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Huntington Folk Festival Set for July 22, 2012; Free Event in NY Extends from Noon to Night

Post published:July 14, 2012
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The seventh annual Huntington Folk Festival is slated for Sunday, July 22, 2012. The free event will extend from 12 noon into the late evening at Heckscher Park, Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. AcousticMusicScene.com and Acoustic Live! in New York City and Beyond will host unplugged showcases during the afternoon, while the artists who are part of this year's Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Most Wanted Tour will perform on the Chapin Rainbow Stage in the evening. [To read the article and view the showcase schedules, click on the headline.]

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.]