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Acoustic Renaissance Concerts 11 West Maple Street Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
Schedule - 2024/2025 Season
All in person shows begin at 7pm.
Call 630/941-7797 for all tickets.
Streaming tickets are also available.
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<Saturday, February 15, 2025 —
David Francey Trio
. Tickets: $22

The portion of this show from 8pm to 9pm will be broadcast live by our friends at
WFMT 98.7, or listen worldwide on http://www.WFMT.com
David Francey wins 4th JUNO for "The Breath Between", winning
Traditional Roots Album of the Year. David Francey's new album is a poignant yet beautiful reminder of the passage of time, or as David describes it in the title track, "the breath between the here and gone". It is introspective and intimate. "In a time of uncertainty, we managed to pull together a nice body of work which created much joy in the making." - David Francey
Although David has covered the themes of love and loss before, this album does so in a nostalgic and touching way, capturing a particularly reflective period in his life.
David Francey is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He will be performing as a trio. Past albums include Torn Screen Door, Lonely Road,
Come Rain or Come Shine, A Star Above, Broken Glass, Long Long Road, Lucky Man, and All Lights Burning Bright.
Francey worked as a rail yard worker and a carpenter for 20 years. At age 45, he began a career in folk music, finding success on the folk festival circuit.
Francey's experiences in working-class life strongly influenced his 1999 debut album, Torn Screen Door, which featured the songs "Gypsy Boys", "Hard Steel Mill", "Working Poor", and "Torn Screen Door". Other musical themes include admiration of the natural beauty of the Canadian landscape and traditional folk themes of love and loss.
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<Saturday, March 15, 2025 —
Anne Hills
. Tickets: $20

"Anne Hills is such an exquisite singer that it's understandable that people might be swept up in the pure beauty of her voice and thereby overlook her writing. That would be a mistake. For me, Anne's writing, in songs like 'Follow That Road' and many others, is as direct, melodic and deep as any work being done today. She is quite simply one of my absolute favorite songwriters." - Tom Paxton
As a singer, actress, writer, and musician Anne Hills has continuously built a reputation of merit. During her career, she has received numerous honors and awards including, most recently, the 2019 Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
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<Saturday, April 5, 2025 —
O'Darby Irish Folk Band
. Tickets: $20

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<Saturday, May 17, 2025 —
Scott Cook and
Heather Styka
. Tickets: $20

The portion of this show from 8pm to 9pm will be broadcast live by our friends at
WFMT 98.7, or listen worldwide on http://www.WFMT.com
In 2007, Albertan songwriter Scott Cook quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan and moved into a minivan. He's made his living as a troubadour ever since, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, averaging 150 shows and a dozen summer festivals a year, and releasing seven albums of plainspoken, keenly observant verse along the way.
His latest collection Tangle of Souls comes packaged in a cloth-bound, 240-page hardcover book of road stories and ruminations, equal parts introspection and insurrection. The album spent two weeks at #1 on Alberta's province-wide community radio network CKUA, and earned Scott his third Canadian Folk Music Award nomination, for English Songwriter of the Year. Its second single "Say Can You See" was the second most-played song of 2020 on Folk Alliance International's folk radio charts, and took top honours for the folk category in both the 2020 UK Songwriting Competition and the 2020 Great American Song Contest.
He's been back on the road full-time since January of 2022, living in a campervan named Roadetta with his sweetheart Pamela Mae on upright bass and vocals, visiting 43 states and 8 Canadian provinces, and broadcasting solar-powered livestreams from the back of the van. In 2024 they're touring Australia and North America, and recording an eighth album for release in the fall.

Heather Styka writes intricate stories into her songs and sings them with a voice that might make you think of Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday, but she describes herself as a cross between Leonard Cohen and Patsy Cline. Her songs and stories belong squarely in the folk and Americana traditions, but they're also gritty country and catchy pop, a nice mix. Onstage, she's energetic and intimate, quirky and funny.
After growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Styka moved to the city to study creative writing, meanwhile honing her song craft among Chicago's long-standing folk community. "Chicago has such a rich musical history, especially with places like the Old Town School of Folk Music," Styka explains. "I was definitely steeped in that tradition." Her 2011 release "Lifeboats for Atlantis" brought her to national attention, hitting #3 on the FOLK-DJ charts. Styka's honest, image-heavy songs have garnered her a number of awards, including being a New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival (2015, 2017) and official showcases at Folk Alliance International, NERFA, SWRFA, and FARM.
Armed with a guileless, unvarnished delivery, she's equal parts wordsmith and entertainer. Styka's energetic shows feel as intimate and candid as late night conversation, peppered with a quirky sense of humor and confessional storytelling.
Heather Styka was the first place winner in the Big Top Chautauqua Songwriting Competition, and then second place in the Great Lakes Songwriting Contest. A two-time finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival, she continues to earn accolades...and most recently, an advanced degree! She wins admirers by rendering the beauty and hardship in life into song, somehow making us all feel like we're in it together.
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2024 2025 Season at a Glance: (Most shows $20 per ticket)
September 14 2024:
Tannahill Weavers
October 5 2024:
Garnet Rogers
November 9 2024:
John McCutcheon ($25)
December 14 2024:
Lee Murdock and the Dock Wallopers (Christmas Ship and holiday show)
January 11 2025:
Donna Herula Trio
February 15 2025:
David Francey Trio ($22)
March 15 2025:
Anne Hills
April 12 2025:
Connie Kaldor Trio
May 17 2025:
Scott Cook and Heather Styka co-bill
Details on these shows are all below:
Season tickets available
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