The Old Barn on Capitol View: 4796 Capitol View, Rd. Middleton, WI 53562 @ 6:30 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT
Mark your calendars for another great performance and dance featuring Foot-Notes of Decorah, Iowa, and the ScandiAm Jam of Madison, Wisconsin! Dance to the tunes of the Scandinavian-Americans who settled in the Driftless Area. Expect …
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota @ 10:15 am CST
In 1913, Signe Aurell moved from Sweden to Minneapolis. She stayed for seven years before moving back to Sweden. While in the US, she published poetry, essays, and translations, all the while joining a thriving …
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota @ 10:00 am CST - @ 4:00 pm CST
We’re excited to be partnering with the American Swedish Institute for their annual Midwinter Folk Fest. We’ll be helping host the Nordic folkways presentations with presentations by our musician-in-residence Lyz Jaakola, as well as Sara …
Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union @ 4:00 pm CST - 5:30 pm CST
Join Lyz Jaakola for a live informance at the Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union! Lyz Jaakola, Nitaa-Nagamokwe (The lady who knows how to sing) is the 2025 folk-musician-in-residence. Jaakola is a tribally enrolled Fond …
Stoughton Area Senior Center | 248 W. Main Street, Stoughton, WI 53589 @ 11:30 am CDT
Join 2024 folk musician-in-residence Renee Vaughan for a Syttende Mai performance at the Stoughton Area Senior Center in Stoughton, Wisconsin. Kick off the weekend with a host of Scandinavian tunes performed on the nyckelharpa.
Folklore Village, Dodgeville, WI @ 6:30 pm CDT - 9:30 pm CDT
This day of workshops, performances, and exchange brings together youth Scandinavian music and dance groups from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin to learn from each other and from expert instructors in the area. Following the workshops, …
Wisconsin @ 12:00 pm CDT
Listen in to WPR’s The Midday as host Norman Gilliland welcomes musician-in-residence Renee Vaughan as she performs a few tunes live! Check your local WPR station to listen.
Renee Vaughan
Clarion Hotel and Convention Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin @ 1:00 pm CDT - 3:00 pm CDT
https://stringgathering.com/
Folk musician-in-residence, Renee Vaughan, plays new traditional Scandinavian music on nyckelharpa, the national folk instrument of Sweden. She will be at the 2024 Strong Gathering as part of the Swedish Allspel Session. This workshop/session will …
Morphy Hall (Mosse Humanities Building), Madison, Wisconsin @ 7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT
Folk musician-in-residence Renee Vaughan (nyckelharpa) will be performing alongside Tom Klein (uilleann pipes) and Dan Newton (accordion) as part of their band the McNordiques. As they write, the McNordiques “blend Celtic, French and Scandinavian music …
Memorial Library 126 @ 4:00 pm CDT - 5:30 pm CDT
Immigrant recording artists have made significant yet often overlooked contributions to their diasporic communities and larger American life since the late 19th century. Since 2016 UW-Madison’s Mills Music Library and Center for the Study of …