Calendar

May 2025
Date	Performer	Place	Time	Comments
3 SAT	BARB SILVERMAN AND FRED CAMPEAU	Gala Fundraiser Beth Israel Congregation 3601 Dempster St Skokie, IL 60076	7:30 pm to 8:55 pm	Join this seasoned and widely acclaimed duo for an evening of beloved favorite folk songs, the kind you sang at summer camp and your grand-kids sing now. Dress up and exercise your memories and your lungs. 773-485-3363
7 WED	BARB SILVERMAN	Brookdale Square Dance (Private) Brookdale Lakeview 3121 N Sheridan Chicago, IL	1:00 pm	Third in a series for the inspired residents of Brookdale, some in wheel chairs, some on their feet, to echo dance calls, clap along, dance, hoot and holler. 773-485-3363
9 FRI	BUDS AND SHOOTS	Refugee Fundraiser Evanston House Concert Two blocks from lake Evanston, IL	7:00 pm to 9:30	Square Roots and White Oak Fest mainstage hit BUDS AND SHOOTS band is proud to help raise funds for the Refugee Community Connection. Tickets $25 to $40 sliding. Light refreshments. Reserve seats by email: papermoonstitching@gmail.com (773)485-3363
15 THU	BUDS AND SHOOTS	Borelli's Showcase Borelli's 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL	7:00 pm to 8:00 pm	Acclaimed BUDS AND SHOOTS, mainstage hit at Square Roots, White Oak Fest, Roscoe Fest, Space and more are doing a fun-filled brimming set at Jonas' Banjos After Dark. Come see, come hear, come drink a beer. (773)485-3363
17 SAT	KLEZMONAUTS: SCHEFF, SILVERMAN, VERAS	Walker Library Klezmer Show Chicago Public Library Walker Branch 11071 S. Hoyne Ave Chicago, IL	2:30 pm	Immerse in the haunting sounds of Klezmer music served up by these three veterans of Jewish and eclectic Americana. Hear a brief background of the form, tap and sway to the stirring, historic freylachs and plaintive melodies. chicagopubliclibrary.com 773-485-3363
31 SAT	KLEZMONAUTS: SCHEFF, SILVERMAN, VERAS	Little Italy Library Klezmer Show Chicago Public Library Little Italy Branch 1336 W. Taylor St Chicago, IL	2:30 pm	Violin, clarinet and guitar render the haunting sounds of Klezmer served by these three veterans of Jewish and folk music. Hear a brief background of the form, tap and sway to the stirring, historic freylachs and plaintive melodies. chicagopubliclibrary.com chicagopubliclibrary.com 773-485-3363

July 2025
Date	Performer	Place	Time	Comments
19 SAT	BARB SILVERMAN	Sheffield Garden Walk Sheffield Garden Walk Halsted/Clybourn/Armitage/Fullerton Chicago, IL	2:00 pm to 4:00 pm	A neighborly annual festival featuring lovely gardens and lively music block by block. Plus food vendors on the main drags. A wonderful way to spend your day. 773-485-3363
27 SUN	HOT JAZZ QUARTET: Gerry Field, Ross Plunkett, Barb Silverman, Al Trachtenburg	EBO Has Talent Edgewater Beach Organization 5555 N Sheridan Chicago, IL	3:00 pm to 5:00 pm	By popular demand Hot Jazz Trio's fourth consecutive summer concert boasts swing tunes, jazz standards, original ballads and country classics: Barb on guitar and vocals, Ross on trumpet and vocals, Gerry on violin and Al on bass. Edgewater Beach Association with limited audience, contact Barb to be on guest list! 773 485-3363

August 2025
Date	Performer	Place	Time	Comments
9 SAT	BARB SILVERMAN	White Oak Savanna Events Farm and Sanctuary 4352 State Road 23 Dodgeville, WI 53533	10:30 am	This joyous weekend spreads throughout the beautiful driftless White Oak Savanna. Full lineup of multi-style performances in rustic open-air barn, guided jams, parades, yoga, and Barb's "Body-Board Workshop" with clogging, washboard, bones, hambone and tactile body rhythms. www.whiteoaksavanna.com 502 554-1990
24 SUN	BUDS AND SHOOTS	Skokie Back Yard Bash Skokie Public Library 5200 Oakton St. Skokie, IL 60076	3:00 pm to 4:00	Beloved anmnual fest known for its live music, carnival midway, food booths and family friendliness. BUDS AND SHOOTS hit the main stage at 3 pm with vaudevillian flair featuring swinging country, dual mandolins, trumpet, lush harmonies, washboard and pure joy. https://www.backlotbash.com/music.html 847 674-1500

