Past Lineups
Past Lineups
Past Lineups
1991
1st Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 23-25, 1991Estes Park, CO
- Billy and Liza
- Altan
- Steve Forbert
- Walt Richardson and the Morning Star Band
- Pierce Pettis
- Jonathan Edwards
- Sundogs
- Patty Larkin
- Red Clay Ramblers
- Michael Tomlinson
- Alex De Grassi
- Robert Earl Keen
- Danny Heines
- Darden Smith
- Tim O’Brien and the O’Boys
- David Wilcox
- Blue Rodeo
1992
2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 21-23, 1992Estes Park, CO
- Colorado Acoustic Adventure
- Tom Prasada-Rao
- Bill Morrissey
- Tim O’Brien and the O’Boys
- John Gorka
- Leftover Salmon
- Laughing Hands
- Runaway
- Wind Machine
- Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
- Laurie Lewis and Grant Street
- Maura O’Connell
- Marc Cohn
- Don Henry
- Kiya Heartwood
- Harvey Reid
- Limpopo
- Steve Forbert Band
- David Wilcox
- Nanci Griffith
1993
3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 28-29, 1993Estes Park, CO
- Cosy Sheridan
- Dougie MacLean
- Sonny Landreth
- Los Lobos
- Patty Larkin
- Limpopo
- Alison Krauss
- John Gorka
- Nanci Griffith & The Blue Moon Orchestra
1994
4th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 19-21, 1994Lyons, CO (first year in Lyons)
- Harvey Reid
- The Story
- David Wilcox
- Scott Wilson
- Three Fisted Lullabye
- Tom Prasada-Rao
- Patty Larkin
- Norman and Nancy Blake
- Sugarbeat
- Robert Earl Keen
- Janis Ian
- Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas
- Michelle Shocked
- Jim Salestrom
- Catie Curtis
- Stephen Allen Davis
- Banana Fish
- Ani Difranco
- The Nudes
- John Gorka
- Lowen and Navarro
- Tim O’Brien
- Shawn Colvin
1995
5th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 18-20, 1995Lyons, CO
- Jack Ingram
- Ben Harper
- Ani DiFranco
- George Murphy
- Celeste Krenz Trio
- Lucy Kaplansky
- Martin Simpson
- Shannon Worrell and Monsoon
- Trapezoid
- Keb Mo
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Cheryl Wheeler
- John Hiatt
- Drepung Loseling Monks
- Julie Hoest
- Karen Pernick
- Dar Williams
- Tim O’Brien
- The Nields
- Dougie MacLean
- Greg Brown
- Nanci Griffith
1996
6th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 23-25, 1996Lyons, CO
- Suzanne Vega
- JJ Cale
- Dar Williams
- Patty Larkin
- Wolfstone
- Acoustic Food Chain
- Dan Bern
- Randy Barrett
- Erica Wheeler
- Box Set
- Vance Gilbert
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
- Greg Brown
- The Laura Love Band
- Bruce Cockburn
- The Heavenly Echoes
- LJ Booth
- Kate McLeod
- Cliff Eberhardt
- Moxy Fruvous
- John Gorka
1997
7th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 22-24, 1997Lyons, CO
- Nanci Griffith
- Michelle Shocked
- Greg Brown
- David Wilcox
- Son Volt
- Tom Paxton
- Cheryl Wheeler
- Peter Himmelman
- Dee Carstensen
- Richard Buckner
- The Nields
- Vance Gilbert
- Martin Sexton
- Catie Curtis
- The Burns Sisters
- Michael Lille
- Eddie From Ohio
- Maggie Simpson
- Sarah Mason
- Paul Reisler
1998
8th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 21-23, 1998Lyons, CO
- Dave Boylan
- Venice
- Martin Sexton
- John Gorka
- Rosanne Cash
- The Keb ‘Mo Band
- Lucy Kaplansky
- Darrell Scott
- James McMurtry
- Natalie MacMaster
- The Tim O’Brien Band
- Dar Williams
- Greg Brown
- Sweet Honey in the Rock
- John Smith
- Karen Savoca
- Buddy and Julie Miller
- Guy Clark
- Peter Himmelman
- The Laura Love Band
- Steve Earle
1999
9th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 16-19, 1999Lyons, CO
- Greg Brown
- Beth Nielson Chapman
- David Massengill
- Vance Gilbert
- Janis Ian
- John Jennings
- Peter Himmelman
- Susan Werner
2000
10th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 18-20, 2000Lyons, CO
- Dakota Blonde
- Mary Gauthier
- Kelly Joe Phelps
- Catie Curtis
- Martin Sexton
