2026 Schedule of Activities

Thursday, November 12

Site Set-Up: (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Vendors check in and set up booths at the festival grounds.

Main Stage Activities

Time Thursday
Nov 12
All Day Sound Checks

Performers: Please schedule sound checks with Max (FamilyRocksLLC@gmail.com or 321-271-0050)

Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15

Main Stage Activities

Time Friday
Nov 13 		Saturday
Nov 14 		Sunday
Nov 15 		Cultural Education
Villages Daily
9:00 Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Paula Ellis Memorial Flute Players
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Flute Makers
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		Welcome and Announcements
(Sound Checks)
(9:00-9:30) 		Artists
Competition
Registration
[main tent]
(9:00-10:00) 		 
9:15  
9:30   Ryan Harjo
School Day Program
(9:30-10:40) 		    Ryan Harjo
(9:30-10:15) 		 
9:45   Ryan Harjo
Storyteller
(9:45-10:30) 		 
10:00 Jim Sawgrass
East Meets West
(10:00-10:45)
10:15   Sicanni
(10:15-11:00)
10:30    
10:45   CreeAtive Native
School Day Program
(10:45-12:00) 		  Veterans Program
(10:45-11:30) 		 
11:00   Mark McGourley
11:00-11:45) 		Katrina Fisher
Women's Village
(11:00-11:45)
11:15
11:30   Opening Ceremonies
Johnny Kee-National Anthem
Dignitaries Recognition
(11:30-12:00)
11:45   Lunch Break
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Artist Awards
(11:45-12:30) 		 
12:00       Sicanni
(12:00-12:45) 		Jim Sawgrass
East Meets West
(12:00-12:45)
12:15   Sicanni
(12:15-1:00)
12:30   Painted Raven
(12:30-1:15)
12:45      
1:00   Flute Players Competition
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Lunch break
(1:00-1:45) 		  Lunch Break/Open Mic
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Flute Maker Awards
(1:00-1:45) 		Katrina Fisher
Women's Village
(1:00-1:45)
1:15    
1:30   CreeAtive Native
(1:30-2:15)
1:45   Flute Player Awards
(1:45-2:15) 		     
2:00   CreeAtive Native
(2:00-2:45) 		Jim Sawgrass
East Meets West
(2:00-2:45)
2:15   Sandi Horton
(2025 Players Competition winner)
(2:15-2:45) 		   
2:30   Earthsong Voyage
(2:30-3:15)
2:45          
3:00   Earthsong Voyage
(3:00-3:45) 		  Earthsong Voyage
(3:00-3:45) 		Katrina Fisher
Women's Village
(3:00-3:45)
3:15    
3:30   Rona Yellow Robe
(3:30-4:15)
3:45          
4:00   Lowery Begay
(4:00-4:45) 		  Mark McGourley
(4:00-4:45) 		 
4:15      
4:30   Lowery Begay
(4:30-5:15) 		 
4:45   Dinner Break
(4:45-6:00) 		  Dinner Break
(4:45-6:00) 		 
5:00  
5:15      
5:30   Vendor Site Tear-Down
(5:30-????)

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR GUESTS -

NO VEHICLES ON
FESTIVAL GROUNDS
BEFORE 5:30 		 
5:45  
6:00   Painted Raven
(6:00-6:45) 		  Painted Raven
(6:00-6:45) 		 
6:15  
6:30  
6:45          
7:00   Rona Yellow Robe
(7:00-7:45) 		  Lowery Begay
(7:00-7:45) 		 
7:15  
7:30  
7:45          
8:00   Mark McGourley
(8:00-8:45) 		  Rona Yellow Robe
(8:00-8:45) 		 
8:15  
8:30  
8:45            

Workshops

Time Friday
Nov 13 		Saturday
Nov 14 		Sunday
Nov 15
9:30 Sound Setups Simplified
Joe Empert
(9:30-11:00) 		Using Vibrato
Mark McGourley
(9:30-11:00) 		The Art of Storytelling
Dr. Frankie Rinaldi
(9:30-11:00)
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00    
 		 
11:15 Out of the Rut
Jamie Empert
(11:15-12:15) 		What You Always Wanted to Ask a Native American
Lowery Begay
(11:15-12:15) 		Playing “Western Style” Music On Your NAF
Johnny Kee
(11:15-12:45)
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15 Lunch
(12:15-1:00) 		Lunch
(12:15-1:00)
12:30
12:45 Lunch
(12:45-1:30)
1:00 Gopher Tortoise –
The Elder in the Woods
Becky Bolt
(1:00-2:00) 		Rhythmic Connection: Drumming and Fluting Together
Painted Raven
(1:00-2:30)
1:15
1:30 Lakota Dreamcatcher Legend Storytelling and Craft
Carolyn Wilson
(1:30-3:00)
1:45
2:00  
2:15 Basket Coiling
Joyce Neumann
(2:15-4:45)
2:30  
2:45 Taino Arts
Miguel Sague & Tony Jusino
(2:45-3:45)
3:00  
3:15  
3:30  
3:45  
 		 
4:00 How To Make Flutes
Ryan Harjo
(4:00-5:00) 		 
4:15  
4:30  
4:45  
 		 
5:00    
 		 
5:15    
 		 
5:30    
 		 
5:45   Stars and Skylore of Native Americans
Marq Marquette
(5:45-6:45) 		 
6:00  
 		 
6:15    
6:30  
 		 
6:45    
 		 

*Stars and Skylore participants: Gather outside the “workshop tent” to observe sunset at 5:30
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Guided Nature Walks will meet outside the “workshop tent” on Saturday at 10:00 AM, Noon, and 2:00 PM.

Everything else on this schedule is in the “workshop tent”.

(Find the workshop’s description, including location, fees (if any), and workshop size limits
on the Workshops webpage. Pre-register on that page for any of these workshops.)