Montana Public Radio Broadcast Hours

FRIDAY

7:30-10:30

SATURDAY

12:00-5:00

SUNDAY

12:00-5:00

The 71st National Folk Festival Schedule at a glance.

The festival grounds open at 5:00 pm on Friday evening with a grand opening ceremony at "The Original" Stage at 6:30 pm. Music starts at 7:30 pm.

All performers will be featured at one or more of the seven venues throughout the weekend, including the Montana Tourism Dance Pavilion.

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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009

"The Original" Stage   VIEW MAP
6:25 - 7:10 Festival Kick-off: American Indian Horse Parade
7:30 - 8:15 Pride of New York (Irish)
8:30 - 9:15 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Mexican mariachi)
9:30 - 10:30 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

Quartz Street Stage    VIEW MAP
8:15 - 9:00 Otrov (tamburitza)
9:15 - 10:00 Sierra Hull & Highway 111 (bluegrass)

The Montana Tourism Dance Pavilion    VIEW MAP
7:45 - 9:00 Magic Slim & The Teardrops (Chicago blues)
9:15 - 10:30 Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwean chimurenga)

 

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SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009

"The Original" Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Otrov (tamburitza)
1:00 - 1:45 Jeff Little Trio (Blue Ridge piano)
2:00 - 2:45 Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (New Orleans jazz)
3:00 - 4:00 Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwean chimurenga)
4:15 - 5:00 Sierra Hull & Highway 111 (bluegrass)
5:15 - 6:15 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Mexican mariachi)
7:45 - 8:30 Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (New Orleans jazz)
8:45 - 9:30 Bill Kirchen & The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods with George Bedard (Telecaster guitar)
9:45 - 10:30 Magic Slim & The Teardrops (Chicago blues)

Quartz Street Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:30 Wilho Saari (Finnish kantele)
12:45 - 1:45 Vocal Traditions
2:00 - 3:00 Fiddle Masters
3:15 - 4:00 Massive Monkees (breakdance)
4:15 - 5:00 Chuck & Albert (Acadian)
5:15 - 6:00 Melody of China (Chinese)
6:15 - 7:15 Perfect Pairings: Musical Duos
8:45 - 9:15 North Bear (Northern Plains drum)
9:30 - 10:15 Massive Monkees (breakdance)

Granite Street Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Texas Shorty (Texas fiddle)
1:00 - 1:45 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Mexican mariachi)
2:00 - 2:45 Sierra Hull & Highway 111 (bluegrass)
3:00 - 3:45 Melody of China (Chinese)
4:00 - 4:45 Jeff Little Trio with Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge piano & guitar)
5:00 - 5:45 Ethel Caffie-Austin Singers (gospel)
6:00 - 6:45 Pride of New York (Irish)

The Montana Tourism Dance Pavilion    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:30 Square dance lesson with Bill Sudkamp
12:30 - 1:30 Square dance with Garry Harrison & The New Mules (Illinois old-time)
1:45 - 2:45 Los Macondos (Colombian vallenato)
3:00 - 4:00 Magic Slim & The Teardrops (Chicago blues)
4:15 - 5:15 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)
5:30 - 6:30 Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwean chimurenga)
8:00 - 9:00 Los Macondos (Colombian vallenato)
9:15 - 10:30 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

Montana Traditions Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Horsemen's Poetry (Real Bird, Rieman)
1:00 - 1:45 Nose to Tail: Outfitting the Horse (Esp, Wald, Weldon)
2:00 - 2:45 Songs & Stories of a Horse Packer (Seaton Sallee)
3:00 - 3:45 Working Horses (Brooks, Gustafson, Rieman)
4:00 - 4:45 Crow Indian Horse Traditions (Real Bird)
5:00 - 6:15 Liars Contest (Sign up early - limited contestants)

Horse Arena    VIEW MAP
12:00 -12:30 Mule Packing (Ninemile Pack Train)
12:45 - 1:15 Ranch Roping (Brooks)
1:30 - 2:15 Horse Training (Rieman)
2:30 - 3:00 Indian Horse Regalia (Swedberg)
3:15 - 3:45 Mule Packing (Ninemile Pack Train)
4:00 - 4:30 Trick Roping (Udall)
4:45 - 5:30 Cutting Horses (Gustafson)

