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Joel Mabus on Tour 
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This page last updated:   August 18, 2023

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 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:

2023

SEPTEMBER 23  SATURDAY   KALAMAZOO  MI
The Clover Room 
concert  7:30 PM
Intimate concert in Kalamazoo's newest listening room. 
1501 Fulford Street Kalamazoo MI 49001
(269) 599-6359
https://www.thecloverroomkalamazoo.com/  


Something of a personal celebration for me, as I turn 70 the week before the show.  
Never underestimate an old man with a guitar!
Looking forward to sharing favorite songs in this cozy historic room on a Saturday evening.  

To buy tickets (book early to reserve you a seat in this 60 seat room) or for more information check here:
https://www.thecloverroomkalamazoo.com/tickets-and-events  

And The Clover Room Facebook page is here
https://www.facebook.com/events/1734854696972655?ref=newsfeed 

 

 

OCTOBER 6 FRIDAY  LANSING MI
Ten Pound Fiddle  concert  7:30


My annual Fall "homecoming" show at the Fiddle.  (No football weekend at MSU this year, so traffic and parking shouldn't be too crazy)
Again at:
 University United Methodist Church (UUMC) 
1120 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823

FOR concert info: 
https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/event/joel-mabus-2023/ 

FOR tickets online:
https://tenpoundfiddle.ticketspice.com/231006 

Looking forward to this show.  I turn 70 years old a few weeks before the date.  In 2002 I played a concert for the Ten Pound Fiddle on my exact birth-day.  September 13.   I was 49 years old then and I told them I didn't want a birthday cake with 49 candles on it. Twenty-one years later, I certainly don't want to see any cake with 70 candles.  I don't have the blow-out breath for that!  And the fire marshal would be notified! 

I plan to present my most favorite material at this show.  The favorites of the songs I have written, the favorite traditional tunes I have made my own, and also some of my new favorites.  I have been working up songs from the Jazz age lately: those roaring 20's of a century ago.  I'd like to share a few favorites of those with you, too. 

I won't have any brand new CDs with me, but I will bring along a sampling from the vault.  

BUT SOMETHING NEW: I have digitized ALL my albums going back to 1987, and can now offer the complete collection on one USB flash drive (aka "Thumb Drive"). TWENTY-FIVE complete albums in the palm of your hand.  Ready to insert into your late model car for listening.  Or to import to your media player at home.  All at highest quality MP3 -- at 320 bit rate.   I will have thumb drives with shorter collections, too, at a nice price. 

Hope to see a good turnout from my old hometown, both old friends and new!



 

2024

February 2, 2024 7:30 pm
East Lansing MI

Mid-Winter Singing Festival 
Friday Night Community Sing

This year the song leaders will be
Rev. Robert Jones, Frank Youngman, Joel Mabus
AND a very special guest.

https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/event/2024mwsf-friday-community-sing/ 

 

 

MARCH 16  LIVONIA MI
Trinity House  concert
details TBA