Grammy winners Lucinda Williams and Bobby Rush join Nick Shoulders, Willi Carlisle, Dylan Earl, Iyuana Childs, and dozens of artists and tradition bearers for Arkansas’s “People’s 250”
The Arkansas Folklife Festival has announced the full music lineup for its inaugural statewide celebration of Arkansas culture, bringing together Grammy-winning artists, nationally recognized roots musicians, gospel groups, folk traditions, community performers, and cultural practitioners from across the Natural State.
Taking place June 26–28, 2026, at Riverfront Park in North Little Rock, the free festival will feature performances by three-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter Lucinda Williams, three-time Grammy Award-winning blues legend Bobby Rush, nationally recognized roots musicians Nick Shoulders and Willi Carlisle, acclaimed Arkansas artists Iyuana Childs and Dylan Earl, and dozens of performers, tradition bearers, gospel groups, folk artists, and community musicians from across the state.
Additional performers include Chris DeClerk Band with The Delta Soul Singers, Clarke Buehling, The Creek Rocks, Carolina Mendoza, Jude Brothers, Pam Setser with Tim Crouch and Danny Dozier, Nokosee Fields, Living Waters, Artists United, Rebecca Shipman Coffey, and other artists whose work reflects the diverse musical, cultural, and community traditions found across Arkansas’s six culturesheds…