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Concert Schedule - 36th Alaska Folk Festival

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Monday Evening, April 5 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Ursa Major String Ensemble • Juneau, Alaska
Auri, Colin, Jacob, Forrest, Finn, Denali S, Asia, Calder, Robert, Kenny, Kathie, Denali W, Cassidy, Tyrel, Tatsu
String Ensemble directed by Guo Hua Xia
7:15
Teri Tibbett, Haley Nelson & Libby Sterling • Juneau, Alaska
Original songs
7:30
Riley Woodford • Juneau, Alaska
Singer-songwriter
7:45
Dan Kirkwood • Juneau, Alaska
Songs inspired by Doctor Who, Uncle Toe and the divine Miss M
8:00
Tramwreck • Juneau, Alaska
Bobby Jones, Jamie Marks, Tanya Lewis, Sean Knoedler, Dave Kovach, Heidi Johnson
A little time, a lotta music. Enjoy the ride but stay ready for the wreck
8:15
Leta Simons • Douglas, Alaska
Island music – Douglas, that is
8:30
Machakos Family Band • Juneau, Alaska
Jeff Machakos, Julie Machakos, Noah Machakos, Seth Machakos
The Machakos boys bring their parents out for a night on the town
8:45
The Fiascos • Juneau, Alaska
Jason Soza, J.B. Blankenship, Duane Weedman
A “fiasco” is defined as 1) A humiliating failure or 2) A wine bottle. You can decide which one we are
9:00
Dave Stancliff • Tok, Alaska
Back in the “60’s” again
9:15
The Henhouse • Auke Bay, Alaska
Nicole Jensen, Wendy Girven
If you know the song, sing along
9:30
Alaska’s Kit and the Kaboodles • Auke Bay, Alaska
Steve Wilde, Simon Taylor, Doug Bridges, Doug Fanyak, Alaska’s Kit
A 14 year old girl who is living her dream with the help of Juneau’s top notch musicians
9:45
Tony Tengs • Juneau, Alaska
Songs from Telephone Hill
10:00
Hasty Pudding Revival • Juneau, Alaska
Brian Sullivan, Libby Sterling
The pirates play
10:15
Andrew McDonough • Gustavus, Alaska
Folk guitar and singing with rural Alaska flavor
10:30
Escape From Brooklyn • Juneau, Alaska
Beth Leibowitz, Cecily Morris, Jacque Farnsworth, Steve Winker
A Klezmer spectacle to behold – music, glitter, woodwinds, drums, maybe dancers

