Performances
odd: label: Introduction
content: Complementing the 1971 Festival's three thematic programs, a Main Stage featured performances introducing the diversity of American musical traditions and drawing together participants from each of the other programs. Highlights of the Main Stage programming included a Roots of Rock concert exploring the tributaries that shaped contemporary rock music; a New Music in the New World concert tracing the diversity of music for the five-string banjo and diverse ensemble traditions of African, French and Spanish origin; and a Hootenany that included a labor songfest and a blues and soul dance. Throughout the day, similar presentations offered the chance to experience diverse forms of contemporary traditional music and to compare related traditions from two or more of the Festival's programs.

In addition to the participants who performed primarily on the Main Stage and are listed below, others are listed in the specific program with which each was primarily associated. Audio recordings of concerts that took place on the Main Stage are shown below.
label: Participants
content: Ardoin Family, Cajun musicians, Louisiana

Areyto Folklife Company of Puerto Rico  -- Areyto Folklife Company of Puerto RicoIrene Jimenez de McLean, artistic directorBlanca Rosa Cordova, dancerEmilio Agait, dancerEster Ayala, dancerTito Ayala, dancerElba Cantellops, dancerPetra Cepeda, dancerRoberto Cepeda, dancerMarcos Garcia, dancerJose S. Hernandez, dancerLuis E. Jimenez, dancerJose Morales, dancerRafael Morales, dancerRosario Pacheco, dancerEdna Pesquera, dancerLeslie Margarita Rivera, dancerEduardo Sloan, dancerRafael Cepeda, singerMarta Cuadrado, singerCarlos Cepeda, musicianJesus Cepeda, musicianJaime Pena, musicianPilar Quiles, musicianJuan Santana, musicianHerminio Serrano, musicianAntonio Frontera, technical directorVance H. McLean, coordinatorDr. Francisco Lopez Cruz, musical director

Balfa Family, Cajun musicians, Louisiana

Nathan Abshire, 1913-1981, Cajun musician, Louisiana

Norman Blake, 1938-, country musician, Tennessee

Roy Buchanan, 1939-1988, rock & roll guitarist, Arkansas/Maryland

Vassar Clements, 1928-2005, fiddler, Tennessee

Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten, 1895-1987, old time banjo and guitar, Washington, D.C.

Hazel Dickens, 1935-2011, country singer and composer, Washington, D.C.

Jesse Fuller, 1896-1976, ragtime, San Francisco

John Hartford, 1937-2001, contemporary country composer, California

Ernest Hodges, 1907-1984, Old Time Banjo & fiddle, Georgia

Bessie Jones (1902-1984) and the Georgia Sea Islanders, shouts, jubilees, ring games & work songs, Georgia

Bill Keith, 1939-2015, country musician, New York

Limbo dancer, Caribbean dancer, Virgin Islands

Professor Longhair, 1918-1980, rhythm & blues, New Orleans, Louisiana

Moco Jumbe Dancers, stilt dancers, Virgin Islands

Lily Mae Ledford Pennington, 1917-1985, old time banjo, Kentucky

Utah Phillips, 1935-2008, song writer & raconteur, Utah

Earl Scruggs, 1924-2012, bluegrass musician, Tennessee

Gary Scruggs, bluegrass musician, Tennessee

Randy Scruggs, 1953-, bluegrass musician, Tennessee

Johnny Shines, 1915-1992, blues band, Alabama

Bob Siggins, bluegrass musician, Massachusetts

Houston Stackhouse, 1910-1980, blues, Tennessee

Steel Band, Caribbean musicians, Virgin Islands

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 1936-2007, Sioux country singer, South Dakota

Bill Williams, 1897-1973, country blues, Kentucky
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1971 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1971, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials