The Shawano Folk Music Festival's 2025 Artists
Heather Styka is coming back to the 2025 Shawano Folk Music Festival as our Honorary Director! We enjoyed her weekend with us last year so much we just had to ask her back. She's a singer and songwriter from Chicago with strong family ties to Wisconsin’s north woods. She writes intricate stories into her songs and sings them with a voice that might make you think of Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday, but she describes herself as a cross between Leonard Cohen and Patsy Cline. Her songs and stories belong squarely in the folk and Americana traditions, but they’re also gritty country and catchy pop. Heather does it all and it’s a real good mix. Onstage, she’s energetic and intimate, quirky and funny. Help us welcome Heather to her first time on our Shawano festival stages. For more, go to heatherstyka.com
