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The National Folk Festival

Nashville, TN September 2-4, 2011 | FREE ADMISSION

Schedule

Hours of Operation
Friday, September 2, 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Saturday, September 3, Noon - 10:30 PM
Sunday, September 4, Noon - 6:45 PM
 
NOTE: Festival sales and food vendors will open at 6:00 PM on Friday, and 11:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday.
 
Festival Event Schedule and Site Maps
Held at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park! Print this MAP!

2011 Performance Schedule
Friday, September 2
Saturday, September 3
Sunday, September 4

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Friday, September 2
Capitol Hill Stage
6:40 – 7:00 Festival Kickoff
7:00 – 7:45 The Green Fields of America (Irish)
8:00 – 8:45 Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
9:00 – 10:00 La Excelencia (salsa dura)

Jackson Stage
7:30 – 8:15 Eddie Pennington (“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar)
8:30 – 9:15 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (mariachi)

Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion
8:15 – 9:15 The Holmes Brothers (blues, gospel, R&B)
9:30 – 10:30 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

Saturday, September 3
Capitol Hill Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Oyama & Nitta (Tsugaru shamisen)
1:00 – 1:45 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)
2:00 – 2:45 Genticorum (Québécois)
3:00 – 3:45 Aubrey Ghent (sacred steel)
4:00 – 4:45 The Green Fields of America (Irish)
5:00 – 6:00 Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga (East African rumba & soukous)
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7:45 – 8:30 The Holmes Brothers (blues, gospel, R&B)
8:45 – 9:30 Don Vappie & The Creole Serenaders (New Orleans jazz)
9:45 – 10:30 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (mariachi)

Jackson Stage
12:15 – 1:15 Blues & Gospel Traditions with Phil Wiggins and Rev. John Wilkins, The Holmes Brothers, Aubrey & Lori Ghent, and Don Vappie
1:30 – 2:30 World Percussion Traditions with J. Vasquez-Cofresi, C. Dilone & W. Rodriguez of La Excelencia, Shahab Paranj & Shahin Gorgani of Özden Öztoprak, and Oyama & Nitta
2:45 – 3:30 Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
3:45 – 4:30 Özden Öztoprak (Kurdish)
4:45 – 5:45 Song Traditions: Regional Roots with Dale Ann Bradley, Emily Gimble of the Marshall Ford Swing Band, Eddie Pennington, and Los Camperos de Nati Cano
6:00 – 6:45 Eddie Pennington & Ben Hall (“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar)
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8:15 – 9:00 Hula Hālau 'o Keikiali'i (hula kahiko)
9:15 – 10:00 Massive Monkees (breakdance)

Bicentennial Amphitheatre
12:00 – 12:45 The Green Fields of America (Irish)
1:00 – 1:45 Hula Hālau 'o Keikiali'i (hula kahiko)
2:00 – 2:45 Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (mariachi)
3:00 – 3:45 Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins (country blues & gospel)
4:00 – 4:45 Genticorum (Québécois)
5:00 – 5:45 Oyama & Nitta (Tsugaru shamisen)
6:00 – 6:45 Aubrey Ghent (sacred steel)
7:00 – 7:45 Marshall Ford Swing Band (western swing)

Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion
12:30 – 1:45 Called Squares with Lou Maiuri & Roan Mountain Hilltoppers (old-time string band)
2:00 – 3:15 The Holmes Brothers (blues, gospel, R&B)
3:30 – 4:45 BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)
5:30 – 6:15 La Excelencia (salsa dura)
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8:00 – 9:00 Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga (East African rumba & soukous)
9:30 – 10:30 La Excelencia (salsa dura)

Cumberland Family Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee Storyteller)
1:00 – 1:30 Thomas Maupin, Jay Bland & Daniel Rothwell (old-time buck dancing)
1:45 – 2:45 Percussive Dance: Ireland to Appalachia: Joe Dwyer & Katherine Whelan with Billy McComiskey & Brendan Dolan (The Green Fields of America), Thomas Maupin with Jay Bland & Daniel Rothwell
3:00 – 3:45 Paul Dahlin & Äkta Spelmän (Swedish)
4:00 – 4:45 Roan Mountain Hilltoppers (old-time string band)
5:00 – 5:45 Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins (country blues & gospel)

Children’s Stage
12:15 – 12:45 Nashville Public Library “Celebrated Jumping Frog…” (puppetry)
1:00 – 1:30 Zumbatomic!
1:45 – 2:15 Nashville Public Library “Celebrated Jumping Frog…” (puppetry)
2:30 – 3:15 Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee storyteller)
3:30 – 4:00 Thomas Maupin, Jay Bland & Daniel Rothwell (old-time buck dancing)
4:15 – 5:00 Breakdance 101 for kids with Massive Monkees
5:00 – 5:20 Nyama Percussion Ensemble (West African djembe) (at the Carillon)
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Family Area
1:00, 2:30, 4:00 Alberti Flea Circus
3:15 Madcap Musical Parade with Nyama Percussion Ensemble

