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January 2017

Dan Chouinard leads singing at The 15th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

January 13, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Dan Chouinard leads singing at The 15th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

Opening Night! The Friday night Community Sing will be led by Singing Festival favorite - Dan Chouinard.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public, $18 Members, $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30PM.
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Ten Saturday Afternoon Workshops & Film – 15th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

January 14, 2017 @ 12:00 pm
Workshops - Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

A wide variety of ten, one-hour workshops: five singing and five instrumental. Workshop Leaders TBD - will be announced by Dec. 1, 2016.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
Wristband Price: $20 for all adults FREE for students

Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; The Sweet Water Warblers; James Keelaghan – Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

January 14, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; The Sweet Water Warblers; James Keelaghan - Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival

The 15th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival - Concert featuring 6 incredible songwriters.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$30 Floor, $20 Balcony (no student prices). Available online or at the festival box office - open all day starting at 10:30am.
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February 2018

MWSFF Pre-Concert Old Time Music Jam with Molsky’s Mountain Drifters

February 2, 2018 @ 5:30 pm

Join Bruce Molsky, Allison de Groot, and Stash Wyslouch for an Old Time Music Jam, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm, prior to the Friday night concert at the 16th Annual Mid-Winter Singing Festival.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
Purchase a Friday NIght Ticket to join the jam.
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MWSFF Concert with Tom Paxton, with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer and Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters

February 2, 2018 @ 7:30 pm

Tom Paxton headlines the 16th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Joining him will be Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer. Bruce Molsky and his Mountain Drifters will begin the show.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$30 Floor Seats; $20 Balcony
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MWSFF Children’s Concert with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer

February 3, 2018 @ 11:00 am

"Parents will be as entertained by the sublime musicianship and droll lyricism as the kids."
- Boston Globe

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
FREE

MWSFF Afternoon Workshops

February 3, 2018 @ 12:00 pm

6-8 workshops involve singing, 4-6 workshops involve instruments. Workshop Leaders will be announced by Dec. 1, 2017

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Wristband, good for the whole afternoon. Students FREE!

MWSFF Community Sing with Robert Jones, May Erlewine, Matt Watroba, Mark Dvorak, Joel Mabus, Frank Youngman

February 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm

Do you love to sing?

Come sing great songs with fabulous song leaders on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 at the 16th Annual Mid-Winter Singing and Folk Festival.

Lyric books provided. Just come and sing, with your community, all night long.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public, $18 Fiddle Members, $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30PM.
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February 2019

MWSFF Concert with Joshua Davis

February 1, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Joshua Davis was raised in the folk tradition: the music, the social movements, the land. For the 17th Annual MWSFF, he will present an evening of songs, joined by special guests Jen Sygit and Laura Bates.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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MWSFF Children’s Concert with Sally Rogers

February 2, 2019 @ 11:00 am

Sally Rogers has won numerous awards for writing and performing children's music. It is a real treat to have such an accomplished artist present this year's MWSFF Children's Concert, co-produced with the City of East Lansing.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
FREE

MWSFF Afternoon Workshops

February 2, 2019 @ 12:00 pm

A highlight of the festival, 6 - 8 afternoon workshops provide another opportunity for our community to sing and play music - together. One $20 wristband is good for the all of the sessions. Students are free! Schedule will be announced on the singing festival.com website no later than Dec. 1, 2018.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Wristband, good for the whole afternoon. Students FREE!

MWSFF Community Sing with Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt, Joel Mabus

February 2, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Saturday night's Community Sing will be a Michigan reunion of three long-time friends. Sally Rogers, Claudia Schmidt and Joel Mabus are each expert song leaders. Together it would be hard to name a more talented trio to guide a theatre full of people in an evening of singing.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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January 2020

MWSFF Concert: House of Hamill, and Liz Carroll with Nic Gareiss and harpist Maeve Gilchrist

January 31, 2020 @ 7:30 pm

Chicago’s premier Irish fiddler Liz Carroll is joined by harpist Maeve Gilchrist, and Lansing’s own dance phenom Nic Gareiss. Opening the night will be intricate, unpredictable arrangements of traditional songs and fiddle tunes; compelling and catchy original songs and completely unexpected covers, by Philadelphia's House of Hamill.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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February 2020

MWSFF Children’s Concert with Mark Dvorak

February 1, 2020 @ 11:00 am

MWSFF Children's Concert, co-produced with the City of East Lansing.

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
FREE

MWSFF Afternoon Workshops

February 1, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

A highlight of the festival, 8 afternoon workshops provide another opportunity for our community to sing and play music - together. One $10 wristband is good for the all of the sessions. Students are free!

Find out more »
East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$10 Wristband, good for the whole afternoon. Students FREE!

MWSFF Community Sing with Songleader Dan Chouinard

February 1, 2020 @ 7:30 pm

With lyrics supplied, Chouinard lets fly with inventive, often playful, accompaniments, rarely glancing at the keyboard — a feat that one regular considers magic. “It’s kind of his calling,” said the man who’s attended these singalongs for ten years. “I mean, you know he could be playing with anyone, but here he is with us."

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East Lansing Hannah Community Center 819 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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February 2022

Cancelled: 19th Mid-Winter Singing Festival Community Sing

February 4, 2022 @ 7:30 pm

On Friday night, singer, song leader and Baltimore native Lea Gilmore will join Singing Festival favorites Mark Dvorak and Joel Mabus for one night of high energy community singing. Lyric booklets provided.

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University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 1120 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM

Cancelled: 19th MWSF Saturday Workshops and Afternoon Community Sing

February 5, 2022 @ 11:00 am

The MWSF Saturday events provide another opportunity for our community to sing and play music - together!

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University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 1120 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Saturday wristbands will be on sale at site. Students free.

February 2023

19th Mid-Winter Singing Festival Community Sing

Friday, February 3 @ 7:30 pm
MWSF Community Sing

On Friday night, Jean Chorazyczewski and Lori Fithian will join Singing Festival favorites Mark Dvorak and Joel Mabus for one night of high energy community singing. Lyric booklets provided.

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University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 1120 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Public; $18 Fiddle Members; $5 Students. Available online or at the box office at 6:30 PM
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Mark Dvorak’s Children’s Concert

Saturday, February 4 @ 11:00 am

Chicago native and Singing Festival favorite Mark Dvorak will give his signature Children's Concert at 11 am on Saturday, February 4, 2023 as part of the 19th Annual Mid-Winter Singing Festival.

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University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 1120 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
FREE!

19th MWSF Saturday Workshops and Afternoon Community Sing

Saturday, February 4 @ 11:00 am

The MWSF Saturday events provide another opportunity for our community to sing and play music - together!

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University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 1120 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823 United States
$20 Saturday wristbands will be on sale at site. Students free.
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