Performers
An amazing lineup of musical artists and performers descend on Butte, Montana every July. Stay tuned for updates on the 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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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…
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Choro Das 3
Brazilian Choro For 19 years, Choro das 3 was a family band formed by the three sisters: Corina (flute and…
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Hailu Mergia
Ethiojazz Hailu Mergia was born in 1946 in the Shewa Province of the Ethoipian Empire. and moved to the capital Addis…
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Reverie Road
Irish | Springfield, Illinois Reverie Road is a fresh, eclectic celtic combination, featuring fiddler Winifred Horan and accordionist John Williams…
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The Fox Family and Friends
Meti Fiddle | Harlem, Montana Jamie Fox is a Métis fiddler of the Aaniih and Nakoda tribes of Montana. The…
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Sonia and Ismael
Flamenco | New York, NY Hailed by The New York Times as “a furnace of earthy sensuality”, Sonia Olla was…
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The Wagaku Collective
Japanese Traditional | Los Angeles, California The Wagaku Collective (和楽器コレクティブ) is Terry Nguyen, Shih-wei Wu and Wes Hayashi. The Los…
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Sam Platts
Country and Western Swing | Seguin, Texas Sam Platts and the Plainsmen, based in Seguin, Texas, play traditional country…
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Mr. Sipp
Mississippi Delta Blues | McComb, Mississippi Castro Coleman a-k-a Mr. Sipp, was born August 25, 1976 to Johnelle and the…
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Kala Ramnath
Hindustani Violin | Redwood City, California Maestro Kala Ramnath with her ‘Singing Violin’ stands among the world’s finest, most inspirational…
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Mehrnam Rastegari
Iranian Kamancheh | Brooklyn, New York Mehrnam Rastegari is a well-established Iranian musician and film score composer, singer, violinist, and…
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79rs Gang
Mardi Gras Indians | New Orleans, Louisiana Behind the splendid theater and music of the Mardi Gras Indian parade lies…
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Nobody’s Business
Old-Time | Mouth of Wilson, Virginia Nobody’s Business is an Old-Time Stringband that hails from the Grayson Highlands mountain region of…
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Zuni Olla Maidens
Traditional Zuni Dance and Song | Zuni, New Mexico The Zuni Olla Maidens are a venerated dance troupe from Zuni…
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Gary Haleamau & Kawili
Hawaiian Traditional | Las Vegas, Nevada Gary Haleamau and Kāwili, (Kāwili means to mix ingredients, blend, entwined, interwoven, interlaced~ with individual…
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The Jerry Douglas Band
Bluegrass | Nashville, TN Dobro master and 16-time GRAMMY winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix…
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Los Texmaniacs
Texas Conjunto | San Antonio, TX Max Baca and Los Texmaniacs are the Past, Present, And Future of Conjunto Music.…
