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Schedule

The 82nd National Folk Festival is November 7-9, 2025!

Friday, November 7

Ergon/Alliant Stage

7:15 – 7:30         Opening Remarks      

7:30 – 8:15         Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

8:30 – 9:30         Bobby Rush (soul blues)

Visit Mississippi Stage

6:00 – 6:45          The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)

6:45 – 7:15          Kick-off Parade—The Sonic Boom of the South

7:30 – 8:15          Tres en Punto (trío romántico)

8:30 – 9:30          Eileen Ivers (Irish)

Welcome to Jackson Dance Pavilion sponsored by the City of Jackson

7:15 – 7:45          zydeco dance lesson with Zydeco Champions Chris & ShaRhonda

7:45 – 8:30          Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (zydeco)

8:45 – 9:30          Edwin Perez y Su Orquesta (salsa dura)

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Saturday, November 8

Ergon/Alliant Stage

12:00 – 12:40      Jeff Little Trio featuring Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge piano and guitar)

1:00 – 1:40          Riyaaz Qawwali (South Asian qawwali)

2:00 – 2:40          Tres en Punto (trío romántico)

3:00 – 3:40          Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters)

4:00 – 5:00          Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)

6:00 – 6:55          Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)

7:15 – 8:10          Eileen Ivers (Irish)

8:30 – 9:30          Edwin Perez y Su Orquesta (salsa dura)

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StateStreet Group Stage

12:00 – 12:40      Tres en Punto (trío romántico)

1:00 – 1:45          Deep Roots in New Worlds: Music, Migration, and HomeFrank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars, Lutchinha, Eileen Ivers

2:05 – 3:00          Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

3:15 – 4:00          Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)

4:20 – 5:15          Eileen Ivers (Irish)

6:15 – 7:15          Jeff Little Trio featuring Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge piano and guitar)

7:30 – 8:10          LOS RICOS featuring Sonia & Ismael (flamenco)

8:30 – 9:30          Riyaaz Qawwali (South Asian qawwali)

Visit Mississippi Stage

12:00 – 12:40      Oka Homma Alla Hilha Alhiha (Choctaw social dancing)

1:00 – 1:55          To the Beat, Y’all: Percussion TraditionsIdrissa Koné (Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté); Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago; Sugar Bear, Mighty Moe (E.U. featuring Sugar Bear); Jose Vazquez-Cofresi, Manuel Alejandro Carro (Edwin Perez y Su Orquesta)

2:15 – 3:10          Deep South Get Down: Blues, Soul, and ZydecoBobby Rush, John Primer, Ms. Jody, Jeffery Broussard

3:30 – 4:15          The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel gospel)

4:30 – 5:30          John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band (Chicago blues)*

6:30 – 7:10          Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters)

7:30 – 8:15          Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars (klezmer)

8:30 – 9:30          Ms. Jody (southern soul)

*Visit Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Blues Commission, will honor native Mississippian and living Chicago Blues icon John Primer with a Mississippi Blues Trail Marker at the top of this set.

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Welcome to Jackson Dance Pavilion sponsored by the City of Jackson

12:00 – 1:00        Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (zydeco)

1:15 – 2:15          Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)

2:30 – 3:30          Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)

3:45 – 4:45          Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars (klezmer)

5:05 – 6:00          E.U. featuring Sugar Bear (go-go)

7:00 – 8:00          John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band (Chicago blues)

8:20 – 9:30          E.U. featuring Sugar Bear (go-go)

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Community Foundation for Mississippi/W.K. Kellogg Foundation Family Stage

12:00 – 12:40      Acme Miniature Flea Circus (flea circus)

12:50 – 1:20        Krump Dance 101 with Leaving Legacies*

1:30 – 2:15          Vasti Jackson: The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers (country and blues)

2:15 – 2:25          Junior Ranger Swearing-In

2:30 – 3:00          Oka Homma Alla Hilha Alhiha (Choctaw social dancing)*

3:10 – 3:40          Krump Dance 101 with Leaving Legacies

3:50 – 4:20          Chief Shaka Zulu (New Orleans Black masking craftsman and stilt dancer)*

4:30 – 5:10           Acme Miniature Flea Circus (flea circus)

*Interactive Performances at Amite St and West St

Street Performances at Capitol St. & Congress St.

