A pair of folk festivals with impressive line-ups is set in New England for the second full weekend in September: the Boston Folk Festival and the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo.

Now in its 11th year, the Boston Folk Festival, presented by WUMB Radio, takes place at UMass Boston, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13-14. Established artists slated to perform include Kathy Mattea, Henry Butler, Susan Werner, John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson and Cliff Eberhardt. Joining them will be emerging talents on the contemporary acoustic music scene like Maine’s Jud Caswell, Idaho native Eilen Jewell, rootsy New York-based singer-songwriter Pat Wictor, and local up & comers Danielle Miraglia and Chris O’Brien. In addition, the 10 finalists in the festival’s songwriting contest will perform in the university’s Lipke Auditorium on Saturday night. An array of food and craft vendors also will be present, while the festival will feature a variety of arts and crafts activities for children of all ages – many incorporating recycled materials to encourage awareness and appreciation of creative reuse. For more information on the festival, visit www.bostonfolkfestival.org.

Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in New Haven again plays host to the CT Folk Festival and Green Expo, co-sponsored by New Haven Folk. Crooked Still, Donna the Buffalo and Milton perform Friday evening, Sept. 12, at the Lyman Center for the Performing Arts at SCSU. Saturday kicks off with a free family concert outdoors in the Elm City’s Edgerton Park, featuring the Ronny Cox Band, fronted by a singer-songwriter whose best known for his many acting roles in movies and television, and continues with a ticketed concert that evening starring Ruthie Foster, Harry Manx, the Holmes Brothers, Steve Earle, and his wife, Allison Moorer. On Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the SCSU campus will be the site of a free Green Expo featuring earth-friendly exhibits and demonstrations, as well as family-oriented music, workshops and activities. A Sunday afternoon “Hoot in the Park,” hosted by Pierce Campbell, Connecticut’s state troubadour, also is slated. Singer-songwriters Joe Crookston, Cliff Eberhardt, Lara Herscovitch and Tom Pacheco kick off the festival a week earlier when they participate in The Grassy Hill Song Circle on Friday, Sept 5, at New Haven’s First Presbyterian Church. For more information, visit www.ctfolk.com.