Folk troubadour Mark Dvorak to perform at Ravinia Farmers Market
The Ravinia Farmers Market, celebrating its 47th season, will welcome folk troubadour Mark Dvorak to the entertainment stage. The Market runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Wednesday from June through October. Dvorak will perform Wednesday, July 16, Aug. 27 and Sept. 17. The market takes place at Jens Jensen Park, 540 Roger Williams Ave., in Highland Park.
“We’re thrilled to have Mark back on our schedule this summer,” music director Noah Plotkin said. “He is one of our resident artists and his music is perfect fit for our atmosphere.”
The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012, Rich Warren, long time host of “The Midnight Special” radio program, called Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”
The Ravinia Farmers Market features 24 full-time vendors and 15 part-time vendors offering find fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, flowers, honey, eggs, bread and more.
For more information, call or text (847) 579-9080 or visit raviniafarmersmarket.com.
Learn more about Mark Dvorak at markdvorak.com.