Folk festival
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Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
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Canada
Alberta- Calgary Folk Music FestivalCalgary Folk Music FestivalThe Calgary Folk Music Festival is held in late July each year at Prince's Island Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. While known for attracting both established and up-and-coming folk music, the festival features a wide variety of artists including hip-hop, alternative, blues, and world acts...
- Canmore Folk Music Festival
- Edmonton Folk Music FestivalEdmonton Folk Music FestivalThe Edmonton Folk Music Festival is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen. The festival continues to draw many people from around the world as both spectators and performers. The current producer of...
- Jasper Folk Festival
- Wild Mountain Music Fest
Ontario
- Barriefolk (Barrie)
- Blue Skies Festival (Clarendon)
- Canterbury Folk Festival (Ingersoll)
- City Roots Festival (Toronto)
- Festival du Loup (Penetanguishene)
- Hillside Festival (Guelph)
- Home County Folk FestivalHome County Folk FestivalHome County Folk Festival is a folk music festival in London, Ontario. It is an admission by donation festival held each July in Victoria Park in downtown London...
(London) - Mariposa Folk FestivalMariposa Folk FestivalThe Mariposa Folk Festival was founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances by festival-goers. After being held in various places in Ontario for a few decades, it returned to Orillia in 2000. Ruth Jones, her husband Dr...
(Orillia) - Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (Cambridge)
- Northern Lights Festival BoréalNorthern Lights Festival BoréalNorthern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual folk festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's oldest music festival, in continuous operation since 1972...
(Sudbury) - Ottawa Folk Festival (Ottawa)
- Red Rock Folk FestivalRed Rock Folk FestivalThe Red Rock Folk Festival, also known as the Live from the Rock Folkfest is an annual folk music festival in Red Rock, Ontario.-External links:*...
(Red Rock) - Shelter Valley Folk Festival (Grafton)
- Stewart Park Festival (Perth)
- Summerfolk Music and Crafts FestivalSummerfolk Music and Crafts FestivalThe Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival is an annual music festival held in Owen Sound, Ontario that takes place during the third weekend in August. The festival was founded in 1975 by brothers Tim and John Harrison...
(Owen Sound) - TD Canada Trust Sunfest (London)
- Twisted Pines Music and Arts Festival (Penetanguishene)
- Winterfolk Roots and Blues Festival (Toronto)
Manitoba
- Brandon Folk, Music & Art Festival
- FolkloramaFolkloramaFolklorama is an event that runs for two weeks each August in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Folklorama is the largest and longest-running festival of its kind in the world...
- Winnipeg Folk FestivalWinnipeg Folk FestivalThe Winnipeg Folk Festival is a summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It features a variety of folk artists from all around the world, as well as a number of local folk performers....
Nova Scotia
- Celtic ColoursCeltic ColoursSince 1997, the ' has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island...
(Cape Breton) - Deep Roots Music Festival (Wolfville)
- Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenburg)
- Stan Rogers Folk FestivalStan Rogers Folk FestivalThe Stan Rogers Folk Festival, informally known as Stanfest, is an annual three-day music festival held in Canso, Nova Scotia.Established in 1997 in honour of the late Canadian folk singer and songwriter Stan Rogers, the festival bills itself as "an international festival of songwriters",...
(Canso)
Saskatchewan
- Regina Folk FestivalRegina Folk FestivalThe Regina Folk Festival is an annual folk music festival held in Victoria Park in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Occurring the second weekend in August, the festival is a three-day annual event that attracts around 20,000 people and over 500 volunteers. It is Western Canada's longest-running music...
- Saskatoon FolkFest
Estonia
- Viljandi Folk FestivalViljandi Folk FestivalThe Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held during the last weekend of July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed as the small city center is suddenly flooded with people. The...
Lithuania
- Skamba skamba kankliai, VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
- Mėnuo JuodaragisMenuo JuodaragisMėnuo Juodaragis is an annual independent and non-profit Lithuanian music festival for various post-folklore, folklore, neo-folk, alternative, experimental music and contemporaty Baltic culture.-Concept:...
, ZarasaiZarasaiZarasai is a city in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by many lakes and rivers: to the southwest of the city is Zarasas, north – Zarasaitis, southeast – Baltas, and east – Griežtas. Zarasaitis and Griežtas are connected by Laukesa rivulet.... - Kaziuko mugėKaziuko mugeKaziuko mugė is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair dating to the beginning of the 17th century. It was originally held at the two main markets in Vilnius, Lithuania, as well as in the city streets....
, VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County... - BalticaBalticaBaltica is a name applied by geologists to a late-Proterozoic, early-Palaeozoic continent that now includes the East European craton of northwestern Eurasia. Baltica was created as an entity not earlier than 1.8 billion years ago. Before this time, the three segments/continents that now comprise...
, LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... - Suklegos, KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
- Saulytė, VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
Spain
- Interceltic Festival of AvilésInterceltic Festival of AvilésThe Interceltic Festival of Avilés is celebrated at the beginning of the summer in Avilés and the surrounding area in Asturias, Spain and was founded in 1997...
- Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World
- Interceltic Festival of MorrazoInterceltic Festival of MorrazoThe Interceltic Festival of Morrazo is a folk music festival celebrated in August in Moaña , in Galicia Spain. The purpose of the festival is to promote and develop traditional folk music, highlinting Celtic music and new tendencies. The festival was founded on the 15 August 1985 by the Semente...
Sweden
Urkult Näsåker, Ångermanland held August each year is purportedly Sweden's the largest world music festival.USA
- Alaska Folk FestivalAlaska Folk FestivalThe Alaska Folk Festival is an annual celebration of folk music from Alaska, the Northwestern United States, Canada, and further. It is held in Juneau, Alaska and most commonly occurs during the second week of April. It features performances from a wide variety of solo artists and musical groups,...
- American Folk FestivalAmerican Folk FestivalThe American Folk Festival is an annual folk festival held during August in Bangor, Maine. Founded in 2005, the festival is free and has an open admittance policy. A 2008 study showed that the festival brought in a total of 9.8 million dollars of tourism revenue to the city of Bangor.-External...
- American Folk-Blues Festival
- Flood City Music FestivalFlood City Music FestivalFlood City Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, presented by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association.The festival began after the National Folk Festival was held in Johnstown's Cambria City neighborhood from 1990 to 1992. Originally called the Johnstown...
- Florida Folk FestivalFlorida Folk FestivalFlorida Folk Festival is a long-running annual folk music festival in Hamilton County, Florida. -External links:**...
- Folkmoot USAFolkmoot USAFolkmoot USA, The State International Festival of North Carolina, is an international folk festival held since 1984 in Waynesville, North Carolina and surrounding communities. During its history, the two-week event has featured around 200 groups from approximately 100 countries. The Southeast...
- New Jersey Folk FestivalNew Jersey Folk FestivalThe New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual folk music and cultural festival held on the Great Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It is a free, non-profit family event held every year on the last Saturday in April from 10am -...
- Northwest Folklife Festival
- Norsk HøstfestNorsk HøstfestNorsk Høstfest is an annual festival held each Fall in Minot, North Dakota. It is North America's largest Scandinavian festival. The event is conducted in the All Seasons Arena on the grounds of the North Dakota State Fair in Minot, North Dakota...
- National Folk Festival (USA)National Folk Festival (USA)The National Folk Festival is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts and has been presented in 26 communities around the nation...
- Newport Folk Festival Tour
- Philadelphia Folk FestivalPhiladelphia Folk FestivalThe Philadelphia Folk Festival is an annual folk music festival near Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Begun in 1962, the four-day festival is sponsored by the non-profit Philadelphia Folksong Society. The event hosts contemporary and traditional artists in genres...
- Pittsburgh Folk FestivalPittsburgh Folk FestivalThe Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of the ethnic heritage of citizens of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Festival has been held annually since 1956....
- Washington Folk Festival
UK
- Folk and Roots - guide to UK Folk Festivals
- Acoustic Festival of Britain
- Beverley Folk FestivalBeverley Folk FestivalThe Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival is a three day celebration of music, workshops, comedy and spoken word that is held in and around Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
- Cambridge Folk FestivalCambridge Folk FestivalThe Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. It occurs...
- Celtic ConnectionsCeltic ConnectionsThe Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international...
- Cheltenham Folk Festival
- Chippenham Folk Festival
- Edinburgh Folk FestivalEdinburgh Folk FestivalThe Edinburgh Folk Festival has had a shadowy existence since about 1951. Hamish Henderson was instrumental in creating the first "People's Festival" in 1951, with funding from the British Council, The Communist Party and the Scottish TUC, this was revived in 2002 by the Scottish Socialist Party...
- The Green Man Festival
- Middlewich Folk and Boat FestivalMiddlewich Folk And Boat FestivalThe Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival takes place in June in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. The festival builds on the towns industrial heritage in which canal boats were used to move coal and other raw materials in the town for the production of salt, and then move the salt out of town, either for...
- Sidmouth Folk Week
- Stroud Festival
- Stonehaven Folk Festival, Scotland
- White Horse Folk Festival
- Woburn Sands Folk Festival
National
- National Folk Festival, UK
- National Folk Festival (Australia)National Folk Festival (Australia)The National Folk Festival - Australia’s premier folk festival event – is a colourful and diverse family orientated celebration attended by over 50,000 people.It is the best Easter week-end in Australia!...
- National Folk Festival (USA)National Folk Festival (USA)The National Folk Festival is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts and has been presented in 26 communities around the nation...
Further reading
- Coffin, Tristam P.; Cohen, Hennig, (editors), Folklore in America; tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966. Selections from the Journal of American folklore. Cf. chapter on "Folk Drama and Folk Festival", pp. 195–225,
External links
- Festival Guide from fRoots
- http://www.eFestivals.co.uk