By Brittany Ward
August 22, 2018
The Nebraska Folk & Roots Festival will return for its fifth year at a new location in Elkhorn this Friday and Saturday.
Kinkaider Brewing Company will present the festival at Riverwest Park, 233rd & West Maple Road.Two stages will accommodate 20 performers that include Nebraska artists and nationally touring performers Advance tickets are available now at nebraskafolkandroots.com.
In the past, the festival has been held in June and at Branched Oak Farm near Raymond. But Riverwest Park is a familiar site for hosting music festivals and will have more infrastructure, camping, tubing and shade, according to festival organizer Mike Semrad.
The festival is again packed with artists, vendors, workshops, games, food, camping and more, including a youth guitar and fiddle competition For those interested in camping or tubing, make sure you reserve your spot, find more information on Riverwest Park’s website.
OnFriday, New York songwriter Peter Case will take the stage. While some may not know his name, you maye heard a local artist cover one of his songs. With his first Grammy nomination, “Old Blue Car,” topping The New York Times’ list of best albums, Case is not a performance you want to miss out on.
Written and talked about in Rolling Stone Magazine, Rolling Stone Country, The Fader and NPR Music, Becca Mancari has been booked this Saturday, squeezed in between her jam-packed schedule (she’s currently on tour with Shovels & Roper. Her debut album, Good Woman, takes listeners with her as she recreates her travels. From her time in India to Nashville, she found inspiration to create her raw, fresh sound.
Despite a few changes to this year’s festival, bringing the finest Nebraskan and nationally touring artists from the Americana genre will never change. With this year’s lineup, it will be an amazing weekend!
Friday line up:
East Stage | 6pm -6:45pm
West Stage | 6:45pm-7:30pm
East Stage | 7:30pm-8:30pm
West Stage | 8:45pm-9:45pm
BIG DADDY CALEB & THE CHARGERS
East Stage | 9:45pm-11pm
Saturday line up:
East Stage | 1:40pm-2:20pm
West Stage | 2:20pm-3pm
East Stage | 3pm-3:40pm
ROOT MARM CHICKEN FARM JUG BAND
West Stage | 3:40pm-4:30pm
East Stage | 4:30pm-5:20pm
West Stage | 5:20-6pm
East Stage | 6pm-7pm
EVAN BARTELS & THE STONEY LONESOMES
West Stage | 7pm-7:45pm
East Stage | 7:45-8:45pm
West Stage | 8:45pm-9:40pm
East Stage | 9:40 – 11pm
Activities:
- This year there will be an inaugural, 18 years and younger “Guitar and Fiddle Competition” sponsored by Dietze Music, with some pretty sweet prizes for the winners. The competition will be on Saturday, from noon until 1:40 on the west stage. Don’t forget to register!
- Float down the river in a tube or a tank! A great way to relax and soak up the last few warm weekends, while listening to some great tunes from the festival.
- On Saturday, will be the 5th annual Cornhole (or Bags) Tournament, winner take all!
- The ArtReach Project will be there with painting and art activities.
- There will also be free workshops covering many topics for people to attend, don’t forget to sign up!
If you haven’t made it out to the festival in previous years, this year is not one to miss! For more information check out its Facebook or website. See you there!
For the likes of music in the Folk & Roots lineup, tune in to Tree With Roots (Weds 8-10 a.m.).
Brittany Ward is a multimedia intern with KZUM.
