Tag Archives: celebration

Cocktail Hour with Farley Center

bees, celebration, community, culture, environmental, farming, food, friendship, fun, honey, sustainable farming

3/23/23

Farley Center has partnered with Palette Bar and Grill on a new cocktail using sustainably farmed honey from the Farley Center in 2022. Their Spring menu will once again feature the Farley Fly-By cocktail!

Join us on March 23rd for a cocktail hour from 4-6pm and try the Farley Fly-By (you can also order without alcohol) and learn about the Farley Center, our beekeeping program, and sustainable practices.

See Event Flyer

Learn more about the Farley Center beekeepers at
http://farleycenter.org/programsevents/beekeepers/

Farley Center Fall Festival with Saideira Pagode

celebration, community, festival, folk music, friendship, fun, justice, music

10-1-23

Come join us and listen to “Brazilian ‘pagode” music! “Saideira Pagode” will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 12:30-1:45!

“Saideira Pagode (pronounced “sai DAY ruh, pa GOH jee,”) consists of several longtime members of The Handphibians. They perform Brazilian ‘pagode’ music, a roots samba style featuring small percussion and strings, sung around tables in bars and backyards. In essence, a quintessential Brazilian party music.”

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

“Pagode (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈɡɔdʒ(i)]) is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party.”

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Fall Festival with Down from the Hills

celebration, community, festival, folk music, friendship, fun, justice, music

10-1-23

Come join us and dance to the bluegrass band “Down from the Hills” at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival. Down from the Hills will be playing from 10:30-12:15!

http://downfromthehills.com/

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

Down from the Hills – Band Members
Pat Downing: mandolin, fiddle, melodion, vocals
Bill McWilliams: banjo, guitar, vocals
Dan Hildebrand: guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Brad Wolbert: upright bass, guitar, vocals

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Fall Festival with the Raging Grannies

celebration, community, festival, folk music, friendship, fun, justice, music

10-1-23

The Raging Grannies will be back at the Farley Center! Come join us at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival. The Raging Grannies will be playing from 1:45-2:30!

http://raginggrannies.madisonwi.us/

More about the Farley Center Fall Festival

The Raging Grannies have participated at the Farley Center festivals in 2016. 2017 and 2019. We look forward to hearing them sing again!

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail

Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan

celebration, community, culture, environmental, food, food forest, friendship, fun, gardening, sustainable farming

5-20-23

Come tour the food forest at the Farley Center with Kalev Kristjuhan following the Beni Daiko Japanese Drumming Concert (1:00-2:15) There is no cost for the tour.
The food forest includes newly planted areas through the Wisconsin Food Forests initiative (https://www.wisconsinfoodforests.com/) as well as more mature areas featuring a range of planting styles: guilds and contours and a mix of plants from the well known: apples, pears, and grapes, to the lesser known: paw paw, cornelian cherry, honeyberry, quince, serviceberry, currants, and many more under and overstory plants.

The Farley Center is a certified organic farm where many growers rent land and share common resources like tractors, irrigation lines, and coolers.

Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan

celebration, community, culture, environmental, food, food forest, friendship, fun, gardening, sustainable farming

6-3-23

Come tour the food forest at the Farley Center with Kalev Kristjuhan following the Too Sick Charlie Concert (5:00-7:00 p.m./$15). There is no cost for the tour.
The food forest includes newly planted areas through the Wisconsin Food Forests initiative (https://www.wisconsinfoodforests.com/) as well as more mature areas featuring a range of planting styles: guilds and contours and a mix of plants from the well known: apples, pears, and grapes, to the lesser known: paw paw, cornelian cherry, honeyberry, quince, serviceberry, currants, and many more under and overstory plants.

The Farley Center is a certified organic farm where many growers rent land and share common resources like tractors, irrigation lines, and coolers.

Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan

celebration, community, culture, environmental, food, food forest, friendship, fun, gardening, sustainable farming

7-15-23

Come tour the food forest at the Farley Center with Kalev Kristjuhan following the Congress of Starlings Concert (5:00-7:00 p.m./$15). There is no cost for the tour.
The food forest includes newly planted areas through the Wisconsin Food Forests initiative (https://www.wisconsinfoodforests.com/) as well as more mature areas featuring a range of planting styles: guilds and contours and a mix of plants from the well known: apples, pears, and grapes, to the lesser known: paw paw, cornelian cherry, honeyberry, quince, serviceberry, currants, and many more under and overstory plants.

The Farley Center is a certified organic farm where many growers rent land and share common resources like tractors, irrigation lines, and coolers.

Farley Center/SWWAP Summer Concert – Congress of Starlings

celebration, community, festival, folk music, friendship, fun, justice, music

7/15/23
Congress of Starlings – Andrea Bunch and Aerin Tedsco
vitalbodywellnessllc.com/music/

Hosted by the Farley Center and the Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives

Cost: $15 PAY AT THE DOOR
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS!
All proceeds will go to the musicians

Come join us for a concert with “Congress of Starlings” at the Farley Center under the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA ). Please bring your own chairs and blankets. There will be one of our farmers selling fresh, organic vegetables and Farley Center honey will be available (cash or check only).

