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Folk Alliance conference in Kansas City showcases the genre’s roots and future

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“Long Hard Times to Come”

Showcase schedulePublic showcase tickets are $25 per night. All shows are in the Westin Crown Center hotel. All times are evening unless listed.
For more information, call 816-221-3655 or go to FolkAlliance.org. Thursday 7:3088:3099:3010677:308:1599:4566:3077:3088:3099:301077:30 88:30 99:30 105:457:3088:3099:30 105:457:3088:3099:455:457:3088:3099:301066:457:308:1599:457:3088:3099:30105:457:3088:3099:455:457:308:1599:3010Friday 66:3077:30 88:3099:301066:3077:3088:3099:301066:3077:30 8 8:30 99:30 1066:3077:3088:3099:301066:457:308:1599:4566:457:308:1599:4566:30 77:3088:3099:301066:457:308:1599:4566:3077:3088:3099:301066:45 7:308:1599:4566:457:308:1599:45Saturday 66:3077:30 88:30 99:30 1066:30 77:308:1599:45 6 6:30 77:3088:3099:4566:3077:3088:30 99:301066:3077:308 8:3099:301066:3077:3088:3099:3066:30 77:30 88:3099:301066:457:308:1599:4566:3077:3088:3099:301066:457:308:1599:4566:3077:30 88:3099:3010

Open to the public

Some of the Folk Alliance Conference events are open to the public. For more information, go to FolkAlliance.org.

The public is invited to all of the Performance Alley Showcases for an admission of $25 per night. Advance tickets are sold out online, but a small number of tickets will be available for each night at the door.

The public can participate in the Winter Music Camp at the Sheraton Crown Center. The camp offers instruction and jam sessions for musicians and songwriters in all styles of roots music. Times: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Register at the hotel or at FolkAlliance.org. Cost: $250 for the entire camp or a discounted rate of $50 a day using the code folkcamp50.

This story was originally published February 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM with the headline "Folk Alliance conference in Kansas City showcases the genre’s roots and future."

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