The National Folk Festival
Nashville, TN September 2-4, 2011 | FREE ADMISSION
Performers
Featured Performers at the 73rd National Folk Festival
The folk and traditional arts are rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community. Community members may share a common ethnic heritage, language, religion, occupation, or geographic region. These vital and constantly reinvigorated artistic traditions are shaped by values and standards of excellence that are passed from generation to generation, most often within family and community, through demonstration, conversation, and practice. Genres of artistic activity include, but are not limited to, music, dance, crafts, and oral expression. -- Nation Endowment for the Arts
Green Fields of America
Irish-American music and dance
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Mexican mariachi
The Holmes Brothers
blues, gospel, R&B
Dale Ann Bradley
bluegrass
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Cajun
La Excelencia
salsa dura
Roan Mountain Hilltoppers
Appalachian old-time string band
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virgunga
East African rumba and soukous
Massive Monkees
Breakdance
Genticorum
Québécois
Phil Wiggins & Reverend John Wilkins
Country Blues and Gospel
Lloyd Arneach
Cherokee Storyteller
The Bong Ensemble with Özden Öztoprak
Kurdish
Eddie Pennington and Ben Hall
“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar
Oyama & Nitta
Tsugaru Shamisen
Hula Hālau 'o Keikiali'i
hula kahiko (ancient hula)
Thomas Maupin w/ Daniel Rothwell & Jay Bland
traditional buckdance
Alberti Flea Circus
flea circus
Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders
New Orleans Creole jazz
Chinese Lion Dance
Nashville, TN
Aubrey Ghent
“sacred steel” gospel
Paul Dahlin & Äkta Spelmän
Swedish-American fiddle
Marshall Ford Swing Band
western swing
Lou Maiuri
dance caller
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Sponsored By:
AEG Live/The Messina Group | Allen Printing Company | Avenue Bank | Averitt | Arts Center of Cannon County/Spring Fed Records | Bass Berry Sims | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC | Belmont University | Blue Moon | BMI | Bradfield Stage Lighting | Candie Walter Design | Cheekwood | Classic Party Rentals | Coca-Cola | Conexión Américas | Corner Music | Design (615) | Digital Litho | Emma | Evan Hatch | Folk Alley | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | Global Education Center | Gresham, Smith and Partners | iDesign | International Bluegrass Music Association | Katy Kirby Consulting | Lightning 100 | Mark Montgomery / hellomarko.com | Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority | Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | Music City Roots | Nashville Arts Magazine | Nashville Business Journal | Nashville Chamber of Commerce | Nashville Electric Service | Nashville General Hospital at Meharry | Nashville Public Library | Nashville Public Radio | Nashville Scene | Noshville | The Recording Academy | Rock Solid Security, Inc. | Sheraton Nashville Downtown | Steve Turner | Tennessee Department of Agriculture | Tennessee Folklore Society | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | Tennessee State Museum | Tennessee State Parks | Tuck Hinton Architects | Two Dog Media | Veritas Media Group | Visual Machinery | Lipman Brothers | Naxos of America | Emotiva Audio Corporation | Labels Unlimited | Milom Joyce Horsnell Crow PLC | United Parcel Service | 650 AM/WSM | Regions Bank | Puffy Muffin | California Pizza Kitchen | Jack's Bar-B-Que | Jamaicaway Restaurant & Catering | Sunset Grill | Pei Wei @ the Hill Center | Publix | The Fresh Market | Zoës Kitchen
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