Firehouse Follies – WFHB

Celebrate Bloomington!  Our November 2024 show, hosted by Yael Ksander, featured some great music, including an original song and a hilarious parody from the Four-Alarm Orchestra, and brand-new comedy sketches by the Mighty Firehouse Art Players. They presented some excerpts from filmmaker Werner Hedgehog’s documentary about the weird things in Bloomington, and they managed to …

The Firehouse Follies is back! Our first show, November 11, 2023, featured a classic of audio comedy – “The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye” by The Firesign Theatre! Kid Kazooey leads the Four-Alarm Orchestra, and the special musical guest is Chris “Geodize” Barth. There’s plenty of comedy from the Mighty Firehouse Art Players, …

Join WFHB and the Firehouse Follies for another live radio theater broadcast: ‘Anything Goes’- featuring special musical guest Carrie Newcomer with Martinie’s Boogie Three, Gozpel Gurlz, and Cathi Norton, with acting troupe The Unusual Suspects. Broadcasting live from the Ivy Tech John Waldron auditorium Sunday December 1st from 4 to 6 P.M. Doors open at …

Mike Kelsey passed away in July, 2019. He was one of WFHB’s very first volunteers, and over the next 26 years produced some of our most popular shows. Mike was as much a Bloomington Institution as Community Radio itself. His many, many friends gathered to celebrate his life at one of his favorite places (a …

Join WFHB and the Firehouse Follies crew for another live radio theater broadcast: ‘Order In The Court’—featuring special musical guests Mark Robinson and Daniel Seymour, with storyteller extraordinaire Arbutus Cunningham. Broadcasting live from the Ivy Tech John Waldron Whikehart auditorium Sunday, August 25th, from 4 to 6 p.m. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Be part …

The WFHB Firehouse Follies invites you to our special, star-studded summer show, Fireheads and Tales, to be presented Sunday June 2nd at the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m. This show features David Ossman and Phil Proctor, now known as “What’s Left of the Firesign Theatre,” as well as Gary Sandy …

The WFHB Firehouse Follies will be celebrating the coming of spring at the Waldron Whikehart Auditorium March 10 with “Superheroes,” an all new Follies that introduce you to superheroes you may never have seen before. The show will be from 4 to 6 p.m. and feature the music of Croon & Swoon, a Bloomington duo …

Join us for the next WFHB Firehouse Follies featuring: The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe! WFHB Gospel Gurlz & the Firehouse Rounders with Jason Fickel! AND special musical guest The Howlin’ Brothers! PLUS storyteller extraordinaire Arbutus Cunningham! Come be a part of the show in our LIVE studio audience or Tune in LIVE on WFHB Community Radio …

The WFHB Firehouse Follies return to the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium Sunday, August 26, at 4 p.m. with “Life in the Fast Lane,” in which we offering up our usual mix of fast-paced comedy and some great music. Our special guest for the show will be former Bloomington guitar legend Mark Robinson, appearing with his long-time duo partner, …

WFHB presents the next installment of the Firehouse Follies, ‘Mission Improbable: The Lois Lane Caper’—featuring musical guests Monika Herzig and Friends, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, and the Firehouse Rounders. Broadcasting live in front of a studio audience from the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium on June 3rd from 4 to 6pm. Tickets available at the …

Join us for the next WFHB Firehouse Follies, featuring: WFHB Gospel Gurlz & Firehouse Rounders The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe AND special musical guest Tim Grimm & The Family Band! Come be a part of the show in our LIVE studio audience or Tune in LIVE on WFHB Community Radio or Stream us LIVE at wfhb.org! Tickets are just $10 each or …

The Firehouse Follies are about to take a brief winter siesta, but before that happens we are delighted to present our winter show for 2017, “BloomRunner 2017,” to be held on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Waldron Whikehart Auditorium. Our musical lineup includes the New Hoosier Broadcasters, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, and our wonderful house band, the Firehouse …

Join us at the Waldron Auditorium Sunday, Aug. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. for the autumn edition of the WFHB Firehouse Follies, where, for a mere $10 per ticket (or 2 for $15.00) you can find out exactly what happened when Alice went through that looking glass. You know the fake news about the …

“The Graduate[s],” a show honoring Bloomington’s high school graduates for 2017. Two hours of music and comedy. With special musical guest  Michael P. Smith, who Rolling Stone magazine once called “the greatest songwriter in the English language.”  Also featuring the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and our hardworking house band, the Firehouse Rounders.  The Graduate[s], the Fireho...