- CPR with David Crosby, Jeff Pevar, and James Rayond
- Libby Kirkpatrick
- Peter Mayer
- The Nields
- Stacey Earle
- Tom Rush
- Victoria Williams
- Greg Brown
- Nanci Griffith
- Ben Demerath
- Willy Porter
- Roy Rogers and Shanna Morrison
- Lucy Kaplansky
- Cheryl Wheeler
- Guy Clark
- Solas
- Emmylou Harris and Spyboy
2001
11th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 17-19, 2001Lyons, CO
- Kreg Viesselman
- Christopher Williams
- Cliff Eberhardt
- Cheryl Wheeler
- John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Chris Rosser
- Vance Gilbert
- Erin McKeown
- Pierce Pettis
- Patty Larkin
- Eddie from Ohio
- Greg Brown
- Arlo Guthrie
- Rebecca Folsom
- Steve Seskin
- Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
- Joel Rafael Band
- Todd Snider
- Peter Himmelman Band
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
- Bruce Hornsby
2002
12th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 16-18, 2002Lyons, CO
- Randy Newman
- John Prine
- Greg Brown
- Michelle Shocked
- Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart
- Sarah Harmer
- Keller Williams
- Iris Dement
- Beth Nielson Chapman
- Catie Curtis
- Ellis Paul
- The Waifs
- Peter Mayer
- Dave Carter and Tracey Grammer
- The Be Good Tanyas
- Harvey Reid
- Deb Talan
2003
13th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 15-17, 2003 Lyons, CO
- Billy Jonas
- Maggie Simpson
- The Nields
- Chris Robinson
- Patty Griffin
- Warren Haynes
- Dan Sheridan
- Richard Julian
- Christine Kane
- Darrell Scott
- Utah Phillips
- Dar Williams
- Greg Brown
- Norah Jones
- Mindy Smith
- Vance Gilbert
- Xavier Rudd
- Todd Snider
- Alice Peacock
- Richard Thompson
- Indigo Girls
2004
14th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 13-15, 2004 Lyons, CO
- Steve Seskin
- Paul Reisler, Angela Kaset, and Howard Levy
- Ray LaMontagne
- Catie Curtis
- John Butler
- Joan Osborne
- Brian Joseph
- Kaki King
- Rich Price
- Vusi Mahlasela
- The Duhks
- The Waybacks
- Greg Brown
- Joan Baez
- Danny Shafer
- Zoe Lewis Trio
- Slaid Cleaves
- Ruthie Foster
- Mason Jennings
- David Bromberg
- Ben Kweller
- Peter Himmelman
2005
15th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 19-21, 2005 Lyons, CO
- Arlo Guthrie (40th Anniversary Alice’s Restaurant Performance)
- Joan Armatrading
- Taj Mahal
- Steve Earle
- Patty Griffin
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Lisa Loeb
- Kasey Chambers
- Todd Snider
- Subdudes
- Missy Higgins
- Beth Nielsen Chapman
- Allison Moorer
- Jackie Greene
- John Gorka
- Joe Craven
- Mieka Pauley
- Vance Gilbert
- The Mammals
- Willy Porter
- Serena Ryder
- Peter Mayer
2006
16th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 18-20, 2006 Lyons, CO
- Ani DiFranco
- Jeff Tweedy
- Kris Kristofferson
- Amos Lee
- Sonya Kitchell
- The Waifs
- Kathleen Edwards
- Guy Clark
- Martin Sexton
- Blue Rodeo
- Mindy Smith
- Issa (formerly Jane Siberry)
- Elvis Perkins in Dearland
- Steve Seskin
- Kathrin Shorr
- Andrew Bird
- Assembly of Dust
- Paul Kelly
- Martyn Joseph
- moira smiley & VOCO
- Pat Flynn & Friends
- Billy Jonas
- Folks Showcase
2007
17th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 17-19, 2007 Lyons, CO
- Ray LaMontagne
- Chris Isaak
- Gillian Welch
- Judy Collins
- Brett Dennen
- Richie Havens
- Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
- Mary Gauthier
- Peter Himmelman
- Cheryl Wheeler
- Darrell Scott
- The Ditty Bops
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- Catie Curtis
- Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
- Serena Ryder
- The Guggenheim Grotto
- Vance Gilbert
- Zoe Lewis and Her Rubber Band
- Arthur Lee Land
- Ellis
- Mitch Barrett
- Folks Showcase
2008
18th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 15-17, 2008 Lyons, CO
- KT Tunstall
- Amos Lee
