The 44th Annual
Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 20, 2024
“The Old Songs Live Forever”
JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN, FOOD, AND DANCING!
NSU CAMPUS IN NATCHITOCHES
HALL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
OVER 100 CRAFTS PERSONS INVITED!!
FOLK FOODS
KIDFEST
BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY OPEN JAMS
FREE CAJUN and ZYDECO DANCE LESSONS
THE LOUISIANA STATE FIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP
JAMBALAYA COOKOFF
THREE STAGES OF FOLK MUSIC
HEADLINERS INCLUDE
DIKKI DU & THE ZYDECO KREWE
SONNY GULLAGE & THE BLUES GROOVERS
FOREST HUVAL BAND
A PATRIOTIC MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO AMERICA’S VETERANS BY THE VICTORY BELLES!
THE ZION HARMONIZERS
THE RISING SUN YOUTH CHOCTAW-APACHE OF EBARB DANCE TROUPE
JOHNNY EARTHQUAKE & THE MOONDOGS
FREE SQUARE DANCE LESSONS with THE WILLIE STEWART FAMILY & FRIENDS BLUEGRASS BAND!
THE RICK ADAMS BAND
BRANDON DEGEYTER & THE MIRE PLAYBOYS
GRUPO DE DANZA FOLKLÓRICA MEXICANA KETZALY
FIRE OF TIERRA CALIENTE
THE THISTLE DANCERS AND PIPERS
ARMADILLO JACKAL BAND
AND MORE!
For more information, contact us at folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332
Prather Coliseum and the CAPA Annex/Magale Recital Hall are fully wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description will be made available upon prior request for the cultural discussions in the Festival N-Club Room from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Please make requests for ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description by July 1, 2024 by contacting folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332.
Supported in part by grants and donors
Folklife Festival Archive
The 43nd Annual
Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 22, 2023
“Celebrating Louisiana’s Cultural Gumbo!”
JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN, FOOD, AND DANCING!
NSU campus in Natchitoches
HALL of TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
FOLK FOODS
KIDFEST
FREE CAJUN and ZYDECO DANCE LESSONS
THE LOUISIANA STATE FIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP
THREE STAGES OF FOLK MUSIC
HARMONICA WORKSHOP with ED HUEY
MUSIC HEADLINERS INCLUDE
THE CAJUN STOMPERS
RUSTY METOYER & THE ZYDECO KRUSH
JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES
THE RUSSELL WELCH HOT QUARTET with special guest AURORA NEALAND
THE BROUSSARD FAMILY JURÉ
RISING SUN YOUTH CHOCTAW-APACHE of EBARB DANCE GROUP
JAMES LINDEN HOGG
THE JAMBALAYA CAJUN BAND
HUGH HARRIS & THE DRIFTING COWBOYS
GAL HOLIDAY AND THE HONKY TONK REVUE
LOS RANCHERITOS DE LA SIERRA
LOUISIANA CZECH HERITAGE DANCERS
HOME GROWN TATERS
For more information: folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332
Prather Coliseum and the CAPA Annex/Magale Recital Hall are fully wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description will be made available upon prior request for the cultural discussions in the Festival N-Club Room from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Please make requests for ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description by July 1, 2023 by contacting folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332.
Supported in part by grants and donors
A big thank you goes out to the Festival 2023 sponsors and in-kind donors! The Festival would not be possible without your support. Thank you all so much!
The 42nd Annual
Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 23, 2022
“Stronger Together: The Power of Traditional Culture”
JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN, FOOD, AND DANCING!
NSU campus in Natchitoches
HALL of TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
FOLK FOODS
KIDFEST
FREE CAJUN and ZYDECO DANCE LESSONS
THE LOUISIANA STATE FIDDLE CHAMPIONSHIP
THREE STAGES OF FOLK MUSIC
MUSIC HEADLINERS
AMANDA SHAW and the CUTE GUYS
GENO DELAFOSE and FRENCH ROCKIN’ BOOGIE
THE RISING DRAGON LION DANCE TEAM
THE CADDO CULTURE CLUB
HAGGIS RAMPANT CELTIC BAND
FLASHBACK
For more information: folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332
Prather Coliseum and the CAPA Annex/Magale Recital Hall are fully wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description will be made available upon prior request for the cultural discussions in the Festival N-Club Room from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM and for the interpretive music informance by the Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble from 10:15-11:30 AM.