October 2025
Date	Performer	Place	Time	Comments
7 TUE	BARB SILVERMAN & FRED CAMPEAU	Grove Fest The Grove 1421 Milwaukee Ave. Glenview, IL	1:00 pm	Wtih glee we return for the umpteenth time to the beautifully nestled, wooded Grove Fest. Music all day with the stage on a hay wagon, the pork/bean stew in cauldrons, steamed corn cobs and candy apples, the pie booth, and the steadily returning faithful crowd. Pure joy! www.thegroveglenview.org847 299-6096

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December 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
CHEERIOS: Eric Zorn, Mary Schmich, Anna Jacobson, Barb Silverman, Steve Rosen, Roy McGrath, Lanialoha Lee, Aaron Smith, Fred Campeau, Zacbe Pichardo, Gail Tyler, Paul Tyler, Jim Wynton	Songs of Good Cheer OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC 4544 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL	This is year 26 and running! The biggest concert of the year Old Town School hosts 4 nights and 2 afternoons. The full 12-piece band, all singers as well, lead holiday songs from the rare, beautifully haunting to the familiar, stirringly joyful. Gems from cultures all over the world, and you get to sing along! Proceeds benefit Chicago charities. www.oldtownschool.org
Barb Silverman's Cabaret Students	Cabaret Showcase Old Town School of Folk Music 4545 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625	Two stunning groups of Cabaret singers, plus a cameo of Harmony singers perform in the cozy lobby of Old Town School East. Show tunes, torch songs and pop hits with the highly talented Abby Lyons on piano. Don't miss this! www.oldtownschool.org

November 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
BARB SILVERMAN	Easy Western Swing Harmony Workshop Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625	A Western Swing feast of vintage vocal harmony plus fitting guitar chords for those who also play. Hits of Bob Wills, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Dolly Parton & more. www.oldtownschool.org

October 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
BARB SILVERMAN	Annual Fall Bulb Fest Chicago Botanic Gardens 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL	Strolling minstrel Barb performs her annual slate of songs and rhythms circling the lush-flowered, majestic-fountained, water-surrounded Promenade at the exquisite Botanic Gardens. Sweet music, food vendors, rich beauty, and bulbs, bulbs, bulbs! www.chicagobotanicgarden.org
BARB SILVERMAN & FRED CAMPEAU	The Grove Fest The Grove Historical Museum 1421 N Milwaukee Ave Glenview, IL	Barb's second full decade performing at this yearly hay-baled, pork-pulled, rhubarb pie-sweetened Harvest fest. She is joined again this year by talented Fred Campeau. The fest features music all day long from the main stage, hayrides, woods trails, historic museum all rolled into one. It's the Grove Fest!!
SILVER ROSE (BARB & STEVE)	House Concert Roscoe Village House/yard on Oakley Address/info when you email Chicago, IL 60618	Venerable Silver Rose once again with banjo, fiddle, guitar, mando, washboard, clogging, and Vaudeville schtick in a beautiful Roscoe Village home. $20 donation, reserve seats. bjredbike9@gmail.com
CABARET SINGERS OLD TOWN SCHOOL	Cabaret Showcases Old Town School of Folk Music-East Building 4545 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL	Two stunningly talented groups of Cabaret style singers presenting standards to pop to Broadway hits. Rich piano accompaniment from Abby Lyons. Barb Silverman directs. Absolutely FREE. Come to one or both shows! www.oldtownschool.org

September 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
BARB SILVERMAN, JESS BALDISSERO, SARA CORAL	Wonder Woods Scholarship Fundraiser LaBagh Woods Grove 3 West Foster Ave and North Cicero Ave Chicago, IL	Barb calls barn dances for the supportive "See You In The Woods" fundraiser for the Wonder Woods School, calling to the rich, soulful violin of Jess McIntosh Baldissero. Jump in and pitch in!

