Square Roots (music Festival)
Square Roots (previously called the Folk & Roots Festival) is a two- to three-day music festival that has been held each summer in the Lincoln Square, Chicago, Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago since 1998. Organized by the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the festival features world music and dance performances from a variety of genres, with particular emphasis on folk music, folk and world music. History The Folk & Roots Festival began in 1998 and was coordinated solely by the Old Town School of Folk Music. Each year, the event was held at Welles Park in Lincoln Square. The festival showcased a variety of performances from different musical traditions. For instance, in 2001, the festival hosted, among others, the Super Rail Band from Mali, Nigerian afrobeat musician Femi Kuti, and the Texas, Texan country music, country band The Flatlanders. It also featured well-known folk music, folk performers as well, such as Patti Smith and ...
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