The Flatland Ramblers
photo by d.j.
The Flatland Ramblers, a traditional old-time band based in Polk County, Iowa, play a lively mix of American mountain tunes and Celtic instrumentals. If you like music of the 1800s as it was played in 1975, you'll love this band! Funky enough for a barn dance, hip enough for the coffeehouse, we play 19th century music for the 21st century. Perfect for farmer's markets, Civil War reenactments, Renaissance fairs, céilís, keggers, political rallies, weddings, wakes, hog roasts, hoolies, hoedowns, shindigs and shivarees! The band consists of:

Susanna Gal.mp3
Susanna Gal
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Scott Ross: 5-string banjo, cittern

Jeanne Witt: flute, piccolo, pennywhistle, mandolin

Barbara Shultz: octave mandolin, tenor banjo, mandolin

Craig Fox: guitar

Donna Ritchie: guitar, Jew's harp

Preview the CD!
THE FLATLAND RAMBLERS: Toe-Tappin' Tunes
The Flatland Ramblers:
"Toe-Tappin' Tunes."
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for sample tunes.
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Sally in the Garden
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HILLS_OF_IRELAND.mp3

Hills of Ireland
(840 KB .mp3)

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...and keep posted on our ever-changing schedule:
The Flatland Ramblers
2008 Iowa Performance Calendar:

Monday, March 17- Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino, 10:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M.
(Free admission.)
(Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino, I-80 Exit 142, Altoona.)

Saturday, May 3- DemiCon 19, Noon-1:00 P.M. (Membership required.)
(Hotel Fort Des Moines, 10th & Locust, Des Moines.)

Saturday, May 10- Central Iowa Celtic Festival & Highland Games, 12:15-1:00 P.M.
(Free will donation.)
(Living History Farms, 2600 111th St., Urbandale.)

Saturday, May 17- Friends of Ingersoll Fundraiser, 7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
(Students $5, Adults $7)
(Black Cat Café, 3701 Ingersoll, Des Moines.)

Saturday, June 21- Annual Birthday Bash, 1:00-? P.M. (Private.)
(Des Moines.)

Sunday, September 14- Music & Wine Tasting Party, Time: T.B.A.
(Admission T.B.A.)
(Prairie Moon Winery, 3801 W. 190th Street, Ames.)

Sunday, September 21- Fiddler's Picnic, Noon-6:00 P.M. ($5 admission.)
(Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City.)


The Flatland Ramblers will play music in exchange for money:
Contact us here.
Or phone: 515-277-3787

Click here to see past venues.

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