Kate Wolf Virtual Music Festival, June 25-28
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic prompted the postponement of the 25th annual Kate Wolf Music Festival until next June. However, you can enjoy a series of live streaming and pre-recorded concert sets from a number of the artists who were slated to perform at the Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California from the comfort of your own home, June 25-28, 2020.
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Clearwater Sets 2020 Virtual Revival, June 20
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, a festival celebrating environmental activism and education, traditionally held over the Father’s Day weekend, won’t be taking place at Croton Point Park in Croton-On-Hudson in New York’s Hudson Valley this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, you can enjoy music by some of the artists who would have been there and more from the comfort of your own home on Saturday, June 20, during Clearwater’s 2020 Virtual Revival.
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DelFest Hosts Free Virtual Festival Over Memorial Day Weekend
DelFest will stream performances from previous editions of the festival launched by Del McCoury, an acclaimed bluegrass musician, and members of his extended family, May 21-May 24, 2020 -- the originally scheduled festival weekend.
Called DelFest At Home and celebrating musical highlights from DelFests past that have taken place in western Maryland for more than a decade, the free online event will showcase the festival’s namesake and his family, along with other notable bluegrass artists and jam bands.
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Kerrville Folk Festival Hosts Virtual Celebration; 24 New Folk Finalists Named
Although the annual Kerrville Folk Festival won’t be taking place in late May- June on the Quiet Valley Ranch campgrounds in the Texas Hill Country due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, “virtual concerts” featuring nearly 40 of the artists who were booked to perform during it will be streamed from the festival’s website and its Facebook page on three successive Saturdays in late May-early June. Meanwhile, 24 songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Contest for Emerging Songwriters that organizers hope will take place Oct. 9 and 10 during the 49th annual Kerrville Folk Festival that has been tentatively rescheduled for Oct. 8-18.
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Entries Sought in CT Folk’s 2020 Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition
March 27 is the deadline for singer-songwriters to enter the 2020 Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition that is held in conjunction with the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo. Five finalists will be invited to perform two of their submitted songs during the annual free outdoor event that takes place in New Haven’s Edgerton Park on Saturday, September 12, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Falcon Ridge ‘Most Wanted’ Artists Named
Scott Cook, Zoe Mulford and South for Winter have been invited to participate in the Most Wanted Song Swap at this summer’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. They were chosen in balloting by 2019 festival attendees from among 24 artists/bands who performed in last year’s Falcon Ridge/Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase.
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Winners Named in South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition
Pamela Machala (Boulder, CO), Aaron Nathans (Chester Heights, PA) and Karyn Oliver (Stokesdale, NC) have been named as winners in the 2020 South Florida Folk Festival’s Singer-Songwriter Competition.
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Showcase Applications Sought for AMERICANAFEST
The Americana Music Association is now accepting applications from artists and bands interested in showcasing their talents during the 21st annual AMERICANAFEST -- a six-day festival and conference celebrating American roots-inspired music that takes place in Nashville, Tennessee in mid-September. The showcase submissions deadline is Friday, March 6.
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Finalists Chosen in South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition
Finalists have been named in the 2020 South Florida Folk Festival’s Singer-Songwriter Competition. Each of them will perform two songs live during the festival at its new location, the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie, on Saturday, Feb. 8.
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Entry Deadline Nears for 2020 South Florida Folk Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition
Singer-songwriters from throughout the U.S. are invited to enter the 2020 South Florida Folk Festival’s Singer-Songwriter Competition. The submission deadline is Oct. 31, 2019. A preliminary selection committee from the local folk community will choose 12 finalists, each of whom will perform two songs live during the festival at its new location, the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie, on Saturday, Feb. 8.
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2019 Americana Honors & Awards Presented
Singer-Songwriter John Prine was the big winner in The 2019 Americana Honors & Awards that were presented on Wednesday, September 11 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. His 2019 release, The Tree of Forgiveness, was named Album of the Year, while “Summer’s End” was voted Song of the Year.
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CT Folk Fest & Green Expo Set for Sept. 7, 2019
Donna the Buffalo, an Americana roots band, headlines CT Folk’s 14th annual Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo. The daylong event takes place Saturday, Sept. 7, in New Haven’s Edgerton Park.
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