The acclaimed Lowell Folk Festival runs Friday through Sunday in Boardinghouse Park and all around downtown, and the fest's web site has everything you need to know, including directions and a schedule of performers. The lineup ranges from "Dieselbilly" guitarist Bill Kirchen to the polka of "Grmkmania" to the Calentana of Los Caracuaros from Mexico to the Malian traditional sound of Mamadou Diabate. And there may even be some regular old folkies in there. Here are a few other links you might find useful if you're going...
The Lowell Sun has an article encouraging those of us who mainly attend these events for the awesome ethnic food. ... WGBH (FM 89.7) says it will be broadcasting live from the festival on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., as it has for the last 15 years. The broadcast will also be streamed on the station's web site. Solas and blues singer Nora Jean Bruso are among the performers hitting the stage during the broadcast hours. ... And our friends at Lowell's Revolving Museum have all sorts of family activities set during the fest, details here.
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