The Midwest Mandolin Festival
The First Saturday in June

The Fifth Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, presented by the Mandolin Society of Central Indiana, was held Saturday June 6, 2009, at Eagle Creek Park Marina Stage, in Indianapolis.  

Click here for the press release

Click here to look at the selection of Fifth Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival T-shirts, ball caps, and other merchandise available for purchase!
FREE mandolin workshops were held at 11:00 - Noon, followed by performances from Noon - 8:30pm.  It was FREE with paid admission to the park ($5.00/car). It was a family-friendly event featuring a wide variety of all acoustic music, with each act featuring at least one mandolin. We also had regional mandolin builders/luthiers at the festival.

Free workshops the day of the festival:

Jon Hall and Myra Dworski:  Beginning Mandolin
Jim Richter:  Intermediate and advanced mandolin

Another very cool workshop the day after the festival:

Don Julin and Ron Getz workshop - June 7, 2009 - Indianapolis!  Click here !

The following performed:

Featuring jazz mandolinist Don Julin with guitarist Ron Getz
and...
Mandolindy (Mandolin orchestra)
Little Beggarman  (Celtic)
Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters (Original, traditional, and progressive Bluegrass)
il Troubadore (Indy's 16th Century Rock Band)
Mando Commandos (Original boundary-stretching mandolin duets)
Mark Kurkowski and Mario Joven (Jazz)
Jim and Phil Richter (Blues)
Jon Hall and Myra Dworski (Old time duets)
Slates Family Band (Down Home Music Served up Family Style)
Solly Burton (2007 Winfield National Mandolin Champion!) and Bud Jeffers
Mike Butler and the Yank Rachell Tribute Band (Blues)
CIFM&MDS Big Band - Traditional and old time
Drift - Original fusion music
Norman Conquest - Mandolin ensemble playing Russian Music
The Sloes - Progressive acoustic
12:00 Mandolindy
12:30 Mando Commandos
1:00 Norman Conquest
1:30 Little Beggarman
2:00 il Troubadore
2:30 Jon Hall & Myra Dworski
3:00 Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters
3:30 Solly Burton and Bud Jeffers
4:00 The Sloes
4:30 Don Julin and Ron Getz
5:30 Mike Butler and the Yank Rachell Tribute Band
6:00 Mark Kurkowski & Mario Joven
6:30 Jim and Phil Richter
7:00 Drift
7:30 Slates Family Band
8:00 CIFM&MDS Big Band


Supporters:
Frank's Violins
Weed Patch Music
Andrew Jerman
Sound by Slates Family Band Sound
Mandolin Builders:
We love to have mandolin builders and luthiers at the festival!  We have had several the last two years, always appreciated and well-received by the regional mandolin community.  This year we had:

Andrew Jerman
Larry Hopkins
Jason Harshbarger

To find out about past festivals, including photos and performers, some including sound and video:

The Fourth Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2008, click here
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The Third Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2007, click here.
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 The Second Annual Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2006, click here.
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The First Midwest Mandolin Festival, June 2005,  click here.
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