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Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Set for July 25-27

Post published:July 8, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival returns to the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, July 25-27, 2025, preceded by a Pre-Fest Day of Tastings & Farm Market and Thursday Night Music Stage on July 24. In addition to dozens of artists performing on several stages, dancing, children’s music and activities, and a wide array of of crafts, food and other vendors, AcousticMusicScene.com will join with Tribes Hill in hosting late-night song swaps and open song circles under a big white canopy tent. [Click on the headline or link to continue reading this article.]

SolarFest Songwriter Showcase Applications Due June 1

Post published:May 17, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

SolarFest -- slated for August 8-10, 2025 in Brandon, Vermont -- hosts a Singer-Songwriter Showcase. It’s free to enter and open to all artists who write and perform original music and are not currently signed to a major recording label.

Finalists Named in 2025 Kerrville New Folk Competition

Post published:April 19, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

Twenty-four songwriters have been named as finalists in the 2025 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters. Chosen from among 1,118 entries from around the world, the finalists will perform the two songs they submitted on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, May 24 and 25, as part of the first weekend of the 53rd annual Kerrville Folk Festival. Ten finalists also have been recently selected as finalists in the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest that is held in conjunction with the Wildflower Arts and Music Festival the previous weekend.

South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival Set for Jan. 31-Feb. 2

Post published:January 21, 2025
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

The annual South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival returns to Davie, Florida's Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, Friday-Sunday, January 31-February 2, 2025. Presented by the nonprofit South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Club, the festival will feature performances by more than 40 artists/acts, a singer-songwriter competition, and a wide array of jam sessions and workshops. All festival activities will take place under cover. Discounted tickets are available online until 6 p.m. on January 26.

The Honey Badgers Emerge Victorious

Post published:August 14, 2024
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Awards & Contests Festival Focus

The Honey Badgers was named the winner following the Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2024 Susquehanna Folk Festival in York, Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 10. The Newark, Delaware-based folk and Americana duo of Erin Magnin and Michael Schutz Natrin was afforded the opportunity to open that evening for Hot Club of Cowtown at the Capitol Theatre and received a $1,000 cash prize.

Philadelphia Folk Festival is Back, Aug. 16-18

Post published:August 8, 2024
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The Philadelphia Folk Festival returns to the historic Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, near bucolic Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, August 16-18, following a hiatus in 2023. Thousands of music lovers are expected to converge on the farm, located some 45 minutes from Philadelphia, for the 61st edition of the family-friendly event that is produced and presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society, a nonprofit arts organization. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article previewing the festival.]

AcousticMusicScene.com Co-presents 2023 Huntington Folk Festival on July 22

Post published:July 16, 2023
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus News - Northeast U.S.

The 17th annual Huntington Folk Festival is set for Saturday, July 22, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Extending from 12:30 -10 p.m., with a dinner break from 6-7:15 p.m., the free event is co-presented by the Huntington Arts Council, Folk Music Society of Huntington and AcousticMusicScene.com as part of the 58th Huntington Summer Arts Festival produced by the Town of Huntington. An evening concert featuring acclaimed touring singer-songwriters Lucy Kaplansky and Cliff Eberhardt will be preceded by a series of amplified song swaps and an open mic during the afternoon. [Click on the headline to continue reading this festival preview and to view the schedule.]

Black Bear Americana Music Fest Set for October 7-9, 2022 in Goshen, Connecticut

Post published:September 30, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Festival Focus

More than 50 performing artists/acts and lots of live music fans will converge on the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, October 7-9, 2022 for the fourth annual Black Bear Americana Music Fest. The three-day festival features performances on several stages by Grammy Award-winning national touring artists, local New England-based artists and emerging talents, as well as music and art workshops. [Click on the headline to continue reading this article that includes comments from several of the festival's performing artists.]

July 16: AcousticMusicScene.com Copresents the Huntington Folk Festival

Post published:July 7, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Featured Festival Focus

The 16th annual Huntington Folk Festival is set for Saturday, July 16, at Heckscher Park, located off Main Street (Route 25A) and Prime Avenue, in Huntington, New York. Extending from 12 noon-10 p.m., with a dinner break from 5-7:15 p.m., the free event is co-presented by the Huntington Arts Council, Folk Music Society of Huntington and AcousticMusicScene.com as part of the 57th Huntington Summer Arts Festival produced by the Town of Huntington. ‘An Evening with Paula Cole and Sophie B. Hawkins’ will be preceded by a series of amplified showcases and song swaps, along with a musical tribute to Lois Morton and an open mic, during the afternoon.

Bluegrass Ramble and Songwriter Showcase Artists Chosen for IBMA World of Bluegrass

Post published:July 5, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond Conferences of Note

The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has extended invites to 40 artists/acts/songwriters to participate in its Bluegrass Ramble official showcases and Songwriter Showcase during the 2022 IBMA World of Bluegrass that is slated for September 27-October 1 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.]

Applications Open for IBMA World of Bluegrass

Post published:March 2, 2022
Post author:Michael Kornfeld
Post category:Bluegrass & Beyond Conferences of Note Festival Focus

Artists interested in showcasing their talents during the 2022 IBMA World of Bluegrass that is slated for September 27-October 1 in Raleigh, North Carolina can now submit applications. Proposals for business conference sessions from artists, educators and industry professionals are also now being accepted, while conference registration opens in April.