 Traditional, folk and bluegrass musicians are invited to participate
in the weekend impromptu jam session. Several bluegrass bands will
be featured from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday on stage in the
outdoor theater, and the festival will be in full swing in the
village from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Performers from all over
the Midwest will entertain on such instruments as mountain and
hammer dulcimers, concertinas, bones, autoharps, fiddles, banjos,
and guitars.Outside the village, a large clogging platform will
be provided, which will be filled with cloggers starting at noon
Sunday.
Songs and music of the 19th century will be performed in the
village Abraham Lincoln called home for six years. No electrified
instruments or equipment will be permitted.
The log buildings will be open and staffed by costumed
interpreters interpreting lifestyles of the 1830s. The New Salem
Museum Shop, the New Salem Lincoln League Souvenir and Book Store,
and OMG Bistro will all be open during the event.
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 The festival is sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency, which administers Lincoln's New Salem, and the New Salem
Lincoln League.
Lincoln's New Salem
State Historic Site is located 20 miles northwest of Springfield
and two miles south of Petersburg on Route 97. A donation of $4 for
adults, $2 for children or $10 per family is suggested.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency]
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