Woodstock Folk Festival Concerts

The Woodstock Folk Festival is honored to present Antje Duvekot in concert on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. at the Stage Left Café in Woodstock, Illinois. Admission to this special benefit concert is a suggested donation of $10/adult and $7/students and seniors. Donations will be used to fund the 25th Annual Woodstock Folk Festival which takes place on Sunday, July 18, 2010, on the Woodstock Square. A pdf copy of the press release is available here.
 

“Fresh poetic palette with an outsider’s gifted insight”

German-born, American-raised Antje Duvekot (Aunt-yuh Doo-va-kot) is one of the brightest singer-songwriter stars on the American folk music scene. Antje has won some of the top songwriting awards, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville (TX) “Best New Folk Award” and in one of the nation's top music markets, she won the Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”—three of the top prizes in the singer-songwriter world. Her second studio album, “The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer,” was released in March 2009 and creates an entire detailed world that is richly colored by intimate, visceral lyrics and beautiful melody.

In December of 2007, Antje's song “Merry Go Round” was featured in a Bank of America national TV advertising campaign that was seen by millions, including a Super Bowl audience. Antje's fast growing fan base, the viral spreading of her music, and a track record of sold-out shows are a testament to her growing popularity. Dave Marsh, former Editor of Rolling Stone and XM/ Sirius Satellite Host, has gone on record to say, “As far as I can tell, Antje is the whole package… I've had this reaction once in the past 10 years, and that was the first time I heard Patty Griffin… Antje has proven once again that she ranks with the most intense and beautiful songwriters on the planet.”

For more information about Antje Duvekot, visit AntjeDuvekot.com.

For more information about this concert, contact Annemarie Serra by or at 815-479-9WFF (9933).

Stage Left Café is located on the Woodstock Square next to the Woodstock Opera House. The Woodstock Square is located a few blocks West of Illinois Route 47, and is easily accessible from Routes I-90, IL 14, and IL 120, as well as by public transportation.. See our Directions page to find maps and directions. There is parking around the perimeter of the Square.