The 14th Annual Gays Mills Folk Festival of Music and Dance will be held this coming Mother’s Day Weekend, May 12-14.  The schedule includes:

Friday night square dance, May 12th, 7:00 – 11:00 pm at the Gays Mills Community Building.  All dances will be taught, so no experience or partner is necessary.

Saturday daytime activities, May 13th at the Log Cabin Heritage Park from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm including workshops, an open stage, a fiddle bee, may crown making, a maypole dance, a concert for kids, and a family dance.

Saturday night concert, May 13th, beginning at 7:30 pm at the Gays Mills Community Building, with headlining performers Cephas & Wiggins from Washington, D.C., leading exponents of the traditional Piedmont-style blues.  Opening the concert will be Dave Fox & Will Branch of Milwaukee, with a variety including old-time, ragtime, jug band, blues and more.  Leela and Ellie Grace of Columbia, MO will provide the second act of the evening with lively performances of traditional American folk and original songs and tunes and percussive dance.  Cephas & Wiggins will close out the evening.

Sunday morning gospel sing, May 14th, from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm.  

A weekend pass for admission to all events is $20 for adults, $5 for kids or $45 for a family.  Admission to only the Saturday night concert is $15 for adults, $5 for kids.  Camping is available in town.  For more information, see the Folk Festival website: www.gaysmillsfolkfest.org, or call an organizer: 735-4546.  The Gays Mills Folk Festival is a project of the Kickapoo Cultural Exchange and is generously supported by Organic Valley Family of Farms of LaFarge, Wisconsin.