Folk Alliance International 2026
Folk Alliance International has selected acoustic soul rocker Buggy Jive for an Official Showcase at their 2026 conference, taking place January 21-25, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. [Read the press release.]
Official FAI showcases feature select few artists for sets on professionally produced stages at the conference hotel. They offer incredible opportunities for emerging artists to share their music with a global community of industry professionals and fellow musicians. This year’s lineup of Official Showcase artists includes Buggy Jive’s fellow Paz Group singer-songwriter Joy Clark as well as Lost Bayou Ramblers, Bruce Sudano, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Chuck Prophet, Pieta Brown, Ramy Essam, Beth Nielsen Chapman, The Steel Wheels, Rainbow Girls, and many more.
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE
SATURDAY 1/24
8:00-8:25 pm.
Rhythms 1 - Floor 2.
PRIVATE SHOWCASES
WEDNESDAY 1/21
11:00-11:30. ACCESS JUNIPER HILL. Room 1214.
THURSDAY 1/22
10:30-11:10. BAMS. Room 1009.
11:30-11:45. NERFA. Room 1103.
SATURDAY 1/24
11:50-12:10. PAZ MAHAL. Room 921.
1:15-1:45. BAMS. Room 1009.
