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Click here for an alphabetical list of performers at this year's 26th annual Festival, including biographies and photos!

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Visitors to the Festival will enjoy music and dance from around the world on eight stages! Some performances are designed for audience participation, particularly our dance workshops and the activities surrounding our children's stage. Note that many performances are signed for the hearing impaired.

  • All 2003 Performers (alpha listing)

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.)

Field Stage

Grove Stage

Abbott Stage

World Stage

Dance Stage

Grassy Nook Stage 

7th Heaven Stage

Jamboree Court

         ‡ = signed for the hearing impaired

Field Stage — Sponsored by the Washington Post

 

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

Grove Stage — Sponsored by Columbia Union College

 

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

Abbott Stage Sponsored by Starpower Communications LLC

 

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

World Stage Sponsored by Takoma Park Street Festival

 

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

Dance StageSponsored by Long & Foster / Takoma Park (Robbi Kimball & David Maplesden)

 

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

Grassy Nook Stage

 


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

7th Heaven Stage

 


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

Jamboree Court

 


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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