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An Arkansas culinary tour
A folk-derived singer-songwriter from Fayetteville playing harp, guitar, and tenor banjo with a style critics have called haunting, whimsical, and deeply captivating.
A veteran Mountain View multi-instrumentalist and tradition bearer carrying forward the songs and stories of the Ozarks.
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A letter from Festival Director Rachel Reynolds on the making of the inaugural Arkansas Folklife Festival, built through 17 community engagement events, thousands of conversations, and one phrase that kept coming back: Oh, that’s my Arkansas.
Thirteen narrative sessions across three days bring master bladesmiths, glass bead pioneers, a presidential diarist, classical Indian dancers, shape-note singers, and three generations of one gospel family to the Common Thread Stage.
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An invitation-only engagement session with the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese community in Springdale.
AFF tabled with Arkansas United at the Catfish & Mudbug Festival in downtown Texarkana, celebrating culture and community as part of America 250.
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