Emcee: Grace Elliott
Stage Manager: Bex! Sakarias




Tuesday Evening, April 6 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Alaska Youth Choir • Juneau, Alaska
A group of 40 to 50 young people
We will perform a 15 minute program from our Spring repertoire
7:15
Alaskan Travelers • Juneau, Alaska
Elias Antaya, Max Blust, Robert Newman
Robert is the same age as Max. Elias is the same age as Robert. If the sum of their ages equals the age of the Folk Festival, how old is Max?
7:30
Groove Chicken • Juneau, Alaska
Elena Dolitsky, Nick Banaszak, Maverick Yadoa, Alan Young, Miguel Reina, Haley Nelson, J.R. Rosales, Nick Parker, Tyler Houseweart
Let this group of JDHS jazz band members bring you back to a simpler time, when the only thing offensive about music was its volume
7:45
The Artist Formerly Known as “Spect Angela” and the Back Yard Band • Douglas, Alaska
Ron Ecklund, Angela Ecklund, Morgan Morgan, Josh Smith
Swivoony, old school, knee-jerk jives
8:00
Russell Strandtmann • Juneau, Alaska
Tunes from the Alps composed for the Swiss Alphorn
8:15
Know When to Quit • Juneau, Alaska
Frederick Hoskinson, Terry Hoskinson
Guitar & vocals with non-traditional autoharp
8:30
Zahasky Family • Juneau, Alaska
Paul, Melissa, Laura, Quinn, and Abby
Some of our favorite tunes. We love to play at the Alaska Folk Festival
8:45
Libby Sterling • Juneau, Alaska
Original fiddle creations
9:00
Terms of Agreement • Juneau, Alaska
Hannah Wilson, Guy Unzicker, Gunnar Parker
The Beatles and bluegrass
9:15
Rainee Godwin and Band Togethere • Juneau, Alaska
Rainee Godwin, June Hall, Paul Desdier
Old time and Appalachian influenced country music
9:30
Cast of Hansel & Gretel from Perseverance Theatre • Douglas, Alaska
From the upcoming musical at Perseverance Theatre, the music of Bob Banghart sung by the cast of Hansel & Gretel
9:45
Nicole Church • Juneau, Alaska
Small girl…big voice…normal size guitar
10:00
Kaila Bueger & Alvaro Aitken • Juneau, Alaska
Kaila Bueger, Alvaro Aitken
Original songs with guitar and piano
10:15
Choclo con Queso • Juneau, Alaska
Bryan Johnson, Sandy Fortier
A tango-milonga piece followed by some Latin American folk songs
10:30
Bois Gras • Juneau, Alaska
Curtis Norris, Bob Banghart, Sally Freund
Dennis McGee fiddle medley

Emcee: Ed Schoenfeld
Stage Manager: Anne Fuller




Wednesday Evening, April 7 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Juneau Pride Chorus • Juneau, Alaska
Leslie Wood – Music Director
We are a chorus of mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers and grandmothers. Our common bond is a love of singing and the desire to celebrate diversity
7:15
Heart Strings • Juneau, Alaska
32 students of Lisa Miles
120 strings and a lot of love
7:30
Irish Ceili Dancers of Juneau • Juneau, Alaska
Mariah & Tera Butner, Keagan Grant, Cory & Lauren Hatch, Miranda Hirst, Gavin Michael, Lilli Reynolds, Amanda Stevenson, Arianne Vander Vegt, Courtney & Seth Wagner, Sage Zahud
Irish dancing: soft shoe and hard shoe (tap)
7:45
Jerry Fiscus & Friends • Juneau, Alaska
Jerry Fiscus, Cecily Morris, George Trani
Old time swing
8:00
The Fiddleheads • Juneau, Alaska
Maire New, Carraig New, Abby Zahasky
The North Douglas kids are back with more singing, dancing, music and fun
8:15
The Bluescast • Juneau, Alaska
Ron Clarke, Ed Schoenfeld, Mo Hicks, Peter Anderegg, Sharon Gaiptman, Jeff Brown
Itinerant gate-crashers, punsters and political satirists
8:30
Coyote Angel Band / Alaska Wing • Juneau, Alaska
Bart Koehler, Rachel Sanders, Katya Kirsch
Celebrating wild Alaska with homegrown songs
8:45
Bon Temps • Juneau, Alaska
Sergei Morosan, Jack Fontanella, Maridon Boario
Cajun tunes from southwest Louisiana for you to get up and move your feet to
9:00
Joe Emerson • Juneau, Alaska
Flower power for today’s energy needs. 70’s hippie folk songs you never can forget even if you want to
9:15
On Step • Douglas, Alaska
Catherine Marks, Simon Marks, Carrie Marks, Jamie Marks
Catherine Marks and family will do a little singing and jamming and show folks how people from the Republic of Douglas like to have fun
9:30
Tracy Bird, Darin Jensen, Bobby Wilken • Juneau, Alaska
Ballads – Beatles to Pearl Jam
9:45
Katie Henry • Davis, California
Hometown girl brings her banjo back to folk music mecca
10:00
Fudge • Ketchikan, Alaska
Jarrad Fudge
Buckle up
10:15
Foggy Channel • Juneau, Alaska
Lynn Coffee, Kyle Bischoff, Steve Kunz, Allan Nichols
Sweet melodies delivered with authority
10:30
David Reynolds • Ketchikan, Alaska
Acoustic, rock, on tour with second album

