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April 2019
POSTPONED: Robin & Linda Williams
We apologize for the last minute postponement, but Linda Williams had to have an unanticipated ankle surgery on Thursday, April 18 and she won’t be able to put any weight on it for at least 3 weeks. The Folk Music Society, as well as Robin and Linda, are very sorry to make this late change. Because rescheduling an entire tour can be a tricky thing, the soonest we can probably even hope for would be an October date, but we…
Find out more »May 2019
Miller | MacDonald | Cormier – Saturday, May 18, 2018
Celtic trio, Miller||MacDonald | Cormier will perform on Saturday, May 18 at 8:00 PM. The show will be in Beckman Institute Auditorium, our usual, intimate venue, Beckman Institute Auditorium, just west of the better known, but similarly named, Beckman Auditorium (the big white and round building at the end of Michigan Avenue). They will be making their second appearance at Caltech, following their debut in 2017, when they were still officially a duo, called Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald. Ben…
Find out more »June 2019
Scotland’s Old Blind Dogs return to Pasadena Saturday, June 22 in Ramo Auditorium
Scotland's Old Blind Dogs, from Aberdeenshire, on Scotland’s northeast coast, has been one of the most popular acts (two of the shows sold out!) in our series over the years. They seem to have licked their visa difficulties and this will be their sixth show with us. The group consists of Jonny Hardie, (fiddle & vocals), Aaron Jones (bouzouki, guitar, bass, and vocals), Ali Hutton (pipes, whistles & guitar), and Donald Hay (percussion). Their most recent recording is Room with…
Find out more »September 2019
Nevenka, Eastern European folk ensemble in Ramo Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 21
Here's a show like no other that the Folk Music Society has offered. Nevenka is a Los Angeles-based women's folk chorus performing songs from Eastern Europe, including Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek and others. The group formed in 1976 as an off-shoot of the Aman Folk Ensemble. These women are primarily singers, and there may be over a dozen of them on stage! The singers span 30 years in age, and are are a close-knit family with a strong team concept.…
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