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THIS Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 PM, Future Folk Festival 2026 kicks off at @chicagoparks’ Humboldt Park Fieldhouse with a night of harmonious music featuring Alejandro Salazar and the Afro Cuban Exchange with YAW. Future Folk Festival is Old Town School and Music Moves Chicago’s way of disrupting what one might think folks means. We’re bringing adventurous music to the people, crossing genres and reimagining the boxes we put music in. We want to create magical spaces where audiences can discover something unfamiliar, connect with something they thought they already knew, and experience what happens when different musical traditions come together. Trust us, these two acts will have you understanding exactly why they belong on the same stage. There’s a special kind of harmony that happens when artists bring their own sounds, influences, and perspectives into the same space. Come see it for yourself! Folk Alliance International describes folk music as “music of the people, reflective of any community where they are from.” We’re taking that spirit and making room for all the ways folk can sound, feel, and bring us together. And the best part? It’s FREE! All ages are welcome, and we can’t wait to welcome you into the renovated Humboldt Park Fieldhouse for a night of incredible music and connection. Come Thursday BUT we’re closing out the year with two more nights of Future Folk Festival goodness for you and the fam. Save the dates on the next slides, and come see what it’s all about! RSVP and learn more about the artist for all three concerts at ots.fm/concerts. 🖇️ in bio Future Folk Festival: Night 1 featuring Alejandro Salazar and the Afro Cuban Exchange with YAW 🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:00 PM 📍 Humboldt Park Fieldhouse // 1440 N Humboldt Dr, Chicago, IL 60622 🤑 FREE RSVP at ots.fm/concerts. 🖇️ in bio Join us for the next two nights!
 Future Folk Festival: Night 2 featuring Eva Supreme’s Hymns Reimagined with PRAISE MOTHER SQUAD and Duane Powell 🗓️ Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:00PM 📍Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center // 1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623 🤑 FREE RSVP at ots.fm/concerts. 🖇️ in bio
 Future Folk Festival: Night 3 featuring Dill
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The first night of this year’s Future Folk Festival is ONE WEEK AWAY (10/22)! We couldn’t be more excited for the premier of this year’s FREE three-show Future Folk Festival. Presented by @musicmoveschi in partnership with the @chicagoparks, next week’s concert will take place at the Humboldt Park Fieldhouse and feature @alejandro.salazar__ and the Afro Cuban Exchange with @yaws_world. Each subsequent show in the will take place in another one of the newly renovated Chicago park spaces, and we’re thrilled for the opportunity to bring the venues to life! Under the Future Folk Festival umbrella, Community Ventures continues to provide a wide variety of music-related experiences with the purpose of strengthening Old Town School’s existing relationships with Chicago’s African American, Caribbean, Latinx, African, Asian, and Indigenous communities. Visit the link in bio to learn more and RSVP! We look forward to seeing you out there ✨ P.S. mark your calendars for the second concert on 11/13 and the third concert on 12/16. More details to come 😎
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Future Folk Festival is Back! In an effort to celebrate some of the beautifully renovated Chicago park spaces and to continue our wonderful partnership with the Chicago Park District, we’ve decided to bring back the Future Folk Festival for 3 special nights in some of their updated facilities!  The Future Folk Festival draws inspiration from the definition of folk music provided by Folk Alliance International:   “Folk is the music of the people, reflective of any community where they are from.” Because Old Town School of Folk Music doesn’t limit folk to any one genre or group of instruments, we prioritize connecting innovative, new, and global folk artists with diverse audiences. Under the Future Folk Festival umbrella, Community Ventures continues to provide a wide variety of music-related experiences with the purpose of strengthening the Old Town School’s existing relationships with Chicago’s African American, Caribbean, Latinx, African, Asian, and Indigenous communities.   We look forward to seeing you out there! As always, all programming is FREE and OPEN to the Public. More to come, but in the meantime 🗣️ Save the dates!! 🙂‍↕️ Future Folk Festival: Night 1 featuring Alejandro Salazar and the Afro Cuban Exchange with YAW 🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6:00 PM 📍 Humboldt Park Fieldhouse // 1440 N Humboldt Dr, Chicago, IL 60622 
Future Folk Festival: Night 2 featuring Eva Supreme’s Hymns Reimagined with PRAISE MOTHER SQUAD and Duane Powell 🗓️ Friday, Nov. 13 at 6:00PM 📍Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center // 1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
 Future Folk Festival: Night 3 featuring Dill Costa Quintet with AKENYA and Shon Dervis 🗓️ Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6:00 PM 📍 Austin Town Hall // 5610 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60644 #musicmoveschi #oldtownschooloffolkmusic #oldtownschool #chicagoparks
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Freedom From Freedom To at Elastic Arts photos taken December 7 2024
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some portraits from 2024.
