Summer Folk, Bluegrass, Celtic and Old-Time Festivals (and a few more)

Summer Folk, Bluegrass, Celtic and Old-Time Festivals (and a few more)

Source: NEFolk's Festival and Camp Database
Festival producers are encouraged to post current information to the group by sending email to NEFolk@yahoogroups.com, the group moderators will update the database. Submitted information can be read by clicking here and entering the message number from the table below.
Questions can be sent to NEFolk-owner@yahoogroups.com

This database lists more than 200 traditional/revival folk, old-time, bluegrass, country blues and Celtic festivals and music/dance camps located in New England and contiguous states and provinces, as well as a few from father away that are of interest to our community. Festival and camp producers/publicists are welcome to post to NEFolk at NEFolk@yahoogroups.com, then one of the moderators will update the database. The info here is as accurate as possible but because situations change, verify with the producers before purchasing tickets or traveling. Contents can not be used without written permission. Copyright 2008-2013, Jeff Boudreau

NEFolk's Festival and Camp Database

Start YYMMDD	End YYMMDD	Festival or Camp Name & URL	Genre	City & State	This Year's Status / Message # (past years)

130606 130609 Roots on the River Festival / http://www.vermontfestivalsllc.com Roots, Americana, Pop Bellows Falls, VT Confirmed / (11636, 12765, 12889) 130606 130609 Strawberry Park Cajun / Zydeco Festival / http://www.strawberrypark.net/cajun-zydeco-festival/ Cajun & Zydeco Preston, CT Confirmed / (11550) 130606 130609 Sea Music Festival http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C9BE0FCF-D86E-382C-FA65352B6393646D Sea Shanty, oral history, traditional folk Mystic, CT Confirmed / (12000, 13238) 130606 130609 Mountain Jam / http://mountainjam.com/ Roots, rock, bluegrass Hunter, NY Unknown / () 130607 130609 People's Music Summer Gathering / http://www.peoplesmusic.org Folk Revival Epworth Center in High Falls, NY Confirmed / (11863) 130607 130609 Boston Irish Festival / http://bostonirishfestival.info/ Celtic Canton Confirmed / (12053) 130608 130609 Rhythm on the Ridge / https://sites.google.com/site/rhythmontheridge/ Roots, Bluegrass, Country and Folk Rotterdam, NY Confirmed / () 130608 130614 Miles of Music Camp / http://www.milesofmusiccamp.com Traditional, Celtic Meredith, NH Confirmed / () 130608 130609 San Francisco Free Folk Festival / http://www.sffolkfest.org/ Folk, World San Francisco Confirmed / () 130608 130608 New England Fiddle Contest / http://www.fiddlefest.org/ Old-time, traditional folk Manchester, CT Confirmed / (12005) / "Get ready to enjoy the "annual rite of spring" for the fiddle music world in New England with the New England Fiddle Contest. This years contest will be held on Saturday June 8th as part of "Pride in Manchester Week" at Center Park in Manchester, CT." 130609 130609 The Beacon Sloop Club's Strawberry Festival / http://www.beaconsloop.org/Festivals.html Folk Revival Beacon, NY Confirmed / () 130613 130623 Festival of Small Halls / http://www.smallhalls.com/ Celtic Charlottetown, PEI Confirmed / () 130614 130623 Maine Fiddle Camp / http://mainefiddle.org/ Scots-Irish, French & Scandinavian traditions as they've evolved in Maine Montville, ME Confirmed./ (13374) 14090 130615 130616 Great Hudson River Revival (Clearwater) / http://www.clearwater.org/festival Folk, blues, pop Croton-on-Hudson, NY Confirmed / (11058, 12852) 130620 130623 Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival / http://www.blisteredfingers.com/ Bluegrass Litchfield, ME Confirmed / () 130621 130623 Pocono Mountain Bluegrass Festival / http://www.poconosbluegrassfestival.com/ Bluegrass Newfoundland, PA Confirmed / () 130622 130623 Connecticut Irish Festival http://www.ctirishfestival.com Irish pop North Haven, CT Confirmed / () 130623 130629 Ashoken Western and Swing Week / http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/camp.shtml Swing dance, two-step, waltz, squares & contras, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, piano, singing, vocal workshops, swing & country band clinics, music theory and more. Saugerties, NY Confirmed / () 130623 130629 Northeast Heritage Music