Everyday Lights is a group of Salina-based musicians with a love for folk and jazz rhythms. Their unique instrumentation and improvised harmony give them a fresh, creative sound that is best realized in their original music. Their ability to combine a variety of musical styles including folk, country, rock, and bluegrass keeps the audience guessing and looking forward to the next
song. Plan to enjoy their set on Stage II, Sunday 9/5 at 3:00 p.m.
Sally and The Hurts is an Americana roots band from north-central Kansas that brings award-winning lyrics, beautifully crafted violin, haunting musical saw, and woodsy upright bass to the stage. Catch their set on Sunday 9/5, Stage II at 12:00 pm!
Jarabe Mexicano invites audiences on a joyride through a versatile songbook of Mexican folk as well as rock ’n’ roll, Tex-Mex, Latin rock, and reggae-cumbia. Performing on stringed folk instruments accompanied by lively percussion, Jarabe’s dramatic, harmonized vocals in Spanish and English have gained them admiration from audiences across the country. They are playing Friday 9/3 and Saturday 9/4 on both the Eric Stein Stage and Stage II!
Music made by the Kansas-based band Haymakers comes from the intersection of blues, folk, bluegrass, country, and more. Dustin Arbuckle and Tom Page, both mainstays of the Wichita music scene, are joined by his band of esteemed bluegrass and folk musicians. With all members adding to the vocal blend, the Haymakers’ unmistakable appeal rests in its universality and diversity. Playing both Stage II and the Eric Stein Stage, as well as a special musician talk in Riverside, you don't want to miss a chance to get to know their music!
Bring the whole family to hear Thad Beach Music's hilarious original songs and see what the excitement is all about! Join the Marching Martian Marching Band, meet the little green man, flap your wings, and crow with the dancing rooster, Chicken Joe! For this special Festival concert, Thad will play the ukulele, harmonica, washboard, jaw harp, bucket bass, and invisible kazoo! Don’t miss this fun-loving performer, songwriter, and teaching artist! He'll take Arty's stage by storm on Sunday 9/5 at 12:00 p.m.
Now celebrating an impressive 137 years, this hometown band plays from the great American songbook and much more. Don't miss their performance on Saturday 9/4 at 11 a.m.
This rock and blues group is fronted by guitarist and singer Howard Mahan. Heavily influenced by classic rock and jam bands, Mahan has focused on songwriting, collaborations, and recording — having recently toured and recorded with Grammy-nominated musicians. A Salina, KS favorite, Landon Livingston, is a percussion powerhouse who excels in many different styles. Paul Greenlease studied bass guitar and music at the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles and has played with everyone, including some of today’s biggest names in blues. They play on the Eric Stein Stage on Sunday 9/5 at 2:00 p.m.
Join host Denny Ray Burn for fun, games, and prizes. Game shows were around when television began and have never gone away. Join the “live studio audience” for all the excitement of knowledge, skill, and chance. Make a match, hit the buzzer, have a lucky guess, or choose the right deal, to go home with great Festival memories and prizes. It all happens in Riverside! Friday 9/3 at 5 p.m. and Saturday 9/4 at 3 p.m.
Steve Treder brings giant bubbles and stilt walking all the way from the California coastline! With the help of a scientifically formulated bubble solution, you’ll witness one of nature’s thinnest and strongest geometric shapes. Performances include the cloud of tiny bubbles, bubble manipulation, bubbles inside of a bubble, giant bubbles, and a person in a bubble! Magic Bubbles and Balloons. Catch him throughout the weekend on Arty's Stage and roving around the park.
With over a decade of sideshow entertainment industry experience, Martika Daniels is one of the most in-demand sideshow performers in the Midwest. From designing stunts to teaching classes and workshops, Martika eats, sleeps, and breathes sideshow entertainment. Learn how to hula with Martika in Riverside, then catch her one-woman-stunt-show in the pond on Friday 9/3 and Saturday 9/4 at 8:00 p.m.
Keep your little one moving with the rhythm of the Festival! Join Tamara Howe School of Dance's creative space, where dancers can explore the love of the art of dance, and where creativity and imagination can be explored through the music all around us.
The Hooten Hallers are a high-energy blues-rock band known for hard-traveling and wild live shows, with a seemingly endless tour schedule. The myriad of influences in their music incorporates elements of rhythm & blues, rock ’n’ roll, honky-tonk, jazz, soul, and punk, with a thematic penchant for the strange and unexplained. Their live shows take listeners on a seamless ride from raucous blues on the lap steel and bass sax, to sweet three-part harmonies to a romping dance number. They play on Eric Stein and Stage II on Saturday 9/4 and Sunday 9/5!
Salina’s own horned-based party band, The Blades, always has something new to offer – great vocals, amazing percussion, and a feel-good vibe. They play on the Eric Stein Stage on Saturday 9/4 at 2 p.m.!
