Dan McCorison
2025-04-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | Arizona Folklore Preserve, 56 E. Folklore Trail, Hereford, AZ, 85615, United States
Dan McCorison, cut his teeth in the thriving folk music scene of his home town, Denver Colorado. During his high school years his family moved first to Detroit and then on to North Carolina which allowed him to experience firsthand, some of the great roots of American music.
Shortly after college Dan returned to his native Colorado where he and a couple of new friends formed his first band, Dusty Drapes and the Dusters. Known for sure fire country music and Western swing, The Dusters were soon touring, headlining packed shows and opening for the likes of Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Flatt and Scruggs and Linda Ronstadt.
Along the way, Dan was discovered by Chris Hillman of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. Shortly after leaving the Dusters, Chris arranged for Dan to be signed to MCA Records and produced the resulting highly acclaimed album featuring Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band. Eventually, Dan’s trail led to Nashville where he lived for twenty years writing and recording with some of the finest writers and musicians in country music.
He has performed in Japan, Australia and Europe as well as the US and Canada. He and his wife, June, now reside in Arizona with their trusty dog Daisy. He is a regular performer at the beautiful Rancho de Los Caballeros in Wickenburg and travels extensively to play shows around the Southwest.

Michael Grande
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-13 14:00 - 16:00
Michael Grande, one of the world’s beloved entertainers is returning this weekend.
Grande, who tours the world, only performs in Cochise County twice per year. A singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, Grande brings laughter and tears to audience members as he moves from exciting instrumentals featuring his famous five-fingered picking technique and breathtaking guitar flourishes to his gentle, almost caressing of the strings, as his sexy, smooth voice, tells tales of soldiers, families and the great depression.
But if the song is a sad one, the mood is uplifted immediately by Grande inserting songs and stories of friends, family and animals: a little girl’s first horse, the loss of a stray dog that became a hero to a family it saved, and the romantic love story of an Arabian stallion and mare.
In between songs, Grande is known for his tales. Growing up in an Italian family, he tells of being a child in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he used to tie the tail of his coonskin cap to his bicycle and pretend it was a horse as he raced through the mean streets of Bensonhurst. In his mind and his dreams, he was always a cowboy, and he was always in Arizona.

Jon Messenger & Co.
2025-04-19 14:00 - 16:00
Jon Messenger’s story is a musical journey through the west, the Everglades, and Cornwall-on-Hudson. Now he’s had some 30 years of performing at home in Cochise County, Arizona, and points north, west, and east.

Jon Messenger & Co
2025-04-20 14:00 - 16:00

Independence Creek
2025-04-26 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-27 14:00 - 16:00
Performing Bluegrass, Folk and Americana music emphasizing three-part vocal harmony, Independence Creek feature covers of popular tunes as well as songs by female lead Sally Wisely. Skilled musicians on traditional acoustic instruments including banjo, 12 and 6 string guitars, mandolin and fiddle, this trio is appearing on the AFP stage for the first time. Let’s give them a big AFP welcome!

Doors open at 1 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits. The Arizona Folklore Preserve is located at 56 E. Folklore Trail in Hereford. Make reservations at www.arizonafolklore.com.

Don Armstrong and Alvin Blaine
2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-04 14:00 - 16:00
Don Armstrong has been hailed as a “Tucson legend” and “folk treasure.” The Arizona Daily Star referred to him as a “consummate songwriter,” while his songs have been recorded by artists nationwide and sung and enjoyed worldwide.
Alvin Blaine’s career took off after performing Wildwood Flower for his dad at age 5. Up to that point, Dad had prohibited the kids from playing any of his many instruments that graced the living room of Alvin’s childhood. Since then, as a multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist musician, Alvin has performed in countless bands as a treasured and skilled sideman. With 25 years in Las Vegas as a professional musician, he played everything from cowboy swing to jazz, blues, and country standards on the energized Vegas circuit honing his many skills.

Mark Mulligan & Rudy B. (RESERVATIONS REQUIRED)
2025-05-06 17:00 - 19:00
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED – NO WALK-INS
Mark Mulligan deported himself to Mexico 28 years ago, ditching his gold Century 21 Real Estate jacket for flip flops and a guitar. Four kids and many songs later, he calls the Sea of Cortez home, living south of the border in beautiful San Carlos, Sonora. His songs paint pictures of sunshine, sailboats, and sandy beaches. And his book, “The Three Miracles” (available at the AFP bookstore) is a true story of love and faith. All proceeds from the sales of his book go to charity. Mark performs throughout the U.S, Mexico, and even Canada, Belize, and Costa Rica. And now you can see him perform in beautiful Ramsey Canyon

The Arizona Wildflowers
2025-05-10 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-11 14:00 - 16:00
The Arizona Wildflowers are a sibling group from southern Arizona who love to sing and play Western Swing & bluegrass music. Ranelle, 16, on mandolin and fiddle, Brie, 15, on guitar, Aspen, 13, on fiddle, Sawyer, 10, on bass and Kitty, 8, on fiddle. 2024 saw the group nominated for IWMA’s Crescendo Award, Ranelle and Isley both winning National Fiddle Championships in their respective age divisions and Ranelle making her Grand Ole Opry debut. This summer they will venture back to Branson, MO to play at Silver Dollar City’s Bluegrass & BBQ festival, cut a new album in Asheville, North Carolina and travel from Idaho to Minnesota and everywhere in between playing at Cowboy Gatherings and Bluegrass festivals.

