Look who we’ve brought to the Festival over the years!

1984
MOMIX
The Bobs

1985
Tania Marie
Diedre McCalla
Philip Glass
Metamora

1986
The Yellowjackets
Ganelin Trio
The Nylons
Kronos Quartet
Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band
Lo Jai
Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater
Bruce Odland
Red Knuckles & Hot Rize
Junior Homrich
Skyline Drifters
Scott Johnson

1987
Hunter Davis
Nanci Griffith
The Roches
Michael Brecker
James Scott

1988
Russ Freeman & the Rippingtons
Fattburger
Elisa Monte Dance Company
Daniel Lentz & Group

1989
Morton Subotnick & Joan LaBarbara
Brave Combo
Elaine Elias
Les Guirivoires

1990
The Anthony Davis Group
Art Lande
Lewitzky Dance Company
Katie Webster, the “Swamp Boogie Queen”

1991
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street
American Tap Dance Orchestra w/ Brenda Buffalino
Hermeto Pascoal & Group
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

1992
Mary Chapin-Carpenter
Charles Brown
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
DanceBrazil

1993
Tish Hinajosa
Ranch Romance
Zvi Gotheiner Dance Company
The Mighty Clouds of Joy
VINX

1994
David Sanborn & Group
Turtle Island String Quartet
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Tom Guralnick
Youssou N’Dour
Doug Varone & Dancers

1995
Taj Mahal
Robben Ford & the Blue Line
Toby Twining Music
Amy Knoles
New Dance Order

1996 – 20th Anniversary
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Laurie Anderson
Pamela Z
Street Sounds
Ben Harper
Pele Julu
Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga

1997
Blind Boys of Alabama
Luther Allison
Michelle Shocked
Paul Dresher Ensemble
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Kurt Wenner, Master Street Painter

1998
The Staple Singers
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Laura Love Band
Brand Mehldau
Perla Batalla
F’Loom
International Street Theatre Project
Bedlam Oz
The Sneakers
Bernard Massuir
Hokum Jeebs
Faceination
Bonami Drum & Dance
The Pedestrian Project

1999
The Duke Robillard Band
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie
Fruit
International Street Theatre Project:

Big Nazo

Patti Smithsonian
Natalie Paruz
Faceination
Whalley Range All Stars
Theater Schrekel
Gregangelo
La Compangnie Des Quidams

2000
Shemekia Copeland
Susana Baca
Lavay Smith & Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers
International Street Theatre Project
Green Ginger
Best of the Beaux Art Ball
L’Ensemble Karel
Compagnie Albedo
Robert Gilbert
Pink, Inc.
The Primitives
The Cashore Marionettes

2001 – 25th Anniversary
The Dynatones
Brave Combo
Deborah Coleman
Perla Batalla
Laura Love
International Street Theatre Project
Die Audio Gruppe
Cirque de Flambe
Green Fools Theatre Society
Stickleback Plasticus
Michale Wolski
Kurt Wenner, Master Street Painter

2002
The Robert Cray Band
Perla Batalla
The Guarneri Underground
Bakra Bata
Prosthetic

2003
James Cotton
Eric Ross
Orchestra Baobab
Donald “The Junkman” Knaak
International Street Theater Project
Green Fools Theatre Society
Professor Humbug’s Flea Circus
Strange Fruit
Teatro Pachuco

2004
Brave Combo
Kaki King
Bettye LaVette
James McMurtry
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Young Dubliners
Young & Rollins
International Street Theatre Project
Architects of Air
Bedlam Oz
The Checkerboard Guy
Lurk
Princesse Peluches

2005
G Love & Special Sauce
Project Bandaloop
Charlie Musselwhite
Bonepony
Madeleine Peyroux
International Street Theatre Project
Yorga

2006
Kelley Hunt
Remedy Motel
Ten Mile Tide
Sandra Tsing Loh & the Starlight Orchestra

2007
Angelique Kidjo
Kan’Nal
Kimberly Dark
Phillips, Grier & Flinner w/special Guest Herb Pedersen
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Remedy Motel
Tommy Castro