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Concert Schedule - 34th Alaska Folk Festival

Concert Schedule was last updated Apr 10

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Concerts




Monday Evening, April 7 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Juneau Pride Chorus • Juneau
Juneau Pride Chorus
A chorus of mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers and grandmothers bonded by a love of singing & desire to celebrate diversity.
7:15 The Zahasky Family • Juneau
Melissa, Abby, Quinn, Laura, Paul
A foot stompin clan of Czocholate-slovakian Eskimos enthralls folk festival fans fully clothed with crockodoodoo magich.
7:30 Alaskan Travelers • Juneau
Elias Antoya, Max Blust, Robert Newman
Dispatches from the long, hard journey through pre-adolescence.
7:45 Eric Gebhardt • Two Rivers, AK
Eric Gebhardt
Solo artist—Acoustic folk/rock/alternative—All music and lyrics by Eric Gebhardt.
8:00 Kelli & Bill • Juneau
Kelli Childers, Bill Childers
Daughter-dad duo back again!
8:15 Nicole Lantz • Juneau
Nicole Lantz, Will See, Mae Bee Sew
Just gonna sing three songs.
8:30 The Empty Oil Barrel Band • Juneau
Ed Schoenfeld, Robert Cohen, Maggie Schoenfeld, Jon Pollard
Parodies, political satire, cultural humor, etc. Put a corrupt politician on a broken-down ferry carrying the legislature to Wasilla and you’ve got a song!
8:45 The Stone Sisters • Juneau
Clairen Stone, Giselle Stone
Clairen and Giselle have been singing since day one and they’re very excited to finally put their voices together for the folkfest!
9:00 Kruncher & Sparky • Juneau
Rachel Everett, Mark Everett, Tillia Everett
The Everett family delights with contemporary, original music written especially for AFF. Enjoy!
9:15 Lou Cacioppo • Gustavus
Lou Cacioppo
Contemporary folk/original songs by me. Performed at Arts & Humanities (one-man show) & Veterans for Peace 2007.
9:30 Russ Kelly • Juneau
Russ Kelly
Not a bad way to spend a 15-minute break!
9:45 Russell Strandtmann • Juneau
Russell Strandtmann
Alp Horn Calls.
10:00 John Palmes • Juneau
John Palmes
10:15 Sugan Pickin & friends • Juneau
Matthew Coppick, Hank Moore, Rod Crist
UAS guitar & banjo instructor, hillbilly at heart & family man.
10:30 Julie Mae Pigott • Clinton, WA
Julie Pigott
Music from the marshlands.

Emcee: Grace Elliot
Stage Manager: Anne Fuller




Tuesday Evening, April 8 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Tlingit Gospel Singers • Juneau
A Southeast Alaskan tradition, hymns in Tlingit.
7:15 Skagway Beach Picnic • Skagway
Barbara Kalen, Martha Stey
A day at the camptown race track.
7:30 Kray VanKirk • Juneau
Kray VanKirk
A Medicine for Melancholy
7:45 Crewed: Cate, Maggie, & Ginny • Juneau
Cate Ross, Ginny Hayes, Maggie Ross
Killer songs from the babes of the F/V Salmon Bay Salon of Intellectual Excellence and School of Applied Learning.
8:00 The Motivational Revue • Juneau
Travis Croteau, Nels Sanford
Some songs.
8:15 Judy Domeny Bowen • Springfield, MO
Judy Domeny Bowen
Ozarks ballads, farm songs, and funny songs for teachers!
8:30 Ken Burch • Douglas
Ken Burch
The usual—or not—or maybe so. You don’t know, d’ya!
8:45 Jeff Brown • Juneau
Jeff Brown
New songs for most everyone.
9:00 Graham Siebe and the Green Toaster • Anchorage
Graham Siebe
The toe-tapping kitchen appliance strikes again with high energy Irish tunes.
9:15 Dave Stancliff and Friends • Tok
Dave Stancliff, Beck Miller, Laurie Miller, Judy Domeny, Bryce Edgmon
If it ain’t fun—it ain’t music.
9:30 The Dandelion Greens • Oak Harbor, WA
Pete Keating, Joe Cook, Heidi Schuler
Original acoustic Americana.
9:45 The Professional Hippies • Juneau
Annie Bartholomew, Joe Funk, Tracy Ralston, Leif Saya, Pat Troll
A few folks born forty years too late.
10:00 Riley Woodford • Juneau
Riley Woodford
New songs.
10:15 Paul Gatien • Victoria, B.C.
Paul Gatien, Betsy Sims
Songwriter.
10:30 Rainee Godwin • Juneau
Rainee Godwin, June Hall, Paul Disdier, Henry Hopkins

