Madison Folk Music Society

04/26/2026

Emma's Revolution - the question has been asked if we will have tickets available for the concert at the door today, and YES we will, come join us!

04/17/2026

Helen Schneyer Memorial Scholarship Program - Opportunity for Folk Music Lessons!
https://madfolk.org/scholarships/index.htm #

In an effort to encourage the next generation of folk musicians, the Madison Folk Music Society has established The Helen Schneyer Memorial Scholarship to fund folk music lessons of the applicant’s choice.
Two scholarships of $300 in lessons per year will be awarded periodically, to be paid directly to the folk music instructor of choice. Budding folk musicians of all ages are encouraged to apply!
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The scholarship is named in honor of the late great folk singer Helen Schneyer, who has played memorable house concerts in Madison at the home of her sister, Madfolk member Mona Wasow. Helen Schneyer was known for her renditions of lugubrious ballads, work songs, African American spirituals and Baptist hymns, which she sang, among other places, on Prairie Home Companion, at the White House at the request of Eleanor Roosevelt, and in Mona Wasow’s living room. She shared the stage with many of America’s best-known folk singers and songwriters, including Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, who urged her at an early age to sing.
Upon Helen’s death on July 16, 2005 in Vermont, Mona’s colleagues from the UW Madison School of Social Work took up a collection in her honor, which Mona contributed to the Madison Folk Music Society. The funds were initially used to bring Ed Trickett to Madison for a Spring, 2006 Memorial concert, at which contributions were added for an additional memorial.

Bringing the best of folk & acoustic music to the greater Madison, WI area

04/11/2026

This is why it is so important to buy a musicians CD at a show. It is the best way to support our musicians.

Thank you to Them Coulee Boys for this.

Today, “10 ft Tall” hit 1 Million Spotify streams.
In this truly incredible moment, we hold both of the following statements to be true:

1) 1 Million streams is an indicator of a depth of love and support from our fans that simply amazes us. This is a testament to our fans support. This song never got placed on some corporate curated playlist - this is the result of real people choosing to hit play on a song of ours we wrote in a basement 1,000,000 times. If you told us this 10 years ago, we wouldn’t have believed you for a second.

2) Spotify and streaming is killing the music industry, and killing bands like us. Spotify pays us $0.003 per stream. In the past decade, we have received around $3000 total for this song before taxes and fees. You’d need to stream this song ~6,500 times to pay us what a CD would, 10,000 for an LP.

We are simultaneously so thankful for the support - yet disgusted by the situation. These gigantic companies stop at nothing to take from artists, all while taking ad revenue from organizations like ICE and actively funding AI to replace us.

If you love a band, please consider supporting them in more tangible ways than streaming. Buy physical media, come to a show…it’s way more fun, and goes farther than any stream ever could.

In all, this is still an incredible accomplishment, and we are truly humbled by this news and all of your incredible words in the past few days. We love you. See you at a show.

❤️ TCB

04/10/2026

We still have tickets avail - there was a glitch in the ticket system last week, but it is up and running again. :)

03/20/2026

Emma's Revolution returns to Madison!!!

03/10/2026

Tickets are on sale at www.madfolk.org

02/22/2026

01/29/2026

Can't wait for James to be here this Friday! James Keelaghan Music

10/23/2025

Claudia Schmidt just wrote this song last week. Come see her this Sunday in Madison and be the first to sing it with her !

Language is so powerful! Like this word, INDIVISIBLE, intentionally placed in the original Pledge of Allegiance written by Frances Bellamy. It was the end of...

10/18/2025

Annie & Rod Capps will be playing Cafe Carpe tonight! They don't get to our area much, so this is your change to see them! Great musicians, an also just great humans.

If you have not been to the Carpe, GO! Seriously, it is a music venue that should be on your bucket list. Great listening room, and run by Bill & Kitty who are two of the best humans

So the weather is great, there are going to be GREAT humans there, and the community of song and music does a soul good.!

Weather it is visiting the Carpe tonight, or catching a show of Annie & Rod for the first time - just do it. When is the last time you did something for the first time? It could be tonight!
Annie & Rod Capps

09/20/2025

A surprise set of music was just announced at W***y Street fair. They are going to do Josh Harty jeff Burkhart amd Christine costanzo in the round at 6:15.r

09/20/2025

Josh Harty is on right now at w***y st fair ! Come on down!