The Milk Carton Kids curate and partner with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to produce the Los Angeles Folk Festival that makes its debut October-7 and 8, 2023 at The Ford — one of the southern California city’s oldest performing arts venues.
The Grammy Award-nominated harmonic duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan look forward to bringing a folk festival to their hometown. “For more than a decade, participating in folk festivals around the world has been far and away the most enriching and meaningful part of our careers,” they note in a news release announcing plans for the new festival in California’s largest and the U.S.’ second-most populous city. “We’ve come to believe in the modern folk festival as one of the most powerful tools for bringing a community together. So, for many years now we’ve been dreaming of bringing a folk festival to our hometown of Los Angeles, one of the epicenters of folk music.”
While acknowledging that “The tradition of folk music in LA — from Woody Guthrie’s radio days in the late 1930s, to the famously collaborative Laurel Canyon of the 1960s, to the alchemic community of musicians and comedians working here today — far exceeds the capacity of any event to properly capture,” the two describe the Los Angeles Folk Festival as their “attempt to present a vibrant snapshot of a national folk scene that draws deeply from its LA roots,” expressing hope that “it can grow into something that represents our rich and evolving community.”
Joining The Milk Carton Kids in performing at the festival will be Sierra Ferrell, Davíd Garza & Freaklórico, Haley Heynderickx, Tré Burt, Valerie June, Willie Watson, Waxahatchee, and other special guests. Tickets for and more information about the two-night event may be found online at theford.com.
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