Emcee: Scott Burton
Stage Manager: Kim Hastings




Wednesday Evening, April 9 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Dzantik’I Heeni Middle School Advanced Orchestra • Juneau
Director by John Unzicker
Have you ever heard “Smoke on the Water” played by a middle school orchestra? Well, you’re in for a treat!
7:15 Escape From Brooklyn: Klez Matters • Juneau
Beth Leibowitz, Jacque Farnsworth, Steve Winker
Muskeg Klezmer returns. Happiness and heartbreak in almost every tune. More optimistic than country music…
7:30 Flatlands • Juneau
Frank Delaplain, Steve Wylde
Duo playing original and tasteful cover for your listening pleasure.
7:45 Ryan Bundy • Missoula, MT
Ryan Bundy
Folksy blues from Alaska and Montana that will melt your icicles.
8:00 Art Johns & Friends • Tagish, YT
Art Johns
Campfire country music.
8:15 Devil’s Thumb • Juneau
Keith Fremlin, Rik Romerein
Fire extinguishers recommended!
8:30 One Aisle Over • Juneau
Josh Lockhart, Rod Crist, Naomi Hooley, Chris Fannin
Original acoustic music.
8:45 Lindsay Clark • Juneau
Lindsay Clark
Contest style fiddling.
9:00 Espresso Specials Redux • Juneau
Lia Gladstone, Linda Buckley, Ohana
Glam girl group through Alaska Ohana prism with little bit country Yiddish, maybe.
9:15 The Folkin’ A’s • Juneau
Brooke Morgan, Steve Kunz, Wade Panzich, Allan Nichols
Original folk-metal (bass-heavy folk songs.)
9:30 Eric McDowell • Juneau
Eric McDowell
Special stuff.
9:45 Sameboat Stringband • Juneau
Sergei Morosan, Julie Benner
Sailin Again, Juneau & Chicago.
10:00 Patrice Helmar • Juneau
Patrice Helmar
Original Songs.
10:15 Michael Truax • Juneau
Michael Truax
I did not do steroids with that woman.
10:30 Costa’s Zombie Mommy Squad • Juneau
Collette Costa, flame thrower; Patrick Murphy, double mace; Bobby Banghart, repeat rifle; Robert Cohen, deadly piano wire; Mike Stanley, Doug Bridges, axe-aphone reconnaissance; Zombie Squad Killers: M.L.N. Jordan, Donnie Gott, Mel Davis, Jesse Gunner, Nicole Lantz, & the Undead.
Long live the undead!! “I don’t want you to get all drunk and be unproductive.”—Tony Tengs.