- Nanci Griffith
- Greg Brown
- Patty Griffin
- Missy Higgins
- Todd Snider
- The Waifs
- Tim O’Brien
- Dar Williams
- Josh Ritter
- Shawn Mullins
- The Mountain Goats
- Melissa Ferrick
- Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Susan Werner
- Steve Seskin
- Luke Doucet
- Moira Smiley & VOCO
- Boulder Acoustic Society
- Sarah Sample
- Folks Showcase
2009
19th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 14-16, 2009Lyons, CO
- Gillian Welch
- Rufus Wainwright
- Susan Tedeschi
- Don McLean
- Madeleine Peyroux
- Brett Dennen
- M. Ward (solo)
- Dougie MacLean
- Over the Rhine
- Peter Himmelman
- Mary Gauthier
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Will Hoge
- Blind Pilot
- Ben Sollee
- The Drepung Loseling Monks
- Mia Dyson
- Vance Gilbert
- Joe Pug
- Amy Speace
- Chuck E. Costa
- Folks Showcase
2010
20th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 13-15, 2010Lyons, CO
- John Prine
- The Swell Season
- Ani DiFranco
- Richard Thompson
- Jenny Lewis
- Greg Brown
- The Waifs
- Marc Cohn
- Michelle Shocked
- Abby & Bela
- David Wilcox
- Jonatha Brooke
- Darrell Scott
- Tift Merritt
- Joe Craven
- Dala
- Gregory Alan Isakov
- Joy Kills Sorrow
- Girlyman
- Liz Longley
- Songwriter Showcase
2011
21st Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 19-21, 2011Lyons, CO
- Jackson Browne
- Bob Weir, Chris Robinson & Jackie Greene
- Brandi Carlile
- Sweet Honey in the Rock
- Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
- Martin Sexton
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- The Civil Wars
- Missy Higgins
- Red Horse: Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky
- Mary Gauthier
- Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
- Livingston Taylor
- Anais Mitchell
- Dan Mangan
- Mama Kin
- Vance Gilbert
- Tim Eriksen
- Danielle Ate the Sandwich
- Megan Burtt
- and many more…
2012
22nd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 17-19, 201Lyons, CO
- Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
- Amos Lee
- Neko Case
- Iron & Wine
- Kasey Chambers
- Justin Townes Earle
- Dawes
- Kathleen Edwards
- Darrell Scott
- Elephant Revival
- Peter Himmelman
- The Dunwells
- Holly Near
- Richard Shindell
- Girlyman
- Gretchen Peters
- The Milk Carton Kids
- In the Spirit of Woody Guthrie featuring Steve Seskin & Friends
- Shannon McNally
- Caleb Hawley
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2013
23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 16-18, 2013Lyons, CO
- John Prine
- Loreena McKennitt
- John Butler Trio
- Patty Griffin
- Colin Meloy
- Colin Hay
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
- Mary Gauthier
- Nathaniel Rateliff
- Shane Koyczan & the Short Story Long
- Lynn Miles
- Foy Vance
- JOHNNYSWIM
- Lucius
- Shannon Whitworth
- Seryn
- Ellis
- Ariana Gillis
- Chic Gamine
- Robby Hecht
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2014
24th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 15-17, 2014Lyons, CO
- Brandi Carlile
- Randy Newman
- Dispatch
- Ani DiFranco
- Josh Ritter
- Greg Brown
- Elephant Revival
- Lake Street Dive
- Peter Himmelman
- Sarah Jarosz
- Ron Pope
- Imelda May
- The Drepung Monks
- Ben Sollee
- Hurray for the Riff Raff
- John Fullbright
- Antje Duvekot
- The Stray Birds
- Steve Poltz
- Caroline Spence
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2015
25th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 14-16, 2015Lyons, CO
- Sufjan Stevens
- Gillian Welch
- Jason Isbell
- Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin
- Richard Thompson
- Kasey Chambers
- The Wood Brothers
- Martin Sexton
- Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long
- Peter Yarrow
- Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
- The Pine Hill Project: Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell
