Old Town School of Folk Music

http://www.oldtownschool.org/

Today enrollment in Old Town School tuition programs averages close to 6,600 students per week, 2,700 of them children. The Lincoln Square and Lincoln Park facilities hold hundreds of classes and workshops in music, dance and art for adults, children and teens seven days per week, 48 weeks per year. Early childhood and middle school music programs thrive in three suburban branches as well as in several community outreach programs throughout the city. The School presents performances by internationally known touring artists, the best of Chicago’s local artists and its staff and students virtually every weekend. Most Wednesday nights feature free concerts through our popular and long established World Music Wednesdays Program. Some 85,000 come to these concerts and attend our neighborhood Square Roots festival annually. In the next 5 years, the school plans to expand its offerings in a broader range of cultural traditions and even further throughout the city of Chicago.