Regular dulcimer & ukulele lessons reserve your time slot NOW Summer lessons being set-up NOW! Pine Tree Studio, Jacksonville, IL Check the calendar for available lesson time slots . February 2017 February 13-19 - 19th International Storytelling Festival, Tehran, Iran April 2017 April 21 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 11:00-2:00, Springfield, IL April 22 - Earth Day Celebration, Forest Park Nature Center, Peoria, IL April 29 - Cassville Public Library, Cassville, Missouri May 2017 May 2 - Madison Elementary, 2:00, Quincy, IL May 2 - Speaker - Illinois Principals' Association Student Appreciation dinner Monday 5/3 – Washington Elementary, 9:00 & 12:30, Belleville IL Thursday, 5/4 – 9 am – Westhaven Elementary in Belleville IL 1:10 AND 2:10 pm – Westridge Elementary in Rockwood school district. St. Louis Co. , 6:30 pm – U City Library Friday 5/5 - 9 am AND 10 am – Eagleview Elementary,Columbia, IL 1 pm – University City Library, Saturday 5/6 – 10 am – Grant’s View Library in St. Louis County Saturday 5/6 - Storytelling Concert Touhill Fine Arts Center, UMSL, St Louis May 3-6 - St Louis Storytelling Festival, St Louis, MO May 19 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 11:00 - 2:00 Springfield, IL May 20 - Old Capitol Farmers’ Market, 10-12:00 downtown, Springfield, IL. May 30 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 11:00 - 2:00 Springfield, IL June 2017 June 2 - Summer Reading, Sherman Public Library, Sherman, IL June 5-8 - Summer Reading, Western Plains Library System, OK Monday June 5th · Thomas @ 10 a.m. · Seiling @ 2 p.m. Tuesday June 6th · Sentinel @ 10 a.m. · Cheyenne @ 2 p.m. Wednesday June 7th · Cordell @ 10 a.m. · Clinton @ 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday June 8th · Weatherford @ 10 a.m. and 2 p.m June 10-11, Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival, Goold Park, Morris, IL June 13 - Summer Reading - 2:00 - Cleveland OK June 14 - Summer Reading, 10:00 & 1:30 - Catoosa Public Library, Catoosa, OK June 15 - Summer Reading, Warner Public Library , Warner, OK June 15 - Summer Reading, afternoon Rieger Memorial Library, Haskell, OK June 17 - Summer Reading, 10:30, Library Center Auditorium, Springfield-Greene Library, Springfield, MO June 17 - Summer Reading, Build an Instrument Workshop, 2:00, Library Center Auditorium, Springfield-Greene Library, Springfield, MO June 18 - Concert, 2:00, Library Center Auditorium Springfield-Greene Library, Springfield, MO June 20 - 10:00 - Summer Reading, Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, IL June 22-23 - Summer Reading, Bienville Parish Libraries Arcadia, LA www.bienvillelibrary.org June 26-July 1 - Summer Reading, Rapides Parish Libraries, Alexandria, LA June 30 - Beauregard Parish Adult Programming, 7:00, DeRidder, LA July 2017 July 5,6,7 - Summer Reading, East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, Baton Rouge, LA July 10-14 - Summer Reading, East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, Baton Rouge, LA July 20 - Summer Reading, Divernon Township Library, Divernon, IL July 26 - Summer Reading, 10:00 pm, Bloomington Public Library, Bloomington, IL July 26 - Concert on the Patio, 6:30 pm, Bloomington Public Library, Bloomington, IL July 28 - Summer Reading, Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library. Dubuque, IA August 2017 August 8 - Artist on the Plaza, Old State Capitol Plaza, 11:30-1:30, downtown Springfield, IL August 10-13 - Gateway Dulcimer Festival, Our Lady of the Snows Shrine, Belleville, IL September 2017 September 7-9 - Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival, Chillicothe, OH September 23 - Jacksonville Children's Festival, Jacksonville Public Library October 2017 October 5 - Spooky Stories, 7:00, Carroll Public Library, Carroll, IA October 7-8 - Bomke’s Pumpkin Patch just off Farmingdale Rd, Springfield, IL www.bomkespatch.com October 11 - Spooky Stories - Metamora IL library at 5:00 o’clock & Germantown Hills, IL library at 6:30 October 12 - Spooky Stories - 6:30, Wood River Public Library, Wood River, IL October 14-15 - Bomke’s Pumpkin Patch just off Farmingdale Rd, Springfield, IL www.bomkespatch.com October 19 - Spooky Stories, 6:00 & 7:00, Strawn Art Gallery Jacksonville, IL October 21 - Spooky Stories, 10:00 am Ashland & 1:00 Pleasant Plains, IL Prairie Skies Public Library District October 23 - Spooky Stories, 5:00, Ladd Public Library District, Ladd, IL October 26 - Spooky Stories. 10:00 Baker Branch Library East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, Baton Rouge, LA October 30 - Spooky Stories, 10:00 Scotlandville Branch Library 6:30, Main Library, East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, Baton Rouge, LA October 31 - Scare on the Square, Vermilion Parish Library, Abbeville, LA November 2017 November 4 - Inspire Sarasota Arts Fair, Sarasota, FL November 24-26 - Bomke’s Christmas Tree Farm, just off Farmingdale Rd, Springfield, IL www.bomkespatch.com December 2017 December 2-3 - Bomke’s Christmas Tree Farm, just off Farmingdale Rd, Springfield, IL www.bomkespatch.com December 7 - Hugo's Coming to Town, 7:00, Hennipin Public Library, Hennipin, IL December 9 - Hugo's Coming to Town, time TBA, James Kennedy Public Library, Dyersville, IA December 16 - Hugo's Coming to Town, 11-11:45, Orange City Library, Orange City, IA December 16 - Hugo's Coming to Town, TBA, Alta Community Library, Alta, IA Hugo's Coming to Town, East Baton Rouge Libraries , Baton Rouge, LA Monday, December 18, 10:00 AM – River Center CR (Hugo) 1:30 – Carver CR (Hugo) 6:30 – Main CR (Hugo) Tuesday, December 19, 10:00 - Main (Dulcimer) 4:00 - Bluebonnet CR (Hugo) 6:30 – Jones Creek CR (Hugo) Wednesday, December 20, 10:00 – Zachary CR (Hugo) 4:00 – Central CR (Hugo) 6:30 – Eden Park CR (Hugo) Thursday, December 21, 10:00 – Fairwood (Hugo) 4:00 – Pride – Family dulcimer holiday sing along December 23-30 - Hugo's Coming to Town, Taichung,Taiwan 2018 February 2018 February 9-10 - Central Florida Dulcimer & Autoharp Festival First Baptist Church of Mt. Dora, Mt Dora, FL February 23-25, Illinois Mountain Dulcimer Weekend, Shore Acres Park, Chillicothe, IL March 2018 March 11 - Dulcimer workshop - Dulcimer Society of of Northern Illinois, Skokie, IL July 2018 July 10 - S. St. Landry Community Library Sunset, La July 11 - Build-an-Instrument Workshops, Beauregard Parish Library District, 10 a.m. at DeRidder branch. 11:30 a.m. at DeRidder branch. 2:30 p.m. at our Ragley branch July 17 - 18 - Summer Reading - St. Charles Parish Library, Destrehan, LA |
| Mike Anderson's Calendar |
Time to Book!
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| Mazza Museum: International Art from Picture Books Findlay, Ohio |
| Our Town Books Jacksonville, IL |
| Children's Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan |
| Birthday Party Jacksonville, IL |
| Our Town Books Jacksonville, IL |
| My front porch |
| Jacksonville, IL |
| Appalachian State University Boone, NC |
| Old Courthouse St Louis Storytelling Festival |
| Twinflower Inn, Bishop Hill, IL |
| Click here! A song live at the Morton, IL, library! "I Dropped It!" |
| Click to see and hear Mike play the Box Banjo. |
| To hear a spooky song. "The Big Hairy Spider" Live from the New Salem Storytelling Festival. |
| Mike's an author. |
| Santa has reindeer. His brother Hugo has goats. |
| Mike & his Dulci-Lin Warm Kitty Live |
| Contact: mike@dulcimerguy.com 217 473 5889 PO Box 35, Jacksonville, IL 62651 |
St. Louis Storytellig Festival 2016
Cancelled due to Presidential Politics
Adult Programming
| April 12, 2017 |