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5/16/13
thru
5/19/13
Montreat, NC
Montreat Conference Center
24/7

SERFA (Southeast Regional Folk Alliance)

various

It's going to be an incredible gathering of music makers, music enablers and music lovers! 

There will be useful workshops, valuable mentoring sessions, lots of networking and community building, and of course lots and lots of music.  We hope you will join us.

http://www.serfa.org/
6/13/13
thru
6/16/13
St. Paul, MN
The Center for Irish Music
all day and evening

Minnesota Irish Music Weekend

Geraldine Cotter; Eamonn Cotter; Oisín McAuley; Eileen O'Brien; Meaití Jó Shéamuis

The Minnesota Irish Music Weekend pairs world-class traditional Irish musicians and teachers with learners of all ages and abilities for a weekend of workshops, lectures, and performances. Workshops will include flute, fiddle, tin whistle, piano, uilleann pipes, and sean-nós song.

http://www.centerforirishmusic.org/mim-2013/
7/6/13
thru
7/7/13
New Bedford, MA
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and the Whaling National Historical Park
11:00am - 9:00pm

New Bedford Folk Festival

Lori McKenna, Cheryl Wheeler, John Gorka, Ellis Paul, Anais Mitchell, The Grand Slambovians, Vishtèn, Kevin Burke, Antje Duvekot, Michael Johnson, Brooks Williams, Beppe Gambetta, the John Whalen Trio, more

The 18th Annual New Bedford Folk Festival, formerly called New Bedford Summerfest, will feature the best in contemporary, traditional and Celtic folk music from Saturday, July 6 through Sunday, July 7, 2013. Called “one of the most exciting and smartly programmed festivals in the Northeast” and “New England’s most enjoyable folk festival”, New Bedford Folk Festival is an affordable destination for families seeking a fun-filled weekend. The festival also features a high quality crafts show with over ninety juried, handmade crafts for sale at affordable prices, food including the justifiably world famous New Bedford landed fish and scallops, and a children’s activities area.

www.newbedfordfolkfestival.com
7/7/13
thru
7/14/13
Okemah, OK
Region around Woody Guthrie's birthplace Okemah, OK
12 noon

"Radical Oklahoma" tour including Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

Performers at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

Join Global Exchange at the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK and spend some time learning about the tumultuous events of the early twentieth century that shaped Woody’s politics and united white tenant farmers, native tribes, and African-Americans in a series of uprisings in the forested hills of eastern Oklahoma. We will tour the region around Okemah, Woody’s birthplace, with local experts on Oklahoma’s radical history who will guide us to historic sites of this tumultuous region. The tour will climax with the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah.

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/united-states-radical-oklahoma
7/12/13
thru
7/14/13
Titusville, PA
Titusville Middle School, located at 415 Water Street
3:00 p.m.

HOTA Fest

HOTA Fest located in historic Titusville, PA, the birthplace of the Oil Industry, is a hands on three-day Folk Music and Arts Festival Experience for musicians and visual artists around the country. Featuring Friday and Saturday night concerts,Campfire Sing-a-Longs, A Musical Petting Zoo, Over 60 differnt Music and Art Workwhops, Contra Dancing, Instrumnet swap, and much much more! The event is prested by the Titusville Council on the Arts

www.hotafest.com
8/5/13
thru
8/8/13
Jensen, UT
Green River, Dinosaur National Monument
7:30 am

Folk Music Rafting Trip

Shannon Wurst

Popular folk singer Shannon Wurst will perform three solo sets on a four-day, three-night Gates of Lodore Green River rafting trip scheduled to launch August 5, 2013 from Jensen, Utah.

http://www.adrift.com/specialty-rafting-trips/gates-of-lodore-folk-music-rafting-trip/
9/28/13
thru
9/29/13
Portsmouth, NH
Market Square
Sat. 10:00AM - 10PM, Sun. 1PM - 5:30PM

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

Every September, dozens of folk and sea music performers bring maritime folk music and song to downtown Portsmouth, NH. The 14th annual festival showcases music from the US, British Isles and Canada at venues in the Market Square area, including the Press Room (77 Daniel St), and the Portsmouth Athenaeum (9 Market Sq). Performers in 2013 include Ian Robb, Jeff Warner, London Julie, Mudhook, and others. A Saturday evening concert will be held at the First Methodist Church on Miller Ave. This is an all-ages event with audience participation strongly encouraged! Hours Sat. 10:00AM - 10PM, Sun. 1PM - 5:30PM. All events FREE; donations appreciated. For more, visit www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/.

http://www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/
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The Center for Irish Music, St. Paul, MN

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