Peter McLaughlin & Chris Brashear
2025-05-17 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-18 14:00 - 16:00
Chris Brashear plays fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. He is a singer with a wide vocal range and a clear, distinctive voice, as well as a songwriter. In the desert southwest and beyond, Chris performs with long-time music partner and AFP favorite Peter McLaughlin. Together, Chris and Peter have produced three CDs, “So Long, Arizona”; “Canyoneers”, and their latest release, “Desert Heart, Mountain Soul.” Chris and Peter are sure to entertain you with a great performance!

Doors open at 1 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits. The Arizona Folklore Preserve is located at 56 E. Folklore Trail in Hereford. Make reservations at www.arizonafolklore.com.

Dry Wash Anglers
2025-05-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-25 14:00 - 16:00
Originally from back East, the Dry Wash Anglers grew out of a mutual need for more fishing, bluegrass and George Jones in 2022. With guitarist/vocalist Joel Leland and songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Hank Abbey, the Anglers channel the harmonies and hot flatpicking of a pantheon of heroes; Carter Stanley, Larry Sparks, Billy Joe Shaver and more. Stem to stern, Abbey and Leland nurture a respect for the familiar sound that shaped them but aren’t shy of the deeper waters of their own original music.

Mark Stuart
2025-05-31 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00
Mark Stuart spends every year as a full-time working artist and musician. Mostly performing his own unique shows, doing singer-songwriter concerts, he can be witnessed excelling as a band guitarist at hometown Nashville, Tennessee gigs or sessions, too.
Stuart has toured extensively in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe. Notable artists such as Freddy Fender, Steve Earle, Joan Baez, and Steve Forbert have employed him for his musicianship. In a duo act with his artist wife, Stacey Earle, he spent thousands of days on tour through the years. That duo would release many albums on their own independent label, Gearle Records.
Whether it be Cambridge Folk Festival, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, MTV, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, or countless small festivals and theaters, Stuart’s storytelling, guitar playing, vocals, or songs have caught the attention of music lovers.
When asked to define Mark Stuart’s music it is virtually impossible, as his versatility screams out loud. Rock, blues, folk, country, and more are evident in his performance. Electric, acoustic, slide guitar-all make up his musical toolbox. Travis-style, Chicago blues, honky tonk country, finger-style folk-all are there when you hear him. His songs are oftentimes autobiographic pieces, but, can be constructed from the viewpoint of a lifelong troubadour who is paying attention to the world he sees around him. He could, at any given time, toss a Paul McCartney or John Fogerty or Woodie Guthrie song into his set.

Timberline Cowboys
2025-06-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:00
Timberline Cowboys
Both award-winning singer-songwriter J. Michael Mullins and multi-instrument aficionado Geary Parsons have, in one way or another, been in the music industry for the majority of their lives. After playing and singing together at the Durango’s Cowboy Church for a year, they decided to perform as a duo at the 2021 Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering. They were an immediate hit and discovered they had an unmistakable chemistry, and an innate ability to connect with audiences. The Timberline Cowboys were born. Most of what they do is original music, dealing with the ranching and farming life prevalent in and around where they reside in the Four Corners area. Their music is basic, honest, and forthright. Two guitars and vocals, they are just at home around a campfire as they are in an arena or concert hall. Through lyrical ballads and up-tempo comedy songs, they give the audience a first-hand look at what life is like for the still proud, but dwindling numbers of ranchers, farmers, cowboys and cowgirls in the great Southwest. While in high demand in and around Durango, their music has been featured on numerous streaming and radio shows in the United States, Canada, Germany, France and England. Basically homebodies, they still enjoy hitting the road (on occasion) to play at cowboy gatherings and select out-of-town venues. They have produced three albums in three years, the second of which spent nine months on the IWMA Western Music Charts. They are hoping for the same level of success with their latest album, The Old Ways, released in June 2024. A new album is in the works for 2025. Mike’s original song, “Drivin’ This Herd to the Rail” took home the award for 2024 International Western Music Association Working Cowboy Song of the Year. Both are active IWMA members, and Geary is the current president of the IWMA Colorado Chapter. www.thetimberlinecowboys.com

Lindy Simmons
Mancos, Colorado
A ranch wife for almost fifty years, Lindy also followed the family on the rodeo road and has done ranch work from bucking bales to feeding cows in the mud. Her poetry reflects the antics of real cowboys. A retired professor and fluent in Spanish, she is a Southwest history buff. Lindy won the poetry contest of the International Western Music Association in 2021. She has been on the Durango Cowboy Gathering board for more than twenty years and has been cited as a “visionary” for her “Variety Show With a Twist” running fifteen years at the Durango gathering.

Carol Markstrom and Jim Jones
2025-06-14 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:00
Multi-award-winning Western singer-songwriter Carolyn Markstrom is joined by equally lauded Texas singer-songwriter Jim Jones for an afternoon of Western music.
“American folk music washes gently against Americana… a terrific release from a major singer” is how Carol Markstrom’s award-winning 4th album, Mile After Mile, is described by Country Music People Magazine. Carol is a multi-winning singer-songwriter, recording artist, and performer. Across the U.S. to the far north of Alaska and Europe, audiences have been entertained by Carol’s clear, emotion-filled vocals and songs that transport to other places, times, and people. Her songs span Western Roots, Folk, Americana, and Country. Her ballads and love songs range from whimsical to bittersweet, and the beauty of Western places inspires some of her songwriting. Indigenous people and their stories have influenced her music career and resulted in Carol being a finalist for a Native American Music Award and a three-time recipient of the Silver Arrow Award from Spirit Wind Records. Carol recently released a new album of entirely Native-inspired original songs. Carol’s songs have been included in films and she has won music score awards from Europe to the U.S. DJs worldwide play her songs and she has been on the charts in Australia.

IWMA Youth Chapter
2025-06-21 14:00, 2025-06-22 14:00 - 16:00
The Arizona Folklore Preserve is delighted to introduce the next bright stars in the western music genre for your listening pleasure this weekend. Those participating are: Venessa Carpenter, Jack George, Birdie Nichols, and Kailer Hedden. The AFP is proud to be a sponsor of the IWMA Youth Chapter, which helps young performers hone their talents by providing scholarships and other assistance as the youngsters strive for careers in western music. Please join us in welcoming the IWMA Youth Chapter to the AFP stage!
Doors open at 1 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits. The Arizona Folklore Preserve is located at 56 E. Folklore Trail in Hereford. Make reservations at www.arizonafolklore.com.

Allan Chapman and Rodeo Kate
2025-06-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-29 14:00 - 16:00
Western music fans are sure to enjoy this weekend’s performances by Allan Chapman and Rodeo Kate. Both have deep roots in the western music scene. Kate was instrumentalist of the Year in 2006 for the International Western Music Association (IWMA) and is a past member of The Texas Trailhands, Daughters of the Purple Sage, and KG & the Ranger. Allan is a three-time Grammy nominee, with songwriting credits for performers like Kenny Rodgers, The Oak Ridge Boys, George Jones, and Diana Ross. He has been a multi-time finalist for IWMA and Association of Western Music Song of the Year, IWMA Western Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year …and the list goes on! Allan and Kate have been working hard to finish their new mini-album CD “Thistles & Thorns” that includes their new single to be released in mid-May “West Texas Blues”.

Together Allan and Kate live in rural Wise County, Texas, where they continue to practice their ranching tradition.
Doors open at 1 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits. The Arizona Folklore Preserve is located at 56 E. Folklore Trail in Hereford. Make reservations at www.arizonafolklore.com.

Jean Prescott, Jon Messenger, Michael Grande
2025-07-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-07-06 14:00 - 16:00
It’s a Patriotic Weekend at the AFP
Join us at the Arizona Folklore Preserve this weekend! Old Glory will wave free and proud when Jean Prescott, an award-winning western singer/songwriter and daughter of a World War II veteran, performs with two outstanding local musicians, Michael Grande and Jon Messenger, who also happen to be former Marines. But this won’t be a typical 4th of July musical performance. There will be some sing-a-longs to “America the Beautiful” and “The Star-Spangled Banner,” of course, but mostly this show will be about the personal stories of the performers, their families, and why they love America. Come and celebrate America with us!
Doors open at 1 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits. The Arizona Folklore Preserve is located at 56 E. Folklore Trail in Hereford. Make reservations at www.arizonafolklore.com.

Randy Huston
2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00
Singer, songwriter, cowboy — Randy Huston writes and sings about the modern-day lifestyle of the cowboy. He is a fourth-generation livestock producer and partners with his father on their ranch in New Mexico. He started breaking horses for wages at the age of 14 and spent many years in rodeo arenas through high school and college. He’s written some of the most widely recognized contemporary cowboy music, and his songs have been recorded by some of the “stars” of this genre. Huston was voted one of the top five male entertainers in 2007 by the Academy of Western Artists and was the 2010 Academy of Western Artists’ male vocalist of the year. In 2022, he was honored as Male Performer of the Year by the International Western Music Association. He is also a multiple Wrangler Award Recipient.
Doors open at 1:00 p.m., performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Reservations are preferred; however, walk-ins will be seated if space permits.