Emcee: Scott Burton
Stage Manager: Terri & John Laskey




Thursday Evening, April 8 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Anna Graceman and the Gracenotes • Juneau, Alaska
Anna Graceman, Naomi Harris, Steve Wilde, Miguel Reina, Nick Parker, Mike Bucy, Doug Bridges, Brooks Perkins, Alaska’s Kit
Ten year old Anna Graceman will release her first CD with all original songs performed with some of Juneau’s gifted musicians
7:15
Michael Truax • Juneau, Alaska
3 chords and most of the words
7:30
Ed Schoenfeld and the Empty Oil Barrel Band • Douglas, Alaska
Ed Schoenfeld, Peter Anderegg, Riley Woodford, Cam Byrnes
Piling it on Sarah and Sean. Celebrating the dysfunctional Alaska family in parody and satire
7:45
Kris Eli Jones Band • Haines, Alaska
Kris Eli Jones, Lindy Jones, Eric Graves, Mister Mando, Fred Fiddle
Original Alaskan grown tunes off new CD “Northwinds” available now, maybe, we hope
8:00
Guy Davis • New York, New York
The Guest Artist for the 36th Annual Alaska Folk Festival
8:45
The Tallboys • Seattle, Washington
Charlie Beck, Charmaine Slaven, Joe Fulton, John Hurd
Smokin’ hot old-time music from The Alaska Folk Festival’s Guest Dance Band
9:00
Drive It Home • Juneau, Alaska
Allison Mapes, Jeremy Kane, Amanda Chisholm and Andrew Heist
Dozens of bottles of wine…and a fiddle
9:15
Caitlin Warbelow • Brooklyn, New York
Caitlin Warbelow, Mark Ward
2009 New England Fiddle Champion and American All-Ireland winner returns home to play a set at her favorite festival in the whole world
9:30
Tim Easton • Joshua Tree, California
Floor stomping madness
9:45
Flutatious • Juneau, Alaska
Kim Mix, Lisa Ray, Sandy Fortier, Stevi Spinka, Peter Anderegg
A lively set of tunes including ragtime and jazz
10:00
Stewart Ely • Pelican, Alaska
The Boreal Owls (4 vocalists & 1 stand-up bass)
Other peoples’ original songs
10:15
Betty Jo Rooney and the Brewster County Tax Assessors • Juneau, Alaska
Maridon Boario, Keri Edwards, Sergei Morosan
10:30
Hunt/Bayer • Fairbanks, Alaska
Charlie Hunt, Nancy Bayer, Ellie Sharman
Charlie Hunt (mandolin) vs Nancy Bayer (piano) AKA the Bickersons
10:45
Costa's Goat & Pony Show • Juneau, Alaska
Collett Costa, Sammy Burrous, Simon Taylor, Doug Fanyak, and the Off The Hook Honeys: Lisa Morley, Karla Geisler, Keri Edwards, Aurah Landau, Alycia McLain

