SIU’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center hosted its annual family-friendly music festival, Little Grassy Get Down, over the weekend to fundraise for the center and featured live bluegrass and Americana music from a wide range of Midwest artists.
Attendees sat around campfires, explored local vendors and participated in outdoor activities such as hiking and biking. The event had on-site lodging and camping for families to enjoy their weekend stay. Children played gaga ball and ran around with glowsticks. The sidewalks were filled with chalk drawings of hopscotch games that ended with a dance circle. Highlights also included evening performances from Chain Station and Kasey Lee Rogers. Chain Station are a string band from Denver, Colorado with four members and have been together for eight years. The band performed at the main stage with a crowd of people relaxing in lawn chairs and dancing
throughout the performance.
Kasey Lee Rogers, a country singer-songwriter based in southern Illinois, started performing around the age of 15 in punk rock houses and dive bars. Rogers’ music blends traditional country with a little bit of a modern edge.
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Staff photographer Emily Brinkman can be reached at [email protected]
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