The program committee for the Festival has done a great job of corraling
talent for the 26th Annual Folk Fest! Check out the following list
of performers listed by stage.
(Please note
that while this is the final lineup, extenuating circumstances might cause
it to change before Sept. 7.)
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Field
Stage Sponsored by the Washington Post |
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11 a.m. Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
12 noon Beth-Allison & the Well-Strung Boys
1 p.m. The Dreamsicles (Tom Prasada-Rao & Cary Cooper) ‡
2 p.m. Pat Humphries & Sandy O. ‡
3 p.m. Reverb‡
4 p.m. Kim & Reggie Harris
5 p.m. Lulu's Fate
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Grove
Stage Sponsored by
Columbia Union College |
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11 a.m. Jesse Palidofsky Group ‡
12 noon Cerulean Groove
12:30 Alicia Deeny Band
1:30 Laurie Rose Griffith & Peter Mealy
2 p.m. Lisa Moscatiello & Dave Chappell
3 p.m. The Unusual Suspects
3:30 p.m. Luke & Daniel Brindley
4 p.m. Zeala ‡
5 p.m. We're About 9 ‡
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Abbott
Stage Sponsored
by Starpower Communications LLC |
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11 a.m. Orange Line Special
12 noon A Bunch of Ballads: Judy Cook, Lisa Null, Chris Noyes, George
Stephens
1 p.m. Vocal Styles Showcase: LiPing Hudson, Karma Gyaltsen, Tatiana
Sarbinska
2 p.m. Lea Coryell & Ralph Lee Smith ‡
3 p.m. Music from the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture:
Peggy Bulger, Jennifer Cutting, Joe Hickerson, and Andy Wallace
4 p.m. Mountain Dulcimers: Ralph Lee Smith & Christina Muir
5 p.m. The Jones Family
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World
Stage Sponsored by Takoma Park Street
Festival |
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11 a.m. Los Quetzales Mexican Dance Ensemble
12 noon Rachel Cross & Friends
1 p.m. Somapa Thai Dance Company
1:30 p.m. Shawkat Sayyad
2 p.m. MiraMarKlezmers
3 p.m. Irish Fire
4 p.m. Arte Flamenco
5 p.m. Cabaret Sauvignon |
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Dance
Stage Sponsored by Long & Foster
/ Takoma Park (Robbi Kimball & David Maplesden) |
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11 a.m. Free Waltz & Couple Dancing; Music: Peascods Gathering
12 noon East European Folk Dance; Leader: Jamie Platt; Music: Šarenica
1 p.m. Tango; Instructors: Steve Gester & Nancy Pineles; Music:
Marc Glickman & Friends
2 p.m. Scandinavian; Instructors: Ross Schipper & Chris Kalke;
Music: Loretta Kelley
3 p.m. Clogging; Instructor: Jim Maxwell; Music: JumpStart
4 p.m. Contra Dance; Caller: Susan Taylor; Music: TuneFish
5 p.m. Cajun; Leader: Tom Hall; Music: Squeeze Bayou |
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Grassy
Nook Stage |
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11 a.m. BanjerDan ‡
12 noon Renée Brachfield ‡
1 p.m. Sue Trainor ‡
2 p.m. Bill Jenkins
3 p.m. Cantaré ‡
4 p.m. Rick & Audrey ‡
5 p.m. Namu Doris Lwanga
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7th
Heaven Stage |
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12 noon Beatles Tribute ‡David A. Alberding, Verlette Simon, Cletus
Kennelly, Lori Kelley, Gina DeSimone, Mary Sue Twohy
1:30 p.m. Donal Leace & Friends ‡
2:30 p.m. Drum for Joy! with Jaqui MacMillan
3:30 p.m. Native American Flute: Ron Warren & Friends
4:30 p.m. Funniest Songs We Know ‡
Steve Key, Sue Trainor, Zoe Mulford, Ed Alkalay, Jack Gregori, Dan
Hart
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Jamboree
Court |
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11:45 a.m. Rhythm Workers Union
12:45 p.m. Wu Shen Tao Health & Martial Arts Center Demo
1:15 p.m. Foggy Bottom Morris Men
1:45 p.m. International Capoeira-Angola Foundation
2:30 p.m. Double-Dutch Demo
3:00 p.m. Frank Cassel, The Banjo Man
3:45 p.m. Morris Dancers
4:15 p.m. David Shneyer: Shofar-blowing workshop
5:00 p.m. Open Jam with Kathy Kerr
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