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    The “Under the Stars” performance on Wednesday outside on the amphitheater stage at Dell’ Arte featured singer Sari Baker and Jeff Smoller on guitar.
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    The “Under the Stars” performance on Wednesday outside on the amphitheater stage at Dell’ Arte featured singer Sari Baker and Jeff Smoller on guitar.
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    “Under the Stars” singer Sari Baker took a moment after her set to show her playlist.
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    The “Under the Stars” show on Wednesday next featured the Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride (“it really is folk music…”) with Jeff Kelley, Tamara Hubbard, Jim Hubbard, Justin Hoops, Tim Claasen and Seabury Gould.
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    The “Under the Stars” show on Wednesday next featured the Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride (“it really is folk music…”) with Jeff Kelley, Tamara Hubbard, Jim Hubbard, Justin Hoops, Tim Claasen and Seabury Gould.
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    The Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride got Larissa and Perry King up and dancing and everyone in the audience seemed to know the lyrics.
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    The “Under the Stars” show on Wednesday featured the Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride with Jim Hubbard on vocals and guitar.
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    The “Under the Stars” show on Wednesday featured the Beatles tribute band Ticket to Ride with Jeff Kelley on vocals and guitar.
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    The “Under the Stars” performance on Wednesday ended with the new band Hobohemia (formed this past winter to celebrate the birthdays of Hot Club of Paris legends Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli by Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, Beverly Twist, Amanda Malachesky, John Ludington and Ryan Roberts).
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    The “Under the Stars” performance on Wednesday ended with the new band Hobohemia (formed this past winter to celebrate the birthdays of Hot Club of Paris legends Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli by Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, Beverly Twist, Amanda Malachesky, John Ludington and Ryan Roberts).
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    The “Under the Stars” night ended with the new band Hobohemia that included Beverly Twist on vocals and guitar.
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    The “Under the Stars” night ended with the new band Hobohemia featuring Rob Diggins on violin.
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    The “Under the Stars” night ended with the new band Hobohemia featuring Jolianne Einem on violin.
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    Under foggy skies on Thursday, “Bluegrass and Beyond” opened with the band A Banjo Makes 3 (Doc Woglom (left), Jim Hatchimonji, Larisa Sleep, Kevin Ralston, Charlie Sleep).
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    Under foggy skies on Thursday, “Bluegrass and Beyond” opened with the band A Banjo Makes 3 featuring Larisa Sleep on vocals and the bass.
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    Under foggy skies on Thursday, “Bluegrass and Beyond” opened with the band A Banjo Makes 3 featuring Doc Woglom on vocals and mandolin.
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    The Compost Mountain Boys were next in the “Bluegrass and Beyond” lineup on Thursday with (from right) Britt Smith, Tim Wilson, Marty Dodd and Bruce Johnson.
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    The Compost Mountain Boys featured Bruce Johnson on vocals and the bass.
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    The Compost Mountain Boys were next in the “Bluegrass and Beyond” lineup on Thursday with (from left) Britt Smith, Tim Wilson, Marty Dodd and Bruce Johnson.
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    Cadillac Ranch closed the “Bluegrass and Beyond” show on Thursday with Rick Levin, Pat Comella, Ron Sharp, Ron Sharp, Liz Whitchurch and Jes Bishop, plus invited horn players Kaeden Williams, Josh Foster and Sarah Fine from The Roadside Attraction.
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    Cadillac Ranch featured Rick Levin on vocals and guitar.
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    “Bluegrass and Beyond” ended the night with a set by Cadillac Ranch with Rick Levin, Pat Comella, Ron Sharp, Ron Sharp, Liz Whitchurch and Jes Bishop, plus horn players Kaeden Williams, Josh Foster and Sarah Fine from The Roadside Attraction.
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    Jeff Kelley and Joel Sonenshein (foreground) attracted another lively crowd on Saturday at the Humboldt Folklife Festival 2025 with their always popular Beatles Sing-A-Long.
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    Jeff Kelley and Joel Sonenshein (with a little help from their friends) led a crowd in two hours of Beatles-Sing-Along on Saturday at the Humboldt Folklife Festival.
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    The Lost Dogs, a last-minute local Blues & Americana band replacement in the festival lineup, got the crowd up and dancing in the second-to-last performance on late Saturday afternoon.
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    The Lost Dogs featured Sandy Flippin on vocals and harmonica.
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    It was another successful Folklife Festival, said longtime festival volunteer and emcee Patrick “Bigfoot” Cleary who walked onto the stage to introduce the last performance of the day by the band Kingfoot. Cleary had borrowed the costume from the Dell’ Arte collection.
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    Longtime festival volunteer and emcee Patrick “Bigfoot” Cleary introduced the last performance of the day by the band Kingfoot with Kevin Johnson on bass, Joe King on vocals, ukulele, harmonica and guitar, and Jimmy Foot on guitar and mandolin.
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    As the sun was setting on Saturday, the Humboldt Folklife Festival wrapped up with a final song by Kingfoot with Kevin Johnson literally on his bass, Joe King on vocals, ukulele, harmonica and guitar, and Jimmy Foot on guitar and mandolin.