The American Folklife Center's free Homegrown concert series presents the very best of traditional music and dance from a variety of folk cultures thriving in the United States and around the world. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the 2020-21 concerts will be presented online on Library of Congress Facebook. The concerts are pre-recorded, but the artists will be present to interact with audiences via facebook chat from the beginning of the concert until about 5 minute after it ends. Video will also be posted online at loc.gov and on the Library of Congress YouTube channel. One of goals of the series is to bring to the public the multicultural richness of American folk arts from the United States and around the world. To make sure that we are getting the very best artists from all regions of the country, we work closely with state folklorists in each state, who advise us on artists and styles of performance that are important in their regions. For more information about Homegrown Concerts and other AFC events, contact the Folklife Research Center at [email protected].

Homegrown 2021

This series is being presented each Wednesday at Noon (ET), starting on November 18, 2021.
All concerts are free. No tickets required.

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Wednesday	November 18	12pm	PIQSIQ: Inuit Style Throat Singing

Homegrown 2020

This series is being presented each Wednesday at Noon (ET), from June 24 until September 30, 2020.
All concerts are free. No tickets required.

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Wednesday	June 24	12pm	The Riley Family Band Featuring Steve Riley: Cajun Music from Louisiana
Wednesday	July 1	12pm	John McCutcheon: Songs from the American Folklife Center Archive
Wednesday	July 8	12pm	Sihasin: Jeneda and Clayson Benally from the Navajo Nation (Arizona)
Wednesday	July 15	12pm	Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas: Scottish Music for Fiddle and Cello
Wednesday	July 22	12pm	Emma Björling and Petrus Johansson: Traditional Songs from Sweden
Wednesday	July 29	12pm	Sean Ardoin: Creole Music and Zydeco from Louisiana
Wednesday	August 5	12pm	Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: Oldtime Fiddle Tunes and Songs
Wednesday	August 12	12pm	Walter Parks: Haunting Swamp Hollers from Georgia
Wednesday	August 19	12pm	Carmen Agra Deedy: Family Stories from a Master Storyteller
Wednesday	August 19	12:30 pm	Iona Fyfe: Traditional Songs from Scotland
Wednesday	August 26	12pm	Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian, Roma, and Jewish Songs
Wednesday	August 26	12:30 pm	Ann Yao: Chinese Zheng Music from Florida
Wednesday	September 2	12 pm	Si Kahn: Folksongs for Labor Day -- Part of the Homegrown Labor Day Double Header
Wednesday	September 2	12:30 pm	Joe Jencks: Songs of Workers and Wanderers -- Part of the Homegrown Labor Day Double Header
Wednesday	September 9	12 pm	Reggie Harris: Spirituals, Freedom Songs, and Other Songs of Hope
Wednesday	September 16	12 pm	Dom Flemons: Black Cowboy Songs and More from the American Songster
Wednesday	September 23	12 pm	Phil Wiggins, Blues and More from Maryland -- Part of the Homegrown NEA National Heritage Fellows Double Header
Wednesday	September 23	12:30 pm	Chum Ngek, Cambodian music from Maryland -- Part of the Homegrown NEA National Heritage Fellows Double Header
Wednesday	September 30	12 pm	Changüí Majadero: Cuban Roots Music from California

Homegrown 2019

This series is held in the Coolidge Auditorium in the Thomas Jefferson Building unless otherwise indicated
All concerts are free. No tickets required.

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Thursday	March 21	12pm	Vishtèn: Acadian music from Prince Edward Island
Wednesday	March 27	12pm	Alash Ensemble: Music from the Republic of Tuva (Whittall Pavilion)
Monday	April 15	12pm	Mokoomba: Afro-Fusion Music from Zimbabwe
Thursday	May 9	12pm	Cora Harvey Armstrong: African American Gospel from Virginia
Thursday	May 16	12pm	Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian Roma Music (Whittall Pavilion)
Thursday	June 13	12pm	African Sons of God: A Cappella Singing from South Africa -- CANCELLED
Tuesday	June 25	12pm	Los Cenzontles: Mexican American Folk Music from California
Thursday	July 25	12pm	Cedric Watson: Cajun, Creole and Zydeco Music from Texas
Wednesday	August 7	12pm	Lakota John Locklear: Slide Guitar Blues from North Carolina
Thursday	August 15	12pm	The Murphy Beds: Irish Music from  New York
Tuesday	September 10	12pm	Jones Benally Family Dancers: Navajo (Diné) traditional dance from Arizona
Wednesday	August 21	12pm	Archive Challenge Sampler Concert
Wednesday	September 18	12pm	2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows: Las Tesoros de San Antonio (Beatriz “La Paloma del Norte” Llamas and Blanquita “Blanca Rosa” Rodríguez), Tejano Singers from San Antonio, TX
Thursday	September 19	12pm	Les Filles de Illighadad: Tuareg Music and Song from Niger

