Kate Wolf Music Festival - Annual Lineups
Kate Wolf Music Festival
Annual Lineups & Gallery
Performers and Photo Highlights from all the Kate Wolf Music Festivals
Photographs by Max Wolf except as noted.
The 2022 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 23 - 26, Laytonville, California
Nina Gerber
Ruthie Foster leads the “Give Yourself To Love” closing song.
2022 Performers
Alice Howe & Freebo
Ani DiFranco
Barbara Higbie
Beausoliel avec Michel Doucet
Berkeley Hart
The Bills
The Black Feathers
AJ Lee & Blue Summit
The Blues Broads
Bruce Cockburn
Calexico
Carrie Rodriguez
Charlie Musselwhite
Chris Smither
Coffis Brothers
Cris Williamson
Darlene Love
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach
Dayan Kai
Don Coffin
Greg Brown
Guthrie Girls
Hills to Hollers (Laurie Lewis, Vicki Randle, Barbara Higbie)
Hot Tuna (acoustic)
Iris DeMent
Janet Dove
Jimbo Scott & Late for the Train
John Craigie
Jorma Kaukonen
Kathy Kallick
Keith Greeninger
Laurie Lewis
Leftover Salmon
Lucy Kaplansky
Madeleine Peyroux
Mamajowali
Marcia Ball
Mary Gauthier
Nina Gerber
Old Blind Dogs
Paul Kamm & Eleanor MacDonald
Phil Salazar & The Kinfolk
Playing For Change Band
Poor Man's Whiskey
Rainbow Girls
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ranky Tanky with Lisa Fischer
Rita Hosking
Ruth Moody Band
Ruthie Foster
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional
Taj Mahal
The Two Tracks
Tim O' Brien Band
Tom Paxton & the Don Juans
The Wood Brothers
The 2019 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 27 - 30, Laytonville, California • View Photos
The Arlo stage.
Ace Of Cups (on the Main stage)
Blind Boys of Alabama (on the Main stage)
Los Lobos (on the Main stage)
2019 Performers
3 Acre Holler
Ace of Cups
Alice DiMicele
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Amy Helm
Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters
The Bills
Blue Summit
Booker T’s Stax Revue
California Honeydrops
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
David Jacobs-Strain and Bob Beach
Eliza Gilkyson
Five Letter Word
The Heifer Belles
Jim Messina
Joe Craven & The Sometimers
John Hiatt
Keith Greeninger Band featuring Dayan Kai
Kris Kristofferson
Las Cafeteras
The Lone Bellow
Los Lobos
Mission Temple Fireworks Revival featuring
Paul Thorn & Band and Blind Boys of Alabama
Old Blind Dogs
Perla Batalla
Poor Man’s Whiskey
Rainbow Girls
Ruthie Foster
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional
The Singing Out Tour
Stephen Kent
Terry Garthwaite / Joy of Cooking Redux
Tracy Grammer
The Two Tracks
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow
The 2018 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 28 - July 1, Laytonville, California
Duo Quartet – featuring Chris Webster, Nina Gerber and Pam Delgado, Jeri Jones (on the main stage)
Tom Paxton and the DonJuans (on the Arlo stage)
Baby Gramps & Wavy Gravy (on the Revival stage)
vHills to Hollers (Laurie Lewis, Linda Tillery, Barbara Higbie)
Keb' Mo' (on the Main stage)
2018 Performers
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Ani DiFranco
Baby Gramps
Barbara Higbie
Blue Summit
Brendan Phillips and Fast Rattler
The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men
Crys Matthews
David Bromberg Quintet
Duo Quartet – featuring Chris Webster, Nina Gerber and Pam Delgado, Jeri Jones
Eilen Jewell
The Feztones
Harry Chapin: A Celebration In Song with The Chapin Family
Hills to Hollers (Laurie Lewis, Linda Tillery, Barbara Higbie)
Indigo Girls
The Infamous Stringdusters
Jayme Stone’s Folklife
Joan Osborne
Joan Shelley
Joe Craven
John Craigie
John McCutcheon
The Jones Gang
Keb’ Mo’
Laurie Lewis
Leftover Salmon
Los Lobos
Mamajowali
MaMuse
Mandolin Orange
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Poor Man's Whiskey
The Rad Trads
The Rainbow Girls
The Real Sarahs
Red Molly
The Risky Biscuits
Rita Hosking
Stephen Kent
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow
Tom Chapin
Tom Paxton & The DonJuans
Tommy and the Rozumatics
Ulali Project
Wavy Gravy
Wendy DeWitt
The 2017 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 22 - 25, Laytonville, California
2017 Performers
Achilles Wheel
Baka Beyond
Barbara Higbie
Blind Pilot
Blue Summit
Brandi Carlile
Bruce Cockburn
Carolyn Sills Combo
Carrie Rodriguez
The Cave Singers
Charlie Thomas and The Drifters
Crow and The Canyon
Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs!