Please make requests for ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, and audio description by July 1, 2022 by contacting folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332.
Supported in part by grants and donors
42nd Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival Schedule
“Stronger Together!”
Saturday July 23, 2022
West Stage |
Main Stage |
East Stage |
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10:15-10:45 Ed Huey |
10:00-11:00 The LaCour Trio |
10:15-11:30 Winnsboro Easter Rock Ensemble |
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11:00-11:30 Beginning Harmonica Workshop |
11:15-11:45 Welcome Ceremony! |
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11:45-12:45 Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys |
12:00-1:00 Cajun Dance Lessons |
11:45-12:00 Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team |
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1:00-2:00 The Caddo Culture Club |
1:15-2:15 Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys |
12:15-1:30 The LaCour Trio |
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2:15-3:30 Musical Tribute to Hardrick Rivers |
2:30-2:45 Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team |
1:45-2:45 Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys |
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3:00-3:15 Louisiana Czech Heritage Dancers |
3:00-4:00 Cajun Dance Lessons |
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3:45-5:00 Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie |
3:30-4:30 The Caddo Culture Club |
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4:30-5:00 Louisiana State Fiddle Champion |
4:15-5:15 Amanda Shaw & The Cute Guys |
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5:15-6:15 The Thistle Dancers and Pipers |
5:15-6:00 Zydeco Dance Lessons |
5:30-6:30 Flashback |
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6:30-7:30 Haggis Rampant Celtic Band |
6:15-7:45 Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie |
6:45-7:45 Joyful Sounds |
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8:00-10:00 Flashback |
MAGALE RECITAL HALL
State Fiddle Championship Late Registration
2nd Floor Recital Hall Foyer
12:00-1:00
Haggis Rampant Celtic Band
12:00-1:00
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
Magale Recital Hall
1:00-4:00
Narrative Sessions/Music Informances
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10:00-10:45 Acadian Brown Cotton |
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11:00-11:45 The Caddo Culture Club |
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12:00-12:45 TBA |
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1:00-1:45 Advanced Harmonica Workshop with Ed Huey |
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2:00-2:45 Music Informance with Geno Delafose |
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3:00-3:45 Music Informance with Amanda Shaw |
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4:00-4:45 Music Informance with Goldman Thibodeaux |
The 40th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 26 & July 27, 2019
The Festival will be held in air-conditioned Prather Coliseum on the Northwestern State University campus in Natchitoches. The 2019 festival theme is “Vive la Louisiane!” The festival theme celebrates the ways in which so many outstanding artists young and old are tapping into the power and artistry of the old ways, revitalizing and reimagining tradition as they make it their own.
The festival will include a wide variety of traditional crafts, folk foods, Kidfest, three stages with live music, narrative sessions, and music informances. In addition, the annual Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will be held in Magale Recital Hall on the afternoon of July 27.
The 2019 festival will include folk music of the region, ranging from Cajun, Zydeco, bluegrass, country, blues, and gospel. Featured musicians will include blues artist Tab Benoit, Cajun artists the Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, traditional Americana musicians the Rayo Brothers, Celtic music by the Kitchen Session Band and Creole la la by Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys. Bruce Daigrepont and Jamie Berzas will conduct a work-shop on the Cajun accordion.
Cajun and Zydeco dance lessons will be offered. Additionally, the Louisiane Vintage Dancers will perform accompanied by the Kitchen Session band.
Regional material culture crafts, such as beadwork, quilts, spinning and weaving, Native American baskets, Czech Pysanky eggs, along with demonstrations by the craft persons working on site will be included.
Join us at the 2019 Folk Festival for a true celebration of Louisiana’s Folklife as we welcome many incredible crafts persons and musicians who find their inspiration in traditional roots and where the past meets the present!
