August 6, 2024
Heart & Sole Performing Arts
Heart & Sole will lead the 2024 Maryland Folk Festival parade at 6:00 pm on Friday, September 20 down Main Street to the opening ceremony at the Perdue Dance Stage. Heart & Sole Performing Arts was founded in 2018 by Jennifer D. Dickerson. Heart & Sole Performing Arts, LLC, is committed to fostering the growth of the community’s youth by...
August 6, 2024
Chief Donna “Wolf Mother” Abbott
Chief Donna Abbott will give a blessing at the Maryland Folk Festival opening ceremony Friday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. Donna Abbott grew up in lower Dorchester County, Maryland, in the small community of Robbins, near Shorter's Wharf. As a child, Abbott spent a lot of time outside and enjoyed picking wild asparagus, going in the woods to cut the...
August 6, 2024
TAHIRA
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. TAHIRA's storytelling performances weave together captivating tales and melodies from various regions of Africa, bringing to life the rich heritage and vibrant traditions of the continent. These interactive programs invite audience participation, fostering a deep connection to the stories through call-and-response songs, TAHIRA's soulful guitar playing, and engaging narratives. This performance was...
August 6, 2024
Such Fools
Artist featured on Locals Stage sponsored by Salisbury University and the Fulton School of Liberal Arts at Salisbury University. Such Fools are bound together on a quest for a meaningful musical experience on the Delmarva peninsula. They are as diverse as their backgrounds and their music is an eclectic fusion of mix of 70’s style rock and jam band improvisation....
August 6, 2024
Sue Ellen Thompson
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. Sue Ellen Thompson’s poems have been read more than a dozen times on National Public Radio by Garrison Keillor, have been featured in U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s nationally syndicated newspaper column, and have received numerous awards, including the 1986 Samuel French Morse Prize, the 2003 Pablo Neruda Prize, and two individual...
August 6, 2024
Sarah Brockhaus
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. Sarah Brockhaus is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in poetry at Louisiana State University. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Salisbury University in Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She is a co-editor of The Shore Poetry and a reader for Poet Lore. She is a two-time Best of...
August 6, 2024
Nothin’ But Trouble
Artist featured on Locals Stage sponsored by Salisbury University and the Fulton School of Liberal Arts at Salisbury University. Nothin’ But Trouble has been playing and touring together for over 15 years. All members are seasoned professional musicians with passion for their art. Nothin’ But Trouble electrifies an audience with its amazing musical mix of traditional blues, original tunes and...
August 6, 2024
Nancy Mitchell
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. Nancy Mitchell is the inaugural poet laureate of the City of Salisbury, Maryland, and a 2012 Pushcart Prize winner. She is the author of three volumes of poetry, "The Near Surround," "Grief Hut" and "The Out-of-Body Shop," and co-editor of "Plume Interviews 1." She was a 2019 guest on "The Poet and The...
August 6, 2024
Lisa Compo
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. Lisa Compo is a Ph.D. student in State University of New York at Binghamton’s creative writing program. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has received several nominations for the Pushcart award and Best of the Net. She has poems forthcoming or recently...
August 6, 2024
Lexine Lowe
Artist featured on Narrative Stage sponsored by Toyota. “From Here” Lexine Lowe was born in 1949 and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, with maternal roots in the 17th century in nearby Dorchester County. She attended Pinehurst Elementary School and spent summers swimming in local ponds, boating on the Wicomico River, and frolicking with her many dogs. An avid young equestrian, her...
