MAYWOOD FOLK FESTIVAL
60th Anniversary 1966–2026
What a time it was…
COMING SOON
“It’s a hell of a festival, but nobody cares about folk music.”
— John Prine*
*Speaking to Roger Ebert
in 1970 after Prine’s first-ever public performance at the Fourth Maywood Folk Festival in August 1969.
Five suburban Chicago high school students—with guest star Dave Prine—began a five-year tradition by holding the First Annual Maywood Folk Festival on July 30, 1966. This site will commemorate the festival and the music of the time.
1968 · Star-Sentinel · One World Sings
What’s Coming
- Why Folk Music Matters
- Dave & John Prine
- The Music
- Comments