Emcee: Riley Woodford
Stage Manager: Rachel & Greg Beck




Friday Evening, April 9 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Cayenne Blue • Juneau, Alaska
Martha DeFreest, Jeanne Murray, Chris Murray, Kelly Henriksen, Gordon Sandy
Americana – Live, love, learn!
7:15
River People • Craig, Alaska
Sally Burch, John Burns, Sarah Brandy
A group made up of acoustics and vocals performing oldtime folk and Celtic music. We are from the river with music
7:30
The Shocks • Juneau, Alaska
Odin Brudie, Evans Wohlforth, Rick Kinsey
Anchorage’s original throbbing three-piece alt-rock country-punk band, acoustically reuniting after 25 Years
7:45
Shonti Elder and Friends • Wasilla, Alaska
Lively music from her new CD “Bow Drawn”
8:00
Doc South and Friends • Wasilla, Alaska
Honorary Alaskan Artist plays some of his favorite tunes with some of his favorite friends
8:15
Fiddler’s Convention • Alaska & Beyond
8:30
Grant Dermody & Friends • Seattle, Washington
Grant Dermody, Forrest Gibson, Scott Law, Scott Meyer
Tunes and songs from my new CD “Lay Down My Burden”. Heart-mending blues
8:45
Johnny B • Homer, Alaska
John Bushell
Traditional boogie-woogie, stomp, Alaska Dreamscape and barrelhouse piano
9:00
The Lost Lakers • Fairbanks, Alaska
Karen Foote, Tim Foote
Heart felt harmonies with a handful of love, from blues to folk, the Dr. is from Memphis
9:15
High Lonesome Sound • Anchorage, Alaska
Carter Bancroft, Garron Volper, Phil Jolly, Dusty Rider, Eric Rodgers
High Lonesome Sound is an energetic bluegrass band from Anchorage. Dancing shoes would be a wise decision
9:30
Art Johns and Friends • Tagish, Yukon
Art Johns, Nola Lamken
Hillbilly music
9:45
Mark and Scott with a little help from our friends • Marietta, Georgia
Mark Bush, Scott Fry, Sean Tracey, Jr. Kane, Andrew Heist
Songs from the south
10:00
Ice Jam • Fairbanks, Alaska
Seth Danielson, Skip Nodler, Ryan Bowers
Songs about mud, berries, shadows, dancing, dogs and more
10:15
Dan “dirty d” Pascucci • Soldotna, Alaska
Dirty is back for another memorable performance, blurring the line between education, entertainment and pure face-melting, superhero action
10:30
Dance with The Tallboys • Seattle, Washington
Charlie Beck, Charmaine Slaven, Joe Fulton, John Hurd
Old-time Square Dance with Caller

Emcee: Linda Buckley
Stage Manager: Koren Bosworth




Saturday Afternoon, April 10 • Centennial Hall

12:00
Flatland Frank • Juneau, Alaska
Frank Delaplain
12:15
The Supai Treatment • Denali Park, Alaska
Mike Speaks, Land Cole, Mike Zambedder
Some original music to help you feel good
12:30
Devin Frey • Wasilla, Alaska
Devin Frey, Shonti Elder, Bill Frey
Comic and bawdy singer
12:45
Alyssa Fischer • Juneau, Alaska
Alyssa Fischer, Victor Banaszak, Ruth Banaszak
Jazz & pop vocals with drums, bass, piano and guitar
1:00
Robin Hopper • Chugiak, Alaska
Will she make you laugh? Or Cry? Who knows?
1:15
Who's On First • Juneau, Alaska
Yana Warner, Chantel Eckland
2 girls, 2 guitars and only 1 chance to hear them
1:30
T & H Happy (1/4) Hour • Juneau, Alaska
Hiram Henry, Terry Schwarz
Tasty tunes for dizzy astronauts
1:45
Ray Stark • Anchorage, Alaska
Solo acoustic guitar, vocal selections include humorous folk songs and short instrumentals
2:00
Remy Rodden • Whitehorse, Yukon
Remy Rodden, Betsy Sims
Back again after a long absence to this magical, musical rendezvous with original Northland-inspired songs and a new CD. Glad to be “home”
2:15
Bac’untry Bruthers All Night Dragtime Review • Anchorage, Alaska
Huck, Emmit, Buck Toof, Stringbean
Spreading the ragtime rash & jug band itch
2:30
Mariah Ver Hoef • Fairbanks, Alaska
Acoustic power sunshine folk/pop from young singer-songwriter. See her new album, So Far Away
2:45
Dennis and Dona Townsend • Hines, Oregon
Dennis Townsend, Dona Townsend
Back from eastern Oregon with a few more tricks (subject to baggage fees)
3:00
Karen McLane • Nome, Alaska
Nomeite singer, songwriter of Alaskana type music. First time for AFF performance
3:15
Rudolph M. Isturis / Spirit Whispers • Juneau, Alaska
Native American flute player utilizing a number of Native American flutes, triple and side blown bamboo being two
3:30
Teri Derr Band • Woodinville, Washington
Teri Derr, Nolan Derr, John Lager, Annie Hagelberg, Rik Romerein
Teri sings songs from her new CD, with the help of her son, Nolan, and her Juneau family

