Welcome to the Sixteenth Annual Native Rhythms Festival

The Indian River Flute Circle and Native Heritage Gathering, Inc. proudly present the sixteenth annual gathering of the Native Rhythms Festival. This three day festival during Native American Heritage Month honors the culture of the indigenous  peoples of the Americans through music, and especially the music of the Native American Flute. Welcome to the cyberhome of the Native Rhythms Festival. All available information regarding our sixteenth annual festival will be available here. Please feel free to browse.

Schedule:

Main Stage Activities:
Opening Ceremony  Dock Green Silverhawk (9:00-9:30)
Paula Ellis Memorial Flute Players Competition Registration [main tent] (9:00-10:00)
Ed WindDancer and Monica Sigala School Day (9:45-10:45)
CreeAtive Native School Day (11:00-12:00)
Billy Whitefox (12:15-1:00)
Flute Players' Competition Lunch Break (1:00-2:00)
Land Acknowledgement Flute Player Awards (2:00-2:45)
Painted Raven (3:00-3:45)
Lowery Begay (4:00-4:45)
Dinner Break (5:00-5:45)
Randy Granger (6:00-6:45)
Shelley Morningsong and Fabian Fontenelle (7:00-7:45)
Jonny Lipford (8:00-8:45)

Workshop:
Stars and Skylore of Native Americans Mark Marquette (9:30-10:30)
Crafting Songs from Snippets Jonny Lipford (11:00-12:30)
Chasing WindDancer Ed WindDancer and Monica Sigala (1:00-2:00)
Children's Workshop: Indian Picture Writing Joyce Bugaiski (2:30-4:00)