White Oak Festival

07/25/2025

We are very happy to be able to offer 10 tickets to this year's White Oak Festival free of charge to students in Dodgeville schools. To claim a ticket, email [email protected] with the name and age of the student. The first 10 requests will have their names placed on the guest list at the box office. Only one request per family please, so that we may include as many families as possible. Also, no need to request a ticket for children 12 and under, they are already free!

More information about the festival can be found here:

The White Oak Festival is a celebration of the beautiful driftless landscape and a year of great programs at White Oak Savanna. Our vision is to grow into a diverse and self-sustaining festival that reflects the very land on which we gather. Festival attendees will be treated to amazing music, beaut

08/15/2024

Second Line to Savanna. So fun!

08/08/2024

United by a shared love of bluegrass, old-time, community, slow-roasted roots, and the ever-hustling possum, the Parsnip Factory defy the traditional definition of a folk band. Their kaleidoscopic yet oddly cohesive musical jamboree exuberantly fills the stage with unusual instrumentation and virtuosity. It’s not often you’ll see a bluegrass band featuring a washtub bass, accordion, two banjos and upward of six fiddles!

08/08/2024

Sweet Sheiks is a toe-tapping five-some inspired by the popular music of the teens, twenties, and thirties. Led by the vintage vocals of Jen Lauren, the lineup includes guitar, tuba, banjolin, clarinet and trombone. They bring a modern flair to early jazz, blues, and Americana classics. Sweet Sheiks’ acoustic stylings are compelling, diverting, and are best summed up in two words, “refreshingly vintage.”

08/08/2024

Formed in Madison in 2023, the Stop and Listen bring unique instrumentation and high-energy fun to a range of American traditional music. Hot fiddle tunes, jug band blues, hillbilly songs, and more. Featuring Daniel Plane (cello, fiddle), Calvin Woodring (harmonica), Adam Helt-Baldwin (bass), and Mike Tiboris (banjo). Stop, listen, and let ‘er rip!

08/08/2024

Founded in 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin, Panchromatic Steel has blazed an entirely new trail in the city’s music scene, fusing island styles with pop hits, rock and jazz into a high-energy blend that is hard to categorize but easy to love!

08/08/2024

The Parrishes are Catherine and Ted Parrish, an acoustic duo from Viroqua Wisconsin. They write original songs that cross the bridge between folk and blues, using musical knowledge honed through decades of performing, recording, and teaching!

08/06/2024

Chicago native Rebecca Jasso is a singer/songwriter who playfully writes around the themes of love, loneliness, and fantasy, skillfully weaving her melodies into the harmonic fabric of her fingerstyle guitar playing.

08/06/2024

Joybird is the songwriting project of Chicago fiddler, multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and arts educator Jess Baldissero. Backed by Chicago’s busiest traditional and experimental musicians, Jess writes songs informed by her background in social work and time living in both the heart of Appalachia and the City of Big Shoulders.

08/05/2024

Excited for some workshops and barn dancing with Barb Silverman at the Festival!

08/05/2024

Come listen to Harmonica Hines at our fest! Harmonica Hinds has performed in the Chicago land area since the early 1970s. He performed in the house band at Theresa’s Lounge!

08/01/2024

Listen to Jonas Friddle Music play in our barn on Saturday August 10th!