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Night Train | September 18 & 20

Soulsations | September 20, 2026

Two hours of music and interviews, featuring 2026 Walnut Valley Festival Ambassador Bing Futch, John McCutcheon, and Nick Forster (of Hot Rize and host of eTown). Sets include Bryan Bowers from 1978, Wry Straw from 1980, and Hot Rize also from 1980.

Folk musician and radio host Nick Forster discusses performing at the festival in the 1970s and the unparalleled feel of the Pecan Grove with KMUW's Jonathan Huber.

On Saturday, August 29, KMUW aired “Walnut Valley Festival: The Early Years.”

Soulsations | September 13, 2026

Are you needing that extra push to check out your first Walnut Valley Festival? KMUW's Jonathan Huber and Bing Futch talk about what makes the festival so special.

England Smith is an archives intern at KMUW. England was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, but found their creative drive in San Bernardino, California.