Dar Williams
David Luning
Dirty Cello
Ferron & Her All Star Band
Front Country
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams
The Heifer Belles
Jimmy Lafave (in memorium)
Joe Craven
Joel Rafael with John Trudell’s Bad Dog
John Craigie
John Prine
Keith Greeninger with Dayan Kai
Las Cafeteras
Laura Love Duo
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
Monica Pasqual & The Handsome Brunettes
Mouths of Babes
Paper Bird
Paul Thorn Band
Playing For Change
Poor Man's Whiskey
Rainbow Girls
The Real Sarahs
Rising Appalachia
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional
Sarah Lee Guthrie
Sherry Austin with Henhouse
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir with guests Ruthie Foster and Eric Bibb
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Las Cafeteras
Blame Whiskey (Blame Sally and Poor Man's Whiskey together)
2016 Performers
Achilles Wheel
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Amy McCarley
Blame Sally
The Bootleg Honeys
The Brothers Comatose
Calexico
Carolyn Wonderland
Carrie Elkin
Chris Smither
Clan Dyken
The Coffis Brothers
Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs!
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones
Eilen Jewell
Elephant Revival
Eric Bibb
Frankie Boots and the County Line
Gene Parsons and David Hayes
Harry Belafonte (did not appear due to illness)
The Head and The Heart
Jack Tempchin
Joe Craven
Joe Craven & The Sometimers
John Craigie
Juliet Gobert & Kelly Fleming
k.d. lang, Neko Case, Laura Veirs
Keith Greeninger
Las Cafeteras
Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Mendocino Quartet
The Mike + Ruthy Band
Misner & Smith
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
The Painted Horses (did not appear due to illness)
Poor Man's Whiskey
Rainbow Girls
Ruthie Foster
Sam Baker
The Sam Chase
Sweetwater String Band
Trampled By Turtles
The Wood Brothers
The 2015 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 25 - 28, Laytonville, California
Now in its 20th year, the festival expands from three days to four days.
2015 Performers
Absynth Quintet
Achilles Wheel
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Angelique Kidjo
Audrey Auld
Barbara Higbie
Bill Griffin
Bootleg Honeys
Box Set Duo Trio
Charlie Musselwhite
Coffis Brothers
Cris Williamson
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
David Luning
Emma's Revolution
Eric Schwartz
Holly Near
Hot Buttered Rum
Houston Jones
Iron and Wine
Joe Craven
Judy Collins
Keale
Keith Greeninger
Kevin Russell and His So-Called Friends
Love Choir
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
MaMuse
Maria Muldaur
Mouths Of Babes
Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton
Playing For Change Band
Poor Buttered Rumsky (Hot Buttered Run and Poor Man's Whiskey)
Poor Man's Whiskey
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings
The Sam Chase (solo)
Sherry Austin with Henhouse
Smokey Robinson
Steve Earle and the Dukes
T Sisters
Teresa Tudury
Uncle Wiggly
The Waifs
The Wailin' Jennys
The Willits Brass
The 2014 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 27 - 29, Laytonville, California
2014 Performers
The Alta California Orchestra
Amy Helm
Anne & Pete Sibley
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
The Blues Broads
The Bootleg Honeys (Kate Wolf Song Set)
Darlene Love
Darryl Cherney
David Luning
The Duhks
Garth Hudson featuring Maud Hudson
The Highway Poets
Indigo Girls
Jackie Greene
Joan Baez
Joe Pug
Las Cafeteras
Los Lobos
The Love Choir
Paper Bird
Patchy Sanders
The Perfect Crime
Playing For Change Band
Poor Man's Whiskey
Rhythm Rangers
Rodney Crowell
San Geronimo
Spark & Whisper
T Sisters
Three Women & The Truth (Mary Gauthier, Eliza Gilkyson, Lynn Miles)
Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