Emcee: Johnny B.
Stage Manager: Terry Hoskinson




Saturday Evening, April 10 • Centennial Hall

7:00
The Charlie Skyhawk Band • Gustavus, Alaska
Zach Brown, Greg Burger, Kim Heacox, Lydia Steele, Hank Lentfer, Abbey Vandenberg, Dan Henry, Charlie He
The Beatles, Ray Charles & some Jackson Browne. What else is there?
7:15
Robin Dale Ford • Fairbanks, Alaska
One woman, one banjo, back like a bad rash
7:30
Slim Pickin’ • Fairbanks, Alaska
Mandy Booth, Jesse Buck Walter, Ken Tape, Jon O’Donnell, Greta Myerchin
Bluegrass and folk band from Fairbanks
7:45
Pat Fitzgerald • Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks boy returns to the festival lights
8:00
Will Putman • Fairbanks, Alaska
Old stories from a new recording. I don’t know where this stuff comes from, I just thinks them up and sing them
8:15
Belly Meat • Sitka, Alaska
Lee Asnin, Ernie Eggleston, Gary Gouker, Ted Howard
Foot-tappin’ archipelago blues that will raise your omega-3 level
8:30
Joe Page • Anchorage, Alaska
Joe Page, Robin Dale Ford, Danny C, Joel Kadarauch, Conor McBass
Old Time IS NOW The time
8:45
Pat Henry • Juneau, Alaska
Songs from Jeanie’s kitchen
9:00
The Possum Lodge Glee Club • Juneau, Alaska
Peter Andregg, Brett Crawford, Rich Moore, Steve McPhetres, Derrick Grimes, Joe Davis, John Haywood, Bruce Simonson, John Robertson, David Grove
The men from the north woods have gathered again for a set of jazz, spirituals and rounds, all held together with a wad of duct tape
9:15
Sabe Flores • Fairbanks, Alaska
Original songs accompanied by cello
9:30
Great Alaska Bluegrass Band • Juneau, Alaska
Brooke Munro, Joe Baxter, Jeremy Kane, Scott Burton, Andrew Heist
Straight ahead bluegrass in the high lonesome tradition
9:45
The Improbabillies • Homer, Alaska
Grant Dermody, Forrest Gibson, Scott Meyer
A little old time, a little blues – wrap your head around that
10:00
Buddy Tabor • Juneau, Alaska
Songwriter
10:15
Landbridge Tollbooth • Nome, Alaska
Anahma Saito, Carol Gales, Jim Dory, Mike Rutledge, Paul Korchin
Nome’s all-purpose old-time band
10:30
Red Elk (Elk Boy) • Anchorage, Alaska
Richard Gelardin, Amanda Kerr, Criag Korth
Western swing cowboy jazz/country
10:45
Bring It Home • Anchorage, Alaska
Danny Consenstein, Jay Marvin, Dave Hamre, Patty Hamre, Nate Williamson
Crank it up

