All instruments at the festival will be acoustic as the sound will vary from old-time to ragtime and from blues to bluegrass. Kolodner will play a gourd banjo Friday night handcrafted by Ross.

The beloved banjoist brings her Old-Time Revue tour to the Hollywood Bowl on June 18 amid a touchstone moment in the reimagination of traditional Black music ushered in by Beyoncé's "Cowboy ...