Past Lineups at the North Carolina Folk Festival

For more than a decade, the North Carolina Folk Festival brought artists from across North Carolina and around the world to downtown Greensboro for 3 unforgettable days of free music. Explore past lineups to discover the musicians and genres that have shaped one of the Southeast’s largest free music festivals.

notable performers

Arrested Development • Chatham Rabbits • Dustbowl Revival • George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic • Los Lonely Boys • Mavis Staples • Oh He Dead • Sammy Rae & The Friends • Steep Canyon Rangers • Susto • The War & Treaty • Rhiannon Giddens • Futurebirds • DJ Grandmaster Flash • Molly Tuttle • The Psycodelics • Rissi Palmer • MIPSO