This page last updated: August 18, 2023
SELECTED PAST APPEARANCES ( FOR MORE CLICK
HERE)
MIDWINTER SINGING FESTIVAL
-- East Lansing, MI
THE ARK -- Ann Arbor MI
HIAWATHA MUSIC FESTIVAL -- Marquette, MI A
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION --St. Paul, MN
WFMT FOLKSTAGE -- Chicago
FOX VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL -- Geneva, IL
THE TEN POUND FIDDLE -- East Lansing, MI PRINCETON FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY -- Princeton, NJ
CORNELL FOLK SONG SOCIETY -- Ithaca, NY MIGHTY UKE DAY -- Lansing, MI
SUMMER ACOUSTIC MUSIC WEEK of
UMASS BIG MUDDY FOLK FESTIVAL -- Boonville, MO
WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL -- WINFIELD,
KS OLD SONGS FESTIVAL -- Altamont, NY
SCHOODIC ARTS FESTIVAL -- Winter Harbor, ME PHILADELPHIA
FOLK FESTIVAL -- Schwenksville, PA
MAMA'S COFFEEHOUSE -- Bloomfield Hills, MI
FOLK COLLEGE -- Huntingdon, PA
LAMB'S RETREAT for SONGWRITERS -- Harbor Springs, MI
BLISS FEST -- Harbor Springs, MI
CALIFORNIA COAST MUSIC CAMP -- northern CA
MIDWEST BANJO CAMP -- Olivet, MI
WOODS HOLE FOLK SOCIETY -- Woods Hole, MA
VANCOUVER FOLK FESTIVAL -- Vancouver, BC
THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HINDSIGHT IS 2020!
If you have been wondering
what Joel Mabus did during the pandemic (aka the Great Unpleasantness) here is
what I did instead of touring:
Here
is a direct link to my YouTube Channel
UPCOMING:
2023
SEPTEMBER 23 SATURDAY KALAMAZOO MI
The Clover Room concert 7:30 PM
Intimate concert in Kalamazoo's newest listening room.
1501 Fulford Street Kalamazoo MI 49001
(269) 599-6359
https://www.thecloverroomkalamazoo.com/
Something of a personal celebration for me, as I turn 70 the week before the
show.
Never underestimate an old man with a guitar!
Looking forward to sharing favorite songs in this cozy historic room on a Saturday
evening.
To buy tickets (book early to reserve you a seat in this
60 seat room) or for more information check here:
https://www.thecloverroomkalamazoo.com/tickets-and-events
And
The Clover Room Facebook page is here
https://www.facebook.com/events/1734854696972655?ref=newsfeed
OCTOBER 6 FRIDAY LANSING MI
Ten Pound Fiddle concert 7:30
My annual Fall "homecoming" show at the Fiddle. (No football
weekend at MSU this year, so traffic and parking shouldn't be too crazy)
Again at:
University United Methodist Church (UUMC)
1120 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823
FOR concert info:
https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/event/joel-mabus-2023/
FOR
tickets online:
https://tenpoundfiddle.ticketspice.com/231006
Looking
forward to this show. I turn 70 years old a few weeks before the
date. In 2002 I played a concert for the Ten Pound Fiddle on my exact
birth-day. September 13. I was 49 years old then and I told
them I didn't want a birthday cake with 49 candles on it. Twenty-one years
later, I certainly don't want to see any cake with 70 candles. I don't
have the blow-out breath for that! And the fire marshal would be notified!
I
plan to present my most favorite material at this show. The favorites of
the songs I have written, the favorite traditional tunes I have made my own, and
also some of my new favorites. I have been working up songs from the Jazz
age lately: those roaring 20's of a century ago. I'd like to share a few
favorites of those with you, too.
I won't have any brand new CDs with
me, but I will bring along a sampling from the vault.
BUT
SOMETHING NEW: I have digitized ALL my albums going back to 1987, and can now
offer the complete collection on one USB flash drive (aka "Thumb
Drive"). TWENTY-FIVE complete albums in the palm of your hand. Ready
to insert into your late model car for listening. Or to import to your
media player at home. All at highest quality MP3 -- at 320 bit
rate. I will have thumb drives with shorter collections, too, at a
nice price.
Hope to see a good turnout from my old hometown, both old
friends and new!
2024
February
2, 2024 7:30 pm
East Lansing MI
Mid-Winter
Singing Festival
Friday Night Community Sing
This
year the song leaders will be
Rev. Robert Jones, Frank Youngman, Joel Mabus
AND a very special guest.
https://www.tenpoundfiddle.org/event/2024mwsf-friday-community-sing/
MARCH 16 LIVONIA MI
Trinity House concert
details TBA