MarchFourth will kick off the Sisters Folk Festival Presents music series Thursday at Sisters Art Works.

The Sisters Folk Festival is a wonderful thing that happens in Sisters every year, but the Sisters Folk Festival is also a year-round organization dedicated to supporting the cultural arts in town through programs in local schools, connecting with local businesses and putting on events for local humans.

It’s a wonderful thing.

And this summer, Sisters Folk Festival Presents will … um … present a summer concert series featuring five nationally touring acts that play a lot more than just folk music. First up is MarchFourth, the larger-than-life big band that uses guitar and bass, lots of horns and percussion, costumes, choreography and more to create an irresistible spectacle of funk, jazz, rock and fun. They used to be called the MarchFourth Marching Band and have dropped the “Marching Band” part of their official name, but just knowing that little factoid will give you an idea of what they do.

MarchFourth will turn Sisters Art Works into one big party Thursday night, and then rest of the summer concert series schedule looks like this:

July 21: Rising Appalachia

July 30: Watchhouse

Aug. 5: Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius

Aug. 11: Southern Avenue & Jontavious Willis

MarchFourth: $25 adult, $12 youth in advance, $30 adult, $17 youth day of show, 7 p.m. Thursday, doors open 6 p.m. Sisters Art Works, 204 W. Adams Ave., Sisters, sistersfolkfestival.org.