Great River Folk Festival

Annual event, 8/26-28, Riverside Park, LaCrosse, with dance, crafts, kids' activities, workshops.

Great River Fringe Stage: 10:30 Family Yoga with Sara Mae Yoga, 12:00 Laura Ernst, Juggler, 12:30 Magician Dan Nelson, 1:30 Song Swap with Cass Magpie, D. Janakey, 2:30 Bluff Country Tale Spinners, 3:00 Eddie Allen, Fran Felton, 4:30 & 7 pm Laura Ernst, Juggler

North Side Stage: 11:00 song swap with Songwriters Contest Finalist, 12:00 Song Swap with Camela Widad, Don Harvey, 2:30 Sienna Cristie, Songwriting Contest winner, 5:00 J.E. Sunde, 7:00 Lowest Pair

Bandshell: 1:00 Patina, 2:00 Hmong Youth Dancers, 4:00 song swap Kendl Winter, Iowans, Josh Rabe, 6:00 Joseph Huber, 8:00 Roe Family Singers, 9:00 Echo Black River

media release: The Great River Folk Festival is the longest running nonprofit music festival in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It is a folk music and arts festival held annually on the last weekend of August.

The Mission of the Great River Folk Festival is to celebrate and cultivate folk culture rooted in the Driftless Region by uniting independent artists and community.

Vision: We aim to nurture community through inclusive outreach for all ages as we curate multiple experiential celebration of folk arts in La Crosse and surrounding area.