Tennessee Folklife Stage
12:00 – 1:00 Songwriting from Family and Tradition with Elizabeth Cook, Larry Cordle, and Darrell Scott
1:15 – 2:15 Let’s Cut a Hit: Studio Musicians in Nashville with Harold Bradley, Jimmy Capps, Weldon Myrick, David Briggs and Bob Moore
2:30 – 3:30 Old-Time Singing: Traditional Vocal Styles with Roy Harper, Patsy Stoneman, Donna Stoneman, and Matt Kinman
3:45 – 4:45 “If You Couldn’t Sell You Didn’t Eat” Country Music on Sponsored Radio with DeFord Bailey Jr., Curly Seckler, and Jesse McReynolds, Patsy Stoneman, and Donna Stoneman
5:00 – 6:00 Down on Jefferson Street: Nashville R&B’s Golden Age with Frank Howard, Marion James, James Nick Nixon, Don Adams, Larry Van Loon and James Otey
6:15 – 7:15 Bossman: Blue Grass Boys Remember Bill Monroe with Tom Ewing, Bobby Hicks, Roland White, and Curtis McPeake

Sunday, September 4th
Capitol Hill Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Eddie Pennington & Ben Hall (“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar)
1:00 – 1:45 Paul Dahlin & Äkta Spelmän (Swedish)
2:00 – 2:45 Aubrey Ghent (sacred steel)
3:00 – 3:45 Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
4:00 – 4:45 Marshall Ford Swing Band (western swing)
5:00 – 5:45 Genticorum (Québécois)
6:00 – 6:45 Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders (New Orleans jazz)

Jackson Stage
12:00 – 1:00 French Musical Traditions in North America with The BeauSoleil Trio, Genticorum, and Don Vappie
1:15 – 2:00 Massive Monkees (breakdance)
2:15 – 3:00 Oyama & Nitta (Tsugaru shamisen)
3:15 – 4:00 Hula Hālau 'o Keikiali'i (hula kahiko)
4:15 – 5:00 Paul Dahlin & Äkta Spelmän (Swedish)
5:15 – 6:00 Massive Monkees (breakdance)

Bicentennial Amphitheatre
12:00 – 12:45 Özden Öztoprak (Kurdish)
1:00 – 1:45 Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins (country blues & gospel)
2:00 – 3:00 Guitar Slingers & Song Singers with David Doucet of BeauSoleil, Ben Hall, Greg Harkins of Marshall Ford Swing Band, and John Doyle of The Green Fields of America
3:15 – 4:00 Eddie Pennington & Ben Hall (“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar)
4:15 – 5:15 The Green Fields of America (Irish)

Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion
12:15 – 1:15 Marshall Ford Swing Band (western swing)
1:30 – 2:30 Called Squares with Lou Maiuri and Roan Mountain Hilltoppers (old-time string band)
2:45 – 3:45 Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders (New Orleans jazz)
4:00 – 5:00 The Holmes Brothers (blues, gospel, R&B)
5:15 – 6:30 Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga (East African rumba & soukous)

Cumberland Family Stage
12:15 – 1:15 Banjo Traditions with Oyama & Nitta, Mike Sumner of Dale Ann Bradley, Mick Moloney of The Green Fields of America, Alison Brown
1:30 – 2:15 Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee storyteller)
2:30 – 3:15 Fiddle Traditions with Michael Doucet & Mitch Reed, Danny Levin of Marshall Ford Swing Band, Paul Dahlin, Pascal Gemme of Genticorum, and Athena Targis of The Green Fields of America
3:30 – 4:15 Özden Öztoprak (Kurdish)
4:30 – 5:15 The BeauSoleil Trio (Cajun)
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Family Area
1:00, 2:30, 4:00 Alberti Flea Circus
3:15 Madcap Musical Parade with Nyama Percussion Ensemble

Children’s Stage
12:00 – 12:30 Nyama Percussion Ensemble (West African djembe)
12:30 – 1:00 Chinese Arts Alliance Lion Dancers (at the Carillon)
1:00 – 1:45 Hula 101 for kids with Hula Hālau 'o Keikiali'i
1:45 – 2:15 Chinese Arts Alliance Lion Dancers (at the Carillon)
2:15 – 3:00 Harmonica 101 for kids with Phil Wiggins
3:15 – 4:00 Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee storyteller)
4:15 – 5:00 Flatfoot 101 for kids with Lou Maiuri

Tennessee Folklife Stage
12:00 – 12:45 Fisk Jubilee Singers with Dr. Paul Kwami and select singers
1:00 – 1:45 Don’t Let Nobody Turn You `Round: Black Gospel in Nashville with the Fairfield Four and the McCrary Sisters
2:00 – 2:45 I’ll Keep On Singing: The Southern Gospel Tradition with Tracey Phillips and Charles Towler
3:00 – 3:45 Family Tradition: Making Music Across Generations with the Whites and the McCrary Sisters
4:00 – 4:45 Everlasting Love: Racial Integration in Nashville Music with Buzz Cason, Clifford Curry, Mac Gayden, Nick Rather, Dave Collela and Robert Knight
5:00 – 5:45 Dance All Night: Fiddling and Fiddle Styles with Bill Birchfield, James Bryan, Bobby Hicks, Buddy Spicher, and Johnny Warren

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