Updated on 6-19-09

(all information is subject to change at any time up to, during and even after the convention…)

FILK - all Filk events are in the Dolores Room

FILK – COURTING OUR MUSES. Filkers talk about the ideas behind their songs -- how and where the ideas occurred, why the ideas inspired them to create filk songs, and how they used the ideas in their creation. Fri 4p-5p. Bill Laubenheimer, Jennifer Aronson, Lynn Gold

FILK – FILK AS A PRESSURE VALVE. Songs that unleash frustrations: literary, sexual, emotional, intellectual, and social. Sat 4p-5p. Chris Paige, Tom Tuerff, Lynn Gold, Jennifer Aronson

FILK – FILK SPAWN or One Filk Leads to Another. Like all the variations on “Dawson’s Christian”, i.e. Nancy Freeman’s “Dawson’s Mizvah”, or the filk war between Rennie Levine and Kanefvsky, or the lovely “Swing on a Star” variations. Fri 2p-3p. Tom Tuerff, Bill Laubenheimer, Darren Reale

FILK – FILL IN THE BLANK FILK. Remember doing mad-libs as a kid? Where you take a story or whatever, take out some of the words, and replace them with words suggested by people who don't know what they're replacing. Well, as Tom Smith proved, you can do them for filk songs, too. Come join our panelists, who have brought ready-to- madlib songs, or bring your own to throw into the fray. Sun 1p-2p. Melissa Trible, Gary Swaty, Jennifer Aronson

FILK/DEMO - HISTORY OF BARDIC MUSIC & STORYTELLING. - Reale Medieval Music. An overview of Bardic arts and storytelling. Demonstrations and Q&A session if time allows. Enjoy the music and improv poetry in traditional bardic style. The melodic and comedic tones of Mr. Darren Reale charm listeners with modern and historical content including love songs, story-filled ballads and delightful filk. Thurs 6p-7p. Presented by R-n-A Productions. Darren Reale, Shelly Kelly

THEMED FILK CIRCLE “Trek” hosted by Gary Swaty Thurs 9p-1030p. “Computers” hosted by Bill Laubenheimer Fri 9p-1030p. “Animals” hosted by Lynn Gold Sat 9p-1020p.

FILK JAM Sun 2p until Closing

FILK – ONE SHOTS Thurs 3p-4p & 8p-9p. Fri 10a-11a, 8p-9p Sat 10a-11a, 3p-4p, 8p-9p Sun 11a-noon

FILK – Open Bardic Filk Thurs 1030p, Fri 1030p, Sat 1030p.

FILK – RADIO DRAMA PRODUCTION. Come write and record a short Radio Drama based on an assigned theme or maybe a well-known filksong. The production will be edited with sound effects and music. Friday we'll write the script and on Saturday we’ll record it. Should be Fun! Fri 1p-2p & Sat 11am-noon. Jennifer Aronson, Marilyn Miller, Lynn Gold, Mark Horning

FILK – SEMI-INSTA-FILK CHALLENGE. What are the filk songs attendees would like to hear? A discussion of topics or characters that deserve to be filked, the mood and rhymes that would best serve, with a challenge to panelists and anybody else who cares to compete to make new filk to be performed at a later concert hour, with a prize for the best new song to bring a request to musical life. A bottle of Tully, perhaps? Thurs 7p-8p. Chris Paige, Melissa Trible, Mark Horning

FILK – MARK HORNING’S FILK CD RELEASE GATHERING. Sat 6p-7p. Mark Horning

FILK - THE REALE FUTURE OF MUSIC. A unique musical presentation of original and filk music of space plus filk music-composing workshop. Turn off your Ipods, turn up your ears - but not your nose - to the music of Darren Reale, folk guitarist and space poet! Hear the wonderful sounds of futuristic filk music and poetry. Darren Reale's music will entertain and amuse you with comedy, wit, and anti-matter brain antics. A workshop on composing filk music in the folk music style will follow. Fri 6p-7p. Presented by R-n-A Productions. Darren Reale

CONCERTS: Joe Bethancourt Fri 3p-4p. Lynn Gold Thurs 5p-6p. Mark Horning Sat 1p-2p. Marilyn Miller & MAC Sat 3p-4p. Chris Paige Fri 5p-6p. Wyllow Ravenscroft Sat 5p-6p. Tom Tuerff Fri 7p-8p.