2025 Folklife Festival to Celebrate Virgin Islands Culture and 55 Years of Ten Sleepless Knights

The 2025 Folklife Festival, which will run from March to July this year, will mark the 55th year of music for legendary Quelbe band the Ten Sleepless Knights. The Folklife Festival is an annual event which celebrates and showcases the rich culture and history of the Virgin Islands. “This festival is not just about showing and telling, but about knowing and telling,” said Kendell KC Henry, TSK member and festival organizer. “We are honored to host performers, chefs, and storytellers who not only entertain but actively engage with festival guests, sharing their crafts and knowledge to ensure these traditions lie on with the next generation of Virgin Islanders. Although the vast range of creative tradition in the territory will be showcased, the heart of the festival is a celebration of Quelbe. Stanley Jacobs and his Ten Sleepless Knights will ensure, with their mastery of the genre, that attendees are immersed in the distinct rhythm and melodies of the national music of the Virgin Isla...