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New Bedford Folk Festival Set for July 9-10, 2022

Post published:June 26, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

After a two-year hiatus, the 25th Annual New Bedford Folk Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 9-10, 2022. Among the Northeast’s most pleasant, refined and enjoyable music festivals, the family-oriented event takes over the cobblestoned streets of this historic Massachusetts port city –- much of which is part of the Whaling National Historic Park. Visitors will soak in the area’s rich maritime history as they stroll its streets while listening to world-class contemporary and traditional folk music, Americana, blues and Celtic performers under tents set up along them and in the air-conditioned comfort of the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and the fabulous New Bedford Whaling Museum’s auditorium. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article previewing the festival.]

Virtual Winterfolk Blues & Roots Festival Set for Feb. 18-20

Post published:February 10, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

Winterfolk, Toronto, Ontario’s annual blues and roots festival, will be streamed online, February 18-20, 2022 from 7-10 p.m. EST all three nights. As was the case last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted festival organizers to pivot to an online event. The scaled-back virtual edition of the popular festival, now in its 20th year, will feature primarily Canadian artists. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article, which includes comments from several of the free festival's featured artists.]

Music Festival Impresario George Wein, 1925-2021

Post published:September 14, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - U.S. National

Music festival impresario George Wein, founder of the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, died September 13 in his New York City apartment. The noted pianist, producer and promoter was 95.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Goes Hybrid for a Day – July 31

Post published:July 22, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

After going completely virtual last year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival has adopted a hybrid model for its 33rd year and will be considerably shorter than in previous years. A one-day only festival with full pandemic precautions and both socially distanced in-person and livestream options is set for Saturday, July 31, 2021 at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut.

Huntington Folk Festival Set for July 17, 2021

Post published:July 13, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

Long Island-based Americana band Quarter Horse headlines the 15th annual Huntington Folk Festival on Saturday, July 17, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Opening for the group on the park’s [Harry] Chapin Rainbow Stage at 8 p.m. that evening will be The Honey Dewdrops, a husband-and-wife Americana duo. Extending from 1-10 p.m EDT., with a dinner break from 6-7:30 p.m., the free event is co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Huntington Arts Council as part of the 56th Huntington Summer Arts Festival. The evening concert will also be livestreamed. [Click on the headline to continue reading this festival preview and to view the complete schedule.]

Clearwater’s Virtual Great Hudson River Revival Streams June 19

Post published:June 12, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Uncategorized

For a second consecutive year, 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 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, you can enjoy music by many talented artists from the comfort of your own home on Saturday, June 19, 2021 when Clearwater presents the Great Hudson River Revival Livestream. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article and to view the complete festival schedule.]

Kerrville Folk Festival Virtual Celebration Set; 24 New Folk Finalists Named

Post published:April 16, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Although the annual 18-day-long Kerrville Folk Festival won’t be taking place in late May-June 2021 on the Quiet Valley Ranch in the Texas Hill Country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a KFF Virtual Celebration is set to stream live from there on Saturday, May 29. Meanwhile, 24 songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2021 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters and will showcase their talents online during Finalist Concerts beginning at 7 p.m. CT, May 22 and 23.

South Florida Folk Festival Goes Virtual, Feb. 13-14, 2021

Post published:February 9, 2021
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

After a number of years at Fort Lauderdale’s Hugh Taylor Birch Park, the Broward Folk Club moved its annual South Florida Folk Festival to another location last February. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, festival organizers have been compelled to pivot again. The 2021 South Florida Folk Festival will stream live online February 13 (from 2-7 p.m.) and 14, 2021 (from 2-7 p.m. and 2-6:15 p.m. EST, respectively) via the nonprofit organization’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article, which includes comments from several participating artists.]

2020 Kerrville New Folk Concerts Go Online

Post published:October 5, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Twenty-four songwriters who were named as finalists in the 2020 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters will perform the two songs they submitted during Virtual New Folk Finalists Concerts slated for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, beginning at 1:30 p.m. CDT. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article and learn how to view the concerts online in the comfort of your own home.]

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Goes Virtual

Post published:July 29, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

Over the span of more than 30 years, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival has drawn thousands of music lovers to Hillsdale, New York in the foothills of the Berkshires near the tri-state corner of NY, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Although the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prompted the cancellation of this year’s festival, a virtual one will take place online in its place over the same extended weekend – Thursday, July 30 - Sunday, August 2, 2020. [To continue reading this article, click on the headline.]

Joan Baez to Receive Woody Guthrie Prize

Post published:July 23, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus News - U.S. National

The Woody Guthrie Center will honor singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez with the 2020 Woody Guthrie Prize during this year’s virtual edition of the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Baez, who has performed at the festival numerous times, is slated to accept the award on August 16 in recognition of her groundbreaking career and impact on humanitarian causes over the span of 60 years.

Virtual WoodyFest Streams Online, July 14-19

Post published:July 13, 2020
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

Thousands of people won’t be descending on Okemah, Oklahoma, Woody Guthrie’s hometown, this month due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the nonprofit Woody Guthrie Coalition hosts a virtual festival the week of the iconic songwriter, singer, poet and activist’s birthday, July 14-19, 2020 – in place of the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. The free virtual WoodyFest may be streamed via Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, as well as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Play, Roku, and Folk Music Notebook's website and Facebook page.