Emcee: Jim Grammel
Stage Manager: Ann Gifford




Thursday Evening, April 10 • Centennial Hall

7:00 High School Folk Ensemble “De Strigat” • Juneau
Juneau-Douglas High School students performing songs and dances of Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria.
7:15 Dan “Dirty D” Pascucci • Soldotna
Dan Pascucci
Come check out Dan’s birthday suit. Set. Did I say suit? I meant set. It’s his birthday and he’s playing a set.
7:30 Andy ‘n Jack • Juneau
Andy Ferguson, Jack Fontanella
Southern old time fiddle and banjo. It’s not like it was, it’s what it is.
7:45 Sean Tracey and Trouble • Juneau
Sean Tracey, Maridon Boario, Andrew Heist, Jeremy Kane
Original honky-tonk numbers converted to driving bluegrass rippers. Bring your pipes, we're gonna sing the beer song loud!
8:00 Les Amis Creole • Lousiana & Texas
James Adams, Cedric Watson, Ed Poullard, Corey Ledet
Guest Artists for the 34th annual Alaska Folk Festival.
8:45 Mandopianika • Fairbanks
Charlie Hunt, Nancy Bayer, Brendan Cox
9:00 Dao Strom • Juneau
Dao Strom, David Hunsaker, Bob Banghart
Female indie-folk songwriter show music & voice have been described as “Americana rich with a tender melancholy and gentle darkness.”
9:15 Shonti Elder & friends • Wasilla
Shonti Elder, Will Putman, Trudy Heffernan, possible more
Originals and fun.
9:30 Blind Hog Redux • Fairbanks
Lynn Basham, Safia Yonker
Straight up Irish, a little faster than we can play it.
9:45 Pat Henry • Juneau
Pat Henry
Songs from Jeanie’s kitchen.
10:00 Kim Beggs • Whitehorse, YT
Kim Beggs
Yukoner Kim Begs infuses sweet old-tyme country roots with dark tales of northern life.
10:15 Booth Family Bluegrass • Fairbanks
Mandy Booth, Dan Booth, Greg Booth, Dan Ison
Why get a table when you can have a Booth?

Emcee: Riley Woodford
Stage Manager: Rachel & Greg Beck




Friday Evening, April 11 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Thorne Bay School Band • Thorne Bay
William Humphrey, director, Steven Taylor, guitar, David Dawding, drums; Anthony Minillo, Justin Cabe, Tristan Nyquest, Nate Wagner, Jacob Christenson, Garrick Oberndorfer, Joe Currit, Kimmie Rawding, Kevin Ambrosini, Jon Christenson
First year band playing popular standards of pep bands.
7:15 College Bound • Juneau
Guy Unzicker, Laura Zahasky, Quinn Zahasky, Hannah Wilson
2 girls & 2 guys & 7 instruments & vocal chords = bluegrass!!
7:30 Morgan Fawcett-Strang • Nashvelle, AR
Morgan Fawcett Strang
Native American flute.
7:45 The Great Alaska Bluegrass Band • Douglas, AK
Joe Baxter, Andrew Heist, Jeremy Kane, Brooke Munro, Scott Burton
Formerly Bluegrass 101. Hard driving bluegrass in the Stanley tradition. Dr. Ralph Stanley for President!
8:00 Alaska Fiddlers’ Convention • Greater Alaska
And Ron Klein Photo. Fiddlers from around Alaska & beyond play a few tunes.
8:15 Rick Miller • Anchorage
Rick Miller
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the management.
8:30 Katie Henry • Davis, CA
Katie Henry
Hometown girl with a banjo, a song, and big news: the new Mudlark CD has hatched! Check out NEST at Mudlarkmusic.com.
8:45 Judy Lungren • Spokane, WA
Judy Lungren, Warren Argo
Don’t make me play the banjo!
9:00 Cliff Perry and Stu Herrick • Seattle, WA
Cliff Perry, Stu Herrick
Old-time bluegrass duets with guitar & mandolin.
9:15 Teri Tibbett & Haley Nelson • Juneau
Teri Tibbett, Haley Nelson
Mother & daughter music.
9:30 Vic Cano • Mt. Vernon, WA
Vic Cano, may have 1 or 2 guest (friends) performers
Folk ballads with something to say.
9:45 Michael Stackhouse • Fairbanks
Michael Stackhouse
Singer/songwriter.
10:00 John Jamieson • Kila, MT
John Jamieson, Bob Banghart
10:15 Annie Lou • Whitehorse, YT
Anne Louise Genest, Kim Barlow, Keitha Clark, Lindy Jones
Old-time music a’ la dark & lonesome.
10:30 Calamity • Tacoma, WA
Kevin Cavanagh, Kim Barlow
Primitive Appalachian music.
10:45 The Joe Page Band • Anchorage
Joe Page, Joel Kadarauch, Dan Booth, Greg Booth
Original mandolin tunes for your listening pleasure.
11:00 Phil & The Phlegmatics • Juneau
Chris Frary, Jason Caputo, Robert Cohen, Clay Good, Mike Stanley, Doug Bridges, John Hunt, Amanda Curry, Kari Groven, Vicki Van Fleet, Buzz Ritter
3 great songs, one powerhouse band.

