Category: Events

• Lecture: Folk Music and the Nordic Newcomers

  Posted on Apr 26th

  Renee Vaughan
  Tuesday, April 30, 2024
  4:00-5:00 p.m.
  Memorial Library, Room 126
  Free and Open to the Public

• Concert: The McNordiques

  Posted on Mar 21st

  Free and Open to the Public
  Thursday, April 4, 2024
  5:00-6:30 p.m.
  Allen Centennial Garden

• Lecture: Mapping Early Sounds of a Czech Singer in the USA

  Posted on Jan 26th

  Filip Šír
  Friday, February 9, 2024
  4:00-5:00 p.m.
  Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St
  Free and Open to the Public

• Presentation: Swede Home Chicago: The Wallin’s Svenska Records Story, 1923-1927

  Posted on Sep 25th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Tuesday, October 3, 2023
  4:00-5:30 p.m.
  Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St

• Bowery Dance: Out of the barn and into the Garden

  Posted on Sep 19th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Friday, September 22, 2023
  6:30-8:30 p.m.
  Allen Centennial Garden, Madison, WI

• Panel Discussion: Acquiring Specials in the Collection

  Posted on Apr 12th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Tuesday, April 18, 2023
  4:30-5:30 p.m.
  Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library (and via YouTube)

• Lecture Recital: A Brief History of Finnish Folk Music

  Posted on Feb 14th

  A Brief History of Finnish Folk Music & Folk Music Improvisation
  Alyssa Rodriguez
  Tuesday, February 21, 2023
  5:00-6:30 p.m.
  Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St
  Free and Open to the Public

• Lecture: David Wertheim on Leo Fuld’s Yiddish Repertoire

  Posted on Nov 23rd

  Free and Open to the Public
  Tuesday, November 29, 2022
  4:00-5:30 p.m.
  Memorial Union (and on Zoom)

• Old-Time Barn Dance: Beth Hoven Rotto returns!

  Posted on Oct 7th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  6:30-8:30 p.m.
  The Old Barn on Capitol View, Middleton, WI

• Concert: Maja Heurling, Ola Sandström, and Livet Nord Perform Irrbloss

  Posted on Oct 2nd

  Free concert, October 4, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union

• Duke Ellington UW–Madison Residency 50th Anniversary Celebration

  Posted on Jun 17th

  Two 2022 Madison Jazz Festival events celebrating the 50th Anniversary: June 17 & 19, 2022. Both free and open to the public.

• Old-Time Barn Dance: Musician-in-Residence Beth Hoven Rotto

  Posted on May 5th

  Free and Open to the Public
  Friday, May 13, 2022
  6:30-8:30pm
  The Old Barn on Capitol View, Middleton, WI