From their websites or official communications, we have some information about a dozen or so festivals. For those festivals the start and end dates are in the first two columns. But for dozens more (with "??" in their date fields) we need that and much more. If you have missing and needed information, or if you notice incorrect information, please send an email to NorthEastFolknRoots-owner@yahoogroups.com
As more information becomes available the database will be edited and messages corresponding to the number in that column will be posted to the group.
Bloggers and anyone else wishing to share: notloB Music Blog and NEFolknRoots freely shares this information, but we would appreciate your citing the source.
What we know as of October 26:
Start  | End | Festival | URL | Genre | City | State | Performers | NorthEastFolknRoots Discussion # | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/18/11 | 02/20/11 | Joe Val Bluegrass Festival | http://www.bbu. | Bluegrass | Framingham | MA | 10799 | The Boston Bluegrass Union presents top-notch bluegrass entertainment on Presidents' Day weekend in Framingham, Massachusetts. This annual indoor festival includes Main Stage national and regional bluegrass acts, a regional Showcase Stage, workshops and education programs for all ages, and round-the-clock picking. | |
| 06/18/11 | 06/19/11 | Old-Time Fiddlers' Gathering | http://www.eARTS. | Old-Time | Watkins Glen State Park | NY | |||
| 06/23/11 | 06/26/11 | Jennybrook Bluegrass Festival | http://www.jennybro | Bluegrass | Tunbridge | VT | http://www.jennybro | ||
| 07/14/11 | 07/17/11 | Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival | http://www.greyfoxb | Bluegrass, old time | Oak Hill | NY | |||
| 07/22/11 | 07/24/11 | Falcon Ridge Folk Festival | http://www.falconri | Contemporary singer-songwriter, pop, rock, traditional. | Hillsdale | NY | Greg Brown, SOC | http://groups. | |
| 07/29/11 | 07/31/11 | Lowell Folk Festival | http://www.lowellfo | Traditional & ethnic folk | Lowell | MA | 10/25: "Planning has begun for LFF number 25. It's early, but this festival never sleeps. Our partners are determined to make July 29-31, 2011 the baddest party this city has seen! Keep the beat." | ||
| 09/02/11 | 09/04/11 | Rhythm and Roots Festival | http://rhythmandroo | Cajun, Zydeco, Blues | Charlestown | RI | "New England's hottest festival of roots music and dance!" | ||
| 01/??/11 | 01/??/11 | NORTHERN ROOTS Traditional Music Festival | http://www.bmcvt. | Traditional American | Brattleboro | VT | http://www.bmcvt. | ||
| 01/??/11 | 01/??/11 | BCMFest | http://bcmfest. | Celtic | Cambridge & Medford | MA | http://bcmfest. | BCMFest is the musician-run, winter music festival which celebrates the Boston area's rich heritage of Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music and Dance. | |
| 02/??/11 | 02/??/11 | The Flurry | http://danceflurry. | Traditional dance | Saratoga | NY | A Weekend Festival For Dancers & Music Lovers Of All Ages! Dances - Performances - Singing - Instrument Workshops Concerts - Jamming - Crafts...And More! Over 600 performers in eight venues. Over 250 events for all ages! Contact: festival@danceflurr | ||
| 02/??/11 | 02/??/11 | New England Americana Festival | http://www.newengla | Americana | Boston | MA | The New England Americana Festival is a music festival celebrating a long tradition of deep rooted American folk music.... | ||
| 03/??/11 | 03/??/11 | International Folk Music Festival | http://www.berklee. | Folk, World | Boston | MA | |||
| 04/??/11 | 04/??/11 | New England Folk Festival | http://www.neffa. | Traditional folk and dance | Mansfield | MA | http://www.neffa. | ||
| 04/??/11 | 04/??/11 | Brown University Folk Festival | http://brownfolkfes | Folk | Providence | RI | http://brownfolkfes | The Brown University Folk Festival seeks to bring together the Brown, RISD, and Providence folk music communities through a day of music and lightheartedness. Get excited for our superb musical acts, workshops, evening contra dance, craft and food vendors, and T-shirts. | |
| 04/??/11 | 04/??/11 | Spring Dulcimer Festival | http://home. | Traditional folk | Cambridge | MA | |||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | RI Folk Festival | http://fosteringart | Traditional Folk | Foster | RI | |||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | Bayou n' Boogie Festival | Cajun & Zydeco | Rehoboth | MA | ||||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | North Shore Folk Festival | http://www.northsho | traditional folk | Salem | MA | |||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | Wake up the Earth Festival | http://www.spontane | World | Jamaica Plain | MA | Wake Up the Earth Festival in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is an annual festival held on the 1st Saturday of May. The festival brings together community across Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and other areas of Boston, celebrating diversity, springtime, world music and culture, youth music and culture, popular theatre, puppetry, local food and artisan vendors, non-profits around the community and so much more! ... | ||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | Spring Gulch Folk Festival | http://springgulch. | Contemporary folk, singer-songwriter, bluegrass | New Holland | PA | http://springgulch. | ||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion | http://www.oldsongs | Old-time | Altamont | NY | |||