Camp (NHMC) / http://www.northeastheritagemusiccamp.com/ Traditional Starksboro, VT Confirmed / () 130626 130707 Smithsonian Folklife Festival http://www.festival.si.edu Folk Washington, DC Confirmed / (12002,13346) 130627 130630 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival / http://www.jennybrookfestival.com/ Bluegrass Tunbridge, VT Confirmed (10687) 130628 130630 Old Songs Music Festival / http://www.oldsongs.org/ Folk, traditional, Celtic and world music and dance Altamont, NY Confirmed / (11778, 13112) / "A fabulous family-friendly weekend of folk music and dance including old-time, Celtic, blues, Gospel, ballads, bluegrass, maritime songs, Quebecois, Dutch and French Canadian music, dance performance, shape-note singing and even some pretty hot jazz!" 130630 130630 GrayMist Fiddle Fest / http://www.graymistfiddlefest.com/ Traditional, bluegrass, Celtic and old-time Groveton, NH Confirmed / () 130699 130699 Providence Sustainability Festival / http://www.apeiron.org/ Pop, singer-songwriter Providence, RI Defunct 2009? / (9878) 130699 130699 Old-Time Fiddlers' Gathering / http://www.earts.org Old-Time Watkins Glen State Park, NY Unknown / () 130699 130699 Cambridge River Festival / http://www.cambridgema.gov/citycalendar/ Pop, jazz, folk, Latin, world & theater Cambridge, MA Unknown / (11922) 130699 130699 Acton Bluegrass Festival / http://www.acton-ma.gov/ Bluegrass Acton, MA Unknown / (11923) 130699 130699 Blackstone River Theater Summer Solstice Festival / http://www.riverfolk.org/brtssf/index.html Celtic Cumberland, RI Unknown / (11978, 13283) 130699 130699 Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival / http://www.riscot.org/ Scotts Celtic Richmond, RI Unknown / (12051) 130699 130699 Paulie's New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival http://baevents.com/pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival Jazz, electric blues, Cajun, zydeco Worcester, MA Unknown / (12106) 130699 130699 Nashua Folk Festival / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nashua-Folk-Festival/38466056680 Singer-songwriter, pop. Nashua, NH Defunct? / (5432, 5920) / No activity on its Facebook page since 2008. 130699 130699 Rattling Brook Bluegrass Festival / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rattling-Brook-Bluegrass-Festival/107536662654322 Bluegrass Belvidere, VT Unknown / () 130699 130699 Maryland Traditions Folk Arts Festival / http://www.marylandtraditions.org/festival Traditional Folk Arts Baltimore, MD Defunct 2012? / (13381) 130699 130699 WUMB Music Fest / http://www.bostonfolkfestival.org/ Pop, singer-songwriter Boston, MA Defunct 2011 / () / Turned into a members-only concert under the UMass graduation tents. 130699 130699 Boston Folk Festival / http://www.bostonfolkfestival.org/ Singer-songwriter, pop. Boston, MA Defunct 2009 / (9356) 130699 130699 Worcester Irish Music Festival / http://www.worcesteririshmusicfestival.com Celtic, Irish pop rock Worcester, MA Defunct 2010 / (11865) 130699 130699 Bikes not Bombs Bike-a-Thon & Green Roots Festival / http://bikesnotbombs.org/bike-a-thon/green-roots-festival AfroBrazil, world, Latin Jamaica Plain, MA Unknown / (12004) 130701 130705 Irish/Old-Time Week / http://acadiatradschool.com/ Irish, Old-Time Bar Harbor, ME Confirmed / () 130704 130707 OATS Bleugrass Festival / http://oatsfestival.com/node Bluegrass Benton, PA Confirmed / (13263) 14460 130706 130707 New Bedford "Folk" Festival (was New Bedford Summerfest) http://www.newbedfordsummerfest.com/ Singer-songwriter, pop, Celtic. New Bedford, MA Confirmed / () 130707 130713 New Harmony Music Festival & School https://www.facebook.com/NewHarmonyMusicFestival Celtic New Harmony, IN Confirmed / () / "Starting July 7th, Patrick Ourceau , Natalie Haas Paul Woodiel Eamon O'Leary Susie Petrov Martha Waldvogel Christopher Layer Arnaud Sussmann and Mazz Swift are all teaching this summer at our camp. The school is limited to 28 students, and takes place during the festival. Good food, good accommodations, a lovely setting, and great concerts for those looking to spend a week sharing life in the presence of music. You are invited:0)" -Christopher Layer 130710 130714 The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival / http://www.woodyguthrie.com Folk revival, old-time, singer-songwriter. Okemah, OK Confirmed / () 130711 130714 Basin Bluegrass Festival / http://basinbluegrassfestival.com/core/ Bluegrass Brandon, VT Confirmed / () 130712 130714 Solarfest / http://www.solarfest.org/ Folk, jam Tinmouth, VT Confirmed / (11408) / focus on VT musicians. 