This page last updated: September 16, 2026
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES ( FOR MORE CLICK
HERE)
MIDWINTER SINGING FESTIVAL
-- East Lansing, MI
THE ARK -- Ann Arbor MI
HIAWATHA MUSIC FESTIVAL -- Marquette, MI A
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION --St. Paul, MN
WFMT FOLKSTAGE -- Chicago
FOX VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL -- Geneva, IL
THE TEN POUND FIDDLE -- East Lansing, MI PRINCETON FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY -- Princeton, NJ
CORNELL FOLK SONG SOCIETY -- Ithaca, NY MIGHTY UKE DAY -- Lansing, MI
SUMMER ACOUSTIC MUSIC WEEK of
UMASS BIG MUDDY FOLK FESTIVAL -- Boonville, MO
WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL -- WINFIELD,
KS OLD SONGS FESTIVAL -- Altamont, NY
SCHOODIC ARTS FESTIVAL -- Winter Harbor, ME PHILADELPHIA
FOLK FESTIVAL -- Schwenksville, PA
MAMA'S COFFEEHOUSE -- Bloomfield Hills, MI
FOLK COLLEGE -- Huntingdon, PA
LAMB'S RETREAT for SONGWRITERS -- Harbor Springs, MI
BLISS FEST -- Harbor Springs, MI
CALIFORNIA COAST MUSIC CAMP -- northern CA
MIDWEST BANJO CAMP -- Olivet, MI
WOODS HOLE FOLK SOCIETY -- Woods Hole, MA
VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL -- Vancouver, BC
THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HINDSIGHT IS 2020!
If you have been wondering
what projects Joel Mabus did during the pandemic (aka the Great Unpleasantness) here is
what I did instead of touring: Here
is a direct link to my YouTube Channel
UPCOMING:
2026
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 SATURDAY COOPER'S GLEN FESTIVAL
2026 Kalamazoo MI
KVCC main campus
6767
W. O Ave
Kalamazoo,
Michigan 49009
The GLAMA festival is back! For only one day this year...
The event runs all day Saturday, with lots of workshops midday, and concerts at
night. Here is the website for full rundown and link to tickets:
https://greatlakesacoustic.org/coopers-glen-2026/
I will be there for the workshop portion of the event with 2 one-hour
guitar workshops:
BLUES FOR EVERYONE 11:30 AM
CHORDS WITH NUMBERS 1:00 PM
(you can attend with or without a guitar!)
OCTOBER 2, 2026 FRIDAY 7:30 pm
TEN POUND FIDDLE East Lansing MI
University
Lutheran Church (ULC), 1020 S. Harrison, East Lansing. 7:30
https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/event/joel-mabus-7/
Official
announcement of Ten Pound Fiddle Fall Schedule [jam packed with shows this
year!]:
https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/
Back again for my fall concert in the old hometown! I'll be packing
guitar and banjo this year with new surprises and old favorites.
Availability for
Holiday shows 2026 -- I have possible dates after Thanksgiving (11/26)
for Holiday Concerts in lower Michigan & upper Indiana. Email me with
inquiries joel.mabus@pobox.com