Lowell Deeds

The 2009 Lowell Folk Festival kicks off tonight with a parade through downtown followed by performances at Boarding House Park. The festival continues all day on Saturday and Sunday. Music and dance groups performing include Tuvan Throat Singers, Caribbean American steel pan ensemble, New Orleans brass band, African American A Cappella Gospel, Cajun, Brazilian capoeira dance, Polka, Quebecois, Bluegrass, Klezmer, Puerto Rican jibaro, Blues, Greek, Irish, Congolese dance music, Senegalese ekonting, Old-time New England barn dances, traditional New Orleans Jazz.. Community ethnic groups offering traditional foods include Cambodian, African-American, Armenian, Filipino, Greek, Jamaican, Laotian, Latin, Middle Eastern, Polish and Portuguese. For more information, please visit the official Lowell Folk Festival website.