On Saturday June 1, start the summer by enjoying the Bishop Hill Folk Music Festival.

The event in the Bishop Hill park will feature some of the best-known Illinois folk musicians, such as Bucky Halker, the Bucktown Americana Music Show, Barry Cloyd, and more. 

Their musical styles span a wide range of folk music including hammered dulcimer, bluegrass, Celtic, and Woody Guthrie songs. In addition, Mike Anderson, the Dulcimer Guy, will have a program about the Beauty of the Mountain Dulcimer in the Steeple Building Museum at noon. 

All the park concerts and the dulcimer presentation are free and open to the public. Those attending should bring lawn chairs,

Music starts at 10 a.m. and continues throughout the day. Local favorite Hammer & Pick will start off the day with their Old Time Music.

At 11 a.m., the Bluegrass band Coffee Creek will be performing. At 1 p.m., Chicago’s singer-songwriter Buck Halker will be playing music from his 15 CDs. The Bucktown Americana Music Show will step on stage at 2 p.m. Fans of bluegrass, folk, Celtic, Americana, or old-time music, will love the Bucktown Americana Music Show. 

Peoria singer-songwriter Barry Cloyd will finish off the day performing songs from his 10 CDs.

This free event is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, the Galesburg Community Foundation and the Geneseo Foundation.

For more details, call (309) 927-3899 or email bhha@mymctc.net. 

Information about this festival is also posted on www.bishophillheritage.org and the Bishop Hill Heritage Association Facebook page.

Concert Schedule: (main stage is located next to the park gazebo in the center of the village park)

10 a.m. Hammer & Pick

11 a.m. Coffee Creek

1 p.m. Bucky Halker

2 p.m. Bucktown Americana Music Show

3 p.m. Barry Cloyd