
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)




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)

StateStreet Group Stage
12:00 – 12:40 Tres en Punto (trío romántico)
1:00 – 1:45 Deep Roots in New Worlds: Music, Migration, and Home—Frank 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 Traditions—Idrissa 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 Zydeco—Bobby 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.

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)

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)


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)

StateStreet Group Stage
12:00 – 12:40 Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
1:00 – 2:00 Ecstatic Voices: High Plains Yodeling to Heavenly Harmonies—Wylie Gustafson (Wylie & the Wild West), Tres en Punto, Dale Ann Bradley, Riyaaz 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)

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 Africa—Lourenço 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 Duos—Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernandez (LOS RICOS), Jeff Little & Wayne Henderson, Balla 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)


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.
Other Info

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