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41st Annual
Smithsonian Folklife Festival

on the National Mall

June 27-July 1 and July 4-8, 2007

Open daily 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Evening events 6 p.m.


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Evening Concerts

Thursday, June 28
Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. 
Northern Irish Dance Party
    Cuckoo's Nest and Lucy Mulholland

Friday, June 29
Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. 
Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert:
A Concert of NEA National Heritage Fellows
in Honor of Bess Lomax Hawes
*    
    Liz Carroll and John Doyle
    John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
    David and Michael Doucet, and Mitchell Reed
    Nancy Sweezy

Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 
Northern Ireland: Friday Evening Concert
    Armagh Rhymers
    The Low Country Boys
    Session Musicians     
    The Vallely Family  
    Roisin White

Saturday, June 30
Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:30 – 8:00 p.m. 
Sound Neighbours:
Songs and Tunes from Northern Ireland
*
    Patricia Flynn   
    Four Men and a Dog
    Len Graham and Jack Lynch   
    Lee Lawson   
    Robert Watt
    Mark Wilson      

Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
Virginia: Roots of the Banjo
    Bou Counta Ndiaye Ensemble
    Cheikh Hamala Diabate Ensemble
    Rex Ellis 
    Brien Fain
    Mike Seeger

Sunday, July 1
Mekong's Nine Dragons Stage
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
Sounds of the Mekong 

Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.  
Latino Virginia Concert
    La Sensual
    Los Hermanos Lobo
    Los Tecuanis

Thursday, July 5
Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:00 – 7:30 p.m. 
Sounds of the North
    Patricia Flynn  
    Cathal Sean Hayden
    John Kennedy
    Gino Lupari
    Michael Quinn  
    Michael Thomas Sands
    The Low Country Boys    

Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
4:30 – 9:00 p.m. 
Mountain Music Concert
    Brien Fain, Ron Short, and David Arthur
    Wayne Henderson, Helen White, and Jeff Little
    Linda and David Lay with Ricky Simpkins
    The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
    Kinney Rorrer and the New North Carolina Ramblers
    The Spiritual Seven

Friday, July 6
Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. 
Early Evening Dance Party
    All Set Ensemble    
    Lucy Mulholland and Cuckoo's Nest
    
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. 
Coming to America: Songs, Tunes, and Craic
    Patricia Flynn 
    Len Graham and Jack Lynch
    Hidden Fermanagh     
    Roisin White    
 
Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
African American Sacred Music Concert*
    Madison Hummingbirds
    The Paschall Brothers
    Virginia Church Choir

Saturday, July 7
Mekong's Nine Dragons Stage
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 
Sounds of the Mekong

Northern Ireland's Lagan Stage
5:30–7:00 p.m. 
Dance Workshop and Party
    All Set Ensemble
    Lucy Mulholland and Cuckoo's Nest

7:00–8:30 p.m. 
Last Night's Fun
    Craobh Rua
    Cathal Sean Hayden
    Lee Lawson
    Gino Lupari
    Michael Thomas Sands
    Robert Watt
    Roisin White
    Mark Wilson

Sunday, July 8
Virginia's Mountain Laurel Stage
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.  
Stories in Word and Song*
    Dave Arthur
    Howard Bass
    Rex Ellis
    Anansegromma
    Flory Jagoda
    Karenne Wood 
    Vera Oye Yaa-Anna


*indicates American Sign Language-interpreted program.

Programs are subject to change.







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