Join the Maryland State Arts Counci for the
MARYLAND TRADITIONS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 18th 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
FREE
Come and join us at Creative Alliance at the Patterson.
Activities for all members of the family, so come one, come all!
FREE PARKING & SHUTTLE SERVICE
www.marylandtraditions.org/parking
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING
Indoor and outdoor music stages, workshops for kids, craft demonstrations, and fourteen performances! Dozens of traditional crafts and foodways demonstrations, highlighting several of Maryland’s most distinct folk traditions: Baltimore painted screens, Maryland beaten biscuits, decoy carving, Lumbee (Native American) beadwork, coverlet weaving from Mountain Maryland, Chesapeake Bay boatbuilding, arabber wagon-making, and more.
14 PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:
· “Titan of the Telecaster” Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun headline with special guest Marcy Marxer.
· The Legendary Orioles doo-wop group strut the skills that landed them in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
· Master button accordionist Billy McComiskey leads an all-star trad Irish band.
· Phil Wiggins plays honeyed blues harp with Eleanor Ellis and Warner Williams.
· Cheick Hamala Diabate fills Highlandtown with the sounds of West Africa.
Other performing groups will include the Zionaires (Dorchester County) and their dynamic brand of African-American gospel, boogie-woogie pianist Daryl Davis (Montgomery County), Ahmad Borhani and the Persian National Music Ensemble (Baltimore County), jazz master Carl Grubbs (Baltimore City).
www.marylandtraditions.org/festival