Emcee: Ed Schoenfeld
Stage Manager: Genevieve Smith




Saturday Afternoon, April 12 • Centennial Hall

12:00 Across the Waters Festival Band • SE Alaska
Kids from Mosquito Lake, Klukwan, Haines, Gustavus, Hoonah, Sitka, Petersburg and Juneau gather with stringed instruments to sing and play in a festival band.
12:15 Gastineau Strummers • Douglas
American musical traditions performed by the students of Gastineau Elementary.
12:30 The Hot Club of Nunaka • Anchorage
Jon Schick, Derek Christianson, Martin Hall
From Duke to Dawg, Miles to Monroe, and Reinhardt to Rice, this trio illustrates the distance between Appalachia and the Samois sur Seine isn’t all that far musically.
12:45 Vincent Chmielarczyk • Lamy, NM
Vince Chmielarczyk
House painting by Buddy Tabor. Free estimates me thinks.
1:00 Bradley Johnson • Juneau
Bradley Johnson
Acoustic songs that will make memories.
1:15 Muggle Merriment • Seattle, WA
Marcus Ebenhoe, Elsbeth Ruder
We like sing-alongs. We hope you do too. We’re singing some classic songs. And we need some help from you!
1:30 The Invisible Circus • Juneau
Brian Sullivan
"A horse named Alexander"
1:45 Myrna Ukelele • Palmer
Myrna Ukelele
Tiptoe through the tulips with me.
2:00 Flapjacks • Fairbanks
Alyna Atkinson, Brenda Cox, Vallyn Atkinson
Young folks playing old music.
2:15 Meg and Mark • Juneau
Maegan Mackey, Mark Sean Tinneny
Two local singer/songwriters performing some original music.
2:30 Mama Tonga Band • Homer
Heather Tonga, Knute Tonga, Kristen Tonga
We’re a family string band from Homer playing acoustic music for your enjoyment.
2:45 Corinne Diggins • Flagstaff, AZ
Corinne Diggins
Old-time Appalachian blues banjo/box guitarist who has opened up for the likes of Cravery, Po’ Girl & Chatham County Line.
3:00 Bear Paw Pickers • Hoonah
Ben McLuckie, Chris Erickson, Stephanie Harold, Daniel Austin, Bob Clark
Den ramblers and new cubs present fresh, old-time music.
3:15 Glory Hole Mission Band • Juneau
Steve Wilde, Maceo Clarke-Davis, Kari Lundgren, Scott Beaupre, Dan Hayes, Laura Dooley, Gail Tharpe-Lucero, Ed Linsell, Marilyn Linsell
3:30 Los Bandido’s del Norte • Juneau
Rafael Soto, John Ingalls, John Lager
Songs from south of boarder.

Emcee: Lori Neufeld
Stage Manager: Rik Romerein




Saturday Evening, April 12 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Aurora Strings • Juneau
Kenny Coneen, Finn Sinclair, Denali Murray-Shapland, Calder Otsea, Anouk Otsea, Asia Moreno-Goodwin, Max Blust, Elias Antaya, Cassidy Davenport, Kevin Sigler, Bailey McWhorter, Leo Steedle
A celestial phenomenon, these young string players rosin up and bow, with a heart for the music and some places to go.
7:15 Northern River • Fairbanks
Dan Ison, Gary Markley, Dan Berberich, Luke Hoffman, Carl E. Hoffman
Traditional bluegrass, with an Alaskan flavor.
7:30 Esther Golton • Talkeetna
Esther Golton, possible additional instruments or harmonies
Unconventional mountain dulcimer with quirky, poetic songwriting, and a sweet new CD, Unfinished Houses, happily recorded at 10th Planet in Fairbanks with Pat-n-Robin. www.esthergolton.com
7:45 Robin Hopper • Chugiak
Robin Hopper
Award winning folk music from Chugiak.
8:00 Pilot Cracker Playboys • Anchorage
Nate Williamson, Brendan Bonnett, Jeff Day, Karen Loso, Michael Loso
Southcentral string band.
8:15 Bayou Glacée • Anchorage
Céline Vaillancourt, Bill Allen, Rolfe Buzzell, Eric Stice
Traditional Cajun music in French.
8:30 Red Elk • Anchorage
Richard Gelardin, Linda Ziegler, Amanda Kerr, Dan Berberich, Gary Markley
Western swing, cowboy jazz.
8:45 Mariah Z • Fairbanks
Mariah VerHoef
Original acoustic songs.
9:00 Bill Owens • Hayward, CA
Bill Owens
…Tie up the dogs…It’s chicken killing day on the farm…
9:15 Buddy Tabor • Juneau
Buddy Tabor
Singing house painter, call for a free estimate 364-2280.
9:30 Red Square • Fairbanks
Shiloh Parkenson-Gray, Rachel DeTemple, Mandy Booth, Dan Ison
Acoustic, folk, newgrass from Fairbanks.
9:45 Latif Bolat • Albuquerque, NM
Latif Bolat
Latif Bolat plays traditional acoustic Turkish instruments and may recite devotional poetry from 13th century mystics Rumi & Yunus Emre.
10:00 Kid Burfl • Haines
Kid Burfl
Don’t look now, but someone is reading this over your shoulder, be cool; wait for it. OK, look now!
10:15 The Stringfellows • Fairbanks
Nate Mcdonald, Ryan Bowers, Dan Ison
Smokin’ good ‘grass!
10:30 Mark Bush & Friends • Good Springs, AL
Mark Bush, C. Scot Fry
Mark’s back from Alabama for more pickin’.
10:45 Kim Heacox & Friends • Gustavus
Kim Heacox, Jamie Marks, Lydia Steele, Tania Lewis, Dan Henry, Charlie Skyhawk Henry
Music from the 1960's or thereabouts.
11:00 Post Concert Dance
Les Amis Creole
Dance some two-steps and waltzes to the music of the Folk Festival guest artists.

