{"id":2890,"date":"2021-10-19T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2024-05-22T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:13:04","slug":"american-music-month-2021-kicks-off-with-folk-and-roots-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/2021\/10\/19\/american-music-month-2021-kicks-off-with-folk-and-roots-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"American Music Month 2021 Kicks Off with Folk and Roots Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Folk-and-Roots-Festival-Graphic-951x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4352 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Folk-and-Roots-Festival-Graphic-951x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Folk-and-Roots-Festival-Graphic-951x1024-1.jpg 951w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Folk-and-Roots-Festival-Graphic-951x1024-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Folk-and-Roots-Festival-Graphic-951x1024-1-768x827.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a>The 2021 Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival is back again with live performances, but this year you aren&#8217;t required to watch them exclusively from your computer screen.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s programming includes Big Daddy Pride, Black Eyed Lillies, Flamenco Jazz Collective, Horseshoe Bender, Los Guapos, Mhondoro Rhythm Success, Painkillers Blues Band, The Sternwheelers, a wonderful return of Dom Flemons, and many other great acts.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s festival promises to deliver a variety of music that will keep your feet dancing and your spirit always bright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The children\u2019s programming on October 23rd, is sponsored by the Sousa Archives and includes wonderful melodies and music- making for people of all ages with Robin Kearton and Morning Music, Son Monarcos, Afro D and Global Soundwaves, Ayla and Emily, and the always crazy Musical Mayhem Parade.\u00a0 All of these morning performances will take place at the Rose Bowl Outdoor Tent, and are completely free.\u00a0 The afternoon&#8217;s programming will take place at the Urbana Free Library&#8217;s Lewis Auditorium and includes exceptional story-telling and music adventures provided by Kathe Brinkman, Kim Sheahan Sanford, Linda Dust, and Dom Flemons.\u00a0 All of the &#8220;For All Ages&#8221; programming is free and open to the general public.\u00a0 However, masks are required.\u00a0 For a complete schedule of this year\u2019s programming visit <a href=\"https:\/\/folkandroots.org\/2021-festival\/\">C-U Folk and Roots Festival<\/a>. For further information on the children&#8217;s programming call 217-333-4577 or email <a href=\"mailto:sousa@illinois.edu\">sousa@illinois.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2021 Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival is back again with live performances, but this year you aren&#8217;t required to watch them exclusively from your computer screen.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s programming includes Big Daddy Pride, Black Eyed Lillies, Flamenco Jazz Collective, Horseshoe Bender, Los Guapos, Mhondoro Rhythm Success, Painkillers Blues Band, The Sternwheelers, a wonderful return [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4541,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions\/4541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}