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    Friday night headliners for Soul Night at the Eureka Theater included Bishop Mayfield & Friends featuring Dave Storie, and Curtis Salgado.
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    Guitarist Gino Meregillano of Gino & the Lone Gunmen showed off a variety of playing techniques on Thursday night in their excellent set of rock oldies at the Adorni Center.
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    Painter Matt Beard, the artistic creator of the RCMF posters, showed up Thursday night at the Adorni Center to paint during the Dave Stuckey & the Hot House Gang performance.
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    Bishop Mayfield & Friends featuring Dave Storie got people out of their seats and dancing at the Eureka Theater on Friday night.
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    Bishop Mayfield has been a professional singer since the age of 5 and brought a lot of fans to the Eureka Theater on Friday night for Soul Night.
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    Gino & the Lone Gunmen stood in for the Delta Nationals, sidelined by COVID, on Thursday night and guitarist Gino Meregillano literally stood on Andrew Verdugo’s bass as they wrapped up their excellent set of rock oldies at the Adorni Center.
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    The Friday Soul Night with Bishop Mayfield & Friends indeed featured Dave Storie on guitar with his animated and skillful playing.
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    Talented singer Dawn Lambeth, of Paso Robles, teamed up with Marc Caparone’s Back O’ Town All Stars on Friday at the Sequoia Center as well as performances with multiple other groups over the four days.
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    RCMF board member Lynn McKenna (right) could be found just about everywhere at the festival checking on details, including the Eureka Theater on Friday night.
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    Cornet Chop Suey featured Brian Casserly on trumpet on Friday night at the Adorni Center and then backed guest artist Sugar Ray Norcia.
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    Modern blues singer and harmonica player Sugar Ray Norcia performed as guest artist with Cornet Chop Suey on Friday night at the Adorni Center.
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    Attendee Richard Miner, of Sacramento, wore a different and distinctive hat to the festival every day, including Friday’s afternoon performance by Marc Caparone’s Back O’ Town All Stars at the Sequoia Center.
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    Modern blues singer Sugar Ray Norcia broke out his harmonica as guest artist with Cornet Chop Suey on Friday night at the Adorni Center.
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    The Western Roundup on Friday night at the Adorni Center opened with a great set by the almost-too-many-to-get-on-the-stage Western Swing All-Stars featuring Paul Anastasio, James Mason and Dave Stuckey (center blue shirt and hat). The photo shows everyone on stage but the guy playing the piano.
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    A long time festival favorite, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, performed four gigs during the festival, including two with guest artist Michael Doucet.
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    Dave Stuckey (left) led the crowded stage of Western Swing All-Starts on Friday night at the Adorni Center and also performed in five other sets during the festival with his Hoot Owls and the Hot House Gang.
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    Headliner Dale Watson’s band is called the Lone Stars and he quickly pulled a bottle of Lone Star beer out of a pocket to quench his thirst at the Western Roundup on Friday night at the Adorni Center. His on-stage banter with the audience soon called for glasses of tequila from the bar, which fans happily delivered, but his alcohol-fueled performance of vintage country didn’t seem to suffer.
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    Headliner in a long, well-performed set for the The Western Roundup on Friday night at the Adorni Center was Dale Watson and the Lone Stars. Watson has a well-deserved reputation as a creative song writer, singer and guitar player with a sense of humor in his well-rehearsed on-stage delivery.
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    Paul Woodard (center), of Eureka, rocked a Gator Nation T-shirt while doing a “Gator Chomp” at Sunday’s performance of Gator Nation on Sunday at the Adorni Center. Woodard said he was dancing at his third Gator Nation performance during the festival.
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    Paul Vegnani, of Loleta, collects autographs on baseballs by musicians he’s listened to at concerts and was surprised to learn when he got Tom Rigney’s autograph before Rigney’s Sunday performance at the Adorni Center that Tom was the son of Bill Rigney, a 26-year Major League baseball veteran, who played for the New York Giants from 1946 to 1953 and then spent 18 seasons as the manager of three major-league clubs.
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    Willard Blackwell of Gator Nation passed on his familiar washboard to another band member but remained as lead singer of his band’s popular Cajun, Zydeco and New Orleans R&B songs on Sunday at the Adorni Center. Gator Nation did five sets during the festival.
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    Many festival attendees prioritized attending Michael Doucet’s two guest artist performances with Tom Rigney (right) & Flambeau on Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center.
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    Tom Rigney (right) always delivers an animated performance style but he seemed even more energized on Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center while performing with his guest artist (and recording partner) Michael Doucet.
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    While there weren’t any swing dance contests at the festival this year, big crowds of dancers took advantage of the dance floors and other available space at the venues during music performances.
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    Michael Doucet, widely regarded as the world’s best Cajun fiddler, was a Sunday afternoon guest artist with Tom Rigney & Flambeau.
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    Michael Doucet did some finger-picking of his fiddle in his guest artist performance with Tom Rigney & Flambeau on Sunday at the Adorni Center.