Tom Paxton
Wavy Gravy
The Wood Brothers
The 2013 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 28 - 30, Laytonville, California
2013 Performers
Achilles Wheel
Alice DiMicele
Alice Stuart and The Formerlys
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Angélique Kidjo
The Brothers Comatose
Coyote Grace
Dave Alvin
Don Coffin
Elephant Revival
Greg Brown
Iris DeMent
Irma Thomas
John Prine
Love Choir
Madeleine Peyroux
Marianne Faithfull
The Paul Thorn Band
Perla Batalla
Poor Man's Whiskey
Quinn DeVeaux and The Blue Beat Review
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Rebirth Brass Band
Red Molly
Sherry Austin with Henhouse
Smokehouse Gamblers
Spark & Whisper
Taj Mahal
The Sam Chase
Tiny Television
Wavy Gravy
The 2012 Kate Wolf Music Festival
June 29 - July 1, Laytonville, California
Photo Album: Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Photo Album by Nicholas Wilson
2012 Performers
Achilles Wheel
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Blame Sally
Bluehouse
Blushin' Roulettes
Brendan Phillips & Fast Rattler
Brokedown in Bakersfield
The Brothers Comatose
Cache Valley Drifters
California Honeydrops
Ferron
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit
Jimmy LaFave
Justin Townes Earle
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Kelly Fleming & Brendan Phillips
Leftover Salmon
Loudon Wainwright III
Love Choir
Lucinda Williams
Lucy Wainwright Roche
MaMuse
Marcia Ball
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Poor Man's Whiskey
Richard Thompson
Rita Hosking
Ruth Moody Band
Ruthie Foster
The Sam Chase
Sherry Austin
Teresa Tudury
Texas Tornados
Tim & Nicki Bluhm
Under The Radar
The 2011 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 24 - 26, Laytonville, California
Photos below by Bonnie Kate Wolf • Photo Album by Nicholas Wilson
2011 Performers
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd (Kate Wolf song set)
Angel Band
Brendan Phillips & Fast Rattler
Bruce Cockburn
Corinne West & Kelly Joe Phelps
David Bromberg
David Bromberg with Jorma Kaukonen
Evie Ladin & Evil Diane
Evie Ladin & Keith Terry
The Henriettas
Hot Buttered Rum
Houston Jones
Jim Page
Jorma Kaukonen
JT Nero & Allison Russell
Keith Greeninger & Dayan Kai
Los Lobos
Love Choir
MaMuse
Mavis Staples
Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Poor Buttered Rumskey (Poor Man's Whiskey and Hot Buttered Rum)
Poor Man's Whiskey (Kate Wolf song set)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Red Molly
Rosalie Sorrels
Rosalie Sorrels, Jim Page & Brendan Phillips
Ruthie Foster
Stevie Coyle
Taj Mahal
Todd Snider with Great American Taxi
The Wailin' Jennys
The 2010 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 25 - 27, Laytonville, California
Photos below by Bonnie Kate Wolf • Photo Album by Nicholas Wilson
2010 Performers
Ani Di Franco
Baka Beyond
Blame Sally
Blushin' Roulettes
Carrie Rodriguez
Charlie Musselwhite
The Country All-Stars
David Francey
David Francey with Craig Werth
David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
Greg Brown
Hot Buttered Rum
John McCutcheon
Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
Little Feat
Love Choir
MaMuse
Po' Girl
Poor Man's Whiskey
Ray Bonneville
Robert Earl Keen
Rosalie Sorrels
Scott Gerber & Cori Wood
Sherry Austin Band (Kate Wolf Song Set)
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
Steve Earle
Stevie Coyle
The Waifs
The 2009 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 26 - 28, Laytonville, California
2009 Performers
Anderson-Gram
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blushin' Roulettes
Buddy Miller
Chris Smither
Community Choir Workshop
Cori Wood
Darryl Cherney
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
Diamond Jim & the Gems