Emcee: Collette Costa
Stage Manager: Susan Phillips




Sunday Afternoon, April 13 • Centennial Hall

12:00 Juneau Community Charter School • Juneau
Juneau Community Charter School & friends
Music on a Shoestring (Budget)
12:15 Timothy Reimer • Juneau
Timothy Reimer
Singer/songwriter, acoustic instrumentalist.
12:30 Irene Muller • Tukwila, WA
Irene Muller
She’s back again!
12:45 Olga and Friends • Douglas
Olga Lijo, John Ingalls, Steve Wilde
A taste of the Spanish music that can have influenced Creole music.
1:00 A Little Bit Wednesday • Sitka
Acacia Anglin, Andrea Turner, Jake Turner, Fernando Brierly
!Tres locos y un chileno!
1:15 Slow Gun Runner • Juneau
Nikki Skeek, David Pichard, Jeff Goetz, Chris Lamb
Funk / R&B / Reggae induced fun.
1:30 Boom Derby • Juneau
Mark Lukey, Martha DeFreest, Dale McFarlin
Shuffle songs for the soul.
1:45 Amos & Katy Hopkins • Ketchikan
Amos Hopkins, Katy Hopkins
Kentucky roots music.
2:00 The Ring Around the Tub • Denali National Park
Mike Speaks, Land Cole
Wash tub bass and guitar picking out original and other tunes we enjoy.
2:15 Sonny Chandler • Auke Bay
Sonny Chandler
Acoustic guitar/songwriter.
2:30 Rogue Canadian Man & Wild American Woman • Quartzsite, AZ
Carrol Oldenburg, Coney Oldenburg, Friend 1, Friend 2, & maybe more
It’s been 10 months on the road following the bluegrass trail in our motorhome. After 18 festivals we’ve returned for the best festival of all. It’s our first anniversary & we want to celebrate in Juneau.
2:45 “String Theory” • Auke Bay
Kinsa Hughes-Skandjis, Alicia Hughes-Skandjis, Adrienne March, Sarah Campen, Josh Galbraith, Jenny MacDougall
String theory, a good concept with all the power of modern mathematics, but can they produce music?
3:00 Caldwell & Friends • Juneau
Ray Caldwell, Jerome Kane, Brook, Andrew Mandoline
Original songs by Ray Caldwell with a bluegrass back up.
3:15 The Brudie/Childers Project • Juneau
Odin Brudie, Charli Childers, Bill Childers
Join Odin, Charli, and Bill for their latest Blues & Country Collaboration!
3:30 Thea Fermin • Juneau
Thea Fermin
Singer songwriter performing her new songs from Cabo to Alaska with love and light!

Emcee: Michael Levine
Stage Manager: Linda Buckley




Sunday Evening, April 13 • Centennial Hall

7:00 Alaskas Kit and the Kaboodles • Auke Bay
Kit, Steve Wilde, Doug Bridges, Simon Taylor, Dale McFarlin, John Knight
Alaska’s Kit is a 12 year old singer who is releasing a CD this year with the help of some of Juneau’s finest musicians.
7:15 Will and the Hefferputians • Fairbanks
Will Putman, Trudy Heffernan, Molly Putman, Liam Putman
Our first attempt at a family band—it might not be any good, but it should at least be cute.
7:30 Tram Wreck • Douglas
Heidi Johnson, Jamie Marks, Tania Lewis, Bobby Jones, Dave Kovach
Last year’s Retreadwells from Thane, Douglas and Gustavus collide again to play some soon-to-be classics.
7:45 Burl Sheldon • Haines
Burl Sheldon
Original tunes from 2007 CD release, Busy Makin’ Money.
8:00 Natalie Edelson • Whitehorse, YT
Natalie Edelson
Winter’s been harsh, here’s more tunes from the marsh!
8:15 Ratfish Wranglers • Ketchikan
Ray Troll, Dave Rubin, Amos Hopkins, Shauna Lee, Craig Koch, Patrick Troll, Bob Banghart, Forrest Gibson
“Where music, ichthyology and art collide.” Southeast Alaska’s weirdest garage band return like spawning humpies…
8:30 Concertina Queen—Denise Martin • Anchorage
Denise Martin, Amanda Kerr, Ben Saylor, Jim Kerr, Shonti Elder
Traditional Irish tunes from her CD-laptop, featuring Jubilee & Amanda Kerr.
8:45 Acousticasters • Portland, OR
Forrest Gibson, Grant Dermody, Scott Law
Gonzo-coastal, non-linear, exponential blues-folk. Three-fifths of Harmonicasters.
9:00 Les Amis Creole • Lousiana & Texas
James Adams, Cedric Watson, Ed Poullard, Corey Ledet
Guest artists for the 34th annual Alaska Folk Festival.

Emcee: Jeff Brown
Stage Manager: Emily Kane