2025 Performers
An amazing lineup of musical artists and performers descend on Butte, Montana every July. Stay tuned for updates about Montana Folk Festival performers, right here.
Admission is free to all performances during the three days of the festival. More than 20 groups representing a broad diversity of musical and cultural traditions will perform on the festival’s six stages in Uptown Butte. Get the latest festival info on Facebook.
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Little Mountain Cree
Cree Drum Group | Rocky Boy, MT Little Mountain Cree is a family drum group from Rocky Boy, Montana. Rocky…
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Brinae Ali Quartet
Tap | Baltimore, Maryland Alexandria “Brinae Ali” Bradley, born and raised in Flint, Michigan is an interdisciplinary artist who believes…
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Zhantao Lin
Chinese Erhu | Boston, Massachusetts Zhantao Lin is an erhu player based in Massachusetts. Before moving to the United States,…
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Rondalla Club of Los Angeles
Filipino Rondalla Music | Los Angeles, California The rondalla string ensemble was introduced in the Philippines through Spain’s 350-year colonial rule of…
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Mira Dickey & Lennart Jansson
Norwegian Fiddle | Seattle, Washington Sølvstål | Silversteel is a new project from hardanger fiddle player Mira Coquina Dickey and viola…
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Wayne Hancock
Honky-Tonk Thomas Wayne Hancock III (born May 1, 1965, in Dallas, Texas) better known as Wayne “The Train” Hancock, is an…
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Solas
Irish | New York, NY Solas is lighting up stages across the globe as they celebrate three decades of pushing…
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Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Zydeco | Soileau, LA Keith Frank, born on October 9, 1972, in the community of Soileau, Louisiana, is an American…
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Mariachi Mariposas
Mariachi | Rio Grande Valley, TX If you are a fan of mariachi music, you will fall in love with…
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Khumariyaan
Pakistani Pashto Music | Peshawar, Pakistan Khumariyaan, a renowned music band from Pakistan, is celebrated for blending traditional folk music…
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Bamba Wassoulou Groove
Malian | Bamako, Mali The Bamba Wassoulou Groove was born in Bamako in 2013 on the initiative of Bamba Dembélé,…
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Yamini Kalluri & The Kritya Ensemble
Kuchipudi Dance | Lansing, MI Yamini Kalluri, a celebrated Kuchipudi dancer, choreographer, and educator, represents the future of classical dance…
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Tessa McCoy and the Big Possum Stringband
Old Time | Greenville, WV As a seven-time West Virginia state fiddle champion and current Grand Master Traditional Fiddle Champion,…
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Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Bluegrass | Charlestown, IN The tension between tradition and innovation is at the core of bluegrass music, and the fiddle…
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Shemekia Copeland
Blues | New York, NY Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices…
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Yeison Landero
Cumbia | San Jacinto, Colombia Yeison Landero was born in San Jacinto (Bolívar); that is to say, in the very…
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Fabiola Mendez
Puerto Rican Cuatro | Caguas, Puerto Rico Native to Caguas, PR, Fabiola began playing the cuatro, Puerto Rico’s national instrument,…
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Zahra Alzubaidi
Iraqi | New York, NY Zahra Alzubaidi is a New York-based singer who performs a variety of Arabic music styles, with…
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Elizabeth King
Gospel | Memphis, TN Elizabeth King is a sacred soul and gospel singer from Memphis, Tennessee. Possessed of a powerful,…
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Paul Beaubrun
Haitian | Port au Prince, Haiti Paul Beaubrun is a Haitian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer. Born and raised in…
