Compass (3:45 p.m. Open Mike Stage) is comprised of five men in search of a direction: Jerry Thiel, Dave Borton, Tom Bradfish, Chuck VanderVennet, and Diccon Lee formed this quintet from a mutual desire to unleash their passion for acoustic adventure music.

Literally coming from different musical directions, the members of Compass are united by the diversity of their influences – Steve Goodman, Stan Rogers, Gaelic Storm, Dougie MacLean, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot and others. A performance of their music may consist of tunes from “the folk scare of the 60s,” traditional folk songs, some a cappella and sea shanties, as well as a wealth of original material – tunes that will move you – both physically and emotionally.

This is high energy acoustic folk music fueled by strong vocal 4-part harmonies and creative instrumentation (guitar, bass, Irish bouzouki and whistles, harmonica and assorted percussion) – music that will take you to new places and directions. Compass has performed around the Chicago area and is the “house” band host of The Lake County Folk Club’s Open Stage. Their first CD is Prime Meridian.

Davd Humphreys of Two Way Street Coffee House said, “[Compass] presents a veritable folk festival.”

Visit Compass at CompassAcoustic.com.