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Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 4:00am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Bumping this one last time. You people!

Bill Kirchen! Oh!
Magic Slim! My!
Beausoleil holy crap!
Free!

Nope! Sorry! Gotta scrape the house and float the Still Water!

Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 2:01am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Bumping this one last time. You people!

Bill Kirchen! Oh!
Magic Slim! My!
Beausoleil holy crap!
Free!

Glad you're camping. We had to push on to Missoula last night to find a room.

Posted: Jul 9, 2009 - 6:12pm

Coaxial wrote:

Nope, going to Crazy Days. {#Mrgreen}

Gah!

Posted: Jul 9, 2009 - 6:11pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Bumping this one last time. You people!

Bill Kirchen! Oh!
Magic Slim! My!
Beausoleil holy crap!
Free!

Nope, going to Crazy Days. {#Mrgreen}

Posted: Jul 9, 2009 - 6:08pm

I adore Bill Kirchen.

Posted: Jul 9, 2009 - 6:04pm

Bumping this one last time. You people!

Bill Kirchen! Oh!
Magic Slim! My!
Beausoleil holy crap!
Free!

Posted: May 4, 2009 - 9:53pm

And, just added...

Bill Kirchen

	BILL KIRCHEN & THE HAMMER OF THE HONKY-TONK GODS WITH GEORGE BEDARD Telecaster Guitar Dunkirk, Maryland LISTEN / BIO
	MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO Mexican Mariachi Los Angeles, California LISTEN / BIO
	GARRY HARRISON & THE NEW MULES Illinois Old-Time Bloomington, Indiana LISTEN / BIO
	MELODY OF CHINA Chinese San Francisco, California LISTEN / BIO
	BOB FRENCH'S ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND New Orleans jazz New Orleans, Louisiana LISTEN / BIO

Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 2:24pm

Bumping because they've announced some of the acts. *swoon*

Come one, come all to the FREE National Folk Festival, July 10•11•12, 2009. Make plans now!

2009 performers:

	MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS Chicago, Illinois Blues LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE
	SIERRA HULL & HIGHWAY 111 Byrdstown, Tennessee Bluegrass LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE
	ETHEL CAFFIE-AUSTIN SINGERS Charleston, West Virginia African American gospel LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE
	THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED Eugene, Oregon Zimbabwean Chimurenga LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE
	CHUCK & ALBERT Prince Edward Island, Canada Acadian LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE
	BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET Lafayette, LA Cajun LISTEN / BIO WEBSITE

Posted: Oct 4, 2008 - 8:33pm

Come one, come all to the FREE National Folk Festival, July 10•11•12, 2009. Make plans now!

Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 11:18am

I've booked a nice, back-in site (yoohoo, Xeric and Muzik!) We are planning to tent on part of the site on a nice and grassy area. The park is filling up in preparation fast!

Here's a good description of the festival

One of the countryÂs largest and most prestigious celebrations of the arts, the National Folk Festival, is coming to Butte for a three-year tenure beginning in July 2008. First presented in 1934, it is the oldest multicultural festival in the nation. The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), the organization that has produced the National Folk Festival since its creation, recognized ButteÂs and MontanaÂs unique natural resources, cultural assets, and strong community spirit.

A large-scale three-day outdoor event presented free to the public, the National Folk Festival celebrates the roots, richness, and variety of American culture. It features a broad array of music and dance performances, participatory dancing, workshops, childrenÂs activities, regional and ethnic foods, storytelling, parades, craft exhibits and demonstrations, and more. A Âmovable feast of the deeply traditional folk arts,Â the National brings a jubilant and dizzying array of offerings that appeal to audiences of all ages.

Historic Uptown Butte will be the site of the 70th, 71st and 72nd National Folk Festivals in 2008, 2009 and 2010. This is the first time the National Folk Festival has been held west of the Mississippi River in over 40 years*, and its first time ever in Montana.

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 11:35pm

Okay, I'm booking the campsite at Fairmont Hot Springs in Anaconda tomorrow. I hope they don't allow dogs...

