Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival

Kate Wolf was a singer and songwriter who passed away back in 1986 after a bout with leukemia, and her songs were recorded by many artists including Emmylou Harris, who got a Grammy nomination for her recording of the Wolf song “Love Still Remains” in 1999. She is remembered by an annual music festival in her honor, and this year’s Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival will take place on June 25th through June 27th at Black Oak Ranch, which is just outside of Laytonville in Northern California.

This year’s festival offers a tasty menu of diverse performers, and tickets are available through the festival’s website. If you like folk, blues, bluegrass, and New Orleans style rhythm and blues, you will have a good time at this year’s Kate Wolf Fest. Here are some of the performers, and it is an impressive lineup indeed for a laid back festival where you can camp out under the stars and enjoy some down home roots music.

Kate Wolf Festival Lineup

The Neville Brothers
Ani DiFranco
Steve Earle
Robert Earl Keen
Greg Brown
The Waifs
David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
Charlie Musselwhite
Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
Po Girl, Baka Beyond
John McCutcheon
Poor Man’s Whiskey
Rosalie Sorrels
Country All-Stars
Blame Sally

Getting together with a group of folks in the summer, meeting some new people, and enjoying the work of talented musicians is an American tradition from coast to coast and region to region. Bring your own instrument for campsite jam sessions, the refreshments of your choice, your friends and family, and a good attitude and join in the fun at the Kate Wolf Memorial Festival if you will be in or around Northern California this summer. You will make some memories and undoubtedly make some new friends as well.