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Lowell Folk Festival 2024

Arts and Entertainment

July 15, 2024

From: Lowell Folk Festival

Schedule Of Events:

Friday July 26, 2024

Boarding House Park

6:15 – 6:35 - PARADE—Jorge Arce Comparsa (Puerto Rican parade tradition)
6:35 – 7:00 - Festival kick-off
7:05 – 8:00 - High Fidelity (bluegrass)
8:15 – 9:00 - The Friel Sisters (Irish)
9:15 – 10:15 - Sugaray Rayford (blues)

Dance pavilion

7:15 – 8:30 - Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)
8:45 – 10:00 - Afro Dominicano (merengue típico)

Saturday July 27, 2024

Boarding House Park

12:00 – 12:45 - Swanky Kitchen Band (Caymanian kitchen dance music)
1:00 – 1:45 - Yoni Battat Ensemble (Mizrahi Jewish music)
2:05 – 2:45 - Annie and the Caldwell Singers (gospel)
3:05 – 3:45 - Choro das 3 (Brazilian choro)
4:00 – 4:45 - Joe Hall and the Cane Cutters (Creole music)
5:00 – 6:00 - Sugaray Rayford (blues)
7:00 – 7:45 - Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
8:05 – 9:00 - Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)
9:15 – 10:15 - Afro Dominicano (merengue típico)

Market Street Stage

12:15 – 1:00 - Farah Yasmeen Shaikh (Kathak dance)
1:15 – 2:00 - All in the Family—Choro das 3, Eddie Pennington and Caleb Coots, The Friel Sisters
2:15 – 3:00 - Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)
3:15 – 4:00 - Eddie Pennington ans Caleb Coots (“Travis-style” thumb-picked guitar)
4:15 – 5:00 - Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)
5:15 – 6:00 - Polka Family Band (Polish polka)
6:15 – 7:00 - Swanky Kitchen Band (Caymanian kitchen dance music)
7:15 – 8:15 - Annie and the Caldwell Singers (gospel)

Saint Anne's Churchyard

12:15 – 1:00 - Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)
1:15 – 2:00 - Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)
2:15 – 3:00 - Farah Yasmeen Shaikh (Kathak dance)
3:15 – 4:00 - The Friel Sisters (Irish)
4:15 – 5:00 - Soul-full Sounds of Devotion—Yoni Battat, High Fidelity, Annie and the Caldwell Singers
5:15 – 6:00 - Yoni Battat Ensemble (Mizrahi Jewish music)
6:15 – 7:00 - High Fidelity (bluegrass)

Dance Pavilion

12:00 – 1:00 - Polka Family Band (Polish polka)
1:15 – 2:15 - Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
2:30 – 3:30 - Sugaray Rayford (blues)
3:50 – 5:00 - Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)
5:20 – 6:30 - Afro Dominicano (merengue típico)
7:30 – 8:30 - Joe Hall and the Cane Cutters (Creole music)
8:45 – 10:00 - Cyril Neville (New Orleans funk and R&B)

Street(Central and Merrimack)

12:30 – 12:50 - San Simón New England (Bolivian dance)
1:30 – 1:50 - San Simón New England (Bolivian dance)
3:00 – 3:30 - StiggityStackz Worldwide (Freestyle Dance Demonstration)
4:00 – 5:00 - StiggityStackz Worldwide (Freestyle Dance Battle)

Sunday July 28,2024

Bording House Park

12:00 – 12:45 - Annie & the Caldwell Singers (gospel)
1:00 – 1:45 - Eddie Pennington & Caleb Coots (“Travis-style” thumb-picked guitar)
2:00 – 2:45 - The Friel Sisters (Irish)
3:00 – 3:45 - High Fidelity (bluegrass)
4:00 – 5:00 - Jesse Daniel (honky-tonk country)
5:15 – 6:00 - Cyril Neville (New Orleans funk and R&B)

Market Street Stage

12:00 – 12:45 - Choro das 3 (Brazilian choro)
1:00 – 1:45 - Masters of Movement—Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Native Pride Dancers, Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago
2:00 – 3:00 - Caribbean Crossroads: From the Bayou to the Barrio—Joe Hall and the Cane Cutters, Afro Dominicano, Swanky Kitchen Band, Cyril Neville
3:15 – 4:00 - Farah Yasmeen Shaikh (Kathak dance)
4:15 – 5:00 - The Friel Sisters (Irish)
5:20 – 6:00 - Afro Dominicano (merengue típico)

Saint Anne's Churchyard

12:00 – 12:45 - High Fidelity (bluegrass)
1:00 – 1:45 - Songs for Good Times and Hard Times—Jesse Daniel, Lutchinha, Sugaray Rayford
2:00 – 2:45 - Yoni Battat Ensemble (Mizrahi Jewish music)
3:00 – 3:45 - Choro das 3 (Brazilian choro)
4:00 – 4:45 - Native Pride Dancers (powwow dance traditions)
5:00 – 5:45 - Eddie Pennington and Caleb Coots (“Travis-style” thumb-picked guitar)

Dance Pavilion

12:00 – 1:00 - Joe Hall and the Cane Cutters (Creole music)
1:15 – 2:15 - Polka Family Band (Polish polka)
2:35 – 3:30 - Lutchinha (Cabo Verdean)
3:45 – 4:45 - Swanky Kitchen Band (Caymanian kitchen dance music)
5:00 – 6:00 - Sugaray Rayford (blues)

Street (Central and Merrimack)

12:30 – 1:00 - Veronica Robles (mariachi)
1:30 – 2:00 - Veronica Robles (mariachi)
2:30 – 3:00 - Korean Performing Arts Institute Chicago (pungmul and samulnori)
3:30 – 4:00 - Yo-Yo Guy (yo-yo show)

Date: July 26-28,2024

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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