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Free festival pays bills

The fiddling, piping and strumming heard throughout downtown Juneau during the Alaska Folk Festival last week was music to the ears of many business owners. More...

Guest artist packs hall

The Alaska Folk Festival board was expecting a massive crowd Thursday night for guest artist Nanci Griffith's first mainstage set at Centennial Hall, and that's exactly what it got. More...

Art behind the music

Nicole Lantz's design of a stand-up bass flying over snow-capped mountains wasn't selected as this year's Alaska Folk Festival poster, but it did win a nice runner-up prize. More...

First night folk

Scott Miller of Juneau plays solo on the first night of the Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall Monday. The 32rd annual 'Folk Fest' continues through Sunday. More...

The Queen of Folkabilly

Nanci Griffith was just three weeks old, no bigger than a fret board, when a ceasefire was declared in the Korean War on July 27, 1953. More...

Ohio caller looks forward to contra dances at Alaska Folk Festival

There is plenty to like about contra dancing, Becky Hill, the guest caller for the 32nd annual Alaska Folk Festival said from her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. More...

Printmaker, art makes folk fest debut

Former Alaska resident Kate Patera has never been to the Alaska Folk Festival, but her hand-colored, wood-block print of a cricket playing a fiddle will be all over town for the next two weeks. More...