130712 130720 Pinewoods Scottish Sessions / http://www.pinewoods.org/, http://www.rscdsboston.org/events-pinewoods.html Scotts Celtic Plymouth, MA Confirmed / (7358, 10049) 130714 130720 Ashoken Northern Week / http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/camp.shtml Contras, squares, English, Quebecois, Scandinavian dances, New England, Quebecois & Scandinavian fiddle, guitar, piano, singing, band clinics and more. Saugerties, NY Confirmed / () 130714 130720 Mountain Arts Gathering / http://www.mountainartsgathering.com/ Old-time, traditional folk Paul Smiths, NY Confirmed / () 130715 130719 Acadia School of Traditional Music and Arts / http://www.acadiatradschool.com/ Ireland, Canada, Scotland, New England, Louisiana, and Appalachia. Bar Harbor, ME Confirmed / 14090 130715 130720 Catskills Irish Arts Week / http://www.catskillsirishartsweek.com http://www.mjqirishcentre.com/arts-week-2013.html http://www.irishvillageusa.com/catskills-irish-arts-week Celtic East Durham, NY Confirmed / () 130718 130721 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival / http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com Bluegrass, old time, dance. Oak Hill, NY Confirmed / (11258, 13232) 14276 130718 130721 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance / http://www.grassrootsfest.org/festival/ Roots, Americana, Country, Pop Trumansburg, NY Confirmed / () 130720 130721 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival / http://www.saltwaterfest.com Celtic, Irish pop Brunswick, ME Confirmed / () 130725 130728 Ossipee Valley Music Festival / http://www.ossipeevalley.com/ Americana, Roots, Bluegrass, Old Time Country, Rockabilly, Jazz, Celtic, Folk, Cornish, ME Confirmed / () 130725 130727 Danby Olde Country & Bluegrass Festival / http://danbyoldecountrybluegrassfestival.wordpress.com/ Country, bluegrass Danby, VT Confirmed / () 130725 130728 Gathering of the Vibes Music and Arts Festival http://www.gatheringofthevibes.com/Home Psychedelic, soul, rock, bluegrass, reggae. Bridgeport, CT Confirmed / () 130726 130728 Lowell Folk Festival / http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/ Traditional & ethnic folk Lowell, MA Confirmed / 14734 (11678, 13124) / Free 130726 130728 Newport "Folk" Festival / http://www.newportfolkfest.net/ Singer-songwriter, pop Newport, RI Confirmed / () 130726 130728 Norwich Family Bluegrass Festival / http://www.norwichbluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Norwich, CT Confirmed / () 130727 130803 Country Dance and Song Society, Harmony of Song & Dance / http://blog.cdss.org/2013/03/you-are-welcome-in-this-place-harmony-of-song-dance/ Participatory dance, music and song Plymouth, MA Confirmed / () 130728 130801 Ashoken Guitar Camp / http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/camp.shtml Blues, Rags, Jazz, Flatpicking. Saugerties, NY Confirmed / () 130731 130804 Appalacian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop) / http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/index.html Old-time Clifftop, WVA Confirmed / () 130799 130799 Grafton Music Festival / http://www.graftonmusicfestival.com/ Roots, bluegrass, classical Grafton, VT Unknown / () / as of 3/28/13 the website was displaying 2012 info. 130799 130799 Harry Smith Frolic / http://www.sacrasoft.com/HarrySmith/ Old-time Greenfield, MA Unknown / (13325) 130799 130799 Champlain Valley Folk Festival http://www.cvfest.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Champlain-Valley-Folk-Festival/125204521370 "Honoring Traditional Music and Dance in the Champlain Valley" Burlington, VT Unknown / (11073) / On 3/28 the website returned "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server." message. Last activity on its Facebook page was 10/31/12. 