The WFHB Firehouse Follies have emerged from hibernation, looked around, and have not really seen many shadows. However, we declare it to be Spring on Sunday, March 5, at 4 p.m. at the Monroe Convention Center in downtown Bloomington, when we take the wraps off of “When I was a Cowboy,” a show featuring cats, cowboys, and cactus sushi. And cats. Did we …

The WFHB Firehouse Follies are back! Join the cast and crew of our live radio variety show from 4 to 6 p.m. this December 4 in the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium as we present our winter show, “200 years of Hoosierness.” Our special musical guest for this show is RB Morris, who also serves as the poet laureate …

The WFHB Firehouse Follies are back with “What’s Cookin’?”! Listen and learn recipes for deep-fried chili and lard-fried peaches, with delicious music provided by special musical guest Andy Cohen, Art Heckman, the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and the Firehouse Rounders. Made possible by Ivy Tech Community College and Bloomington Hardware. Originally aired live on June 5th, 2016.

The WFHB Firehouse Follies spring radio variety extravaganza, “The Wizard of Odd,” featured musical guests Bleu Django, along with the WFHB Gospel Gurlz, the Firehouse Rounders, and storyteller Arbutus Cunningham. We took a trip down the Yellow Brick Road Donald the Scarecrow, Raphael the Tin Man, Bernie the Lion, and, of course, Hillary and her loyal …

The Winter 2015 Firehouse Follies, “Negotiating the Santa Clause,” was performed on Dec. 13 in the Waldron Auditorium. Special musical guest was Chicago singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith, and the show also featured the WFHB Gospel Gurlz and our band the Firehouse Rounders. We presented a brief history of the building known as the Ivy Tech Waldron Arts Center, celebrating its &#8230...

The Firehouse Follies presents “Little Boxes,” a two-hour variety show broadcast live on WFHB Community Radio from the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, September 13, 2015. This show was a part of the station’s 2015 fall fund drive.  Music by the Firehouse Follies house band, the Firehouse Rounders, and …

THE BIGGEST THING IN RADIO The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe FEATURING WFHB Gospel Gurlz & Firehouse Rounders with Opal Fly on saxophone WITH MUSIC FROM Opal Fly and Kapow! The NorTones AND Special guest Gary Sandy

ARE THERE ALIENS IN BLOOMINGTON? WFHB’s Firehouse Follies Spring show, “Men in Mauve,” will take a good, hard look at this question. David Olney Master craftsman, acclaimed singer/songwriter and globe-trotting performer David Olney has released 20 albums over four decades, including six live recordings. His music has been prominently featured in ABC-TV’s Nashville and he st...

The WFHB Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Troupe is pleased to announce that two of our more popular characters from shows past–Penelope Pringle, vascular recovery nurse, and Oprah Operagurl, the only opera singer in the world to accompany herself on the violin–have time in their busy schedules to join us for “Forbidden Vegetables,” the winter edition of the Firehouse Follies. Plus, …

WFHB Firehouse Follies Presents “Ukulele Lady” The Unusual Suspects Radio Acting Company Special Guest: Mark Stuart Featuring: The Uketones The WFHB Gospel Gurlz The Firehouse Rounders Arbutus Cuningham Originally aired on September 7, 2014 at the Ivy Tech Waldron Whikehart Auditorium

WFHB presents Firehouse Follies Patchwork Radio with special guests Gary Sandy and Diane Kondrat. Produced by Mike Kelsey Directed by Richard Fish Written by Mr. Stuffitupagus and his friends at Occupy Sesame Street Originally broadcast June 3, 2012