Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

27th Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life & music of Woody Guthrie. The festival is held on the weekend closest to July 14 - the date of Guthrie’s birth - in Guthrie’s hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma.

The Woody Guthrie Coalition, a not-for-profit, 501(C) 3 organization, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy & music of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie through the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival as well as year-round cultural, musical, educational, & scholarly community outreach events that relate to Woody Guthrie & folk music.

Schedule of Events

11:00 am: Open Mic Hosted By Dan Martin - Lou's Rocky Road Tavern
11:00 am: Song Swap - Joel Rafael, Luke Callen And Nellie Clay - Crystal Theatre
11:30 am: Rt Valine - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
12:00 pm: paper chase! collecting and connecting woody, lead belly, pete seeger and the weavers and bob dylan - okfuskee county historical society
12:00 pm: The Folk Swingers - Crystal Theatre
12:30 pm: Peggy Johnson - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
1:00 pm: Susan Herndon - Crystal Theatre
1:30 pm: Song Swap - Adam: Amram, Serena Guthrie And Rory Hancock - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
2:00 pm: Growing Up With Woody - Okfuskee County Historical Society
2:00 pm: House Band Happy Hour - Crystal Theatre
2:30 pm: Jared Tyler - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
3:00 pm: All You Can Write Is What You See (Songwriting Workshop) - Okemah Public Library
3:00 pm: Song Swap - Ken Pomeroy, Sam: Doores And Tim Easton - Crystal Theatre
3:30 pm: Annie & Shivadas (Mo) Guthrie - Arlo Guthrie's Guthrie Center - Okfuskee County Historical Society
3:30 pm: carter sampson - bound for glory at the hen house
3:30 pm: song swap - riley downing, butch hancock and carter sampson - bound for glory at the hen house
4:00 pm: Crys Matthews - Crystal Theatre
4:30 pm: I Didn't Want To Tell You: Mental Health And Musicians - Okfuskee County Historical Society
4:30 pm: Song Swap - Dan Bern, My Politic And Chris Buhalis - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
4:30 pm: Tom Breiding - Lou's Rocky Road Tavern
5:00 pm: Travis Linville - Crystal Theatre
5:30 pm: Dan Martin - Lou's Rocky Road Tavern
5:30 pm: Native American Music Of Oklahoma - Okfuskee County Historical Society
5:30 pm: Selby Minner - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
6:00 pm: Jaimee Harris - Crystal Theatre
6:30 pm: Joe Baxter - Lou's Rocky Road Tavern
6:30 pm: Randy Crouch - Bound For Glory at The Hen House
8:30 pm: Willi Carlisle - Pastures Of Plenty
9:30 pm: Ken Pomeroy - Pastures Of Plenty
10:30 pm: The Deslondes - Pastures Of Plenty

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