Glass City Metropark | June 24, September 30
Brookwood Area | July 29, August 26

This season’s Folk Series will feature local and regional artists with eclectic styles and sounds. The Folk Series will offer an intimate listening experience at Brookwood Area or an open-air summer concert in nature at the new Glass City Metropark event lawn.  All Folk Series concerts are free. Reservations required for certain dates. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Glass City Metropark

1001 Front Street
Open air outdoor concert
No reservations required, Free

Radio Free Honduras
Glass City Metropark
Friday, June 24, 7 p.m.
Radio Free Honduras is a mostly acoustic Latin folk-rock band, fronted by Honduran music legend and guitar virtuoso Charlie Baran. Before relocating to Chicago, Charlie was a fixture in the Honduran music scene. He became well known by those in the music industry as a composer and songwriter and was revered by audiences for his talent as a performer. In Honduras, he is best known as a founding member of the Honduran punta-rock band Banda Blanca. Charlie teamed up with Dan Abu-Absi (of JT and the Clouds and Birds of Chicago fame) to put together Radio Free Honduras a band of seasoned Chicago players who bring a wide range of influences to the music. Click Here to learn more about the artist.

Yasmin Williams
Glass City Metropark, 
Friday, September 30, 7 p.m.
No Reservations Required, Free
The innovative acoustic guitar virtuoso makes her Toledo debut!  Forget everything you thought you knew about how to play the guitar. Yasmin Williams has something new to show you. At just 24 years old, Williams is forging a thrillingly inventive approach to the acoustic guitar and receiving ample praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and Pitchfork along the way. Often playing with her guitar laying horizontally across her lap, Williams incorporates intricate fingerstyle, percussive foot tapping, and multi-instrumental dexterity in a mind-boggling combination. You can’t help but ask yourself: how are all of these sounds made by just one musician playing in real-time? Click Here to learn more about the artist.

“When 24-year-old instrumentalist Yasmin Williams plays guitar, she conjures new possibilities and stories from the instrument.” – Rolling Stone

“On her second album the 24-year old solo guitarist’s unique style finds inspiration from unexpected places and sounds untethered to any tradition whatsoever.” – Pitchfork (received an 8.0 score)

Brookwood Area

5602 Swan Creek Drive
Intimate listening experience
Reservations Required, Free

Libby DeCamp
Brookwood Area*
Friday, July 29, 7 p.m.
Libby DeCamp makes lyrically-edged folk and roots-steeped music and delivers with a vocal closeness and live energy that reaches listeners of all kinds. DeCamp’s writing and sound carry an unflinching intention to reflect the times. Click Here to learn more about the artist.

Jeff Stewart
Brookwood Area*
Friday, August 26, 7 p.m.
Reservations Required, Free
Jeff Stewart’s approach is straightforward: a man, his guitar, and a wide-eyed look at that crazy thing called love. His tightly crafted original songs paint the picture of a heart, once broken, suddenly surprised by the good fortune of discovering love anew. It’s music for anyone that has ever walked into the sunshine of a new future, however uncertain. Click Here to learn more about the artist.

*Brookwood Area is an intimate listening room experience.  Advanced reservations are required. All tickets are complimentary.