August 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
BARB SILVERMAN	White Oak Savanna Music Festival White Oak Savanna Events Farm and Sanctuary 4352 State Road 23 Dodgeville, WI 53533	Invited back for the 3rd time, Barb conducts a multi-rhythm workshop (washboard, bones, sandblocks, foot rhythms) and also calls dances at the big barn dance. This White Oak Fest is absolute joy in a stunning setting.
Barb Silverman's CABARET SHOWCASES	OLD TOWN SCHOOL CABARET Old Town School of Folk Music 4545 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625	Two full-throated groups of singers rattle the East lobby with exquisite pianist Abby Lyons and teammate Barb Silverman. Early show boasts pop hit "Killing Me Softly," show tune "They Just Keep Movin the Line," the later show features playfully macabre blues lament "Ballad of Jane Doe" and "A Good Man Is Hard To Find." Selections from Sondheim, Leon Russell, Harold Arlen and some more surprises. COME TO ONE OR BOTH SHOWS! www.oldtownschool.org

July 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
SILVER BEAMS: Fred Campeau, Barb Silverman, Rick Veras	Barn Dance Hour Edgewater Library 6000 N Broadway Chicago, IL 60660	Chicago Public Librairies all over the region are hosting these Old Town School talents for an hour of dancing and old time music on fiddle and banjo. Summer fun! www.oldtownschool.org
SILVER BEAMS: Michelle McCarthy Beck, Barb Silverman, Rick Veras	Sing-Along Oldies Fest Kelly LIbrary 6151 S. Normal Blvd Chicago, IL 60621	A joyous singing hour of the "oldies" by two of the touted Teflons band (faculty members of Old Town School) and a powerful-voiced multi-decades student. Bring your friends, your song memories, and your voice! www.oldtownschool.org
BARB SILVERMAN with special guest Jordan Wankoff	Sheffield Garden Walk 2120 N Sheffield Halsted/Clybourn/Armitage/Fullerton Chicago, IL	Ambiant Americana tunes and songs in a lovely gardened back yard, part of the beautiful Sheffield Garden Walk. Barb will render country and swing chestnuts, and Jordan will join her for Cajun and Old Time fiddle tunes. Melodious fun!
SILVER BEAMS: Barb Silverman, Rick Veras, Jordan Wankoff	Library Barn Dance Greater Grand Crossing Library 1000 E. 73rd St Chicago, IL 60619	Chicago Public Librairies all over the region are hosting these Old Town School talents for an hour of dancing and old time music on fiddle and banjo. Come join the fun! www.oldtownschool.org 773-485-3363
HOT JAZZ TRIO: Gerry Field, Barb Silverman, Al Trachtenburg	Jens Jensen Park Thursday Food Truck Concerts 485 Roger Williams Ave Highland Park, IL 60035	Thursday summertime is two-band Food Truck night in this lovely north shore setting. Hear the sweet seasoned violin of Gerry the Violin Builder, the sultry vocals of Barb the Guitarist/Washboardist, and Al the Timely Bassman.
SILVER BEAMS: Steve Rosen, Barb Silverman, Rick Veras	Barn Dance Hour Daley Library - W. Humboldt Park 733 N Kedzie Chicago, IL 60612	Chicago Public Librairies all over the region are hosting these Old Town School talents for an hour of dancing and old time music on fiddle and banjo. Summer fun!

June 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
SILVER ROSE: Barb Silverman & Steve Rosen	House Concert in Evanston reservations bjredbike9@gmail.com Evanston, IL	Silver Rose sails again. Country standards, folk songs, fiddle favorites, swing tunes and schtick as can only be delivered by these two. Suggested donation $15. For reservations email bjredbike9@gmail.com to receive host and location info. www.silverbeammusic.com bjredbike9@gmail.com
BARB SILVERMAN	Clogging Workshop Old Town School of Folk Music 4545 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL	The American style of clogging is rooted in Irish step dance and African flat foot dance. Learn some basic steps and a few embellishments to the delightful strains of fiddle/banjo favorites. www.oldtownschool.org
SILVER STARS: Fred Campeau, Barb Silverman, Aaron Smith, Mitch Straeffer ......	Wedding Barn Dance Lincoln Farmstead Private Wedding 8401 IL-47 Huntley, IL	Private event. Barb calls an exhuberant barn dance for the wedding party and guests backed by fiddle, banjo and bass.
SILVER BEAMS: Fred Campeau, Steve Rosen, Barb Silverman	Barn Dance Hour Clearing Library 6423 W. 63rd Pl Chicago, IL 60638	Chicago Public Librairies all over the region are hosting these Old Town School talents for an hour of dancing and old time music on fiddle and banjo. Summer fun!