FOOD: Perez Produce will be selling tamales ($2.50 each) and cold drinks (cash only). They will also offer tamales by the dozen if you want to pre-order those and they will be ready for pick up from the concert – pre-order at )

We are offering an informational tour with Farley Center Board Member Jeanne Meier at 4:00- one hour before the concert. No charge for the tour.

We are also offering a Farley Center Food Forest Tour with Kalev Kristjuhan/Wisc. Food Forests following the concert from 7:00-8:00. No charge for the tour.

“Congress of Starlings is a long-time favorite on the Chicago indie music scene. Aerin Tedesco and Andrea Bunch have been called ‘two of the most beautiful noises on the planet.’ The Starlings have brought their music to world famous venues like Milwaukee’s Summerfest, The National Women’s Music Festival, Halsted Market Days, Taste of Chicago, Pride Fest, Hard Rock Café, The House of Blues, and to beloved Chicago venues like The Old Town School of Folk Music, SPACE, Schuba’s and Martyr’s.”

Whether as an acoustic duo or a full band, Congress of Starlings joyfully delivers a unique, startling blend of unearthly harmonies, rich melodies, and unusual meters. Lyrically, their concerns reach from the depths of the heart, across the damaged American landscape, and through the mists of other worlds. Their voices are unmatched in their ability to move and enrapture audiences. Their songs are raw and powerful.

Congress of Starlings recent highlights ~

We produce Covers for Cover, now in its 17th year. Covers for Cover brings together trans and cis women artists to raise funds for women in need. Our annual shows are celebratory, uplifting concerts full of fans and artists cheering each other on! This December, Covers for Cover was proud to raise $25,000 for the Chicago Abortion Fund.

In June 2022, we sold out the 500+ seat Old Town School of Folk Music theater with our tribute to Joni Mitchell. Here’s Woodstock from that show.

Our music appears in Monty & Rose I and II, feature length documentaries about endangered piping plovers nesting in Chicago and the decision Chicagoans made to protect them. Hear The Gift.<

Live show videos
Kristina – for the Woman King of Sweden.
Fishing – for ghosts of women lost

Recorded music
Albedo on Spotify

https://www.congressofstarlings.com/

Poster of Congress of Starlings Concert
Poster of the full Summer Concert Series

The Farley Center welcomes guests from the Midwest Mujeres Collective to this concert as a featured Madison non-profit. CEO & Founder Aracelo Esparza will say a few words about her organization during the intermission.

“Midwest Mujeres is a mentorship program that connects, guides, and mentors Latinas and other Black and Brown women on business opportunities, online education, and presentation skills.” https://www.midwestmujeres.com/

HOSTED BY:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
https://www.facebook.com/MtHorebProgressives

Natural Path Sanctuary
naturalpathsanctuary.org

Farley Center Concert – Madison Japanese Taiko Drumming Group “BENI Daiko”

celebration, community, festival, friendship, fun, justice, music

5/20/23

Madison Japanese Taiko Drumming Group “BENI Daiko”

DATE: Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:00pm – 2:15 pm

TICKET PRICE: Suggested donation $10

WHAT TO BRING: Blankets and/or lawn chairs

FOOD: Farley Center/Gani Moon Farmers Jen and Chandy Karnum will be selling pizza slices (1/6 of a 12 inch pizza) for $2 a slice or a full pizza (12 inch pizza) for $10. All homemade and herbs, tomatoes for the sauce and vegetable toppings are grown at the Farley Center!

INFORMATIONAL TOUR: 12:00PM: Tour Center with Board Member Jeanne Meier before the concert. No cost for tour

FOOD FOREST TOUR: 2:30-3:30 following the concert with Farley Center/NPS Staff Member Kalev Kristjuhan. No cost for tour

QUESTIONS? Contact us at 608-845-8724 or email us at

Join us in person for a heart lifting, energetic afternoon of al fresco music by the Madison Japanese Taiko Drumming Group – “BENI DAIKO!” This heart throbbing performance will be given in the open air under the Burr Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center.

Taiko has been a part of Japanese culture for centuries, and carries great cultural significance and is part of important celebrations. The name of the group Beni Daiko carries a specific meaning: “Beni” means “Deep color of Red” which represents Madison and “taiko” means “drum” in the Japanese language.

The term “Taiko” has also come to refer to the art of Japanese drumming, also known as “kumi-daiko.”
You are welcome to come early, stay late, walk through the Natural Path Sanctuary and the Farley Center farms to enjoy all that the Wisconsin spring countryside has to offer!

We will have Farley Center honey available for $10. Please bring cash.

Hosted by:

Farley Center
www.farleycenter.org

Natural Path Sanctuary
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Madison Japanese Taiko Drumming Group “BENI Daiko”
https://benidaiko.wixsite.com/benidaiko

Farley Center Farmers
https://www.facebook.com/farleyfarmers

Farley Center Volunteer Day – Holiday Hope Donation Bags

celebration, community, culture, friendship, fun, volunteer

12-19-22

We are looking for a few volunteers to help sort out donations and bag them. These donations will go to used at the Goodman Center. Thank you to all who donated!

We will meet in the downstairs conference room at the Center.

Questions? Please contact or