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25th anni of “how I do” @the1res 7/22/2007 Chicago @essbreezy @soundrotation @craigelliott13 @yaws_world @tshurhad @fathomdj fun night and good times. #howido #res #fatmeatgreasy
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In 1907, St. Laurence Elementary School opened at the corner of 72nd Street and Dorchester Avenue, welcoming generations of families and students over the course of nearly 100 years. By the latter half of the twentieth century, demographic change and population shifts had contributed to a shrinking Catholic parish. Alongside nearly $3 million in deferred maintenance, these challenges led the Archdiocese to shutter the 40,000-square-foot school in 2002. The building remained vacant for more than a decade, facing the possibility of demolition. Photo: Sara Pooley (@sara_pooley_studio) In 2016, Rebuild Foundation acquired St. Laurence with the urgent mission of protecting it from erasure. Over the next decade, we invested nearly $14 million in its preservation, conservation, and renovation, returning to active use a site that for so many families represents their earliest encounters with spirituality and faith, pedagogy and community self-determination. In the ten years we spent readying the St. Laurence Elementary School for its next life, we invited our neighbors and their children to paint the boards that would eventually protect the windows, challenging the visual language of vacancy and abandonment. We hosted a parade and processional down Dorchester Avenue with local dancers, musicians, and artists. We formally broke ground on the project with the support of our allies and friends, including Governor J.B. Pritzker, former First Lady of Chicago Amy Eshleman, Alderperson Michelle Harris, and the Clayco Foundation. Photo: Nancy Wong (@nancywongphotography) And we were proud to host the St. Laurence Elementary School alumni network for a hard hat tour of the building, bringing former students back into the building decades later and reconnecting them with some of their earliest and most formative memories. Photo: Chris Strong (@_chris_strong_) One year ago, we received our certificate of occupancy. Days later, at the soonest opportunity to welcome our neighbors back to The Land School at the site of the former St. Laurence Elementary School, we officially moved in with offerings from artists across the city. Today, we celebrate one year since the reope
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We return to the songs that make us feel something. ‘Sunday Sounds like’ introduces artists, melodies, and voices that stir a memory, awaken a sense, or remind us of somewhere we’ve been. This Sunday, we’re listening to Chicago native Yaw and his song, Where Will You Be. With a voice that feels lived in and a melody that lingers like the last play on a jukebox at Jimmy’s Diner(iykyk). Yaw’s Where Will You Be carries a beautiful tension between longing and letting go, inviting us to recall a time in which love was present before it appeared and long gone before it could stay.
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This year, we celebrate 20 years on Dorchester Avenue, 5 years of Kenwood Gardens, and 1 year since our first welcome to The Land School. Since opening The Land School on September 14, 2025, we’ve consecrated the site of the former St. Laurence Elementary School alongside our inaugural creative partners, International Anthem, D-Composed, and Duane Powell, we’ve convened around performance, sonic exchange, and experimentation, with a particular attunement to the relationships between sound and space on the South Side. This September, we invite you to celebrate these milestones with a full slate of special programs uplifting our collective belief in this work. Reserve your spots via the links in our bio to join us and stay tuned for additional announcements.
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As we approach the second half of August, we’re pleased to share a loving reminder to join us throughout the remainder of the month. This month, we’re holding space for our ongoing Listening Hours, special sessions co-presented by our creative partners, a reverential Sunday Service celebration in ode to the Godfather of House Music, Frankie Knuckles, and continued sonic encounters at The Land School. Reserve your spot through the links in our bio to join us. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
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@yaws_world We appreciate your artistry. Thank you for sharing.
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