The 28th annual Four Corners Folk Festival will take place on beautiful Reservoir Hill in Pagosa Springs over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1.
For over 25 years, the Four Corners Folk Festival has featured three days of live performances, workshops, on-site camping, late-night jams and more. Some of the biggest names in music have appeared on the festival stage through the years, including John Hiatt, Gillian Welch, Keb’ Mo’, Los Lobos, Sam Bush, Tim O’Brien, Nickel Creek, Hot Rize, Billy Strings and others.
Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Four Corners Folk Festival has featured a variety of musical styles, including Americana, bluegrass, newgrass, Celtic, alt-country, blues and rock, all falling under the broad umbrella of folk.
As the great Louis Armstrong once said, “All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.”
Rising above downtown from its prime central location, Reservoir Hill Park provides outstanding campsites located in the 140-acre ponderosa pine forest, just a short walk from the main venue. Many festival-goers choose to stay at one of Pagosa’s many lodging establishments, taking advantage of the free shuttle service up and down Reservoir Hill throughout the weekend.
Campground jam sessions are a highlight for many attendees with impromptu jams springing up all day and well into the night.
A secondary tent near the entrance to the festival grounds serves as the center for kids’ activities in the day and late-night performances after the main stage shuts down on Friday and Saturday evenings. Other features include music workshops, bluegrass brunches, food court, and beer and wine garden.
The large performance tent provides shelter for the stage and seating for more than 1,300 people, plus there is ample room in the meadow outside the tent to set up tarps and low-back chairs.
The Four Corners Folk Festival is an extremely family-friendly event, offering free admission to children 12 and under (accompanied by an adult), as well as a free children’s program with arts and crafts and workshops for aspiring young musicians and their families.
You can keep up to date with this year’s festival and purchase tickets at www.ksutpresents.org.