The festival got its name from the sugar maple tree, the state tree of WI.
Kids 17 and under get in free.
2016 is the first year for RV camping. Go here for reservations.
The Sugar Maple Fest is participatory! Bring your instruments and play along in the jam tent. The jams are open to all ages and abilities.
The Festival is sponsored by the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, a local 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to bringing traditional music and dance to the greater Madison area. Your tax-deductible donation supports the music! Go here to donate.
Performers this year hail from Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee, New York, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado and Missouri.
Dave Landau is the only artist to play every single year of the festival. And the seven-year-olds dancing to his music year one are now in college and have to pay their own way into the festival!
One FLTMC board member met her future husband at the late night campground bonfire jam. (He proposed around the campfire the following year.)
The idea for a traditional music festival in Madison originated in 2003 at the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, MI
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Please consider donating to the festival. Our organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Our festival wouldn't exist without generous donors like you.
