NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert

Reservations for the NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert are filled and have closed. Ticket-holders should arrive by 7:45 p.m. At that time, all unclaimed tickets will be released to those in the stand-by line. The stand-by line opens at 7 p.m. and any tickets available will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Celebrate our country’s master folk and traditional artists at the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowships Concert. This free concert will feature performances, demonstrations, and stories from the 2019 Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Hosted by Queen Nur, storyteller, teaching artist, and director of the Folklife Center at the Perkins Center for the Arts. More information on the 2019 National Heritage Fellowships events is available here.

2019 National Heritage Fellows:

• Dan Ansotegui, Basque musician and tradition bearer from Boise, Idaho
• Grant Bulltail, Crow storyteller from Crow Agency, Montana
• Bob Fulcher, folklorist and state park manager from Clinton, Tennessee
• Linda Goss, African-American storyteller from Baltimore, Maryland
• James F. Jackson, leatherworker from Sheridan, Wyoming
• Balla Kouyaté, balafon player and djeli from Medford, Massachusetts
• Josephine Lobato, Spanish colcha embroiderer from Westminster, Colorado
• Rich Smoker, decoy carver from Marion Station, Maryland
• Las Tesoros de San Antonio—Beatriz (La Paloma del Norte) Llamas and Blanquita (Blanca Rosa) Rodríguez, Tejano singers from San Antonio, Texas

Price: Free; Limit 6 tickets per person.