| 05/??/11 | 05/??/11 | Brooklyn Folk Fest | http://www.facebook | Old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, Greek, African and Mexican folk music | Brooklyn | NY | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Roots on the River Festival | http://www.rootsont | Roots, Americana | Bellows Falls | VT | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival | http://www.strawber | Bluegrass folk & singer-songwriter pop | Preston | CT | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Great Hudson River Revival (Clearwater) Festival | http://www.clearwat | Folk, blues, roots | Croton-on-Hudson | NY | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | The festival formerly known as the "Boston Folk Festival" | http://www.bostonfo | Folk, singer-songwriter, pop. | Boston | MA | Do a google search, this results: "Nine stages of live folk music including singer-songwriter, blues, bluegrass, traditional, and folk/rock. The Festival includes a dance stage, ..." Really? caveat emptor | ||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Strawberry Park Cajun/ Zydeco Festival | http://www.strawber | Cajun & Zydeco | Preston | CT | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival | http://www.blistere | Bluegrass | Litchfield | ME | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Old Songs Music Festival | http://www.oldsongs | Folk, traditional, Celtic and world music and dance | Altamont | NY | "We are not what one might call a "singer-songwriter festival"... | ||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | CAMBRIDGE RIVER FESTIVAL | http://www.cambridg | jazz, folk, Latin and world music | Cambridge | MA | Rain or Shine A FREE one-day celebration of the arts along the banks of the Charles River... | ||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | The Americana Folk Festival | http://www.site. | Traditional folk | Bryn Athyn | PA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | San Francisco Free Folk Festival | http://www.sffolkfe | Folk, World | San Francisco | CA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Worcester Irish Music Festival | http://www.worceste | Celtic | Worcester | MA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Westford Roots, Rhythm & Blues Festival | www.westford- | Blues, rock | Westford | MA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Sea Music Festival | http://www.mysticse | Traditional Folk | Mystic | CT | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Mountain Jam | http://mountainjam. | Roots, rock, bluegrass | Hunter | NY | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Michael Arnone's Annual Crawfish Fest | www.crawfishfest. | Funk, New Orleans R&B, Delta Blues, Brass, Cajun and Zydeco | Sussex County | NJ | www.crawfishfest. | ||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Smithsonian Folklife Festival | http://www.festival | Folk | Washington | DC | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | THE ADIRONDACK BLUEGRASS LEAGUE ROUNDUP | http://www.adironda | Bluegrass | Galway | NY | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | GREEN ROOTS FESTIVAL | http://bikesnotbomb | Folk, world | Jamaica Plain | MA | Free! | ||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | GrayMist Fiddle Fest | http://www.graymist | traditional, bluegrass, Celtic and old-time | Groveton | NH | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Unity Music Festival | http://www.unity- | World, blues | Worfordsburg | PA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Board-a-Palooza | http://boardwalk. | Old-time and folk | Acton | MA | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | New England Fiddle Contest | http://www.fiddlefe | Old-time | Manchester | CT | |||
| 06/??/11 | 06/??/11 | Festival of Small Halls | http://www.smallhal | Celtic | Charlottetown | PEI | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Solarfest | http://www.solarfes | Folk, jam, focus on VT musicians. | Tinmouth | VT | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | New Bedford Summerfest | http://www.newbedfo | Contemporary folk, Celtic, pop. | New Bedford | MA | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Champlain Valley Folk Festival | http://www.cvfest. | "Honoring Traditional Music and Dance in the Champlain Valley" | Burlington | VT | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Newport Folk Festival | http://www.folkfest | Traditional & revival, roots, singer-songwriter, pop. | Newport | RI | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Gathering of the Vibes Music and Arts Festival | http://www.gatherin | Singer-songwriter, bluegrass, psychodelic, soul, rock, reggae. | Bridgeport | CT | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Ossipee Valley Music Festival | http://www.ossipeev | Bluegrass, old-time | South Hiram | ME | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Norwich Family Bluegrass Festival | http://www.norwichf | traditional bluegrass | Norwich | NY | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Basin Bluegrass Festival | http://www.brandon. | Bluegrass | Brandon | VT | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Sidmouth Folk