Event Details
- Date: May 19, 20, 21 2023
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Time: Friday and Saturday: 10AM - 5PM & Sunday: 10AM - 3PM
Friday Opening Ceremony: 7:30 PM
Saturday Night D'DAT Concert: 7:30 PM - Location: Kayenta Art Village & Center for the Arts at Kayenta: 881 Coyote Gulch Court, Ivins, UT
- Cost: FREE
Festival of the Americas
Native American Activities, Music & Dance, Demonstrations, Artisans, Native Food
Event Description
The Festival of the Americas Opening Ceremony is Friday, May 19th at 7:30 PM at the Center For the Arts at Kayenta indoor theater. Tickets are $10.
The Opening Ceremony of the Festival of the Americas will introduce the community to the breadth and depth of the Native American culture.
This ticketed Opening Ceremony Celebration will include:
Paiute Tribal Chairwoman – Corrina Bow
Shivwits Band Chairwoman – Hope Silvas
History of local tribes and the upcoming Restoration Pow Wow
Background information about termination and restoration of the Tribe
Drum performance by Ferg Grayman
Traditional youth flute and Hand Drum performances
Introduction of Paiute Royalty
Traditional mens and womens dance performance
Circle Dance with audience participation
Information on Tribal education scholarships

Special Saturday Evening Concert: May 20th features a special ticketed concert by D’DAT Trio Jazz band, inside the Center for the Arts at Kayenta theater, at 7:30 PM. D’DAT has been described as “Poetic, Complex, Forward Thinking, and Outside the Box.” Combining the hard- driving instrumental fire of award-winning trumpet player Delbert Anderson, the deep funk of international touring artist and drummer Nicholas Lucero, and the intellectually explorative and expanding groove of Mike McCluhan on bass, D’DAT has carved its own path with high desert-forged influences and world-class musicianship.
D’DAT Trio is represented by Indigenous Performance Productions, a nonprofit company.


The Kayenta Arts Foundation (KAF) is honored to present the Festival of the Americas May 19, 20, 21 2023. This three-day festival will feature an array of cultural art forms and customs.
Celebrating the early cultures of the Americas through music, dance, fine art and regalia
Performances:
- Traditional Dances
- Flute Playing
- Storytelling
- Traditional Medicine
- Drumming
- And More...
Adrian Wall Trio - Music From Native America
Saturday May 14th, 2022 Evening Performance @ 7:30pm
The Adrian Wall Trio brings together the music and history of Native America. Using the contemporary western music influences of Rock, Americana, Pop and Jazz, the Adrian Wall Trio creates beautiful and innovative style of Native American Music. Adrian Wall Trio consists of Adrian Wall – Guitar, Flute, Vocals (Jemez Pueblo), Ehren Kee Natay – Percussion, vocals, Flute (Navajo) and Romeo Alonzo – Keys, Saxophone.
“Music From Native America” is a production that centers around the history of the Native American flutes as they apply to North America. The Adrian Wall Trio includes elements of storytelling, traditional/contemporary song and Native American flute supported by top notch musicians.
7:30pm $30/$10

Committee Members
Anna Charnock
Patti Eddington
Rob Goodman
Karma Grayman
Barbara Jones
Robert Kramer
Committee Members
Telah Loureiro
Mike Nelson
Tyler Price
Hope Silvas
Michelle Sundberg
Miranda Wright