For more information, contact us at folklife@nsula.edu or (318) 357-4332
Watch the Performers on YouTube
Voice of the Wetlands
Tab Benoit: A Man and his Guitar
John Wilson
Rayo Brothers
Ed Huey
Cajun Accordion
Gal Holiday
Culture and Costumes
Performances By
Congratulations to the 2018 Louisiana State Fiddle Champion, Clancey Stewart!!
(Photo by Peter Jones)
Hall of Master Folk Artist’s Inductees
James Burton; Rodney Harrington; Estelle Brown; Tommy like Hailey, accepting on behalf of Jim Oertling; Hilton Lytle; Phyllis Liberto, accepting on behalf of her Uncle, D.J. Fontana; Stephanie Sewell, accepting on the behalf of her great grandmother, Clementine Hunter. (Photo: Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services)
The 2018 Louisiana Folk Festival was a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped and contributed to help making it another fantastic year for the Folk Festival!!
Click the link below to view the newsletter for the 2018 Folk Festival!
For more information contact us at folklife@nsula.edu or 318-357-4332
Your donation to the Festival and Fiddle Championship is an investment in Louisiana traditional culture. Please donate today!
· Fiddle Championship Donation Form
Check Out Our 2017 Newsletter!
(from left) Dr. Shane Rasmussen, director of the Louisiana Folklife Center; drummer Sammy Nix; drummer Ganey “Pop” Hymes; cloth doll maker Barbara Franklin, blues and roots musician Ed Huey; Cajun musician Steve Riley, of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys; and Dr. Chris Maggio. President, Northwestern State University
The 38th Annual Natchitoches-NSU
Folk Festival
Friday, July 14, 2017 &
Saturday, July 15, 2017
For more information, contact us at folklife@nsula.edu or
(318) 357-4332
Folk cultures are sustained when the torch of tradition is passed from one generation to the next. Communities are strengthened and lives given greater meaning as masters of traditional arts share their inheritance with new tradition bearers. The 2017 Festival theme “Keeping Tradition Alive!” celebrates the ways in which so many outstanding artists young and old are tapping into the power and artistry of the old ways, revitalizing and reimagining tradition as they make it their own. As the artists taking part in the 2017 Festival demonstrate, Louisiana folk culture is vibrant and diverse. The folk music of many culture groups will be featured, with Cajun music by Ray Abshire and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, French Creole la la music by Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys, Zydeco by Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie and Gerard Delafose and the Zydeco Gators, traditional Delta tunes by the Back Porch Band, bluegrass with the Clancey Ferguson Band, Texas swing by the Caddo Creek Band, and blues by Hezekiah and the Houserockers, the Wayne “Blue” Burns Band, and Ed Huey. Regional crafts such as wood carving, Czech Pysanky eggs, Spanish moss dolls, pine needle baskets, and handmade furniture will be exhibited, along with day long demonstrations by crafts persons working on site. Folk foods will include cracklin’, red beans and rice, gumbo, Indian tacos and, of course, Natchitoches meat pies. Along with performances by folk dancers, Cajun dance lessons, narrative sessions, and the annual Louisiana State Fiddle Championship, this will be a Festival to remember. Join us for a rousing celebration of Louisiana’s heritage, past and present! Mark your calendar today!
The Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will be held on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Photo by Peter Jones
The Folk Festival will host the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship in Magale Recital Hall which is housed in the CAPA Annex and is located at 140 Central Avenue. Fiddlers from around the state will compete for cash prizes and ribbons in two main Categories: Non-Championship Division and Championship Division. Fiddlers are welcome to enter in either division but not both. Those who enter the Championship Division will compete for the Grand Champion title. The two top fiddlers from each group in the Championship Division – ages 0-21, 22-59, 60 and above – will compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to be recognized as the state’s best fiddler.
Prather coliseum and CAPA Annex/Magale Recital Hall are wheelchair accessible.
