AlgoRhythms

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 4:00-4:45

Modern bluegrass band the AlgoRhythms play original music, covers of bluegrass favorites, and bluegrass-flavored takes on classic country and rock.

Barbershop Quartet

The ’6ft3 Quartet’ will be singing the a cappella close four-part harmony of barbershop music around the park.

Bill Mayhew

Storytelling Stage 12:30-1:00

Joke Swap—Share your favorite family-friendly jokes at this this swap hosted by Bill Mayhew, a fountain of good humor himself.

Celebration of Pete Kraemer & Joe Hickerson

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 6:10-7:10

Blues-loving Pete Kraemer was a stage manager and emcee at the Festival as well as an occasional performer. Joe Hickerson, a mainstay of the Folklore Society of Greater Washington who often performed at the Festival, was a folklorist extraordinaire at the Library of Congress. Celebrate their lives and music with folks who knew them well.

Chromatics

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 3:00-3:45

A high-energy a cappella vocal band, the Chromatics delights audiences with a full spectrum of scientifically accurate songs about science, technology, life, and their intersections.

Contra Dance

Spanish Ballroom 7:30-9:00

Dance the night away on the best dance floor in the world! Greg Frock calls, with music by Charlie Pilzer, Susan Brandt, and Tom Wright.

DC Mudd

Bumper Car Pavilion 2:00-2:45

Oozing authenticity, the veteran musicians of DC Mudd bring rich vocal harmonies to the blues that moved America, bringing that magic to today’s audiences.

Dede Wyland & the Do Rights

Spanish Ballroom 2:00-2:45

Expect sweet harmonies and stellar musicianship as renowned vocalist-guitarist Dede Wyland and the Do Rights perform country, early acoustic rockabillty, and doo-wop.

Djangolaya

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 12:00-12:45

Celebrate the hot club jazz music of Django Reinhardt with Djangolaya, Washington area acoustic musicians with a decidedly European flair, promising beautiful music and dangerous rhythms.

Elsa Riveros

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 1:00-1:45

Colombian singer-songwriter Elsa Riveros is renowned for her deep vocals and guitar abilities and music greatly influenced by her rich cultural history.

Furia Flamenca

Spanish Ballroom 3:00-3:45

Be transported to sunny Andalusia as Furia Flamenca brings ferocity and passion to the stage. The dance group’s unique, elegant style of flamenco balances motion and energy.

Gayle Turner 

Storytelling Stage 2:30-3:00 

Moses and the Exodus–Gayle Turner tells the sacred story of this journey of faith, courage, and the promise of freedom.

Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'I

Spanish Ballroom 1:00-1:45

The musicians and dancers of the halau (hula school) bring to life ancient and contemporary Hawaiian hula with the music of the ukulele and ancient implements, led by kumu hula Manu Ikaika.

Humayun Khan

Spanish Ballroom 12:00-12:45

One of this generation’s most respected classical Afghan and North Indian musicians, Humayun Khan is known as a brilliant vocalist and harmonium player.

The Irish Inn Mates

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 2:00-2:45

The “Innmates” Tina Eck, Mitch Fanning, Jesse Winch, and Patrick Winch play Irish traditional music and songs at the Irish Inn at Glen Echo. Today, they are joined by dancers from the Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance.

Jane Dorfman

Storytelling Stage 4:30-5:00

The Lindworm and other Unexpected Offspring — Join Jane Dorfman to explore folktales with surprising "children.”

Jillian Matundan

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 5:30-6:00

Singer-songwriter Jillian Matundan pleases audiences with catchy riffs, cool poignant melodies, and a presence that is at once genuine, earnest, and charming.

Joe Uehlein & the U-Liners

Bumper Car Pavilion 7:00-7:45

The repertoire of the U-liners includes a variety of American roots genres including country, blues, and folk rock, with songs of hope, peace, justice, the environment, and workers' rights.

Karpouzi Trio

Bumper Car Pavilion 5:00-5:45

Explore the musical traditions of the mainland and islands of Greece and Asia Minor with Karpouzi: Spyros Koliavasilis (vocals, oud, laouto, kermane), Margaret Loomis (santouri), and Len Newman (laouto).

Lelia Pendleton

Storytelling Stage 2:00-2:30

Stories of Faith – Lelia Pendleton uses sound and silence to embody myths and Bible stories of love and faith.

Leeny Del Seamonds

Storytelling Stage 3:00-3:30

LatinoTales and Tunes – Leeny Del Seamonds shares her Cuban American humor. Her colorful father Del shares his wisdom.

(Photo by Beth McCabe)

Little Red & the Renegades

Spanish Ballroom 5:15-6:00

Showcasing Zydeco, blues, and New Orleans R&B, Little Red & the Renegades bring a vibrant blend of accordion and steel pan sounds, supported by a lively rhythm section.

