Join us in Salisbury, Maryland, for the National Folk Festival - one of America’s largest, most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of arts, culture, and heritage.

A free, large-scale three-day outdoor event, the National Folk Festival celebrates the roots, richness and variety of American culture. It features over 350 of the nation’s finest traditional musicians, dancers, craftspeople and other keepers of culture in performances, workshops, and demonstrations, plus children’s activities, savory regional and ethnic cuisines and craft brews, non-stop participatory dancing, storytelling, parades, and more.

Schedule:

Friday, August 26, 2022

TidalHealth Stage
6:00 - 6:15: Opening Remarks
6:15 - 7:15: Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)
7:30 - 8:15: Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
8:30 - 9:30: Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy (blues)

Richard A. Henson Foundation Stage
6:30 - 7:15: Thomas Maupin & Friends with Daniel Rothwell & Overall Creek (Appalachian buck dance and old-time music)
7:30 - 8:15: Himalayan Heritage Band (Nepal)
8:30 - 9:15: Eileen Ivers (Irish)

Perdue Dance Pavilion
7:00 - 8:00: Los Texmaniacs feat. La Marisoul (conjunto tejano)
8:00 - 8:30: zydeco dance lesson with Ben Pagac
8:30 - 9:30: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)

Saturday, August 27, 2022

TidalHealth Stage
12:00 - 12:45: Himalayan Heritage Band (Nepal)
1:00 - 1:45: Rogelio Ortiz with Eduardo Betancourt (música llanera)
2:00 - 2:45: Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)
3:00 - 3:45: Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy (blues)
4:05 - 5:15: E.U. featuring Sugar Bear (go-go)
6:15 - 7:15: The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)
7:30 - 8:15: Eileen Ivers (Irish)
8:30 - 9:30: Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters (funk and R&B)

Richard A. Henson Foundation Stage
12:00 - 12:30: Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)
12:45 - 1:30: H?lau ‘O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai'ian hula)
1:45 - 2:30: Thomas Maupin & Friends with Daniel Rothwell & Overall Creek (Appalachian buck dance and old-time music)
2:45 - 3:30: Eileen Ivers (Irish)
3:50 - 4:35: Cattle Country Troubadours: Songs of Borderlands, Plains, and Valleys-Max Baca, Josh Baca, La Marisoul (Los Texmaniacs); Wylie Gustafson (Wylie & the Wild West); Rogelio Ortiz with Eduardo Betancourt
4:50 - 5:35: Fiddle Traditions from the Appalachians to the Himalayas-Eileen Ivers; Patrick McAvinue (Charm City Junction); Shyam Nepali (Himalayan Heritage Band); Austin Derryberry (Thomas Maupin & Friends with Daniel Rothwell & Overall Creek)
6:35 - 7:15: H?lau ‘O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai'ian hula)
7:30 - 8:15: Rogelio Ortiz with Eduardo Betancourt (música llanera)
8:30 - 9:15: Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

Perdue Dance Pavilion
12:00 - 1:00: Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)
1:15 - 2:15: Los Texmaniacs feat. La Marisoul (conjunto tejano)
2:30 - 3:30: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
3:45 - 4:45: Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters (funk and R&B)
5:45 - 6:45: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
7:00 - 8:00: Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy (blues)
8:20 - 9:30: E.U. featuring Sugar Bear (go-go)

Avery Hall Family Area Street Performances
1:00 - 1:30: Robert Clarke (juggling and magic)
2:00 - 2:30: Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)
3:00 - 3:30: Lurking Class Skate Shop (skateboarding)
4:00 - 4:30: Robert Clarke (juggling and magic)

Maryland Traditions Folklife Stage
12:00 - 12:45: Janice Greene & Naomi Reid (Blackstorytelling)
1:05 - 1:50: Karen Ashbrook & Chao Tian (American and Chinese hammered dulcimer)
2:05 - 2:50: Charm City Junction (bluegrass)
3:10 - 3:40: Josanne Francis Quartet (steel pan)
4:00 - 6:00: Maryland WERKS (drag performers)

Sunday, August 28, 2022

TidalHealth Stage
12:00 - 1:00: Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
1:15 - 2:00: Rogelio Ortiz with Eduardo Betancourt (música llanera)
2:15 - 3:00: Himalayan Heritage Band (Nepal)
3:15 - 4:00: Los Texmaniacs feat. La Marisoul (conjunto tejano)
4:15 - 5:00: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (zydeco)
5:15 - 6:00: The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)

Richard A. Henson Foundation Stage
12:00 - 12:45: The Campbell Brothers (sacred steel guitar)
1:00 - 1:30: Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)
1:45 - 2:45: Gulf Coast R&B: Blues, Funk, and Zydeco-Diunna Greenleaf; Walter "Wolfman" Washington; Nathan Williams (Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas)
3:00 - 3:45: Pentecostal and Primitive Baptist: Gospel Music in the Church and Beyond-The Campbell Brothers; Dale Ann Bradley
4:05 - 4:45: H?lau ‘O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai'ian hula)
5:00 - 5:45: Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)

Perdue Dance Pavilion
12:15 - 1:00: Thomas Maupin & Friends with Daniel Rothwell & Overall Creek (Appalachian buck dance and old-time square dance)
1:15 - 2:15: Los Texmaniacs feat. La Marisoul (conjunto tejano)
2:30 - 3:30: Wylie & the Wild West (cowboy and western music)
3:45 - 4:45: Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy (blues)
5:00 - 6:00: Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters (funk and R&B)

Avery Hall Family Area Street Performances
12:30 - 1:00: H?lau ‘O Lilinoe (traditional Hawai'ian hula)
1:30 - 2:00: Robert Clarke (juggling and magic)
2:30 - 3:00: Lurking Class Skate Shop (skateboarding)
3:30 - 4:00: Robert Clarke (juggling and magic)
4:30 - 5:00: Gene Tagaban (Guuy Yaau) (Tlingit storyteller, musician, and dancer)

Maryland Traditions Folklife Stage
12:00 - 12:45: Amadou Kouyaté Ensemble (Manding kora)
1:00 - 1:45: Maryland Spirituals Initiative Ensemble (African American spirituals)
2:00 - 2:45: Pablo Regis & Cissa Paz (Brazilian cavaco music)
3:00 - 3:45: Gerdan (Ukrainian traditional music)
4:00 - 4:45: Samia Mahbub Ahmad Quartet (Hindustani classical music)
5:00 - 5:45: Big Howdy with special guest Jonathan Vocke (bluegrass)

Date:

August 26-28, 2022

Hours:

Friday, August 26, 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday, August 27, Noon - 9:30 PM
Sunday, August 28, Noon - 6:00 PM

Food and beer sales will open at 5:30 PM on Friday and 11:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday.

Location:

Downtown Salisbury,
From Route 13 to Route 50 and from Carroll Street to the Wicomico River,
Salisbury, MD.

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