Folk on WFMT - The Midnight Special and Folkstage

09/27/2026

Don’t be lonely! Join us at 8:00/Central for Abbie Gardner live on WFMT 98.7FM tonight!

09/25/2026

A truly beautiful song capturing the life spirit of a friend. This is what Folk music is for. Thank you, Ian for sharing the beauty and the memory of your friend.

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09/24/2026

Congratulations to Wanda Adams Fischer who’s at the top of her game after 45 years and counting.

09/21/2026

Follow this man! No matter where you hear him sing, he will take you the banks and braes and dells and glens of Scotland. You can feel the mist and smell the peat when Jim Malcolm plays for you.

09/20/2026

We’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day. Listen to Cheryl Wheeler recorded live on Folkstage in 2002. Use the WFMT app or go to the Folkstage page at wfmt . com/programs/folkstage

09/14/2026

This Thursday through Saturday at the Englewood Jazz Festival, indoors and outdoors at Hamilton Park (513 W. 72nd Street), fest founder and composer Ernest Khabeer Dawkins debuts a composition honoring voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Music made in Chicago! Admission is free. Details in this article. Wow.

The Englewood Jazz Festival returns to Hamilton Park on Sept. 17-19. The festival will feature performances honoring the legacies of Oscar Brown Jr., John Coltrane and Miles Davis while also celebrating the next generation of musicians.

09/14/2026

Another chance to experience Mean Mary! She was the toast of the Fox Valley Folklore Society 50th festival and she’s playing wonderfully intimate spot in Kenosha this Saturday!

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09/13/2026

Tune in at 8 ! Mac and Cheese Band on Folkstage live from St. Tim's Coffeehouse. WFMT 98.7FM or online at WFMT.com or the WFMT mobile app. (PHOTO: right to left, Sandy Wong Ronkoske of St. Tim’s introduces Tim Cheesebrow, Tad Santos, and Pete McCauley.)

09/12/2026

After Folkstage with Mac and Cheese Band, The Midnight Special demonstrates how music can heal even as we remember the darkness of 9/11. Songs by Kate Wolf, Jack Hardy, Allison Russell, Joe Crookston, Val Leventhal, Josh Ritter, The Indigo Girls, Donna Herula, Eric Bibb , and many more. Tune in to WFMT 98.7FM starting at 9PM. And yes, a couple written by Julie Gold that you’ll definitely know.

Music helps us overcome fear and find renewed sense of purpose as we mark the 25th anniversary of the shared tragedy of 9/11/2001.

09/12/2026

A hearty helping of Mac and Cheese Band is on the menu tonight! Join Marilyn Rea Beyer, Sandy Wong Ronkoske, and loads of joyful folk fans for the season opener of St. Tim's Coffeehouse at Lutheran Church of the Ascension - Northfield IL. Music starts at 7. Live WFMT broadcast starts at 8. Come be on the radio! The Mac and Cheese Band (Tim Cheesebrow, left, and Pete McCauley) deliver high-energy, high-carb folk music with a tasty, tangy sauce of humor and strings. (Photo: MRB at Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM)