New Folk Competition alum, Austin sisters and a folk tradition master headline festival’s second Saturday

Saturday night of the festival’s second weekend covers more stylistic ground than any other night of the run — opening with a singer-songwriter who won on this very festival’s own stage and closing with a Los Angeles band that has turned touring into a form of organized chaos.

Liv Greene opens at 7 p.m. in a set that carries a specific resonance at Quiet Valley Ranch: Greene won the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Competition for Emerging Singer-Songwriters in 2019, making her return something of a homecoming. The Washington, D.C.-raised, East Nashville-based songwriter self-produced her 2024 sophomore album “Deep Feeler” with engineer Matt Andrews — whose credits include Gillian Welch — earning praise from NPR and American Songwriter for a classic Americana voice and unflinching storytelling.

Austin sister trio The Tiarras follow at 8 p.m. Tori, Sophia and Tiffany Baltierra are Mexican-American musicians raised in a household steeped in music — their father Hector was a DJ and one of Austin’s original B-Boys — and their sound reflects it. The trio fuses cumbia, reggae, rock, soul and blues into anthemic songs about Latina empowerment and cultural identity, and they are three-time Austin Music Award winners who have been featured on NPR World Cafe.

Jake Xerxes Fussell takes the 9 p.m. slot in what may be the night’s most distinctive performance. The Durham, N.C., folk and blues guitarist apprenticed as a teenager with Piedmont blues legend Precious Bryant and has spent his career reinterpreting traditional Southern folk and blues with a scholar’s depth and a guitarist’s ease. The New York Times has called him one of his generation’s foremost interpreters of traditional American folk music.

Andy Frasco & the U.N. close the night at 10 p.m. The Los Angeles-based touring band led by Frasco and a rotating international ensemble blends rock, soul, funk and blues into live shows that have earned a reputation for escalating, audience-consuming performances across the U.S. and Europe. Saturday night ends in motion.

7 p.m.

Liv Greene — Washington, D.C.-raised, East Nashville-based folk singer-songwriter whose 2024 self-produced sophomore album “Deep Feeler” drew praise from NPR and American Songwriter; winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Competition in 2019.

8 p.m.

The Tiarras — Austin sister trio of Tori, Sophia and Tiffany Baltierra, Mexican-American musicians whose genre-defying sound fuses cumbia, reggae, rock, soul and blues into anthemic songs about Latina empowerment and cultural identity; three-time Austin Music Award winners featured on NPR World Cafe.

9 p.m.

Jake Xerxes Fussell — Durham, N.C., folk and blues guitarist who apprenticed as a teenager with Piedmont blues legend Precious Bryant and has built a career reinterpreting traditional Southern folk and blues with a scholar’s depth; the New York Times has called him one of his generation’s foremost interpreters of traditional folk music.

10 p.m.

Andy Frasco & the U.N. — Los Angeles-based touring powerhouse known for wildly energetic live shows blending rock, soul, funk and blues; Frasco and his rotating international ensemble have built a reputation for performances that consistently turn into audience-wide events.