Heritage Festival Stage Schedule and Musicians Announced

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

The stage schedule for the 37th Annual Heritage Festival & Craft Show is now available. The Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 20-21 in Nifong Park. Included in this year's lineup for the two day festival are a number of exciting performances from near and far.

Haskell Indian Nations Dancers (Lawrence, KS)

Performing on the Maplewood Barn Stage-

Saturday September 20th and Sunday September 21st at 12:30pm

This group of traditional Native American dancers comes to Columbia from Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. These dancers are chosen from a competitive field of students and are truly the best of the best. These students travel extensively to participate in Pow-Wow and national competitions. The Haskell Indian Nations Dancers put on a performance that is not to be missed in their stunning traditional dance regalia. 

Music of Francis Scott Key

Performing on the Boonslick Stage-

Saturday September 20th at 11:15 am

2014 marks to 200th anniversary of our nation's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". In recognition, a portrayal of Francis Scott Key and his music will be featured on Saturday morning. 

Ironweed Bluegrass Band and Swampweed Cajun Band (Columbia, MO)

Performing on the Maplewood Barn Stage-

Sunday September 21st  Ironweed at 2:00 pm and Swampweed at 3:00 pm

These two groups describe themselves as "Evil Cousins". They feature a few overlapping musicians but have styles all their own.

Ironweed's roots are varying from the Ozarks to Tubigen, Germany, but they guarantee a fine hybrid of bluegrass, vintage country and hillbilly twang to dance along to.

Swampweed features a wild Cajun tune. Their swamp certified sound includes button accordion, howlin' French vocals, foot stompin' and fiddlin'.

Cathy Barton & David Para (Boonville, MO)

Performing on the Boonslick Stage-

Sunday September 21st at 12:00pm

Cathy Barton and David Para are a true force in Missouri's folk music scene. They have been playing music together for over 35 years and have been married for almost as long. Cathy began pursuing the Banjo while attending Hickman High School, where she once won a talent show with a dueling banjos routine.

Dave hails from Chicago but moved to Columbia to study Journalism at Mizzou. He helped manage Chez Coffeehouse, the focal point of Columbia's folk music scene. There he would play guitar accompaniment to fiddlers like Taylor McBaine and ultimately meet Cathy Barton. Since marrying in 1979 Dave and Cathy have toured and recorded nationwide in their mission to spread folk music to new audiences. The pair has been involved in the mission of the Missouri Arts Council (who also fund the Heritage Festival's art components) since the early 1980s.

Ehren Oncken & Marilyn Loehnig with the Rhineland Wurstjaegers

Performing on the Maplewood Barn Stage

Sunday September 21st at 4:00 pm

Ehren Oncken and Marilyn Loehnig provide traditional German accordion music for the traditional dances performed by the Rhineland Wurstjaegers.

Johnny Kendrick and the Branchy Boys

Performing on the Boonslick Stage-

Saturday, September 20th at 3:00pm

Johnny Kendrick is a farmer-stockman who lives and works the family farm on Midwestern tallgrass prairie land at the western edge of central Missouri. Lifelong passions for songs and the American West feed his desire to trace the history of the Cowboy through music. He is a co-founder and mainstay of "Echoes of the Trails: A Western History Conference and Cowboy Poetry Gathering" held annually in Fort Scott, Kan. He also performs regularly at gatherings, festivals, schools and other events around the country. With his sons, who grew up listening to stories and songs about the West, he also performs as "The Branchy Boys." With Sam on fiddle and Jackson switching off on guitar and bass, they perform a variety of bluegrass, gospel, and western songs with strong individual and harmony vocals, and acclaimed musicianship. For more information or music samples: www.johnnykendrick.com

Full Schedule

Saturday, September 20

Boonslick Stage

11:15 -11:45    200th Anniversary - Music of Francis Scott Key

12:00 - 12:45   Paul Fotsch - Folk

1:00 - 2:45      The Boomchux - String Band / Old Time Western / Swing Revival

3:00- 4:45        Johnny Kendrick & the Branchy Boys - Western / Bluegrass

Maplewood Barn Stage

11:30-12:15     Midwest Country Connection Dance Club                  

12:30-1:45       Haskell Indian Nations Dancers

2:00 - 2:45       Missouri Crossroads - Bluegrass Band

3:00 - 3:45       Hometown Cloggers - Dance Performance

4:00 - 5:00      Missouri Crossroads- Bluegrass Band

                          

8:00 - 9:30       Ghost Stories presented by the Mid-Missouri Organization of Storytelling

Sunday, September 21    

Boonslick Stage

11:00-11:45    Professor Farquar - Medicine Man Show

12:00 - 12:45  David Para and Cathy Barton - Folk

1:00 - 1:45       Boone Howlers - Americana/Bluegrass/Rockabilly

2:00 - 2:45      Professor Farquar - Medicine Man Show

2:50-3:00         226th  Anniversary signing of Constitution - Columbia DAR

3:00-3:45         Helen Russell & Company - Classic Country

4:00-5:00         Community Band

Maplewood Barn Stage 

12:30-1:45       Haskell Indian Nations Dancers

2:00 - 2:45       Ironweed Bluegrass Band

3:00 - 3:45       Swampweed Cajun Band

4:00 - 5:00      Ehren & Rhineland Wurstjaegers - German music and dance

Maplewood Home North Stage - both days

1:00 pm Sat/Sun - General Black Jack Pershing, Storytelling

2:00 pm Saturday - Francis Scott Key - Storytelling and Music

Throughout the weekend - Fiddling and more