130799 130799 Mineral Springs Foot Stomp'n Festival / http://www.mineralspringscampground.com/footstompnfestival.html Bluegrass Stafford Springs, CT Unknown / (13437) / as of 3/28/13 website was displaying 2012 info. 130799 130799 Huntington "Folk" Festival / http://fmsh.org/ Pop, singer-songwriter Huntington, NY Defunct? / (13470) / On 3/28/13 the website lists events into Fall 2013 are listed, but no mention of a festival. 130799 130799 Prescott Park Americana Festival / http://www.prescottpark.org/americana.cfm Americana Portsmouth, NH Unknown / (10279) / as of 3/28/13 website was displaying 2012 info. 130799 130799 The Cape Cod Rhythm and Roots Festival / http://www.capecodrhythmandrootsfestival.com/ Roots Cotuit, MA Defunct? / () / as of 3/28/13 website was not available. 130799 130799 Blackstone River Theatre Celtic Festival / http://www.riverfolk.org/brtcf/index.html Celtic Cumberland, RI Not presented in 2009-2010, defunct? / () / Producer is welcome to post current year info via NEFolk@yahoogroups.com 130799 130799 Green River Festival / http://www.greenriverfestival.com American roots, blues, gospel, rock and roll, funk, soul, pop, jazz, rap and country Greenfield, MA Unknown / (11908) 130799 130799 Atlantic Fiddlers' Jamboree / http://www.atlanticfiddlersjamboree.com Celtic PEI Unknown / () 130799 130799 NOFO Rock & Folk Fest / http://www.noforockandfolkfest.com Rock and folk Cutchogue, NY Unknown / () 130799 130799 Plymouth Harbor "Folk" Festival / http://www.projectarts.com/schedulefolkfest.html Singer-songwriter, pop Plymouth, MA Unknown / () 130801 130804 Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival / http://www.pemivalleybluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Thornton, NH Confirmed / (11543) 130801 130803 Brantling Bluegrass Festival / http://brantlingbluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Sodus, NY Confirmed / () 130802 130804 Falcon Ridge "Folk" Festival / http://www.falconridgefolk.com/ Pop, singer-songwriter, soft rock, contradance. Hillsdale, NY Confirmed / (10932) "A bunch of acoustic pop singer-songwriters trying to sound like rock stars, and doing a piss-poor job of it" -Jack Hardy 130802 130809 Sidmouth Folk Week http://www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/ Traditional English folk. Sidmouth, UK Confirmed / () 130808 130812 Rustic Root Primitive Music Camp www.rusticroots.net Diverse acoustic music - campfire singalongs, blues, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, bluegrass, celtic styles, sea shanties, new songs, tunes, improvised music and more!!! Brooklyn, CT Confirmed / (13497) 130809 130811 Bluegrass in Greenville / http://www.bluegrassingreenville.com/bluegrass12.htm Bluegrass Greenville, NY Confirmed / () 130811 130811 The Beacon Sloop Club's Corn Festival http://www.beaconsloop.org/Festivals.html Folk Revival Beacon, NY Confirmed (12233) 130816 130818 Tweed River Music Festival / http://tweedrivermusicfestival.com/ Roots Stockbridge, VT Confirmed / (11947) 130816 130817 Peacham Acoustic Music Festival / http://www.pamfest.com/ Folk, blues Peacham, VT Confirmed / (12251) 130816 130818 Philadelphia "Folk" Festival / http://www.pfs.org/PFF.php Pop, singer-songwriter, rock Harleysville, PA Confirmed / () 130820 130823 FiddlePal Camp New England Bluegrass, Canadian, Appalachian, Irish, and blues for fiddle, cello and guitar Newton, MA Confirmed / (12054) 14325 130822 130825 Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival / http://www.blisteredfingers.com/ Bluegrass Litchfield, ME Confirmed / () 130824 130824 Quechee Scottish Festival and Celtic Fair / http://www.quecheescottishfestival.com/ Scotts Celtic Quechee, VT Confirmed / (12250) 130827 130827 Cape Cod Mandolin Camp / http://www.nemandolins.com/CCMC.html Old-time, Klezmer, blues, jazz Sandwich, MA Confirmed / (13591) 130829 130901 North Branch Bluegrass Festival / http://www.nbbluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Bridgewater, VT Confirmed / (10375,10969) 130829 130901 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival / http://thomaspointbeach.com/special/ Bluegrass & Old-Time Brunswick, ME Confirmed / (11694) 130829 130901 County Bluegrass Festival / http://www.countybluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Fort Fairfield, ME Confirmed / () 130829 130901 Rhythm and Roots Festival / http://www.rhythmandroots.com/ws/pages/home.php Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, Roots Charlestown, RI Confirmed / (10933,13285) 14235, 14475 / "New England's hottest festival of roots music and dance!" 