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National Folk Festival on Hiatus in 2012

Post published:June 24, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - U.S. National

The National Council for the Traditional Arts, a Maryland-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the presentation and documentation of folk and traditional arts in the United States, which launched and has hosted annual multi-ethnic folk festivals since the 1930s, announced that the National Folk Festival will take a hiatus in 2012. [To read the full article, click on the headline.]

Finalists Named in Avalonfest Performing Songwriter Competition

Post published:July 27, 2011
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Four artists have been selected as finalists in the Avalonfest’s annual performing songwriter competition for 2011: Doug Brouder (Gettysburg, PA), Kyle Carey (Portsmouth, NH), Kathy Moser (Stanhope, NJ) and Sarah Pinsker (Baltimore, MD). [To read the entire article, click on the headline.]