The following is a partial list of the performers represented in the San Diego Folk Festival tapes.
Alice Gerrard Benny Thomasson Big Joe Williams Boys of the Lough Charles Bailey (Bailey Bros.) Cliff Carlisle & Wilbur Ball Clyde Davenport Cottonmouth D'Arcy Dave Page & The Samsa Gael Caeli Band Doc Guidry and Joel Sonnier Doc Watson Doye O'Dell Ed Lowe & Tom Sauber Elizabeth Cotton Frankie Armstrong Gaither Carlton George Winston Glenn Ohrlin Hank Penny Happy Traum Hoosier Hot Shots Hoyt Axton Jean Redpath Jean Richie Joe & Rose Lee Maphis John Hogg John Jackson Johnny Bond Johnny Walker Kenny Hall Kirk McGee & Blyth Poteet Lily Mae Ledford Louis Boudreault Lydia Mendoza Martin, Bogan & Armstrong Merle Travis Model T Slim (Elmon Mickle) Mike Seeger Napoleon Strickland New Orleans Golden Eagles Patsy Montana Ray & Ina Patterson Reverend Gary Davis Rita Weill Roscoe Holcomb Rose Maddox Sam Chatmon Sam Hinton Sam & Kirk McGee Smokey Rogers Texas Lil The Balfa Brothers The Freedom Singers Tom Paley Tom Waits Tommy Jarrell U. Utah Phillips Wade and J.E. Mainer