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JOEL MABUS
FVFS
|Wheeler Park
Joel Mabus is a veteran of the folk music scene, known for defying the singer-songwriter mold with a style rooted in tradition yet richly original. Raised in Southern Illinois by a fiddle champion father & banjo-playing mother, his music reflects a lifetime in folk music.
Time & Location
FVFS
Wheeler Park, 822 N 1st St, Geneva, IL 60134, USA
About the event
Joel Mabus has been a staple of the American folk scene for over 50 years. Though often called a singer-songwriter, he defies the label. The son of a 1930s fiddle champ and a banjo-pickin’ farm girl, Joel was raised in Southern Illinois—steeped in Holiness hymns and Monroe-style bluegrass.
A National Merit Scholar, he studied anthropology and literature at MSU by day and gigged by night. Since then, he’s played every major folk stage in North America, blending mountain banjo, jazz guitar, tender ballads, and sharp satire. Learn more click here.