Event details:
• Thursdays June 5 through August 7 | 6 to 9 p.m.
• Doors at 6 p.m. | Music at 6:30 p.m.
• Live, family-friendly, and in-person in the outdoor Koehn Garden.
• Guests should bring their own outdoor seating or picnic blankets.
• Tickets are sold at the door or in advance
• Flora Cafe will also be serving refreshments and wood-fired pizzas until 8:15pm each
evening.
Ticket price:
• Members – $6 off each ticket type
• Adult – $12
• Senior – $11
• Active Military & Veterans – $11
• Children 2-12 – $9
• Children 1 and under – free
Sponsors:
Summer concert series presented by Hy-Vee
Sound by Ripple Productions
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"Weary Ramblers are nothing short of an Iowa-based super duo.” - Iowa Public Radio
Newly formed Iowa folk duo, Weary Ramblers bring years of experience to the stage with award-winning songwriting and chemistry. Chad Elliott and Kathryn Fox showcase multi-instrumental performances with tight harmonies and great
storytelling.
“Weary Ramblers will break your heart and change your life with original songs that cut to the marrow…it doesn’t get more heart-warmingly down home than this recently united duo, featuring Chad Elliott on guitar and vocals and Kathryn Severing Fox on vocals, guitar, fiddle, viola, mandolin, and piano. Both bring a disarming intimacy to their writing, singing and playing that will leave you glowing with reasons to be alive.” - Fairfield Muse
WINNERS OF 21ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC AWARDS IN “BEST GROUP/DUO” CATEGORY!
“That man’s music is as honest as was Woody Guthrie’s.” - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Chad Elliott blends folk roots and soulful writing to deliver an original sound with over two decades of being on the road.. Elliott is lauded as “Iowa’s Renaissance man” by Culture Buzz Magazine. He has penned more than 1,500 songs in his career while also cultivating his skills as a painter, sculptor, illustrator and author.
Elliott’s career demonstrates a love of folk, roots and singer-songwriter music.
He has worked with and shared the stage with artists of the highest caliber, including Odetta, Tom Paxton, Loudon Wainwright III, Ruthie Foster, Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, etc.
“The richness of Kathryn Fox’s upbringing resonate deeply within her music and lyrics, conveying an alluring sympatico with her audiences that few artists achieve." – The Culture Buzz
Deemed “fiddler extraordinaire” in Cityview Magazine, Kathryn Fox is a DownBeat award winning artist. She played on the Grammy-nominated track “All My Tomorrows” with Kate McGarry. Kathryn toured internationally with fiddle troupe, Barrage 8, with shows in Europe, the U.S. and Canada. She has performed, recorded PBS specials and recorded with George Benson, The Beach Boys, The Eagles, Pharrell Williams, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Osmond
Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Kenny Loggins, Mark O’Connor, Ryan Montbleau, Seth Walker, Edgar Meyer and Joshua Bell.
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