LEAF highlights

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Lake Eden

Worth a dozen words, at least: Art in front, festival in back, and Lake Eden in between. photo by Alli Marshall

Friday, Oct. 20

• Denisa’s Wacky Games (kids’ event), 4-5 p.m.
• Hing Windy (bluegrass), 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Chuck’s Magic Circle (karaoke for kids), 6-7 p.m.
• Scrappy Hamilton (indie-pop), 6:30-7:30 p.m.
• Vegetable Circus Juggler & Blue Fairy Stiltwalker (kids’ event), 7-8 p.m.
• Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams (folk rock), 6-7 p.m.
• Akira Satake (Japanese banjo player), 7:15-8:15 p.m.
• Tony Furtado, 7:30-9 p.m.
• Fuefollet (Cajun dance), 8-9:30 p.m.
• The Wiyos (Vaudevillian ragtime), 8:30-9:30 p.m.
• Wanda Johnson (blues), 9:20-10:20 p.m.
• The Skatalites (Jamaican fusion), 9:30-11:30 p.m.
• Sol Driven Train (Southern funk), 10-11 p.m.
• Notorious w/ Larry Unger & Robert Cromartie (world acoustic), 10-11:30 p.m.
• The Rebelles (burlesque), 12:15 a.m.-1:30 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 21

Mamadou Diabate

Mamadou Diabate brings West African sounds to LEAF.

• Hobey Ford puppet show (kids’ event), 10-10:50 a.m.
• Kellin Watson (singer-songwriter), 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 3-4 p.m.
• Paperhand Puppet Intervention (kids’ event), noon-12:50 p.m.
• Mad Tea Party (eclectic folk rock), noon-1 p.m., 10:30-11:30 p.m.
• Charmaine Neville (world beat), 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• Joe Tse & Hunab Kru (break dancing workshop), 3-3:50 p.m.
• Yungchen Lhamo (Buddhist devotional songs), 4-5 p.m.
• Sangita Devi (kirtan), 4:30-6 p.m.
• Richie Havens (singer-songwriter), 5:30-7 p.m.
• Lunasa (Celtic), 7:30-8:30 p.m.
• Mamadou Diabate (West African), 9-10 p.m.
• Walter Park and Stephanie Winters (creators of The Nudes), 9-10 p.m.
• Funkadesi (fusion), 10:30 p.m.-midnight
• Lift Ticket w/ Robert Cromartie (contra dance), 10:30 p.m.-midnight
• DJ Josh & DJ Avi (house grooves), 1-4 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 22

• Belly dance w/ Mizilca (workshop for kids) 9-9:50 a.m.
• The Magic of Eric Schweitzer (kids’ event), 10-10:45 a.m.
• Billy Jonas (music for kids) 11 a.m.-noon
• Bossacucanova (Brazilian dance), 12:30-1:30 p.m.
• The Healing Force (African dance), 1-2 p.m.
• Lunasa (Celtic), 2-3 p.m.
• Riders in the Sky (Western music), 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• Anam Cara w/ Mary Davis (singer-songwriter quartet), 4:30-5:30 p.m.
• Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (Afrobeat), 5-6 p.m.

For a complete schedule of events, visit www.theleaf.com.

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