have a variety of programming to check out.

Here’s the schedule:

Times are approximate and subject to change.
There will be no dead air in-between acts, so tune in early!

Friday Oct. 23   
6 pm       Welcome from Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin
6:00        Jordan Kaye – Performance
6:25        So Long June – Performance
6:55        Nikki D Brown – Talk – History of Sacred Steel
7:15        Dom Flemons – Performance
7:40        Hannah Mayree representing the Black Banjo Reclamation Project – Talk –
8:05        Jake Blount – Performance
8:30        Kilborn Alley – Performance
9:00        Kyshona Armstrong – Performance
9:30        Hot Club of Cowtown – Performance


Saturday Daytime Oct. 24           
10 am    Welcome from Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin
10:00     Community Center for the Arts – Performance
10:25     Little Miss Ann – Family Performance
10:50     Dewclaw + Bones Jugs Family Show – Family Performance
11:15     Deep Fried Pickle Project – Family Performance
11:40     Seemore Love representing the Black Banjo Reclamation Project – Talk –
12:00     Milly Raccoon – Performance
12:30     Ayla McDonald – Performance
12:55     Candy Foster Interview – Talk
1:20        Jean Rene Balekita and Laeticia Kyungu – Performance
1:45        Roundtable Discussion featuring Brandon T. Washington, Pete Shungu, Cii La’cole, Aaron “A+” Wilson, and moderator Deanna Hence – Talk

Saturday Evening Oct. 24             
6 pm       Backdoor Cajun Band – Performance
6:25        Southwest Watson Sweethearts – Performance
6:50        Hot Club of Cowtown – Performance
7:10        The Sapsuckers – Performance
7:35        Dom Flemons – Talk – Black Cowboys
8:00        Center for World Music – Performance
8:25        Lilli Lewis – Performance
9:00        Meadowhawk – Performance
9:25        Jake Blount – Talk – Racist Lyrics in Old-Time Music
9:45        Alexa Rose – Performance
10 pm     Nikki D and the Browns aka Sisters of Thunder – Performance


Check out performer bios and links on our website!

Top image by Eric Frahm.

Executive Editor

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