Leo Coffeehouse Presented by the Queen City Balladeers

Name: Leo Coffeehouse Presented by the Queen City Balladeers
Start: 2026-05-24T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-24T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Zion United Church of Christ Norwood Ohio

Schedule

Sun May 24 2026 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Zion United Church of Christ Norwood Ohio | Norwood, OH

Leo Coffeehouse, 5:00-9:00 PM, Sunday, May 24, 2026
5:00 PM: Woody Guthrie Songbook led by Mark Dvorak
Woody Guthrie was America’s great folk ballad maker. His best songs, This Land Is Your Land and countless others - endure as living documents of the times in which he lived, and are still resonant in today’s world. This workshop session is for singers, instrumentalists and listeners. Chicago’s
Mark Dvorak has followed in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie as a musician, song writer, educator and community builder. He served as an integral member of the faculty at the venerable Old Town School of Folk Music for 31 years. He is currently the resident artist with Music & Potlucks, a non-profit organization committed to supporting our neighbors in need.
5:00 PM: Song Circle/Jam-Downstairs
Anyone can bring songs to lead while others provide backup and harmony.
Performances 6:40-9:00 PM:
1st Set: Cheryl McKinney and the Creech Caravan
The Creech Sisters are back, this time on a Caravan. Three Couzins are joining us on the journey. The Silk Road promoted the sharing not just of silk, but precious art, spices, music, religion and culture. Join us on our musical journey. We travel to different places and times in music, celebrating some of the varied cultures of our vast world. Cheryl will be joined by Chris Bieri, Cynthia Barry McCarthy, David Johnson, Larry Sparrow and Richard Males.
2nd Set: Rupert Wates
Rupert Wates is a London-born, award-winning songwriter who signed an exclusive publishing deal with Eaton Music in the 1990s and has been writing full-time ever since. Since relocating to the U.S. in 2006, he has released eleven acclaimed full-length albums, earning airplay across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, and Australia. His work has inspired over 50 songwriting awards and more than twenty cover recordings by other artists, including two full tribute albums recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles. Performing an average of 120 shows a year across North America and Europe, Wates continues to captivate audiences with his haunting, melodic brand of acoustic art-folk.
3rd Set: Mark Dvorak
Chicago’s “official troubadour”, Mark has performed in Finland, Canada, Ireland and almost all of the US. He has won awards for children’s music, journalism and was honored with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International.