AAFFM’s local monthly coffeehouse concert series, Fiddler’s Green, features concerts that include traditional music, singer-songwriters, poetry and storytelling. Join us on third Saturdays!
First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
470 Candler Park Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
(404) 378-5570
Show begins at 7:00 pm
General Admission: $10 AAFFM Members: $8
(Minimum. All proceeds beyond our rent go to the performers. Please be generous!)
Masks and COVID vaccination are encouraged
Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/F7Asnyv9zu82
Fiddler’s Green May 18, 2024
MARK DVORAK and BLACKFOOT DAISY
MARK DVORAK
When Mark Dvorak began his career in music he knew right away he’d be in it for the long haul. 35 years later he is still writing, recording & on the road performing. “At this stage of the game,” said the singer from his home in Chicago, “I feel like I’m doing my best work.” The Chicago Tribune called him “masterful,” & the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” In 2012 WFMT Midnight Special host Rich Warren named him Chicago’s “official troubadour.”
Mark has given concerts in almost all of the United States & has made visits to Finland, Canada & Ireland. He has released twenty albums including 2020s acclaimed Let Love Go On and 2024s Live & Alone. He has won awards for children’s music, journalism & was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
BLACKFOOT DAISY
Atlanta songwriters Wendy DuMond and Don Sechelski met online in 2008 on a songwriter forum. When they discovered they lived within 5 miles of each other, they got together to jam and a spark was lit. The band size and configuration has changed over the years but the core has always been the songwriting. The current band includes Don Sechelski on vocals, guitar and bass, Wendy DuMond on vocals, percussion, ukelele and guitar and Jim Kirkland on fiddle, flute, and mandolin.
In 2014, the band released their first EP, “Jubilee.” This 3 song effort was followed by a full-length release in 2020, “Blackfoot Daisy.” Blackfoot daisies are wildflowers that grow on the prairies of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The band plays original, Americana style music. We are a little haunted by the prairie, the wind, the shifting of tall grasses, the sound of crickets, and a lonesome train whistle drifting through the night.
FIDDLER’S GREEN TALENT SCHEDULE 2024
Apr. 20, ‘24: Dirty Cello / Tal Naccarato
May 18, ‘24: Mark Dvorak / Blackfoot Daisy
June 15, ‘24: Claudia Nygaard / Harm’s Way
July 20, ‘24: Jeff Black / Pierce Pettis
Aug. 17, ‘24: John Cable / Jim Culliton
Sept. 21. ‘24: Kala Farnham / Veronika Jackson
Oct. 19, ‘24: Mick Kinney & Friends
Nov. 16, ‘24: Frank Critelli / Mockingbird’s Wing
Dec. 21, ‘24: Redwine Jam / Balalaika Fantasie
TEMPORARY COVID RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
Vaccination or a fresh negative COVID test are encouraged but no longer required for all persons entering the sanctuary.
Every person entering the sanctuary is encouraged to wear a mask for the entire time they are indoors except while consuming refreshments.
Hand sanitizer will be available.
Two portable air filtration systems are in the Sanctuary.
Eating and drinking are now allowed inside.