2:00 – 2:30          Chief Shaka Zulu (New Orleans Black masking craftsman and stilt dancer)

4:15 – 4:45          Oka Homma Alla Hilha Alhiha (Choctaw social dancing)

Mississippi Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:45      Tougaloo College Choir (gospel)

1:15 – 1:55          Big A & the Allstars with the Delta Blues Museum Students (Delta blues)

2:15 – 2:55          Mighty Gospel Warriors (gospel)

3:15 – 3:55          Jimmy “Duck” Holmes (Bentonia blues)

4:15 – 5:25          Punk Music Showcase hosted by Lucy Isadora

5:45– 6:30           Keith Johnson (Delta blues)

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Mississippi Folklife Narrative Stage

12:00 – 12:45      Bobby Whalen (blues and sign painting)

1:00 – 1:45          J. Janice Coleman (quilting)

2:00 – 2:45          Keith Johnson (Delta blues)

3:00 – 3:45          Big A – Anthony Sherrod (Delta blues)

4:00 – 4:45          Super Chikan (Delta blues and instrument making)

Sunday, November 9

Ergon/Alliant Stage

12:00 – 1:00        The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)

1:15 – 2:15          Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars (klezmer)

2:30 – 3:30          John Primer & the Real Deal Blues Band (Chicago blues)

3:45 – 4:45          Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

5:00 – 6:00          Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (zydeco)

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StateStreet Group Stage

12:00 – 12:40      Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

1:00 – 2:00          Ecstatic Voices: High Plains Yodeling to Heavenly HarmoniesWylie Gustafson (Wylie & the Wild West), Tres en PuntoDale Ann BradleyRiyaaz Qawwali

2:15 – 3:00          Tres en Punto (trío romántico)

3:15 – 4:00          Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)

4:20 – 5:00          Riyaaz Qawwali (South Asian qawwali)

5:20 – 6:00          LOS RICOS featuring Sonia & Ismael (flamenco)

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Visit Mississippi Stage

12:00 – 12:40      LOS RICOS featuring Sonia & Ismael (flamenco)

1:00 – 1:40          Balla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté (balafon masters)

2:00 – 2:45          Hot Pickers: Appalachia to AfricaLourenço Fernandes (Lutchinha), Steve Lewis (Jeff Little Trio), Matt Ledbetter (Dale Ann Bradley), Juani de la Isla (LOS RICOS)

3:00 – 4:00          It Takes Two: Dynamic DuosSonia Olla & Ismael Fernandez (LOS RICOS), Jeff Little & Wayne HendersonBalla Kouyaté & Famoro Dioubaté, Chuck Campbell & Phil Campbell (The Campbell Brothers)

4:15 – 5:00          Jeff Little Trio featuring Wayne Henderson (Blue Ridge piano and guitar)

5:15 – 6:00          The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)

Welcome to Jackson Dance Pavilion sponsored by the City of Jackson

12:00 – 1:00        Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)

1:15 – 2:30          Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (zydeco)

2:45 – 4:00          Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy & western music)

4:15 – 5:30          Ms. Jody (southern soul)

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Community Foundation for Mississippi/W.K. Kellogg Foundation Family Stage

12:00 – 12:30      Krump Dance 101 with Leaving Legacies

12:45 – 1:15        Chief Shaka Zulu (New Orleans Black masking craftsman and stilt dancer)*

1:20 – 2:00          Acme Miniature Flea Circus (flea circus)

2:15 – 2:45          Oka Homma Alla Hilha Alhiha (Choctaw social dancing)

2:45 – 2:55          Junior Ranger Swearing-In

3:00 – 3:30          Klezmer Dance for All with Sarah Myerson

3:40 – 4:20          Vasti Jackson: The Soul of Jimmie Rodgers (country and blues)

4:30 – 5:00          Chief Shaka Zulu (New Orleans Black masking craftsman and stilt dancer)*

*Interactive Performances at Amite St and West St

Street Performances at Capitol St. & Congress St.

1:45 – 2:15          Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul)

2:45 – 3:15          Leaving Legacies (krump dance)

3:45 – 4:30          Acme Miniature Flea Circus (flea circus)

Mississippi Folklife Stage

12:00 – 12:30      Oka Homma Alla Hilha Alhiha (Choctaw social dancing)

12:50 – 1:30        Super Chikan (Delta blues)

1:50 – 3:00          Hip Hip Showcase featuring Vitamin Cea, DevMacc, & Phingaprint (hip hop)

3:20 – 4:00          La Nueva Generación (huapango huasteco)

4:20 – 5:00          Blue Monday Band (blues)

5:20 – 6:00          The Wilkins Sisters (gospel)

Mississippi Folklife Narrative Stage

12:00 – 12:45      Betty Crawford (mixed media sculpture and quilting)

1:00 – 1:45          Keena Graham (Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument)

2:00 – 2:45          Justin Ransburg & Lucy Isadora (punk zine making)

3:00 – 3:45          Stephany Brown (hand quilting)

4:00 – 4:45          Linda Hull (Motor Mouse Motorcycle Club)

Festival Hours

Friday, Nov. 7: 6 – 9:30 PM

Saturday, Nov. 8: 12 – 9:30 PM

Sunday, Nov. 9: 12 – 6 PM

Food and merchandise vendors will open at 5 PM on Friday and 11 AM on Saturday and Sunday.

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Sign Language Interpreted performances

MPB will be broadcasting live from the Ergon/Alliant Stage throughout the weekend, sponsored by Renasant Bank.

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