Featured Artists include:
Ed Huey
http://www.edhuey.com/
Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue
www.galholiday.com
Hardrick Rivers & the Rivers Revue
www.facebook.com/riversrevue/
Ray Abshire & Friends
rayabshire.com/
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
www.mamouplayboys.comSupported in part by grants from the following:
· Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc.
· Dept of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism:Louisiana Division of the Arts –Shreveport Regional Arts Council
· Louisiana Office of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism – www.LouisianaTravel.com
· Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission
· National Endowment for the Arts
· New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Your donation to the Festival and Fiddle Championship is an investment in Louisiana traditional culture. Please donate today!
Check Out Our 2016 Newsletter!
The 37th Annual Natchitoches-NSU
Folk Festival
July 15th—16th, 2016
Sarah Jayde Williams (photo by David Simpson)
The 2016 Festival theme, “Emerging Artists,” will celebrate the many outstanding new artists keeping tradition alive in Louisiana. Traditional culture is important to these artists, who would rather spend their time playing the trumpet, the fiddle, or the accordion than they would video games. Louisiana’s folkways are not just of the past, but also of the present, and the voices of these artists emerge as a clarion call, reminding us of the vibrancy of traditional culture. This new generation of artists are today’s tradition bearers, and their impressive mastery of old forms made anew is a showcase of a living cultural legacy. The Festival will feature Cajun music by Briggs Brown and the Bayou Cajuns, Bubba Hebert and the New Morse Playboys, the Huval-Fuselier Trio, and the Sarah Jayde Combeaux, Zydeco by Lil Wayne and Same Ol’ 2 Step, bluegrass with Sabine River Bend Band and Catahoula Drive, Appalachian dulcimer fusion with Twang Darkly, and New Orleans jazz by Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns! Also, traditional Vietnamese lion dancers, free harmonica and rubboard workshops, and, of course, crafts, food, and the annual Louisiana State Fiddle Championship. Mark your calendar today!
Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team (Photo by Gary Hardamon)
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
Saturday, July 16th, 2016, 1:00—4:00 pm
The Folk Festival will host the Louisiana State Fiddle Championship in Magale Recital Hall which is housed in the CAPA Annex and is located at 140 Central Avenue. Fiddlers from around the state will compete for cash prizes and ribbons in two main Categories: Non-Championship Division and Championship Division. Fiddlers are welcome to enter in either division but not both. Those who enter the Championship Division will compete for the Grand Champion title. The two top fiddlers from each group in the Championship Division — ages 0-21, 22-59, 60 and above — will compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to be recognized as the state’s best fiddler.
2016 Grand Champion: Joanna Calhoun (Photo by Peter Jones)
Winners of the 2016 Fiddle Championship. From left: Joanna Calhoun, Grand Champion; Jeffrey Boone, 2nd Place; Ron Pace, 3rd Place; and Jovalyn Johnson, 4th Place (Photo by Peter Jones)
Hall of Master Folk Artists
NSU President James Henderson, Sarah Jayde Williams, Martin Nguyen of the Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team, Blake Castille, Tee Don Landry, and Dr. Shane Rasmussen (Photo by Gary Hardamon)
Click on the links below to get more information:
Supported in part by grants from the following:
- Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc.
· Dept of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism:Louisiana Division of the Arts –Shreveport Regional Arts Council
· Louisiana Office of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism – www.LouisianaTravel.com
· Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission
· National Endowment for the Arts
· New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Check Out Our 2015 Newsletter!
Thank you all so much for making the 36th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival a great success!
Click on the link below to get more information:
Supported in part by grants from the following:
- Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc.
- Dept of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism:Louisiana Division of the Arts –Shreveport Regional Arts Council
- Louisiana Office of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism – www.LouisianaTravel.com
- Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission
- National Park Service
- New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Get ready for the 2014 Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival!
The 35th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival will be held on:
July 18-19th, 2014.
This year’s theme is:
“Tricentennial Natchitoches:Celebrating Louisiana’s Folk Heritage”
The Louisiana State Fiddle Championship will be held on:
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Join us for 2 days of fun-filled activites!!
