Folk Music Festival Coming to WAM on Saturday
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
“The Worcester Art Museum is excited to host this Community Day with a Folk Music Festival theme,” said Katrina Stacy, WAM Associate Curator of Education. “It’s an all-day, family-friendly event that celebrates and showcases talented folk musicians. It’s open to visitors of all ages from the Worcester community, and we encourage people to bring a picnic and spend the whole day here.”
The day will be highlighted by several live performances by folk musicians in the Stoddard Garden Courtyard, including headliner, Bow Thayer and String Trio. Other scheduled performers are Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards + Fiddle, Cider Jug Stompers, Cannibal Ramblers, Iza Jane, Lydia & Phil & the Rounders, and Andy Cohen. In addition, there will be a children’s folk music sing-along with Big Jon Short in McDonough Court and contra dance performances—a type of folk line dancing—in the Renaissance Court.
The festival also offers folk-art themed tours, touch-friendly Art Carts in the galleries, a make your own folk instrument art activity, and a studio workshop where you can paint your own band box ($10 fee; registration required. Call 508-793-4333 or visit worcester.org/education).
The event will run from 10 AM to 5 PM - beginning with the Museum’s popular Art + Market, which includes art, crafts, music, and locally grown and produced food from 10am to 1pm on Lancaster Street and in the Museum’s Lancaster Lobby.
Food is available for purchase at the Museum’s Sip food cart from 11am to 3pm, with an expanded menu, a picnic lunch, and watermelon slices. A courtyard bar will serve cold beer and soda. Wooberry and The Dog Father food trucks also will be parked on Lancaster Street from 11am to 3pm to provide sustenance.
The exhibit opens on Wednesday, July 15 and runs through November 29, 2015. The Folk Music Festival Community Day is free with Museum admission. WAM members may bring a friend for free.
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