Homegrown 2018

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Thursday	April 19	12pm	Sattriya Dance Company with the Dancing Monks of Assam: Traditional Dance from Assam, India
Wednesday	May 2	10:30am	Professor Horn’s Punch & Judy Show: Puppet Show for Children
Wednesday	May 2	12pm	Professor Horn’s Punch & Judy Show: Lecture and Puppet Show
Thursday	May 10	12pm	Mdou Moctar: Guitar trio from Niger
Tuesday	June 26	12pm	Al. Spendiaryan Qanon Ensemble: Traditional Armenian qanon music
Friday	June 29	12pm	Folks of Bengal: Traditional song, music, and visual art from Bengal, India
Tuesday	July 3	12pm	Onnik Dinkjian – The Soul of Dikranagerd: Armenian music and song from New Jersey
Thursday	July 12	12pm	Newpoli: Traditional Italian Music and Song from Massachusetts
Friday	July 20	7pm	Jeff and Gerret Warner in From the Mountains to the Sea: The Anne and Frank Warner Collection (Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building)
Wednesday	August 1	12pm	Lone Piñon: Acoustic Conjunto from New Mexico
Wednesday	August 8	12pm	Grupo Rebolú: Afro-Colombian Music from New York
Thursday	September 6	7:30pm	Stepping Back in Time: Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman (Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building)
Wednesday	September 12	7:30pm	John McCutcheon: traditional folk music from the AFC Archives
Thursday	September 20	7:30pm	Archive Challenge Sampler Concert
Wednesday	September 26	12pm	Eddie Bond and the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters: Old-time Appalachian fiddling from Virginia

Past Concerts

Homegrown 2017

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Wednesday	February 22	12pm	Dance Battle with Urban Artistry
Wednesday	April 19	12pm	Sheila Kay Adams: Musician and storyteller from North Carolina
Thursday	May 4	12pm	Jayme Stone’s Folklife
Thursday	May 25	12pm	Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers with Chum Ngek Ensemble
Wednesday	June 28	12pm	BeauSoleil Quartet: Cajun Music from Louisiana
Wednesday	July 5	12pm	Ledward Kaapana: Master Slack Key Guitar Player from Hawaii
Wednesday	September 13	12pm	Eva Ybarra, the "Queen of the Accordion," and Her Band
Wednesday	September 20	12 pm	Archive Challenge Sampler Concert
Thursday	September 28	12pm	Fairfield Four: African-American Gospel Quartet

Homegrown 2016

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Thursday	March 10	12pm	The Anchiskhati Ensemble with Ethnomusicologist Dr. John A. Graham -- The Orthodox Paschal Cycle: Georgian Liturgical Polyphony, Folksongs and Instrumentals
Wednesday	March 23	12pm	Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble
Thursday	April 7	12pm	Carmen Agra Deedy and Karla Campillo-Soto: Lado a Lado (Side by Side): Contemporary Latin American Storytelling
Wednesday	April 20	12pm	Esma Redzepova & Folk Masters: Romani (Gypsy) and Macedonian Music
Friday	May 6	12pm	Soumya Chakraverty and Devapriya Nayak: Traditional Hindustani Music from Virginia
Wednesday	May 18	12pm	Nakotah LaRance  Native American Hoop dancing, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico
Tuesday	June 28	12pm	Billy McComiskey with Family and Friends: Irish Traditional Music and Dance from Maryland
Wednesday	July 6	12 pm	NOKA: Basque Song and Music from California
Thursday	July 21	12 pm	The Legendary Ingramettes: African American Gospel Music from Virginia
Thursday	July 28	12 pm	Rahim AlHaj Trio: Middle Eastern Music from New Mexico (Rahim AlHaj: Iraqi oud; Sourena Sefati: Iranian santur; and, Issa Malluf: Palestinian percussion)
Wednesday	September 7	12 pm	Yvette Landry Trio: Cajun Music and Louisiana Honky-Tonk
Thursday	September 22	12 pm	Gabriel Muñoz and Melodias Borinqueñas: Puerto Rican Folk Music from New Jersey
Wednesday	September 28	12 pm	Artemio Posadas: Mexican music and dance from California
Wednesday	December 7	8 pm	The Dale Ann Bradley Band: A Bluegrass Concert Celebrating the Library’s Collections from Kentucky

