Only 307 days away: The 51st Annual Alaska Folk Festival, April 6-12, 2026
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6:30pm

Juneau Community Chorus

Juneau, AK Featuring: Misuri Smyth, Jacque Farnsworth

Under Artistic Director Misuri (Missouri), Smyth; the Juneau Community Chorus is made up of community members who love to sing.

6:45pm

SKODEN

Juneau, AK Featuring: Gene Tagabon, Doug Koester

Skoden means “let’s go then” and these two will get you going by mixing contemporary native music, rhythmic drumming and messages from the heart.

7:00pm

Chris Thompson & Friends

Anchorage, AK Featuring: Chris Thompson, Rolfe Buzzell, Harrison Jennings, Don Rudolph

We perform love and loss songs, along with tunes that uphold the dignity of humanity, and our love for others..

7:15pm

The Strongbacks

Kodiak, AK Featuring: Evan Coombs, Tim Borden, Brendan Best, John Lauber, Blake Jones

Serving stirring sea shanties sprinkled with scintillating stories sure to satisfy the senses and sooth the sea-starved soul.

7:30pm

Ellorie McKnight

Whitehorse, YT

Ellorie writes lyrics & melodies that explore the emotional breadth and depth of the individual and collective human experience during these wild times.

7:45pm

The Heists

Juneau, AK Featuring: Erin Heist, Andrew Heist

Bluegrass and folk duets to crack your heart open like a pretty sparkly geode.

8:00pm

Rhiannon Giddens with Dirk Powell

GUEST ARTIST

8:45pm

Marian Call

Juneau, AK

Marian Call is back on the mainstage with more little songs about big feelings.

9:00pm

Ice Worm Serenaders with Sam & Ella

Pleasant Lake, MI Featuring: John Hatton, Terry O’Hara, Brian Curtis, Bruce Shwartz

Back from the Glacial highlands of the Chugach Mts, the IWS will present more artistic rhapsodies for your enjoyment. Nothing like Sam and Ella to make it go.

9:15pm

Curley and Slim

Haines, AK Featuring: Burl Sheldon, Nancy Berland

Original tunes and an old favorite from Burl Sheldon and Nancy Berland.

9:30pm

Fishpickers

Haines, AK Featuring: Mark Carroll, Laurie Mastrella, Gregg Bigsby, Dennis Gudmanson

Old Time, Americana.

9:45pm

The Forest That Never Sleeps

Anchorage, AK Featuring: Kat Moore

The Forest That Never Sleeps blends poetry, song, and storytelling into an eclectic performance for listeners.

10:00pm

Dennis and Dona Townsend

Tacoma, WA Featuring: Dennis Townsend, Dona Townsend

Pulling a few new tunes out of the hat. Okay, now where's my hat?

10:15pm

Blind Hogs Redux

Los Alamos, NM Featuring: Patrick Webb, Erin Tilly, Lynn Basham, and Friends

Group of Fairbanksans, from near and far, finding tunes and each other. Even a blind hog will find an acorn.

10:30pm

Caleb Tomlinson

Whitehorse, YT

Caleb Tomlinson plays indie folk and alt-country rooted in the north and the west coast.


Emcee: Collette Costa
Stage Manager: Anne Fuller