Schedule:

Friday, July 28, 2023

Boarding House Park

6:15 – 6:35 PARADE—Lakou Mizik (Haitian mizik rasin)

6:35 – 7:15 Festival kick-off

7:15 – 8:00 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)

8:15 – 9:00 Sona Jobarteh (Manding griot)

9:15 – 10:00 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)

Dance Pavilion

7:15 – 8:30 T’Monde (Cajun)

8:45 – 10:00 Lakou Mizik (Haitian mizik rasin)

Saturday, July 29,2023

Boarding House Park

12:00 – 12:45 Springfield Exit (bluegrass and traditional country)

1:00 – 1:45 Trian (Irish)

2:05 – 2:45 Jason Samuels Smith (tap dance)

3:05 – 3:45 REVMA (Greek)

4:05 – 5:00 Sona Jobarteh (Manding griot)

5:20 – 6:15 Lakou Mizik (Haitian mizik rasin)

7:30 – 8:15 Sara Correia (Portuguese fado)

8:30 – 9:15 Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing and hot jazz)

9:30 – 10:15 Fred Thomas of the JB’s (funk)

Market Street Stage

12:15 – 1:00 To the Beat: Conversations in Rhythm—Jason Samuels Smith, Bernard Linette; Mouhamadou Sarr (Sona Jobarteh); Sohail Karimi

1:15 – 2:00 Heart of Afghanistan featuring Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi (Afghan ghazals)

2:15 – 3:15 Guitar Slingers: Swing, Blues, Steel—Whit Smith (Hot Club of Cowtown), Fran Grace, Melody Angel

3:30 – 4:15 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

4:30 – 5:15 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)

5:30 – 6:00 Zuni Olla Maidens (Zuni dance and song)

6:15 – 7:00 Jason Samuels Smith (tap dance)

7:15 – 8:00 Sona Jobarteh (Manding griot)

Saint Anne’s Churchyard

12:15 – 1:00 Rites of String: Lisbon to Lviv—Sona Jobarteh; Angelo Freire, Bernardo Saldanha (Sara Correia); Igor Iachimciuc (Cheres)

1:15 – 2:00 Cheres (Ukrainian)

2:20 – 2:45 Zuni Olla Maidens (Zuni dance and song)

3:00 – 4:00 Fiddling Around (the World)—Liz Carroll (Trian), Elana James (Hot Club of Cowtown), Valeri Glava (Cheres), Tim Laughlin (Springfield Exit)

4:15 – 5:00 Heart of Afghanistan featuring Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi (Afghan ghazals)

5:15 – 6:00 Sara Correia (Portuguese fado)

6:15 – 7:00 Trian (Irish)

Dance Pavilion

12:00 – 1:00 Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing and hot jazz)

1:15 – 2:15 REVMA (Greek)

2:30 – 3:30 Lakou Mizik (Haitian mizik rasin)

3:50 – 5:00 T’Monde (Cajun)

5:20 – 6:30 Fred Thomas of the JB’s (funk)

7:30 – 8:30 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)

8:45 – 10:00 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)

Street (John & Merrimack)

12:30 – 1:00 Zuni Olla Maidens (Zuni dance and song)

4:30 – 5:00 Red Trouser Show (circus arts)

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Boarding House Park

12:00 – 12:45 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

1:00 – 1:45 Cheres (Ukrainian)

2:00 – 3:00 T’Monde (Cajun)

3:15 – 4:15 Springfield Exit (bluegrass and traditional country)

4:30 – 5:15 Sara Correia (Portuguese fado)

5:30 – 6:15 Melody Angel (Memphis soul)

Market Street Stage

12:00 – 12:45 Heart of Afghanistan featuring Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi (Afghan ghazals)

1:00 – 1:45 Jason Samuels Smith (tap dance)

2:00 – 2:45 Songs of Longing, Loss, and Love—Ahmad Fanoos, Linda Lay (Springfield Exit), Sara Correia

3:00 – 3:45 From the Opry to Soul Train: Rockabilly and R&B Troubadours —Chuck Mead, Fred Thomas

4:05 – 5:00 Fran Grace (sacred steel guitar)

5:20 – 6:00 Trian (Irish)

Saint Anne’s Churchyard

12:00 – 12:45 Springfield Exit (bluegrass and traditional country)

1:00 – 1:30 Zuni Olla Maidens (Zuni song and dance)

1:45 – 2:45 Trian (Irish)

3:00 – 3:45 REVMA (Greek)

4:00 – 5:00 All Boxed In—Billy McComiskey (Trian), Victor Cebotari (Cheres), Drew Simon (T’Monde), Sandy Theodorou (REVMA)

5:15 – 6:00 Cheres (Ukrainian)

Dance Pavilion

12:00–1:00 T’Monde (Cajun)

1:15 – 2:15 Chuck Mead (rockabilly and honky-tonk)

2:30 – 3:30 Melody Angel (Chicago blues)

3:45 – 4:45 Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing and hot jazz)

5:05 – 6:00 Fred Thomas of the JB’s (funk)

Date: July 28 - 30, 2023

Location:

Boarding House Park - 40 French Street Lowell, MA 01852

Dutton Street Dance Pavilion - 246 Market Street Lowell, MA 01852

Saint Anne's Churchyard - 8 Kirk Street Lowell, MA 01852

Market Street Stage - 246 Market Street Lowell, MA 01852

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