2023 North Carolina Folk Festival
Ivan Saul Cutler / September 15, 2023Greensboro’s international celebration — North Carolina Folk Festival — dominated three days downtown with scores of music, dance, song, food trucks galore, diverse artisans, all embracing a colorful and joyful blend of disparate cultures and traditions.
Music resonated from four main stages, throughout the downtown streets and at Center City Park. The Folk Fest attracted thousands of people who ventured downtown undaunted by sporadic rain, with the greater lightning from hundreds of performers who enthralled audiences into the night on Friday and Saturday.
Since 2015, the current Folk Festival succeeded predecessor, the National Folk Festival which played in Greensboro for three years.
Looking out from the Cone Health City Stage as the music group Ethno USA performs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Looking out from the Cone Health City Stage as the music group Ethno USA performs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Eric and Jarene dance in the street during the Folk Festival. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Eric and Jarene dance in the street during the Folk Festival. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Phil Wiggins performs folk songs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Phil Wiggins performs folk songs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Students from N.C. A&T State University’s Dept. of Family & Consumer Sciences. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Students from N.C. A&T State University’s Dept. of Family & Consumer Sciences. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Penny Smith sings from the heart. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Penny Smith sings from the heart. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
First Citizen Bill Hunt introduces Ethno USA. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
First Citizen Bill Hunt introduces Ethno USA. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Leyla McCalla performs Haitian and American roots songs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Leyla McCalla performs Haitian and American roots songs. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Lelenja Harrington signing “Strange Fruit” at Songs of Hope & Justice. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Lelenja Harrington signing “Strange Fruit” at Songs of Hope & Justice. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Nani Vazana sings in Ladino. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
Nani Vazana sings in Ladino. Photo by Ivan Saul Cutler /Carolina Peacemaker.
