Overview
Next Upcoming Date:
Friday, February 14, 2025
On Friday, February 14, 2025, Delaware Friends of Folk will present the next event in their 2024-25 Old State House concert series, inside the Old State House on The Green in Dover. This is the eleventh season in the series which is produced in cooperation with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs and First State National Heritage Park and is supported by a generous grant from the Kent County Fund for the Arts. There is an opening act for this show. Doors open at 6:30 for the 7:00 pm performance. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Easton-based folk and traditional string band Ampersand brings guitars, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, cello, penny whistles, and percussion to underscore four-part harmonies and great joy in presenting tunes and songs from the colonial era through the 19th century, blues of the 1920s and 30s, on up to modern folk music.
This group serves up a love of history through their music, and are happy when audience members sing along, ask questions, or come up afterwards to try out one of the instruments. Favorite venues include regional and national historic sites, farmers markets, folk festivals, and private events. www.ampersandmusic.org
Opening the evening will be Nashville-based singer songwriter Stella Prince. Shaping her emotions into powerful songs and performances that put her visceral voice at center stage, Stella Prince has forged her own genre. Her Gen Z folk has earned her sold-out shows across North America and Europe, history-making Nashville performances at AMERICANAFEST and Tin Pan South, and a #1 on the Official Folk Charts. She is a winner of the 2023 Folk Alliance First Timers Scholarship and finalist for the 2024 John Cirillo Songwriting Award.
The Old State House concert series is presented by Delaware Friends of Folk. These events are supported by a grant from the Kent County Fund for the Arts, an organization that aims to enhance the quality of life, educate, and broaden perspectives by supporting the arts and arts organizations in Kent County. Support is also provided by the First State Heritage Park, a partnership of State and City agencies under the leadership of Delaware State Parks.
Delaware Friends of Folk are partially supported by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.
