Larry Yazzie performs a traditional dance during the Native Pride Dancers set in St. Anne's Churchyard on Day 2 of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Blues musician Sugaray Rayford performs in the Dance Pavilion on Arcand Drive during the Lowell Folk Festival on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
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During a breakdance competition at the intersection of Merrimack and Central streets, a young dancer shocks the audience with a backflip mid-performance during Day 2 of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
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A performer with the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago plays a Korean stringed instrument called a gayageum during a performance in St. Anne's Churchyard during Day 2 of the Lowell Folk Festival on July 27. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Audience members smile as they watch the performance from the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago during the Lowell Folk Festival on July 27, 2024. (Aleah Landry photo)
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A couple dances in Boarding House Park as Joe Hall & The Cane Cutters perform on Day 2 of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
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A volunteer with the "Bucket Brigade" passes out beads in exchange for donations to help keep the Lowell Folk Festival free to all. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Children play in the fountain on Middle Street in Lowell on the second day of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. Temperatures reached into the mid- to upper 80s during the festivities. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Daryl Deschler of the Valley of Lowell Scottish Rite, a branch of Freemasons, waits to be dunked in the dunk tank behind the Masonic building on Day 2 of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. Funds raised by the dunk tank benefit the local chapter of DeMolay International, Rainbow Girls, and the Dyslexia Center, which all utilize the Masonic building in Lowell. (Aleah Landry photo)
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A festivalgoer smiles as she listens to the performance at the Market Street stage on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Howard Amidon of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation holds a bucket as he expresses the significance of donations from the stage in St. Anne's Churchyard on Saturday. The festival costs over $1 million to produce and festivalgoer donations help keep the event free. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Larry Yazzie, founder and creative director of Native Pride Productions, teaches the audience about Native traditions and music from the stage in St. Anne's Churchyard on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
![Blues musician Sugaray Rayford performs with his band in the...]()
Blues musician Sugaray Rayford performs with his band in the Dance Pavilion on Arcand Drive during the Lowell Folk Festival on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Eddie Pennington and Caleb Coots perform on the Market Street Stage on July 27, 2024, during Day 2 of the Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
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A family plays Connect Four in the Family Fun Area at the Lowell Folk Festival on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
![Musician Eddie Pennington performs thumb-style guitar on the Market Street...]()
Musician Eddie Pennington performs thumb-style guitar on the Market Street stage at the Lowell Folk Festival on Saturday. (Aleah Landry photo)
![Jesse Daniel performs some honky-tonk country music in the Dance...]()
Jesse Daniel performs some honky-tonk country music in the Dance Pavilion with his band on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Sugaray Rayford's albums sit for sale on a table near the Boarding House Park stage at the Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
Larry Yazzie performs a traditional dance during the Native Pride Dancers set in St. Anne's Churchyard on Day 2 of the 2024 Lowell Folk Festival. (Aleah Landry photo)
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Performers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and musical styles captured the hearts of Lowell Folk Festival attendees on Saturday. Fun could be found in every corner of the festival grounds.