Week | http://www.sidmouth | Traditional English folk. | Sidmouth | UK | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival | http://www.woodygut | Folk revival, old-time, singer-songwriter. | Okemah | OK | The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life and music of Woody Guthrie. The festival is held on the weekend closest to July 14 - the date of Guthrie's birth - in Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma. | ||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Riverhead Blues and Music Festival | http://www.riverblu | Blues, zydeco | Peconic River Front, Riverhead | NY | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | The Cape Cod Rhythm and Roots Festival | http://www.capecodr | Roots | Cotuit | MA | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Blackstone River Theatre Celtic Festival | http://www.riverfol | Celtic | Cumberland | RI | Not presented in 2009, 2010. | ||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Catskills Irish Arts Week | http://www.irishvil | Celtic | East Durham | NY | same weekend as grey fox | ||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival | http://www.baevents | Blues, Cajun & Funk | Worcester | MA | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Sacred World Interdependence Day Festival | World | Petersham | MA | ||||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Green River Festival | http://greenriverfe | American roots, blues, gospel, rock and roll, funk, soul, pop, jazz, rap and country | Greenfield | MA | same weekend as grey fox | ||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Atlantic Fiddlers' Jamboree | http://www.atlantic | Celtic | PEI | ||||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | HARRY SMITH FROLIC | http://www.sacrasof | Old-time | Greenfield | MA | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | NOFO Rock & Folk Fest | http://www.noforock | Rock and folk | Cutchogue | NY | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Plymouth Harbor Folk Festival | http://www.projecta | Singer-songwriter, pop. | Plymouth | MA | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Grafton Music Festival | www.GraftonMusicFes | World, Americana, classical. | Grafton | VT | |||
| 07/??/11 | 07/??/11 | Prescott Park Arts Festival | http://www.prescott | Folk, singer-writer | Portsmouth | NH | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Podunk Bluegrass Festival | http://www.podunkbl | Bluegrass | E. Hartford | CT | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Wachusett Valley Folk Festival | http://www.wachuset | Singer-songwriter, pop folk, comedy. | Westminster | Ma | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival | http://www.blistere | Bluegrass | Litchfield | ME | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | LIMM Seafood Craft & Music Festival | http://www.limariti | Sea Shanty | West Sayville | NY | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Hickory Fest Bluegrass Music Festival | http://www.hickoryf | Bluegrass, string band, old-time | Wellsboro | PA | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival | http://www.saddleba | Bluegrass | Saddleback | ME | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Appalacian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop) | http://www.wvcultur | Old-time | Clifftop | W. Va. | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Vermont Festival of the Arts | http://www.vermonta | Folkarts | Various | VT | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | The Tweed River Festival | http://tweedrivermu | Roots | Stockbridge | VT | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Boston GreenFest | Envrionment | Boston | MA | ||||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Philadelphia Folk Festival | http://www.pfs. | Folk, pop, singer-songweriter, rock | Harleysville | PA | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Annual Essex Music Festival | http://www.essexmus | Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Celtic, Ragtime, Cajun/Zydeco and Americana Roots music. | Essex | MA | |||
| 08/??/11 | 08/??/11 | Vermont Long Trail Festival | http://www.longtrai | Roots | Rutland | VT | |||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Bennington Irish Music Festival | http://benningtonir | Irish | Bennington | VT | http://benningtonir | 10657 | Musical acts will perform a unique blend of musical styles and genres, including standard Irish jigs, reels and ballads, folk, world, classic Celtic as well as the more contemporary Irish rock. |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Newport Waterfront Irish Festival | http://www.newportw | Irish | Newport | RI | 10658 | ||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | ICONS | Celtic | Canton | MA | Last large festival was 2008. Small unpublicized concert on festival grounds 2010. | |||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Providence Sustainability Festival | http://www.apeiron. | folk, pop, singer-songwriter | Providence | RI | 9878 | 9/10: There will be no 2010 Fall festival, Apeiron is considering next Spring. | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Stone Soup Folk Festival (part of Pawtucket Arts Festival) | http://pawtucketart | various | Pawtucket | RI | Double Decker Dance Band, Anne's