130899 130899 Bennington Irish Music Festival / http://benningtonirishmusicfestival.com/ Irish Bennington, VT Defunct? (10657) As of 8/1/12 the website was hijacked by proponents of Mardi Gras beads. 130899 130899 Newport Celtic Rock (was Waterfront Irish) Festival / http://www.newportwaterfrontevents.com/newport-celtic-rock-festival/ Celtic, pop rock Newport, RI Defunct? (10658) 130899 130899 The Javelina Festival / https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Javelina-Festival/138452326217094 Americana Rehoboth, MA Unknown / (12104) 130899 130899 Fiddlin' Bear Old-Time Musicians' Gathering (aka "Lake Genero") / http://lakegenero.com/gpage.html Old-time Hamlin, PA Unknown / (12269) 130899 130899 The International Newgrass Festival Newgrass Oakland, KY On hiatus / (12275) / "On hiatus, will not be produced in 2012. "Folks, we were just informed that the new downtown amphitheater we were planning to use for 2012 will not be completed in time. As a result, we are left with no choice but to look ahead to 2013 and beyond. We regret that the loss of our planned new venue this year has canceled the 2012 event we have put a lot of time and money into developing. Thanks to everyone for your support for 3 great festivals .. our plans are the same .. to move forward and improve our showcase for Newgrass music. We remain positive that the event we want to have is in our future. Kenny Lee Festival Director" 130899 130899 The American Folk Festival Traditional folk Bangor, ME Unknown / (12282) 130899 130899 Bluestock Music Festival Blues Hunter, NY Defunct? / (12289) / On 8/4/12 the website held no current year festival content. 130899 130899 Fiddle n Folk Fest / https://www.facebook.com/events/184085134976944/ Old-time, bluegrass Barrington, RI Unknown / (13323, 13491) 130899 130899 The Dissident Arts Festival Protest song, dissentful improv, radical theatre, revolutionary poetry, progressive arts, cultural workers NYC Unknown / (13333) / "THE DISSIDENT ARTS FESTIVAL is the annual showcase of radical arts and activism---where revolutionary New Music meets Topical Song and Free Jazz cavorts with Dissident Poetry and Theatre!" 130899 130899 Ashoken Southern Week Squares, contras, clogging, Cajun & Zydeco dance, fiddle, banjo, guitar, singing, band clinics, callers workshop and more. Saugerties, NY Unknown / () 130899 130899 Eastern Massachusetts Rhythm Festival Tribal Uxbridge, MA Unknown / () 130899 130899 Podunk Bluegrass Festival / http://podunkbluegrass.com/ Bluegrass Norwich, CT Cancelled / 14543 (11539,12736) 130899 130899 Upper Hudson Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass North Creek, NY Unknown / () 130899 130899 Prescott Park "Folk" "Festival"; Folk, pop singer-writer Portsmouth, NH Unknown / (10279) / Not so much of a festival as an extended concert with several headliners. 130899 130899 Prescott Park Roots and Rhythm "Festival"; Various Portsmouth, NH Unknown / () / Not so much of a festival as an extended concert with several headliners. 130899 130899 The Salem Maritime Festival Sea Shanty, oral history, ethnic folk Salem, MA Unknown / () 130899 130899 Maine Highland Games Scotts Celtic Topsham, ME Unknown / (13527) 130899 130899 Cape Cod Scottish Festival Scotts Celtic South Yarmouth, MA Unknown / (13529) 130899 130899 Summers End Folk Festival Folk Grand Manan Island, NB Unknown / (13586) 130899 130899 Rochester Fiddle Contest Old-time, bluegrass, Celtic Falmouth, MA Unknown / (13577) 130899 130899 Wachusett Valley "Folk" "Festival"; Pop singer-songwriter, soft rock Westminster, MA Unknown / () / Not really a festival, rather a pop concert presented one day only on the grounds of a motel. 130899 130899 LIMM Seafood Craft & Music Festival Sea Shanty West Sayville, NY Defunct? / () On 8/4/12 the website held no music festival content, just info about the seafood component. 