Today is the final day of the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival in Downtown Indiana.
The annual festival of vendors and music kicked off Thursday night with a documentary film screening at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse, and on Friday, the main stages were set up for music. Today’s activities will kick off at 10:00 with the annual Walk of Fame ceremony outside of Spaghetti Benders in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street at 10:00 AM. This year’s inductees for the Walk of Fame include Gifford Pinchot for the Environment, Carlton Hasselrig for sports, John Brown for Human Rights, Mother Jones for Education, Dr. Jonas Salk for public health and Ken “Hiram” Holiday for The Arts.
As we mentioned earlier, a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be held at 11:00. The music will start at noon with Jimmy Herman and Gabe Allen, followed by the fiddler’s contest at 1:30 on the main stage. The Wild Laura cloggers will also perform on the main stage at 12:30 and then in Children’s Alley in the American Legion Parking lot, where there will be several kids activities available. Several workshops will be held in the Fox’s pizza building from 1-4, and at 1:30 on the Auxilliary stage will be the storytellers and liars contest. The Indiana Players will perform “Jack Tales from Appalachia” at 4:15.
The main artists for today start with Pittsburgh’s Pure Gold at 4:30 with their farewell tour appearance in Indiana, followed by the Peace Sign band at 6:30 and Jukehouse Bombers at 8:30.
For more information, log onto www.naffinc.org
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