Homegrown 2015

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event/Venue (select the links to learn more about each program)
Thursday	February 5	12pm	The Western Flyers: Classic Western swing, Hot jazz & Swing standards, toe tapping Cowboy songs and electrifying Old-time fiddle tunes
Wednesday	February 18	12pm	A Tour of Norwegian and Swedish Fiddle Styles: With Andrea Hoag (Violin) and Loretta Kelley (Violin & Hardingfele/Hardanger Fiddle)
Wednesday	March 18	12pm	The Royal Harmonizers
Wednesday	March 25	12pm	Lubana Al Quntar & Kenan Adnawi: Traditional Music and Song from Syria
Wednesday	April 15	12pm	The Sherman Holmes Project with Brooks Long and Phil Wiggins: Honoring The Holmes Brothers Legacy
Thursday	May 21	12pm	Bing Xia: Traditional Chinese Guzheng Music
Thursday	May 28	12pm	Ara Dinkjian and Zulal: Traditional Armenian Music and Song
Mon/Tues	June 29 & 30	12pm	Peruvian Marinera Dance with Marinera Viva!!! (Film screening, June 29; Live dance concert, June 30)
Monday	July 13	7-9pm	Sharp’s Appalachian Harvest with Jeff Davis and Brian Peters
Wednesday	July 29	12pm	Creole United: African American Creole Music from Louisiana
Wednesday	September 9	12pm	The Legacy of Ola Belle Reed: Featuring David Reed, Hugh Campbell, and Other Friends and Family
Tuesday	September 15	1:30pm	Corridos: Tragic Ballad Songwriting Workshop / Corridos: Taller de composición de baladas trágicas mexicanas
Wednesday	September 16	12pm	Sones de México Ensemble: Mexican American Music and Dance from Chicago
Friday	September 25	12pm	Treasures from the Archive Roadshow featuring the Down Hill Strugglers, John Cohen and Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton

Homegrown Summer Series, 2014

Summer Concert Scheldule

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (select the links to learn more about each program)
Tuesday	July 1	12pm	Winyo: Benga and Traditional Music from Kenya
Wednesday	July 23	12pm	Sounds of Korea: Traditional Music and Dance from New York
Wednesday	August 6	12pm	Phil Wiggins and Friends: Acoustic Blues and Dance from Maryland
Tuesday	August 19	12pm	Carlos Núñez: Galician Bagpipes and Flutes
Wednesday	August 20	12pm	The Quebe Sisters Band: Texas Fiddling and Swing
Thursday	September 11	12pm	Son Jarocho Master Musicians: César Castro, Artemio Posadas, and Luis Sarimiento
Thursday	September 18	12pm	Kevin Doyle: Irish Step Dance (2014 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow)

Homegrown in the Pavilion Spring Series, 2014

This series was held in the Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building. All concerts are free. No tickets required.

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (select the links to learn more about each program)
Wednesday	March 5	12pm	Tzvetelina Dosseva Weiner, Valeri Georgiev, and Varol Saatcioglu: Traditional Turkish and Bulgarian instrumental and vocal music
Wednesday	March 26	12pm	Amadou Kouyate: Traditional Music of Senegal and Mali
Wednesday	April 16	12pm	Dr. Nader Majd and Farshid Mahjour: Persian Classical music
Wednesday	April 23	12pm	Torcuato Zamora, Flamenco guitar with dancers from Furia Flamenco
Wednesday	May 7	12pm	Spyros Koliavasilis and Karpouzi Trio will perform music from Greece and Asia Minor
Thursday	May 22	12pm	Gerdan: Kaleidoscope of World Music

For an archive of past Folklife concerts, visit the What's Happening at the American Folklife Center page.

In addition to being a series of concerts for the public to enjoy, the Homegrown series is also an important acquisitions project for the Center. The Library of Congress has been documenting traditional music by staging and recording performances since the 1930s, when Alan Lomax recorded Jelly Roll Morton in the Coolidge Auditorium, and many other musicians in the Library's recording lab.  This has resulted in a great number of high-quality recordings in the American Folklife Center archive.  The Homegrown concerts are also documented and become part of the permanent collections of the Library of Congress for future generations to enjoy and study.