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The Schedule, 2010This year the performances were just..... wonderful. The musical mix kept everyone up and dancing right up until the end, and we had some great theatre, dance, and circus performances to spice up the mix. This year the graphic arts section was very well done, and the kids had plenty to do with all of the activities that different groups presented for them. Festival Atitlan is a magic mix of different energies, and this year we rocked! This years mix was designed to not stop boogying. You can listen to some of the great music played live at the 2010 event on the players included with each group.11:00 AM.. Somewhere over the Rainbow
11:30 AM... Coro de Niños de Nebaj
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This year we will use the proceeds (See the Account page for details) of Festival Atitlán 2010 for an ecological educational project about the Cyanobacteria outbreak in Lake Atitlan
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1:15 PM Grupo Maya Tzutujil
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3:30 PM AJBATZ |
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We started the festival this year with a great rendition of "Somewhere over the Rainbow/ It's a Wonderful World" with a chorus of folks and the audience. It about sums up the events philosophy.
This is a pretty little choir from Nebaj under the direction of Brian Stipek. This was their second year at the festival, and they definitely prepared a nice show that included dance and song in many languages. They also helped picking up trash, and were an integral part of the Star Maya Circus performance.
Pablo is well known in Guatemala as a singer/songwriter and is part of the flowering new music movement that is moving through Guatemala.
This is a cofradia group from Santiago Atitlán. They play the songs of the earth, the teaching songs of their ancestors. They put on a very powerful performance, and a lot of people had the fortune to hear a style of music that they had never heard before
This duo from Guatemala city is a couple of young ladies who have been wanting to play at the festival for years... when I finally heard them I signed them up for this years event. We were very pleased with the result: Jackelyn has a great deep voice, and, together with Marylou, have a strong, harmonious sound.
Bluegrass...LeRoy is a native of Southern California and has been playing bluegrass for forty years. Once again he joined us for some of the best Bluegrass anywhere! 
You can see a video of the group on 
STEVE JAMES is a well known name among devotees of contemporary acoustic folk and blues; this notoriety based on numerous critically acclaimed recordings, a tireless international tour schedule and a sheaf of published work including articles, instruction books and videos. His instrumental versatility (on guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, guitar-banjo) also makes him a favorite at music camps and workshop programs. It was a real treat to hear Steve, and he and LeRoy got a real kick out of each others music!
This is a modern latin folk group from Lake Atitlan. They are a hot trio and definitely got everyone on their feet and dancing! They just released a new CD with the Discos Atitlan lable that is great!
Na’ik Madera is a young womens band, who work to convey the life, the feeling, and the reality of Guatemalan women; their sound is alternative, using a fusion of the new and old. Na’ik in the Quiché language means to feel ... and madera because that is the material that most of their instruments are made of. The translation that they use is "Sensitive Wood". 