130899 130899 Hickory Fest Bluegrass Music Festival Bluegrass, string band, old-time Wellsboro, PA Unknown / () 130899 130899 Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass Saddleback, ME Defunct? / (11492) / The resort has been sold. 130899 130899 CDS/FAC Labor Day Weekend at Pinewoods / http://www.facone.org/programs/labordayweekend.html Traditional Plymouth, MA Unknown / () 130899 130899 Boston GreenFest Envrionment Boston, MA Unknown / () 130899 130899 Essex Music Festival Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Celtic, Ragtime, Cajun/Zydeco and Americana Roots music. Essex, MA On hiatus / (11538) / "In the aftermath of our second hurricane cancellation in 3 years (Hurricane Danny 2009 and Hurricane Irene 2011), the Essex Music Festival will not be held this year. The festival is in need of reorganization and funding, to continue as an event to benefit the restoration of Centennial Grove. We hope to see you in 2013!" 130899 130899 Vermont Long Trail Festival / http://longtrailfestivalvt.com/ Roots Rutland, VT Defunct? / () / On 3/28/13 the website appears to have been hacked. 130899 130899 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival / http://www.delawarevalleybluegrass.org/ Bluegrass Woodstown, NJ Unknown / (10643) 130920 130922 FreshGrass: A Festival of Bluegrass + Art / http://www.massmoca.org/, http://freshgrass.com/ Bluegrass N. Adams, MA Confirmed / 14689 (12386) 130999 130999 Pawtucket Art Festival / http://pawtucketartsfestival.org/ various Pawtucket, RI Unknown / (10688, 12151) 130999 130999 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion / http://www.bristolrhythm.com/ Roots, old-time, bluegrass Bristol, VA/NC Unknown / (11937, 12274) 130999 130999 New Hampshire Highland Games / http://www.nhscot.org/ Scotts Celtic Lincoln, NH Unknown / () 130999 130999 Li'l Rhody Rib & Blues Fest / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lil-Rhody-Ribfest/139887022750073 Blues Pawtucket, RI Defunct? / (10224) / There is no activity on its Facebook page. 130999 130999 Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival http://www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/ Sea shanty, traditional folk Portsmouth, NH Unknown / (10757, 12023) "Since 2000, held on the last full weekend in September. Free seafaring and maritime music all day Sat & Sun; main stage concert Sat. night." 130999 130999 Westerleigh Folk Festival (West Fest) http://www.westerleighfolkfestival.com/ Singer-songwriter, pop. Staten Island, NY Unknown / (13590) 130999 130999 Hoppin' John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention / http://www.hoppinjohn.org Old-time, bluegrass Pittsboro, NC Unknown / () / As of 3/28/13 website had not been updated since 2012 festival. 130999 130999 Harwich Cranberry Arts & Music Festival / http://harwichcranberryfestival.org/ Various Harwich, MA Unknown / (12300) 130999 130999 Greater Danbury Irish Festival http://www.danburyirishfestival.com/ Irish pop Danbury, CT On hiatus, was not produced in 2012 / (12424) / "We Regret that there will be no festival this year, but please check back for a new and exciting festival in 2013!" 130999 130999 Working Waterfront Festival / http://www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org/ Sea Shanty, oral history, ethnic folk New Bedford, MA Unknown / (9190, 12272) 130999 130999 Banjo Camp North, Fall Edition http://www.mugwumps.com/bcn-fall.html Old time and Bluegrass Charlton, MA Unknown / (11634, 12602) / "Banjo Camp North, Fall Edition, is a weekend-long celebration of the 5-string bano in both Old time and Bluegrass styles! World-class banjoists make up our full-time and "adjunct" faculties. We have invited several top flight fiddlers and guitarists to teach about playing with other instruments and jamming, and to be on hand to help make those all-night jams something special. In response to previous attendees requests. Another area of study is singing, solo and group. Director: Mike Holmes, Music Director: Phil Zimmerman." 130999 130999 Fiddleheads Music Camp http://www.fiddleheadscamp.com/ From blues to bluegrass, jigs to jazz, cajun to country Contoocook, NY Unknown / (8029) 130999 130999 The Bread and Roses Heritage Festival http://breadandrosesheritage.org/ Social justice folk Lawrence Unknown / (10225, 13289) / The only festival in the region which celebrates the true spirit of Labor Day, in the most appropriate location, the site of the Bread and Roses Strike. 