Cordial, Gnomes, Maria Sangiolo, Gypsy Romantiques, Forever Young | 10688 | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | NH Fish & Lobster Festival (aka Fishtival) | http://www.prescott | Portsmouth | NH | 10721 | Celebrating 400 years of Local Seafood in a delicious and fun fashion! Join us for the 2nd Annual Fishtival and enjoy GAMES, LIVE MUSIC, FISHING BOAT TOURS, CHEF COOK-OFF, FOUL-WEATHER GEAR FISH RELAY RACE, TRAP BUILDING, FISH PRINTING and (so much) MORE! Free Admission $4 seafood tastings from 14 Restaurants Don't miss this popular event like none other. Visit www.prescottpark. | ||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Bristol Rhythm and Roots | http://www.bristolr | Roots, old-time, bluegrass | Bristol | VA/NC | http://www.bristolr | n/a | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | New Hampshire Highland Games | http://www.nhscot. | Scottish | Loon Mountain, Lincoln | NH | Alasdair & Natalie Haas | over 60 clans & societies, Massed Bands, Sheepdog Trials, Celtic World Music Concerts, New England Regional Scottish Fiddle Championship, Scottish Athletics, National Highland Dance Competition, Solo Piping & Drumming, Scottish Harp & other instrument competitions | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Irish Cultural Center Festival | http://www.irishcul | Irish | Canton | MA | http://www.irishcul | ||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival | http://www.newengla | Sea shanty, traditional folk, story telling | Portsmouth | NH | http://www.newengla | 10757 | Since the autumn of 2000, the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival has been held annually in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We celebrate our local and national heritage of seafaring and maritime trades by taking nautical songs and music to the pubs, cafés, churches and streets of this seacoast town. The festival is held on the last weekend in September, with free music in the streets all afternoon Sunday. Our eleventh annual festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Working Waterfront Festival | http://www.workingw | Sea Shanty | New Bedford | MA | http://www.workingw | 9190 | Join us in New Bedford, America's largest commercial fishing port, to learn about the men and women who harvest the North Atlantic. Walk the decks of a scalloper, dine on fresh seafood, mend a fishing net and watch a Coast Guard rescue demonstration. Experience the workings of the industry which brings seafood from the ocean to your plate. |
| 09/??/11 | labor day | Bread and Roses Festival | http://www.breadand | Folk Revival | Lawrence | MA | Over 25+ consecutive years, the Bread & Roses Heritage Committee has celebrated Lawrence's ethnic diversity and labor history by organizing an annual Festival on Labor Day in order to honor the most significant event in Lawrence history: the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. | ||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Joe Davies Folk Festival | http://www.soulehom | Folk, singer-songwriter, pop. | Middleborough | MA | http://www.soulehom | 9795 | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Open Road Music & Arts Festival | http://www.openroad | Eclectic | Worcester | MA | Open Road is Worcester’s first sustainable and earth-friendly music and arts festival. The festival will take place September 4th, 2010 at Institute Park. On top of the great live music, there will be an eclectic variety of cuisine, many local artists and vendors, family-friendly activities and much more. Live music kicks off at 11:00 am and will proceed until 6:00 pm. | ||
| 09/??/11 | labor day | CDS/FAC Labor Day Weekend at Pinewoods | http://www.facone. | Traditional | Plymouth | MA | |||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo | http://www.ctfolk. | folk-based pop | New Haven | CT | http://www.ctfolk. | 10058 | |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Turtle Hill Folk Festival | http://www.goldenli | Folk, singer-songwriter. | Rush | NY | http://www.goldenli | 10128 | Got folk? Spend the weekend or just a portion of our friendly, intimate, and fun annual mid-September event. Family-oriented, with evening concerts, jams, workshops, campfire singing, dancing and more. Learn more at www.goldenlink. |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | Hudson Valley Green Festival | http://www.hudsonva | Roots, Americana | Staatsburgh | NY | The Hudson Valley Green Festival is a one-day music, alternative energy, food & beverage festival that will bring more awareness to the Hudson Valley, improving out quality of life through a greener, eco-minded approach to sustainable living. | ||
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | North Branch Bluegrass Festival | http://www.nbbluegr | Bluegrass | Bridgewater Corners | VT | http://www.nbbluegr | 10375 | "Your Staycation Destination For Labor Day Weekend Every Year" |
| 09/??/11 | 09/??/11 | 39th Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival | http://www.delaware | Bluegrass | Woodstown | NJ | http://www.delaware | 10643 | |
| 10/??/11 | 10/??/11 | Taunton River Folk Festival | http://www.tauntonf | Traditional and revival folk and blues. | Taunton | MA | ? | Defunct? Was not presented in either 2009 or 2010 |
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