Folk Links

Folk & Roots Music on the Radio

Folk & Roots Music Venues

ARC Sponsor, 90.9fm WDCB Public Radio for the College of DuPage, offers an amazing variety of folk and roots programming. These shows include:

American Backroads

American Route

Blarney on the Air

E-Town

Folk Festival

Folk Sampler

Mountain Stage

River City Folk

Strictly Bluegrass

When Country Wasn’t Cool

Be sure to check WDCB’s schedule-- if you like what you hear at ARC, you will certainly want to listen to WDCB.

WFMT (98.7 fm) offers folk and roots programming Saturday evenings on The Midnight Special, which has been on the air for more than 50 years, and Folkstage. Both shows are hosted by Rich Warren.

Additional folk and roots programming can be heard on the following:

Art of the Song

WNUR Folk Show

Bill’s Blues

FitzGerald’s

Hogeye Folk Arts, Ltd.

Maple Street Chapel

Masthouse

Old Town School of Folk Music

Schubas

Two Way Street Coffee House

Uncommon Ground

Chicagoland Folk Festivals & Events

Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival

Lake County Folk Festival

Ravinia

Woodstock Folk Festival