Music, dancing, craft demonstrations, delicious cuisine, narrative sessions and KidFest. Something for everyone!
Ticket Information
Discounted all-event passes may be purchased M-Th from 9 am to 4 pm, and must be purchased by 2 pm on Thursday July 17, 2014 at the Louisiana Folklife Center, Room 213 Kyser Hall.
No discounted all-event passes will be sold at the
Festival.
Ticket Prices
$8.00 all-day pass
$5.00 evening only
FREE kids 12 and under
$11.00 two day pass available in advance only
*TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF MASTER FOLK ARTISTS:
JEFFERY BROUSSARD, AL FERRIER, AND JO-EL SONNIER*
Come out and dance with these featured artists!
Take a Peek at the 2014 Folk Festival Newsletter!
Friday July 18, 2014
| West Stage | Main Stage | East Stage |
| 4:30 Doors Open | ||
| 5:00-5:45
Detention Center Choir |
5:00-5:45
Cajun Dance Lessons |
5:15-6:00
Jesus Rhythm |
| 6:00-7:15
Smithfield Fair |
6:00-7:15
Line Dancing with Katrice LaCour! |
6:15-7:30
Hardrick Rivers and the Rivers Revue Band |
| 7:30-9:30
Open Bluegrass and Country Jam with Max and Marcy |
7:30—8:45
Don Fontenot et Les Amis de Louisiane |
7:45-9:00
Reverend Charley’s Patent Medicine Show |
| 9:00-11:00
Corey Ledet and his Zydeco Band |
Saturday July 19, 2014
| West Stage | Main Stage | East Stage |
| 9:00-10:15
Grassfire |
9:00-10:45
Caddo Culture Club |
9:00-9:45
Ed Huey |
| 10:30-11:45
Back Porch Band |
10:00-11:15
Jeffrey LeBlanc and the Delta Drifters |
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| 11:00-12:15
Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours |
11:30-12:30
Steve Wells Music |
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| 12:00-1:15
Caddo Culture Club |
12:30-1:00
Welcome Ceremony Festival Honorary Chair: Al Ferrier LA Folklife Hall of Master Folk Artists Inductees: Jeffery Broussard, Al Ferrier, and Jo-El Sonnier |
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| 1:30-2:30
Steve Wells Music |
1:15-2:00
Cajun Dance Lessons |
12:45-2:00
Grassfire |
| 2:45-3:45
Smithfield Fair |
2:15-3:45
Jo-El Sonnier and Louisiana Pride |
2:15-3:00
Al Ferrier |
| 4:00-5:00
Jeffrey LeBlanc and the Delta Drifters |
4:00-5:15
Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys |
3:15-4:15
Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys |
| 5:15-6:00
Al Ferrier |
5:30-6:00
Louisiana State Fiddle Champion |
4:30-5:45
Bonsoir, Catin |
| 6:15-7:7:15
Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours |
6:15-7:30
Line Dancing with Katrice LaCour! |
6:00-7:15
Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys |
| 7:30-8:30
Reasonable Facsimile |
7:45-9:00
Bonsoir, Catin |
7:30-8:45
Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys |
| 8:45-10:30
Open Bluegrass and Country Jam with Max and Marcy |
9:15-10:45
Hardrick Rivers and the Rivers Revue Band |
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
Magale Recital Hall
1:00-4:00
Richard Smith and Julie Adams
Magale Recital Hall
11:30-12:45
Fiddle Championship Late Registration
2nd Floor Recital Hall Foyer
12:00-1:00
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship
Recital Hall
1:00-4:00
Saturday July 19, 2014
Narrative Sessions/Music Informances
| N-Club Room | Basketball Room |
| 9:00-9:45
Plantation Life |
9:00-9:45 Smithfield Fair |
| 10:00-10:45
Rockabilly and Louisiana with Al Ferrier |
10:00-10:45
The Importance of Louisiana Traditional Music with Jo-El Sonnier |
| 11:00-11:45
Music Informance with Bonsoir, Catin |
11:00-11:45
Fort St. Jean Baptiste |
| 12:00-12:45
Regional Folk Architectural Styles |
12:00-12:45
Blues in the Delta with Ed Huey, Jeffrey LeBlanc, and Hardrick Rivers |
| 1:00-2:30
Accordion Workshop and Jam Session with Jeffery Broussard and Goldman Thibodeaux (Free for the Festival audience) |
1:00-1:45
Hambone Workshop (Free for the Festival audience) |
| 2:00-2:45
Natchitoches Parish Regional Cuisine |
