2025 Alaska Folk Festival Guest Artist
Rhiannon Giddens with Dirk Powell
We are SO EXCITED to announce that the Guest Artist for the 50th Alaska Folk Festival will be Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell! Rhiannon is no stranger to AFF – she performed as part of the unforgettable Carolina Chocolate Drops nearly twenty years ago at AFF 33. And, according to Dirk, he attended the festival, “sometime in the 1980s” and has wanted to come back to perform ever since.
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2025 Alaska Folk Festival Guest Poster Artist
Crystal Worl
Crystal Kaakeeyáa Rose Demientieff Worl is Athabascan, Filipino, and Tlingit from Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the Raven House. She is Deg Hit’an Athabascan from Fairbanks, Alaska. Crystal is a talented multidisciplinary artist based in Juneau drawing inspiration from her cultural roots and the natural world around her.
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2025 Alaska Folk Festival Guest Dance Band
Deke Dickerson Western Swing All-Stars
The Alaska Folk Festival celebrates 50 years of dance music with a one-of-kind guest dance band led by Roots music luminary Deke Dickerson. The Deke Dickerson Western Swing All-Stars combines veteran West Coast and Texas musicians well-versed in the style made famous by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Tex Williams and his Western Caravan, and Asleep at the Wheel.
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2025 Alaska Folk Festival Guest Caller
Suzanne Girardot
Suzanne Girardot is known for her enthusiastic, clear, and concise calling, and gets everyone moving and smiling before they know it. She is a caller, musician, and step dancer who has been calling and teaching dance around the country since 1981. Dancers all over the country love her diverse selection of contras and squares.