May 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
THE TEFLONS	Barrington Area Library Barrington Area Library Concerts 505 N Northwest Highway Barrington, IL 60010	Long beloved Teflons reappear like the Spring crocus with their rich harmonized country-swing and virtuoso solos. Their 2023 Chicago Botanic Gardens show brought 150 attendees. Let's beat the record in Barrington!

April 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
BARB SILVERMAN	Easy Country Harmony Workshop Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N. Lincoln Chicago, IL	Join multiple-band songstress/harmony coach Barb Silverman for a fun, easy session of favorite country hits from the 1950s Louvin brothers, through 1960’s George Jones and Tammy Wynette, to Emmy Lou Harris and Herb Pedersen in the 1970s. Come new singer, seasoned singer, whoever - we will blend our voices in sweet harmonies to rocket you to fame and impress friends. www.oldtown
SILVERMAN'S ZOOM CABARET SHOWCASE	Old Town School of Folk Musi Cabaret Showcase Zoom Chicago, IL	Barb's intimate early evening Cabaret students perform sweet and stirring classics from the Traditional and Torch archives. Please link in and appear on video while staying muted. https://oldtownschool.zoom.us/j/89255363577?pwd=bs1K1jb9SpqmqM80CTNxquCrK5qSHR.1 www.oldtownschool.org
SILVERMAN'S LIVE CABARET SHOWCASE	Old Town School of Folk Music Cabaret Showcase 4545 N. Lincoln Lobby Chicago, IL	FABULOUS OLD TOWN SCHOOL CABARET SHOW TONITE: Stunning voices of Barb Silverman's Cabaret Singers backed by precision pianist Abby Lyons. A spicy array of jazz standards, popular songs and show tunes prefaced by Barb's enthusiastic Harmony Singers with two pop favorites. www.oldtownschool.org
BARB SILVERMAN & RICK VERAS	Merchandise Mart One of a Kind Show Illinois Street and the Chicago River Chicago, IL	Every year this mammoth arts and wares exhibition at the historic Merchandise Mart features these two (and others) as an audio backdrop to the rich displays. Country swing and standards from Barb on guitar and Rick on fiddle.

March 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
Barb Silverman	Washboard Workshop Old Town School of Folk Music 4544 N. Lincoln Chicago, IL	Glide and slide exciting rhythms on your handy dandy washboard that's been sitting in your basement for decades. Barb lends her techniques for accompanying old-time, swing and a touch of Cajun. Launch a new career! www.oldtownschool.org bsilverman@oldtownschool.org

February 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
Barb Silverman's Virtual Cabaret Singers	Virtual Cabaret Showcase Old Town School Old Town School of Folk Music Online Chicago, IL	Six richly talented singers render a sweet virtual show with songs ranging from standards to Pizzarelli to Leonard Cohen to George Gershwin. Extraordinarily talented pianist Abby Lyons accompanies. Barb directs. And here's the link: https://oldtownschool.zoom.us/j/87186784626?pwd=E8iaRAPrnzGZDwtuXBiPZUxNS6QAhx.1
Barb Silverman's Cabaret Singers	Cabaret Showcase Old Town School of Folk Music 4545 N. Lincoln Chicago, IL 60625	Wildly talented singers with power, tenderness and soul perform solo jazz and show tunes and stirring ensemble pop numbers to precision pianist Abby Lyons. Barb directs. A fun, free event. www.oldtownschool.org

January 2024
Performer	Place	Comments
JONATHAN WHITEALL, FRED CAMPEAU, MITCH THOMAS, BARB SILVERMAN	Fox Valley Folk Society Family Dance Grace Lutheran Church 493 Forest Avenue Glen Ellen, IL	This all ages barn dance offers an hour or more of all simple dances for ages, followed by squares and contras for those who can usually keep left and right straight. foxvalleyfolk.com/barndance.html

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