Join us for the Festival of Carols, a FREE concert at the Englert Theatre December 9th at 7:00 p.m! There will be a selection of holiday, Chanukah, and Christmas songs from old-time/bluegrass musicians Marc and Brandi Janssen, the Old Capitol Chorus, and The Family Folk Machine. Read more
Join us this Saturday from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. for an all-request sing-along! Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. We’ll have Rise Up Singing books, and Uptown Bill’s will provide the warm and cozy atmosphere.
There’s free parking evenings and weekends in the UI lot across from Uptown Bill’s. Read more
These aren’t Family Folk Machine events, but might be of interest to our readers!
Community Singing Gathering
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month
Next Gatherings: Nov. 11th and 25th and Dec. 9th (no second December date)
6-7:30pm
FREE and Open to the Public. Read more
Here’s an article I wrote for the Community Music feature in the Press-Citizen. It ran Sunday, November 2, 2014:
PEACE WILL COME
The Family Folk Machine presents its fall concert, “Peace Will Come,” at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 in the assembly room of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. Read more
The Family Folk Machine is excited to present “Peace Will Come,” songs for imagining peace, at 3 p.m. on November 9 in the Assembly Room at the Senior Center in downtown Iowa City. Read more
The kids have been working hard drawing what they think peace looks like – so now we have some great flyers to share with the community! Just a couple weeks until our November 9th Peace concert at the Iowa City Senior Center. See you there!
The last couple weeks before a concert is really the time to knuckle down and memorize the music and start putting together all of the parts to make a beautiful whole. Our Peace concert is just a couple weeks away!
On November 9, the Family Folk Machine will present a concert titled “Peace Will Come.” We are very excited to bring you songs about living peacefully, imagining peace, and bringing about a more peaceful world. The concert will take place at 3:00 p.m. at the Iowa City Senior Center Read more
This is not directly related to the Family Folk Machine, but might be of interest to some who visit our site.
Community Singing Gathering
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the Month
Next Gatherings: Oct. 14th and 28th
6-7:30pm
FREE and Open to the Public Read more
A new singing group is starting in Iowa City! This is a community-building, non-performance based group inspired by the Village Fire Gathering. (You can check out Village Fire at www.villagefiresinging.com .) The first gathering will be on September 23, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., at Willow Creek Park Shelter Read more