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| 3:00-3:45
Indians along the El Camino Real |
3:00-3:45
Bluegrass Music Informance with Grassfire |
| 4:00-4:45
Los Adaes |
4:00-4:45
Caddo Crafts |
| 5:00-5:45
The Legacy of Clementine Hunter |
5:00-5:45
Music Informance with Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours |
34th Annual Natchitoches NSU Folk Festival
“Celebrating Louisiana’s Horse and Cattle Culture”
July 19-20, 2013
Ticket Prices
$8.00 all events Saturday
$5.00 evening only (5:00 p.m. – Till)
Children 12 & Under FREE
$11.00 two-day all events pass (available in advance only)
Please call 318-357-4332
FESTIVAL HOURS
Friday: 4:30 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Links
Music Schedule
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship Info
Fiddle Championship Entry Form
Fiddle Championship Rules
Narrative/Informance Schedule
33rd Annual Natchitoches- NSU Folk Festival
“Celebrating Louisiana’s Folk Music”
Fiddle Championship Entry Form
Fiddle Championship General Info
32nd Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 15 & 16, 2011, Held in “Friedman Student Union”
“The Tribes Remain:
Contemporary Southeastern Indian Cultures”
Louisiana State Fiddle Championship July 16, 2011 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Magale Recital Hall
Walk-in Registration 12:00 – 1:00pm
FESTIVAL HOURS
Friday: 4:30 p.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
TICKET PRICES
$8.00 all events Saturday
$5.00 evening only (5:00 p.m. – Till)
FREE kids 12 & under
$11.00 two-day all events pass (available in advance only)
Please call 318-357-4332
2011 Louisiana State Fiddle Championship Winners
2011 LA State Fiddle Championship Rules
2011 Folk Festival Music Schedule
2011 LA State Fiddle Championship Entry Form
2011 32nd Folk Festival Newsletter
31st Annual
Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
July 16-17, 2010
“Traditional Remedies: Folklife During Times of Adversity”
2010 Folk Festival Spring Newsletter
2010 Folk Festival Music Schedule
2010 LA State Fiddle Championship Rules
2010 LA State Fiddle Championship Entry Form
From singing to putting tobacco on bee stings, Louisiana culture is rich with age – old folk remedies. In 2010, the Natchitoches- NSU Folk Festival will celebrate these “remedies” and cures we use to “get by”. Some of our invited guests for the 31st Folk Festival include:
D.L. Menard
The Jambalaya Cajun Band
Southland Bluegrass and Alecia Nugent
da’ Classics
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Hadley Castille and Sarah Jayde Williams
The Hugh Harris Band
Brandon Moreau avec la Band Pain Perdu
Hezekiah Early and the Houserockers
The Back Porch Band
Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys
Southern Harvest
Shekinah Glory COGIC Choir
Hardrick Rivers and the Rivers Revue Band
Shout to the Lord
The Strumdingers
The Birdwell Group
SUPPORTED IN PART BY GRANTS FROM THE FOLLOWING:
National Endowment for the Arts
Dept of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism: Division of the Arts — Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Natchitoches Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission
Paragon Casino Resort
National Endowment for the Humanities
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Louisiana Office of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
2009 Festival
“New Populations in Louisiana”
Photos from the 2009 Festival
Download 2009 Spring Newsletter
SUPPORTED IN PART BY GRANTS FROM THE FOLLOWING:
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Northwestern State University Enrichment Fund |
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The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism:
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The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
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