SEPTEMBER 3-4
FOX VALLEY FOLK MUSIC & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, back at Island Park, Geneva, this year, workshops:
SUNDAY:  1:00 pm, “Dancing on Guitar Strings,” Phil, Rich Presioso, Lee Murdock & Dave Para.
5:00 pm, “Traditional to Contemporary Continuum,” February Sky, Sarah McQuaid & Zoe Mulford.
MONDAY:  11:30 am, Phil with Lee Murdock in a retrospective on the Fox Valley Folklore Society
2:00 pm, “Story Ballads New & Old,” February Sky, Sarah McQuaid & Mean Mary
4:00 pm, “Workers Unite” (For Labor Day), February Sky, Rev. Robert Jones & Matt Watroba
Schedule times, tickets, donations, etc. at www.fvfs.org

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
“Sing to the Harvest Moon,” an in the round concert with folksinger, guitarist, singer-songwriter, author, scholar, and humorist Andrew Calhoun.  6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 5:00 p.m. Central.  TO BE BROADCAST VIA ZOOM.  We are running the concert exclusively on Zoom so that it will be an event where people can come early or stay a little bit late to chat or to talk with the musicians (the Zoom room will open 30 minutes before official show time).  We can accept up to 100 participants, so be sure to register ahead of time if you wish to attend.   Here is the registration link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdOmrpzooGdK_ZBaxzB31DQMm18wJORaj  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
TO BE BROADCAST VIA ZOOM AND PRESENTED IN PERSON
SERVICE at Park Forest Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 10:00 AM Central Time, “In Sweet Fields Of Autumn,” 70 Sycamore, Park Forest, IL, 708-481-5339 or churchadmin@uuccpf.org, see www.uuccpf.org for connection information.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
CITY NEWS CAFE, Chicago, IL. 11AM-1 PM, 4018 N Cicero Ave, 773-545-7377 or see https://www.facebook.com/CityNewsCafe/

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
GROVE FOLK FESTIVAL, Glenview, IL, Kennicott Courtyard from 11:00-12:00 and again on the Main Stage from 1:55-2:50 p.m., The Grove National Historic Landmark, 1421 Milwaukee Avenue, 847/299-6096, www.glenviewparks.org

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 - TO BE BROADCAST VIA ZOOM
TRIANGLE SERVICE for Unitarian Universalist Bay de Noc Fellowship, Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Petoskey, “The Day Is Today, the Moment Is Now,” 11AM Eastern Time. PLEASE NOTE:  We will NOT be at the MUUC building in person to present the service, it will be live-streamed via Zoom.  Please go to this link to join the service:  https://unitarianpetoskey.org/?page_id=6071

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
FALLING ROCK CAFE & BOOKSTORE, 1048 E. Munising Ave., Munising, MI, 6PM, a seasonal show with songs on Autumn and Celtic New Year/Halloween, 906/387-3008 or see www.fallingrockcafe.com or https://www.facebook.com/fallingrockcafe for information.

OCTOBER 19 – 21
FARM (Folk Alliance Region Midwest) Gathering, DoubleTree by Hilton Lisle Naperville, 3003 Corporate W Dr, Lisle, IL 60532, see https://farmfolk.org/, Workshops and showcase times TBA.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22
SERVICE for Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet, 10:30AM, “Hearken Now, the Darkness Comes, a celebration of the last-harvest holiday of Samhain (Celtic New Year or Halloween),”  IN PERSON and to be broadcast via Microsoft Teams, see http://www.uujoliet.org for connection information, 3401 W. Jefferson St., Joliet, IL, 815-744-9020 or uucjoffice@att.net

SUNDAY, October 29
HALLOWEEN/CELTIC NEW YEAR CONCERT, an online round robin event t with award winning singer and songwriter Kat Eggleston (https://www.kateggleston.com/), 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 4:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. Pacific.  TO BE BROADCAST VIA ZOOM.  We are running the concert exclusively on Zoom so that it will be an event where people can come early or stay a little bit late to chat or to talk with the musicians (the Zoom room will open 30 minutes before official show time).  We can accept up to 100 participants, so be sure to register ahead of time if you wish to attend.  Registration link will be published closer to the date.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.