MMF1&2

The Midwest Mandolin Festival
The First Saturday in June

The Fourth Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, presented by the Mandolin Society of Central Indiana, was held Saturday June 7, 2008, at Eagle Creek Park Earth Discovery Center (indoors) in Indianapolis, 11:00am - 8:00pm. FREE with paid admission to the park ($5.00/car).

Click here for photos of festival performers.

Want an MMF4 T-shirt, hat, bag, or mug? They are available, click here.

For the first time this year we had 2 nationally known mandolin players! Rich DelGrosso and Andra Faye performed! Rich taught a blues mandolin workshop the following day, just before the Yank Rachell CD Release Party at the Indiana History Center in Indianapolis, click here for details. At the festival there were two FREE workshops by festival performers at 11:00am: Myra Dworski and Jon Hall taught a beginning mandolin workshop focusing on chords and back-up playing, and Jim Richter taught an intermediate level blues mandolin workshop. The following acts performed:

Mandolindy	Mandolin Orchestra
Johnandrew Bellner	Celtic
Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters	Bluegrass
il Troubadore	Indy's 16th Century Rock Band
Rich DelGrosso	Blues
Andra Faye	Blues
The Sloes	Progressive Acoustic
Mike Butler and Friends	Country Blues
CIFM&MDS Big Band	Traditional Folk and Old Time
Myra Dworski and Jon Hall	Vocal and Instrumental Duets
Gordon Bonham and Jim Richter	Blues
Mark Kurkowski and Mario Joven	Jazz
Hamilton Creek CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN	Bluegrass
Mando Commandos	Original boundary-stretching mandolin music
Slates Family Band	Down Home Music Served Up Family Style
Festival ends

Sponsored by Frank's Violins, Weed Patch Music, Andrew Jerman, Central Indiana Folk Music and Mountain Dulcimer Society, and Mark's Fret Shop. Sound by Slates Family Band Sound.

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For information about the Third Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2007, click here.
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For information about and photos from the Second Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2006, click here.
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For information about the First Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2005, including photos and sound files from each performer, click here.
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