The Basics:

What: 73rd National Folk Festival

When: September 2-4, 2011

Where: Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park

Admission: Free to the public!

Basic Schedule (see detailed schedule below):

• Friday, September 2, 2011 – 7:00pm – 10:30pm
• Saturday, September 3, 2011 – Noon – 10:30pm
• Sunday, September 4, 2011 – Noon – 6:45pm

 Links:

• Festival Site Map
• Festival Parking Map
• Food Vendors
• Performers
• National Folk Festival Website

The Details:

The 73rd National Folk Festival will take place this weekend, September 2-4, 2011, at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. As one of the most well-known celebrations of the arts, the National Folk Festival, will be in Nashville for a three-year tenure (2011, 2012, 2013). The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) chose Nashville as the host city due to the city’s tight knit community and unique culture.

The outdoor festival is free to the public and will be filled with three days of celebrating American culture and roots. With music, dancing, arts and crafts, ethnic food, parades, and much more the National Folk Festival is sure to please people of all ages.

Detailed Schedule:

Friday, September 2nd:

• Capitol Hill Stage

• 6:40pm – 7:00pm – Festival Kickoff
• 7:00pm – 7:45pm – The Green Fields of America (Irish)
• 8:00pm – 8:45pm – Dale Ann Bradley (bluegrass)
• 9:00pm – 10:00pm – La Excelencia (salsa dura)

• Jackson Stage

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

• Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion

• 8:15pm – 9:15pm – The Holmes Brothers (blues, gospel, R&B)
• 9:30pm – 10:30pm – BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Cajun)

Saturday, September 3rd:

•  Capitol Hill Stage

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

• Jackson Stage

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

• Bicentennial Amphitheatre

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

• Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion

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

• Cumberland Family Stage

• 12:00pm – 12:45pm – Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee Storyteller)
• 1:00pm – 1:30pm – Thomas Maupin, Jay Bland & Daniel Rothwell (old-time buck dancing)
• 1:45pm – 2:45pm – 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
• 3:00pm – 3:45pm – Paul Dahlin & Äkta Spelmän (Swedish)
• 4:00pm – 4:45pm – Roan Mountain Hilltoppers (old-time string band)
• 5:00pm – 5:45pm – Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins (country blues & gospel)

• Children’s Stage

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

• Family Area

• 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm – Alberti Flea Circus
• 3:15pm – Madcap Musical Parade with Nyama Percussion Ensemble

• Tennessee Folklife Stage

• 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Songwriting from Family and Tradition with Elizabeth Cook, Larry Cordle, and Darrell Scott
• 1:15pm – 2:15pm – Let’s Cut a Hit: Studio Musicians in Nashville with Harold Bradley, Jimmy Capps, Weldon Myrick, David Briggs and Bob Moore
• 2:30pm – 3:30pm – Old-Time Singing: Traditional Vocal Styles with Roy Harper, Patsy Stoneman, Donna Stoneman, and Matt Kinman
• 3:45pm – 4:45pm – “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
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm – 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
• 6:15pm – 7:15pm – Bossman: Blue Grass Boys Remember Bill Monroe with Tom Ewing, Bobby Hicks, Roland White, and Curtis McPeake

Sunday, September 4th:

• Capitol Hill Stage

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

• Jackson Stage

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

• Bicentennial Amphitheatre

• 12:00pm – 12:45pm – Özden Öztoprak (Kurdish)
• 1:00pm – 1:45pm – Phil Wiggins & Rev. John Wilkins (country blues & gospel)
• 2:00pm – 3:00pm – 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
• 3:15pm – 4:00pm – Eddie Pennington & Ben Hall (“Travis-style” thumb picked guitar)
• 4:15pm – 5:15pm – The Green Fields of America (Irish)

• Jefferson Street Dance Pavilion

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

• Cumberland Family Stage

• 12:15pm – 1:15pm – Banjo Traditions with Oyama & Nitta, Mike Sumner of Dale Ann Bradley, Mick Moloney of The Green Fields of America, Alison Brown
• 1:30pm – 2:15pm – Lloyd Arneach (Cherokee storyteller)
• 2:30pm – 3:15pm – 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
• 3:30pm – 4:15pm – Özden Öztoprak (Kurdish)
• 4:3pm – 5:15pm – The BeauSoleil Trio (Cajun)

• Family Area

• 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm – Alberti Flea Circus
• 3:15pm – Madcap Musical Parade with Nyama Percussion Ensemble

• Children’s Stage

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

• Tennessee Folklife Stage

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

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