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 9:02pm

JustineFromWyoming wrote:

So, I'm just tossing this out there because I think we are going to make the trek from Wyoming to Butte, Montana, for this event. I'm flailing around looking for accommodations for us -- we'll definitely try to camp -- so I can't say that I'm volunteering to play cruise director. I will say that I've looked at the line-up, it looks very interesting and I think it would be a fun experience for us. If anyone is interested in meeting up at the National Folk Festival, let us know. I think we will be camping in Anaconda, near the Hot Springs, and making the drive to Butte for the music.

Any takers? By the way... all the performances are FREE.

National Folk Festival

Camping possibilities

You're going to camp?

Excellent! I want to camp with youse guys again someday. Sadly, I'll be in Illinois that weekend. Well, not sadly. Happily actually.

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 8:57pm

JustineFromWyoming wrote:

So, I'm just tossing this out there because I think we are going to make the trek from Wyoming to Butte, Montana, for this event. I'm flailing around looking for accommodations for us -- we'll definitely try to camp -- so I can't say that I'm volunteering to play cruise director. I will say that I've looked at the line-up, it looks very interesting and I think it would be a fun experience for us. If anyone is interested in meeting up at the National Folk Festival, let us know. I think we will be camping in Anaconda, near the Hot Springs, and making the drive to Butte for the music.

Any takers? By the way... all the performances are FREE.

National Folk Festival

Camping possibilities

Unfortunately only one contra dance band, which means only one contra dance (despite the agitating of our friends Max & Eva in Butte). And really only one Montana act (Wally McRae, cowboy poet). But there's the Chinese puppeteers (saw these at Seattle Folklife--very very awesome!) and the Basque dancers and the Seldom Scene! and...well, it's looking pretty good, really.

May just have to go. I bet I could get us some crash space...

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 12:13pm

JustineFromWyoming wrote:

So, I'm just tossing this out there because I think we are going to make the trek from Wyoming to Butte, Montana, for this event. I'm flailing around looking for accommodations for us -- we'll definitely try to camp -- so I can't say that I'm volunteering to play cruise director. I will say that I've looked at the line-up, it looks very interesting and I think it would be a fun experience for us. If anyone is interested in meeting up at the National Folk Festival, let us know. I think we will be camping in Anaconda, near the Hot Springs, and making the drive to Butte for the music.

Any takers? By the way... all the performances are FREE.

National Folk Festival

Camping possibilities

looks like a great lineup! i know of the seldom seen (my brother in law plays banjo and is a big bluegrass fan) and shameka copeland...and that zydeko band...all looks like fun to me. damn living in the east. never have any fun.

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 12:08pm

JustineFromWyoming wrote:

So, I'm just tossing this out there because I think we are going to make the trek from Wyoming to Butte, Montana, for this event. I'm flailing around looking for accommodations for us -- we'll definitely try to camp -- so I can't say that I'm volunteering to play cruise director. I will say that I've looked at the line-up, it looks very interesting and I think it would be a fun experience for us. If anyone is interested in meeting up at the National Folk Festival, let us know. I think we will be camping in Anaconda, near the Hot Springs, and making the drive to Butte for the music.

Any takers? By the way... all the performances are FREE.

National Folk Festival

Camping possibilities

Have fun! HJ wants to start taking our sprogs to some festivals.

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 11:04am

So, I'm just tossing this out there because I think we are going to make the trek from Wyoming to Butte, Montana, for this event. I'm flailing around looking for accommodations for us — we'll definitely try to camp — so I can't say that I'm volunteering to play cruise director. I will say that I've looked at the line-up, it looks very interesting and I think it would be a fun experience for us. If anyone is interested in meeting up at the National Folk Festival, let us know. I think we will be camping in Anaconda, near the Hot Springs, and making the drive to Butte for the music. Any takers? By the way... all the performances are FREE. National Folk Festival Camping possibilities

BILL KIRCHEN & THE HAMMER OF THE HONKY-TONK GODS WITH GEORGE BEDARD

MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO

GARRY HARRISON & THE NEW MULES

MELODY OF CHINA

BOB FRENCH'S ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND

2009 performers:

MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS

SIERRA HULL & HIGHWAY 111

ETHEL CAFFIE-AUSTIN SINGERS

THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED

CHUCK & ALBERT

BEAUSOLEIL AVEC MICHAEL DOUCET