- The Waifs
- Mary Gauthier
- The Family Crest
- Session Americana
- Heather Maloney
- Taarka
- Connor Garvey
- Honoring 25 Years of Folks (gospel set)
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2016
26th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 19-21, 2016Lyons, CO
- The Decemberists
- Andrew Bird
- Conor Oberst
- Lucinda Williams
- Passenger
- Mavis Staples
- Dougie MacLean
- Kathy Mattea
- Darrell Scott
- The Lone Bellow
- Cheryl Wheeler
- DakhaBrakha
- David Wax Museum
- Darlingside
- Parker Millsap
- The Accidentals
- Quiles & Cloud
- My Bubba
- Freddy & Francine
- Ben Shannon
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2017
27th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 18-20, 2017Lyons, CO
- Dave Rawlings Machine
- Gregory Alan Isakov
- The Revivalists
- Lake Street Dive
- Elephant Revival
- Josh Ritter
- The Weepies
- Rhiannon Giddens
- The Wailin’ Jennys
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Mandolin Orange
- Peter Himmelman
- Ben Sollee & Kentucky Native
- SHEL
- Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore
- The Mae Trio
- Rachel Sermanni
- Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers
- Ramy Essam
- Korby Lenker
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2018
28th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 17-19, 2018Lyons, CO
- Regina Spektor
- Indigo Girls
- Jeff Tweedy
- Los Lobos
- The Milk Carton Kids
- Tinariwen
- Martin Sexton Trio
- Darrell Scott
- Wild Child
- Las Cafeteras
- Mary Gauthier
- Penny & Sparrow
- River Whyless
- Magic Music
- Steve Poltz
- Jayme Stone’s Folklife
- Les Poules a Colin
- Bonnie Paine
- FY5
- Heather Mae
- Songwriter Showcase
- And many more…
2019
29th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
August 16-18, 2019Lyons, CO
- Ben Fold
- Violent Femmes
- Ani DiFranco
- Mandolin Orange
- St. Paul & the Broken Bones
- Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band
- The Oh Hellos
- The East Pointers
- The War and Treaty
- Patty Larkin
- Steel Wheels
- Haley Heynderickx
- Ellis
- Gasoline Lollipops
- The Small Glories
- Daniel Rodriguez
- Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards
- Son of Town Hall
- Ysaye Barnwell: Sacred Songs
- Kira Small
- and many more…
2020
The 30TH ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOLKS FESTIVAL lay fallow due to the covid-19 pandemic
2021
31st ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOLKS FESTIVAL
August 6-8, 2021Lyons, CO
Gregory Alan Isakov • Shakey Graves • St. Paul & The Broken Bones • Waxahatchee • Shawn Colvin • Hiss Golden Messenger • Bonnie Paine & Friends Darrell Scott’s Electrifying Trio • Mary Gauthier • Steve Poltz • The Ghost of Paul Revere • Sierra Ferrell • Bonnie and Taylor Sims • Tré Burt • Amy Speace • The Brother Brothers • Heather Mae and Crys Matthews • Alexa Wildish
2022
32nd ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOLKS FESTIVAL
August 12-14, 2022Lyons, CO
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers • Indigo Girls • Ani DiFranco • Yola • Sarah Jarosz • Robert Earl Keen • Rodney Crowell • The Wailin’ Jennys • John Craigie • Mick Flannery • Courtney Hartman • Megan Burt • Andrea Von Kampen • Cedric Burnside • Carsie Blanton • Rachel Baiman • TK & the Holy Know-Nothings • Tall Tall Trees • Moira Smiley • Chatham Rabbits
2023
33rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
Charley Crockett Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band Larkin Poe The Tallest Man on Earth Tank and the Bangas Shovels & Rope Katie Pruitt The Secret Sisters Stephen Kellogg Leyla McCalla Seth Walker Caitlin Canty Humbird Dead Horses Benjamin Dakota Rogers Kuinka The Sensational Barnes Brothers The Pairs Shanna In A Dress Songwriter Showcase