Marc Young

Storytelling Stage 1:00-1:30

Wine of Paradise – Marc Young tells of Rebbe Elimelech, who sends his pupil to a cemetery to fetch a drink from Heaven.

Margaret Chatham

Sunday Storytelling Stage 1:30-2:00 

Wishes from the Sea — Margaret Chatham fishes up not a genie in a bottle, but Scottish mermaids who can grant wishes in unexpected ways.

Mark Cox

Storytelling Stage 5:00-5:15

The Raven – Mark Cox presents Edgar Allen Poe’s haunting and mesmerizing masterpiece of Gothic literature.

Miriam Nadel

Storytelling Stage 3:30-4:00

Spare Change - Join Miriam Nadel for tales of transformation and metamorphosis from around the world and across time.

Morris Dancers

Expect ritual dances from the Cotswold region of England to pop up in interesting places around the park, performed by the Foggy Bottom Morris Men and the Rock Creek Morris Women.

Mrs. Toretsky's Nightmare

Spanish Ballroom 6:15-7:00

The Eastern European Jewish dance and wedding music repertoire of Mrs. Toretsky's Nightmare includes bouncy freilachs, a Romanian hora, and a super fast serba.

Mutual Agreement

Bumper Car Pavilion 12:00-12:45

A cappella male Gospel group Mutual Agreement uses traditional and contemporary chord arrangements, while preserving a musical art form that has played an important part in their musical heritage.

Paraguayan Harp

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 1:00-1:30

Hector Muñoz (harp) and Ulises Rodriguez (guitar) present Paraguayan music, playing the traditional arrangements of the Guaraní people.

Poor Ellen Smith

Bumper Car Pavilion 3:00-3:45

Celebrating the music and songs of the legendary flat picking master guitar player Doc Watson, the Poor Ellen Smith band also plays music of other artists in that style.

Raymi

Bumper Car Pavilion 6:00-6:45

Bringing the haunting sounds and mystic power of music from the Andes, Raymi combines traditional instruments such as zampoñas, mosceños, quenas and tarkas with contemporary guitar and drums.

Reynardine

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 5:00-5:45

Young fiddler phenom Willie Marcher and his band Reynardine go deep into the old time music tradition, but they also go wide, playing folk music from around the world.

Rick Franklin & Tom Mindte

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 4:45-5:15

Musical sparks fly when blues guitarist Rick Franklin joins bluegrass mandolinist Tom Mindte in a journey across musical genres.

Rishi Nixon

Storytelling Stage 4:00-4:30 

Tales From Asian Folklore - Join Rishi Nixon to meet gods, demons, and much inbetween, in vivid tales from Asian folklore.

Slaveya

Bumper Car Pavilion 1:00-1:45

From the Bulgarian word for nightingale, Slaveya is a women's a cappella group specializing in Eastern European songs reflecting the joys and sorrows of village life.

Soumya Chakraverty

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 3:45-4:30

Since the age of 12, Soumya Chakraverty has been mastering the sarod, a North Indian stringed instrument, and interpreting ragas passed down from generations of his musical family. The brilliant Abhay Kulkarni accompanies on tabla.

Sunshine Skiffle Band

Takoma Park Folk Festival Stage at Cuddle-Up 6:00-7:00

The golden harmonies of Maureen Andary and Sara Curtin illuminate the contemporary folk duo’s original songs that reflect jazz, country, musical theater, and indie rock influences.

Sweater Set

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 1:45-2:30

The golden harmonies of Maureen Andary and Sara Curtin (Sweater Set) illuminate the contemporary folk duo's original songs that reflect jazz, country, musical theater, and indie rock influences.

Trio Sefardi

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 12:00-12:45

Carrying on traditions they learned from National Heritage Fellow Flory Jagoda, Trio Sefardi (Howard Bass, Tina Chancey, and Susan Gaeta) respect Sephardic musical traditions in their own creative arrangements.

Urban Artistry

Bumper Car Pavilion 4:00-4:45

In this workshop, Urban Artistry tells the story of music and dance cultures from various African American communities and teaches dance movements such as locking, popping, breakin’, Memphis Jookin’, and hip hop. 

Washington Balalaika Society

Sunday Spanish Ballroom 4:00-4:45

Members of the community-based Washington Balalaika Society play a wide variety of music from around the world on authentic folk instruments.

Washington Toho Koto Society

Carpe Diem Arts Stage at Chautauqua 2:45-3:30

Founded in 1971 by director Kyoko Okamoto, the Washington Toho Koto Society performs Japanese traditional and classical music on six-foot long, 13-string instruments with a distinctive sound.