Emcee: Collette Costa
Stage Manager: Susan Phillips




Sunday Afternoon, April 11 • Centennial Hall

12:00
Laura & Lorne • Nome, Alaska
Laura Davis, Lorne Carroll
A couple of pickers from up in Nome
12:15
Naomi Hooley and the Hoochies • Auke Bay, Alaska
Naomi Hoolie, David Pichard, Jason Hort, Jermaine
Original tunes turned up a notch
12:30
Nicole Swenson • Fairbanks, Alaska
I play guitar and sing songs usually written by Patty Griffin, Gillian Welsh, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, etc
12:45
Carl Reese • Juneau, Alaska
Carl is a songwriter, singer and guitarist. The urban dictionary defines a guitar as “A personality emanating from six string" That makes sense. They define a singer as “A sewing machine”. That does not make sense
1:00
Travis Croteau and Friends • Juneau, Alaska
Patrick Murphy, Travis Croteau
1:15
Irene Muller • Seattle, Washington
Back again – I guess I just can’t stay away – and glad to be here
1:30
Rick Miller • Anchorage, Alaska
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the management
1:45
Kray Van Kirk • Juneau, Alaska
Singer-songwriter: A chorus of stones
2:00
Folk and Fest Go to Spain • Douglas, Alaska
Olga Lijo, John Ingalls, Steve Wilde, Libby Sterling
And guess what they found! A strong and active celtic community. Let’s listen to some of that!
2:15
Patrick McCormick • Juneau, Alaska
A guy who likes to fish and a guitar from Eagle River, Alaska
2:30
Lee Grierson – T.G.F. • Juneau, Alaska
Lee Grierson
Plenty pretty poetry pieces pointedly puzzling people by a chord cobbler of the lowest ilk
2:45
John Palmes • Juneau, Alaska
Folk Singer
3:00
Ann Marie Carlson • Cordova, Alaska
A promising young musician from Cordova, Alaska, blessed with amazing vocals
3:15
Meg Mackey • Juneau, Alaska
Local singer-songwriter Indie/acoustic
3:30
Stalactyte • Juneau, Alaska
L.Z., Steve “Buzz Magnum” Kunz, Allan “Woodsy Al” Nichols, Wade Panzich, Diva T, Georgia Horton
High energy folk rock

Emcee: Dennis Townsend
Stage Manager: Jeanie Henry




Sunday Evening, April 11 • Centennial Hall

7:00
Glory Hole Mission Band • Juneau, Alaska
Gene Nelson, Heather, Ron Elkland, Lisa, Kari Lundgren, Maceo Clarke-Davis
Focus music with increasing awareness of youth homelessness
7:15
Justin Smith • Gustavus, Alaska
Instrumental acoustic guitar
7:30
Scott Law’s Acoustic Roadhouse • Portland, Oregon
Scott Law, Forrest Gibson, Grant Dermody
7:45
The Happy Homeless Pickers • Juneau, Alaska
Carrol Oldenburg, Coney Oldenburg
Returning to Juneau from Arizona, where our motor home is currently parked, to play bluegrass and celebrate our 3 year anniversary on April 10th
8:00
Scott Burnham • Des Moines, Iowa
From Iowa, folk and country singer
8:15
The Ratfish Wranglers • Ketchikan, Alaska
Ray Troll, Shauna Lee, Brian Curtis, Adam Carter Nafziger, Dave Rubin, Bob Banghart, Andrew Heist, Russell Wodehouse
Fish punk paleo folk rockers from K-Town by the sea & their usual bombastic stage shenanigans
8:30
The Lunge Feeders • Juneau, Alaska
Cheryl Cook, Jill Sandleben, Kathy Hocker
Frequently seen in Juneau bays and inlets. Produce harmonious and often humorous vocalizations
8:45
Coho and the Flannel Mongers • Nome, Alaska
Aidan Smith, Arlo Hannigan, Jamie Saghafi, Jon Schield, Coho the Dog
Alt-country confusion with a folk-funk twist…on the rocks
9:00
Guy Davis • New York, New York
The Guest Artist for the 36th Annual Alaska Folk Festival
9:45
Goodnight Irene
A Folk Festival Traditio

Emcee: Jeff Brown
Stage Manager: Emily Kane