50th Alaska Folk Festival

Schedule of Events

Performance Schedule

6:30pm    
Sayiék: Gastineau Strummers
Douglas, AK Featuring: Travis Croteau, Students
At our school we start every Friday morning with a school-wide sing along! Students are also learning guitar at recess and after school! Check these kids out!!!

6:45pm    
Belcher/Buckley and Friends
Juneau, AK Featuring: Linda Buckley, Dixie Belcher, John Lager, Robert Cohen, Shoshana Selligman
From Siam to Siberia, Kenya to Cambodia and Lebanon to Laos these two have had music as their cultural bridge. And now they bring their music to you!

7:00pm    
Johnny Negotiable
Juneau, AK Featuring: Jane Hale
Just your garden-variety guitar-playing singer-songwriter.

7:15pm    
Cactus Woman
Nevada City, CA Featuring: Susan Lia Gladstone, Kipchoge Spencer, Zephyr Potin Spencer
Original songs about Alaska. Midnight streets of Juneau (walking Perseverance Trail after dark), Herring Rock in Sitka Sound.

7:30pm    
Spindrift
Seward, AK Featuring: Jim Pfeiffenberger, Stephanie Robertson
Harmony-driven acoustic originals from the shores of Resurrection Bay.

7:45pm    
The Geoff Kirsch Experience Experiment Projeqt
Juneau, AK Featuring: Geoff Kirsch, Margie McWilliams, Chris ''Uncle D'' Dionisio, Aaron Fong
Juneau most powerful power trio. How powerful? We have four people. For those about to folk, we salute you!

8:00pm    
The Wool Pullers
Seattle, WA Featuring: Liz Snyder, Alex Kotlarsz
An old Juneau staple reunites for 15 minutes of original classics

8:15pm    
Jacks In The River
Honomu, Hi Featuring: Doug DeMaster, Shannon DeMaster, Wendy Hladick, Brandee Gerke, Andrzej Piotrowski, Auguste Stiehr
We like uplifting harmonies, raucous melodies, and reminding the audience why we all like folk/rock. That’s who we are.

8:30pm    
The Soggy Joggers
Juneau, AK Featuring: Aldyn Brudie, Julius Adolfsson, Hannah Wilson, Matt Kern
Once again, the Soggy Joggers are brining you some sweet tunes that will get your feet stomping and your heart pounding.

8:45pm    
Greg
Juneau, AK Featuring: Greg albrecht, Greg pilcher, Eliza albrecht, Oliver albrecht
Your favorite moderately talented duo of Gregs is back! Featuring special guest artists Oliver and Eliza!

9:00pm    
The House Family Band
Juneau, AK Featuring: Tony Tengs, Albert McDonnell, Mike Bucy, Steve Tada, ?
Three more new songs fresh off the griddle, dedicated to our great incubator - The Alaska Folk Festival, for being such a fertile ground for songs to grow!

9:15pm    
Susan Warner
Gustavus, AK Featuring: Susan Warner, Katie Henry, Matha DeFreest
Three original songs in tribute to 50 years of Pat Henry family members ''playing some'' at this great Alaska Festival of Folk.

9:30pm    
Jane Roodenburg and the maybe Jane has friends...
East Greenbush, NY Featuring: Jane Roodenburg
Same gal on the inside, old as dirt on the outside. Still loves you madly.

9:45pm    
Mountcastle Family Band
Juneau, AK Featuring: Robert Mountcastle, Janell Mountcastle, Abby Mountcastle, Heather Mountcastle, Luke Weld
The Mountcastle Family Band brings our family roadtrips to the stage with sweet harmonious tunes by the Beatles. Buckle up, let’s take a drive!

10:00pm    
Natalie & Patrick
Juneau, AK
Appalachian Mtns run from NY to the Gulf of Mexico. Natalie (Blue Ridge Mtns) & Patrick (FL) play Appalachian music of banjo, guitar, & harmonica