2019 FESTIVAL PERFORMERS
See the event schedule for dates and times of performances, and more information about each artist.
The Afro Bop Alliance sextet headlined the patrons’ Dinner on the Guilford Green
© Mark Johnson
The Air Temple Arts circus’ aerial rig on the Guilford Green
© Peter Hawes
Angela Clemmons teaches gospel music at Adams Middle School
Gabrielle Johnson photo
The Argyle Sax Quartet
The Arthur Murray Dancers
© Mark Johnson
An attentive audience at Hyland House Museum
© Irene Liebler
Butter Jones
Jessica Bauer photo
“Waiting for Snow in Havana” author Carlos Eire
Donita Aruny photo
Guilford High School students rehearse for a side-by-side performance with the Coast Guard Band
© Peter Hvizdak, New Haven Register
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) teaches Hip Hop composition at Guilford High School
Tom Boates photo
Dennis Culliton leads a Witness Stones tour
© Peter Hawes
The Derek Grippo Project
Dingonek Street Band
© Judith L. Barbosa
Dingonek Street Band leading a master class at Guilford High School
Tom Boates photo
Patrons mill at the Dinner on the Green benefit event
© Mark Johnson
Patrons’ Dinner of the Green producers Meg Smith and Simone Gell
© Peter Hawes
Ditty Mack
© Irene Liebler
Festival Secretary Donita Aruny
© Irene Liebler
FOCUS Teen Improv
Donita Aruny photo
Hartford Poet Laureate Frederick-Douglass Knowles II
Donita Aruny photo
Susan Cinoman’s Artists’ Award-winning play “Guenevere”
Beth Soulier photo
Members of the Guilford Poets Guild read from “Our Changing Environment”
Peter Hawes photo
Herstory Theater performs “Panic in Connecticut”
© Peter Hawes
Joe McCarthy teaches Afro-Cuban music at Guilford High School
Tom Boates photo
The John Spignesi Band
© Peter Hawes
Julie Fitzpatrick performs “77 U-Turn”
Keely Baisden Knudsen photo
Just One Sip’s “Caffeinated Musical”
© Peter Hawes
Les Tordus
Meg Smith photo
Lexie Smith demonstrates open-fire breadmaking
Meg Smith photo
Living with Robots
© Irene Liebler
Storyteller Lou Del Bianco performs “Out of Rushmore’s Shadow”
Donita Aruny photo
Natya Mandala
Meg Smith photo
No Boundaries Youth Theater
© Peter Hawes
Artists’ Award winner Noah Baerman
© Irene Liebler
The Nu Haven Kapelye
© Peter Hawes
Peter Hawes kicks off a drumming circle
Meg Smith photo
Pilobolus performing “Come to Your Senses”
© Joeline Connellan
Pilobolus teaching an adult class at Shoreline Ballet
© Joeline Connellan
Pilobolus’ Emily Kent teaching a class at Shoreline Ballet
© Joeline Connellan
Pilobolus conducting a workshop at Evergreen Woods
Evergreen Woods photo
Pilobolus Teaching at Guilford High School
Kathryn Contessa photo
River Run
© Peter Hawes
The Sandy Stoddard Trio
© Mark Johnson
Schuyler Beeman performing “Three Bags Full”
Mary Beeman photo
Shoregrass Bluegrass
Donita Aruny photo
The Skunk Misery Ramblers
© Irene Liebler
Steve Shelton
© Irene Liebler
Submarine Guitarist Jeff Zudek
© Irene Liebler
Wild Maple
© Peter Hawes
Festival Chair William Boughton
© Mark Johnson
Youth XL
© Irene Liebler
Keith Zalinger
Wild Maple
Wheel Life Theatre
West Haven Consort
U.S. Coast Guard Band
2019 Teaching Artist
Tuxedo Junction
String of Pearls
Starship Dance
The Spot-Guilford Acrobatics
Shoreline Jazz Quartet
Shoreline Ballet
Suzanne Sheridan
Seat of Our Pants
Rob Rosenthal
The Racket Downstairs
Proud Duo
Jim Paradis
NHSO Brass Quintet
Natya Mandala
Madison Lyric Stage
Jonathan Kruk
Keely Baisden Knudsen
2019 Teaching Artist
Dolores Hayden
Hagner-McKay Nonet
Guilford Town Band
Green Light
Joe Flood
Dou Beltenstrum
Driving Route 9
Tommy Cosmo and Bobo
Laura Clapp
Cherry Pie