Duncan Phillips (Utah Phillips' son) and friends, with a tribute to Utah called "Bums on the Plush"
Edge of Town & friends
Emmylou Harris
Friday Main Stage
Girlyman
Hugh Shacklett
Jesse Klein
Joe Craven
Joel Rafael
Kelly Fleming
Lila Nelson
Love Choir
MaMuse
Mark Ross & Kuddie
Matthew Cook
Mavis Staples
Patty Griffin
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Po' Girl
Poor Man's Whiskey
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Railroad Earth
Richard Thompson
Riders in the Sky
Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack
Rosalie Sorrels
Rosalie Sorrels & Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ruthie Foster Band
Saturday Main Stage
Shawn Colvin
Sherry Austin Band (Kate Wolf song set)
Sunday Main Stage
Three At Last
Tony Magee
Work o' the Weavers
The 2008 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 27 - 29, Laytonville, California
2008 Performers
Friday, June 27
Moira Smiley & VOCO
Rosalie Sorrels with Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith
Todd Snider
Keb' Mo' Band
Taj Mahal Trio
Saturday, June 28
Pieta Brown
Blame Sally
John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky with Nina Gerber
Jimmy LaFave
The Waifs
David Lindley
Los Lobos
Sunday, June 29
Vance Gilbert
Cris Williamson with Woody Simmons, Jen Todd, Mel Watson & Nina Gerber
The Wailin' Jennys
The Greencards
Ruthie Foster
Greg Brown
Ani DiFranco Band
The 2007 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 29 - July 1, Laytonville, California
2007 Performers
Utah Phillips
Joe Craven & Sam Bevan
Lowen & Navarro
Eliza Gilkyson with Nina Gerber
Dougie MacLean Band
Marcia Ball
The Devil Makes Three
Rosalie Sorrels with Tom Russell
Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group
The Bills
Hot Tuna (acoustic)
Laura Love Band
Richie Havens
Guy Davis
The Mammals
John Trudell & Quiltman
Nina Gerber, Kenny Edwards, Joe Craven & Cary Black Quartet
Marc Atkinson Trio
The Be Good Tanyas
Dave Alvin
David Bromberg & The Angel Band
The 2006 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 23 - 25, Laytonville, California
2006 Performers
Alison Brown Quartet
Greg Brown with The Campbell Brothers
Clan Dyken (Kate Wolf song set)
Bruce Cockburn
Steve Earle
Peter Alsop (replacing Ruthie Foster)
Mary Gauthier
Arlo Guthrie & Family
The Kennedys
Laurie Lewis, Dirk Powell, Tom Rozum & Christine Balfa
Buddy Miller
Tim O'Brien Band
Utah Phillips
Railroad Earth
The Roches
Rosalie Sorrels
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
The Wailin' Jennys
The Websters & Scott Nygaard
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
The 2005 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 24 - 26, Laytonville, California
10th Annual Celebration
A special full set of Kate Wolf songs will be performed by various Festival musicians on Saturday night to help celebrate the 10th year. Nina Gerber hosts!
2005 Performers
Donovan
Greg Brown
Iris Dement
Richard Thompson
Karla Bonoff with Kenny Edwards, Nina Gerber & Scott Babcock
David Lindley
Linda Tillery
Nina Gerber
Rosalie Sorrels
David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
Robert Earl Keen
Campbell Brothers with Eric Bibb
Garnet Rogers
John McCutcheon
Jez Lowe & James Keelaghan
Cris Williamson with Barbara Higbie & Teresa Trull
Sisters Morales
The Duhks
City Folk (Kimball Hurd, Keith Greeninger & Roger Feuer)
Caroline Herring
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Steve Seskin
Solid Air
Love Choir
The 2004 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 25 - 27, Laytonville, California
2004 Performers
Friday, June 27
Mary McCaslin
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
The Waybacks
Rosalie Sorrels with Nina Gerber & Peter "Madcat" Ruth
David Bromberg Quartet (actually Quintet)
Love Choir