Family Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge guitar)
1:00 - 1:45 DW Groethe (cowboy poetry)
2:00 - 2:45 Chuck & Albert (Acadian)
3:00 - 3:30 North Bear (Northern Plains drum)
3:45 - 4:30 Texas Shorty (Texas fiddle)
4:45 - 5:30 Breakdance Instruction with Massive Monkees

Saturday Talk/Demonstration Sessions
Perfect Pairings: Musical Duos

Sierra Hull & Corey Walker

Haiyue Zhang & Yanqin Zhao (Melody of China)

Peter & David Kosovec (Otrov)

Jeff Little & Wayne Henderson

Vocal Traditions

Thomas Mapfumo

Ethel Caffie-Austin

North Bear

Fiddle Masters

Michael Doucet

Garry Harrison

Texas Shorty

Brian Conway (Pride of New York)

 

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SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009

"The Original" Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Ethel Caffie-Austin Singers (gospel)
1:00 - 1:45 Melody of China (Chinese)
2:00 - 2:45 Bill Kirchen & The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods with George Bedard (Telecaster guitar)
3:00 - 3:45 Pride of New York (Irish)
4:00 - 5:00 Magic Slim & The Teardrops (Chicago blues)
5:15 - 6:15 Sierra Hull & Highway 111 (bluegrass)

Quartz Street Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Wilho Saari (Finnish kantele)
1:00 -1:45 Celtic Communities: Irish & Acadian
2:00 - 2:45 Texas Shorty (Texas fiddle)
3:00 - 3:45 Massive Monkees (breakdance)
4:00 - 4:45 Garry Harrison & The New Mules (Illinois old-time)
5:00 -5:45 Chuck & Albert (Acadian)

Granite Street Stage    VIEW MAP
12:15 - 1:15 Steel String Guitar Masters
1:30 - 2:15 Los Macondos (Colombian vallenato)
2:30 - 3:15 Ethel Caffie-Austin Singers (gospel)
3:30 - 4:15 Otrov (tamburitza)
4:30 - 5:15 Jeff Little Trio with Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge piano & guitar)

The Montana Tourism Dance Pavilion    VIEW MAP
12:30 - 1:00 Square dance lesson with Bill Sudkamp
1:00 - 2:00 Square dance with Garry Harrison & The New Mules (Illinois old-time)
2:15 - 3:15 Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (New Orleans jazz)
3:30 - 4:45 Los Macondos (Colombian vallenato)
5:00 - 6:15 Bill Kirchen & The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods with George Bedard (Telecaster guitar)

Montana Traditions Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Rodeo & Buckin' Hosses (Esp, Real Bird, Wald, Zarzyski)
1:00 - 1:45 Head to Toe: Outfitting the Cowboy (Morris Sr., Ryan)
2:00 - 2:45 Cowboy Songs & Poetry (Groethe)
3:00 - 3:45 Indian Horse Traditions (Swedberg, Guardipee-Gussmann, Simpson, Goodstrike)
4:00 - 4:45 Classic Cowboy Poetry (Rieman)
5:00 - 6:00 Hooves of the Horses Songs and Poems (Gustafson, Zarzyski)

Horse Arena    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 Horse Training (Rieman)
12:55 - 1:25 Spanish Mustangs (Guardipee-Gussmann)
1:35 - 1:50 Jim Brooks
1:55 - 2:10 Lou Udall
2:15 - 3:00 Horse Driving (Alex & Kayo Fraser)
3:15 - 4:00 Cutting Horses (Wylie Gustafson)
4:15 - 5:00 Draft Horses (Kent & Mary Lou Connor)
5:15 - 5:45 Horse & Mule Packing (Seaton Sallee)

Family Stage    VIEW MAP
12:00 - 12:45 DW Grothe (cowboy poetry)
1:00 - 1:45 Yodeling 101 with Wylie Gustafson
2:00 - 2:30 North Bear (Northern Plains drum)
2:45 - 3:30 Chuck & Albert (Acadian)
3:45 - 4:30 Wilho Saari (Finnish kantele)

Street Performances    VIEW MAP

(Granite Sreet between Wyoming Street & Arizona Street)
12:45 - 1:00 Trick Roping (Udall)
3:00 - 3:15 Ranch Roping (Brooks)

Sunday Talk/Demonstration Sessions
Steel String Guitar Masters

Bill Kirchen

Magic Slim

Steve Lewis (Jeff Little Trio)

Wayne Henderson

George Bedard

Celtic Communities: Irish & Acadian

Pride of New York

Chuck & Albert

 

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