Saturday, June 26
Love Choir
Joel Rafael Band
Jennifer Berezan
Christine Kane
Peter "Madcat" Ruth harmonica workshop
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
Mary McCaslin guitar tunings workshop
Ruthie Foster with Cyd Cassone
Chris Smither
Jimmy LaFave
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice
Steve Earle & the Bluegrass Dukes
Joan Baez
Greg Brown with Nina Gerber
Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson & Joel Rafael (Woody Guthrie Tribute)
Sunday, June 27
Love Choir
Christine Kane
Anne Hills with Nina Gerber
Chris Smither
Kim Atkinson Rhythm Revival
Ruthie Foster with Cyd Cassone
Eliza Gilkyson
Banana Slug String Band (Kid Grass/Family Concert)
Chris & Lorin Rowan harmoniesworkshop
Jimmy LaFave
Tom Paxton, Rosalie Sorrels & Wavy Gravy "Hangin' with the Elders"
Joel Rafael Band
Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers
Maura O'Connell
Greg Brown with Nina Gerber
Special Ending featuring Jackson Browne
The 2003 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 27 - 29, Laytonville, California
2003 Performers
Friday, June 27
Karen Savoca with Pete Heitzman
Norton Buffalo & Friends
Utah Phillips & The Rose Tattoo
The WAiFS
Greg Brown
Love Choir
Saturday, June 28
Cyrus Clarke Expedition
Eliza Gilkyson
Patty Larkin
Eddie From Ohio
Dave Alvin
Iris Dement
Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band
Rick Shea & Brantley Kearns
Sunday, June 20
Tracy Grammer
Perfect Strangers
Rosalie Sorrels with Barbara Higbie & Nina Gerber
Tim O' Brien Band
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Greg Brown
Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin
Danny Click
Nina Gerber
The 2002 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 28 - 30, Laytonville, California
2002 Performers
Friday, June 28
Don Coffin & Paul Ellis
Dave Moore
Marley's Ghost
Laurie LewisTrio
Greg Brown
Tom Rigney & Flambeau (late night dance in the music meadow)
Saturday, June 29
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell with Nina Gerber
The Waybacks
Utah Phillips
The Waifs
Cheryl Wheeler, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky & Cliff Eberhardt
Kathy Mattea
Bruce Cockburn
Sunday, June 30
Garnet Rogers
Rosalie Sorrels
Karla Bonoff with Kenny Edwards
Jimmy LaFave
Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
Greg Brown
Nanci Griffith
The 2001 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 29 - July 1, Laytonville, California
The Festival found a new home for 2001: Black Oak Ranch (home of the Hog Farm, Camp Winnarainbow, and the Pignic), in Laytonville (northern Mendocino County). This allowed the Festival to open up to campers who wanted to spend the entire weekend on site.
2001 Performers
Friday, June 29
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Chris Webster & Nina Gerber
Jesse Winchester & Jerry Douglas
Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd
Keith Greeninger
Utah Phillips, emcee
Roz & Howard Larman, emcees
Saturday, June 30
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Eliza Gilkyson
Cache Valley Drifters
John McCutcheon
Stacey Earle
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen (quartet)
Lucy Kaplansky withNina Gerber
Arlo Guthrie
Utah Phillips, emcee
Roz & Howard Larman, emcees
Sunday, July 1
Utah Phillips with Mark Ross
Rosalie Sorrels
Nickel Creek with Chris Thile
Ray Wylie Hubbard (trio)
Nina Gerber Band (Cary Black, Keith Allen, Vicki Randle)
Campbell Bros. with Katie Jackson (sacred steel)
Iris Dement
Richie Havens
Wavy Gravy, emcee
Roz & Howard Larman, emcees
The 2000 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 23 - 25, Caswell Vineyards, Sebastopol, California
Friday 1:30 to Dusk, Saturday & Sunday 11:00 to Dusk
The festival expands from two days to three days.
2000 Performers
Friday, June 23
Greg Brown & Garnet Rogers
Patty Larkin
Cyrus Clarke, Bill Griffin & Nina Gerber (Kate Wolf tunes)
Modern Hicks
Mary McCaslin, emcee
Saturday, June 24
New Grange with Phil Aaberg, Darol Anger, Alison Brown, Mike Marshall, Tim O’Brien & Todd Phillips
Eric Bogle
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum & Nina Gerber
Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott
Tom Paxton
Kathy Kallick with Nina Gerber
Mustard’s Retreat (David Tamulevich & Michael Hough)
Utah Phillips, emcee
Sunday, June 25
Greg Brown
Cheryl Wheeler
Hart Rouge
Utah Phillips
Catie Curtis
Chris Smither
Chris Webster
Tom Paxton, emcee
The 1999 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 26 - 27, Caswell Vineyards, Sebastopol, California
11:15 to Dusk
1999 Performers
Saturday, June 26th
Solid Air
Terry Garthwaite
Lucy Kaplansky
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin with Utah Phillips
Cache Valley Drifters
Workshop featuring Greg Brown
Mollie O'Brien Band
John Gorka
Dave Alvin with acoustic band
Robin Pressman, KRCB-FM. emcee
Cloud Moss, Cumulus Productions, emcee
Sunday, June 27th
Bodie Wagner
Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
Barbara Higbie Trio with Nina Gerber & Jami Sieber
Rosalie Sorrels with Nina Gerber, Barbara Higbie & Bruce Barthol
Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers
Workshop featuring Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Eric Bibb
Iris DeMent
Greg Brown
Utah Phillips, emcee
The 1998 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 27 & 28, Caswell Vineyards, Sebastopol, California
1998 Performers
Saturday, June 27th
Nanci Griffith
Greg Brown
Laurie Lewis with Tom Rozum & Todd Phillips
Jennifer Berezan Band
Cyrus Clarke Band
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell
Rincon Ramblers including Alan Thornhill, Jon Wilcox & Phil Salazar
Nina Gerber
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Utah Phillips, emcee
Sunday, June 28th
Ferron with Jamie Seiber, Dan Benedictson & others
Greg Brown
Utah Phillips & Rosalie Sorrels
Guy Clark
Cheryl Wheeler
Terry Garthwaite
The Cache Valley Drifters
Paul Kamm & Eleanor MacDonald
Nina Gerber
Barbara Higbie
Hugh Shacklett
Wavy Gravy, emcee
The 1997 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
June 14 & 15, 11:30 - 7:30pm, Caswell Vineyards, Sebastopol, California
The second festival expands greatly on the original concert. Since the original concert sold-out, and so many were unable to buy tickets, we've greatly increased the venue's capacity, lengthened the concert from six hours to seven, and added a second day. And although the concert is still in memory of Kate, we've expanded the variety of folk artists and encouraged them to play their own songs in addition to Kate's.
1997 Performers
Saturday, June 14th
Don Coffin
Alisa Fineman with Kimball Hurd
Mary McCaslin
Utah Phillips *
Luke Breit *
Eric Bogle * (in his only U.S. appearance!)
The Joy: Terry Garthwaite, Toni Brown, Nina Gerber & David Garthwaite
Dar Williams
Greg Brown with Nina Gerber
Faith Petric, emcee
* These are the three poets Kate wrote about in her song Poet's Heart.
Sunday, June 15th
Karen Almquist
The Perfect Crime
Carolyn Hester
Eric Bogle
Rosalie Sorrels with Nina Gerber
The Cache Valley Drifters
Cris Williamson & Tret Fure
Greg Brown with Nina Gerber
Peter Rowan & The Rowan Brothers
Utah Phillips, emcee
The 1996 Kate Wolf Retrospective Concert
June 15, Caswell Vineyards, Sebastopol, California
It had been several years since Kate’s musical friends and family joined together to celebrate her music. Well, on June 15th, we headed up to Sebastopol for a five-hour concert on the lawn amphitheater at beautiful Caswell Vineyards. 1,200 fans joined us for a sold-out afternoon of Kate’s songs performed by many of the folks she played with over the years. Those of us who enjoyed the shows and festivals that Kate organized in Sonoma felt right at home. Thanks to everyone's support, this concert became an annual festival in memory of Kate.
In addition to being a treat for Kate Wolf fans, the concert benefited Sonoma County public radio station KRCB-FM and the Leukemia Foundation of America. Kate's family would like to thank Cumulus Productions for organizing the event, Sonoma West Times & News and KRCB for sponsoring, and all the performers for supporting Kate's music.
The natural amphitheater as Caswell Vineyards.
Recorded live at the first Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival in 1996 in Sebastopol, California. Featuring 15 songs performed by Kate's musical friends.
1996 Performers
Bruce "Utah" Phillips
Rosalie Sorrels
Nina Gerber
Ford James
Terry Garthwaite
Alice Stuart
George Schroder
Cache Valley Drifters
Cyrus Clarke
The Perfect Crime
The Wildwood Flower (featuring Don Coffin, Eddie B Barlow, Blair Hardman & Janet Dove)
Caswell & Carnahan
Che Greenwood
Buddy Comfort
Al Grierson
Karen Almquist
Alisa Fineman