130999 130999 Lowell National Historical Park Banjo and Fiddle Contest http://www.nps.gov/lowe/parknews Old-time Lowell, MA Unknown / (12355) 130999 130999 The Jamaica Plain Music Festival / http://jpmusicfestival.com Various Jamaica Plain, MA Unknown / (13587) / "The Jamaica Plain Music Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated in Massachusetts, which will assemble a convergence of musical genres, drawing upon the wide-ranging artistic community living in this part of Boston. The festival is fully inclusive and will prove to be a vibrant celebration of the music which is so alive in Jamaica Plain." 130999 130999 Washington Square Park Folk Festival / http://www.nycgovparks.org/events Folk revival, old-time, singer-songwriter NYC Unknown / (13673) 130999 130999 Wild Rover Celtic Fest / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wild-Rover-Celtic-Fest/87577394495 Celtic Manchester, NH Unknown / () 130999 130999 Falmouth Rotary Club Fiddle Contest call 508 274-4420 or email ssgdc@aol.com All Falmouth, MA Unknown / (13696) 130999 130999 Roots to Reggae Outdoor Music Festival / http://bullmccabesboston.com/ Roots, Reggae Somerville, MA Unknown / () 130999 130999 Kingdom Bluegrass Jamboree / http://www.catamountarts.org/ Bluegrass St. Johnsbury, VT. Unknown / () 130999 130999 New England Americana Festival / http://www.newenglandamericanafestival.com Americana Cambridge, MA Unknown / (13589) 130999 130999 Joe Davies "Folk" Festival / http://www.soulehomestead.org/jdff.html Pop, singer-songwriter Middleborough, MA Unknown / (9795) 130999 130999 Open Road Music & Arts Festival / http://www.openroadfestival.com Various Worcester, MA Unknown / (13588) 130999 130999 Connecticut "Folk" Festival & Green Expo http://www.ctfolk.com/home.html Pop, singer-songwriter New Haven, CT Unknown / (10058) 130999 130999 Turtle Hill "Folk" Festival http://www.goldenlink.org/festival.html Pop, singer-songwriter. Rush, NY Unknown / (10128) 130999 130999 Hudson Valley Green Festival / http://www.hudsonvalleygreenfestival.com/ Roots, Americana Staatsburgh, NY Unknown / ()

An actual date + the absence of a 2013 message number indicates independent resources confirm that festival is "on"but the producer has yet to submit current information; "99" in the date field and a status other than "confirmed" means their status is anyone's guess. Festival producers are encouraged to post current information to the group by sending email to NEFolk@yahoogroups.com, the group moderators will update the database. Questions can be sent to NEFolk-owner@yahoogroups.com

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Tables > NEFolk's Festival and Camp Database

Start YYMMDD	End YYMMDD	Festival or Camp Name & URL	Genre	City & State	This Year's Status / Message # (past years) / Comments
130510	130512	Bayou n' Brooklyn Music Festival http://bayou-n-brooklyn.com/	Cajun Creole, Zydeco	Brooklyn, NY	Confirmed / () / "Bayou n' Brooklyn is a weekend-long celebration of Cajun, Creole, Zydeco Music and Dance. Headliners Christine Balfa, Ed Poullard and Megan Brown arrive for the weekend- long celebration to perform, teach and jam with festival goers."
130517	130519	Bluegrass on the Bogs http://www.bluegrassonthebogs.com/	Bluegrass	Hanson, MA	Confirmed / 14544 (11920, 13282, 13921) /
130517	130519	Banjo Camp North, Spring Edition http://www.BanjoCampNorth.com	Old-time	Charlton, MA	Confirmed / ()
130524	130526	Fiddler’s Grove  http://www.fiddlersgrove.com/	Old-time	Union Grove, NC	Confirmed / ()
130524	130526	GottaGetGon Family Folk Music Festival  http://www.pickingandsinging.org/	Traditional folk	Saratoga, NY	Confirmed / ()
130524	130526	Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion http://www.oldsongs.org/blackcreek/index.shtml	Old-time	Altamont, NY	Confirmed / (11999) / The annual Black Creek Fiddler’s Reunion takes place every Memorial Day weekend at the Altamont Fairgrounds just west of Albany, NY. As a kickoff to the summer festival season, this event features abundant camping with heated bathrooms and hot showers, banjo, fiddle, and guitar workshops, a slow jam workshop for beginners , and of course great jams! The social highlight of the weekend is the Saturday evening Pot Luck Dinner followed by jamming in the heated barn and numerous nooks and crannies until the cows come home! This event, along with the Fiddling Bear – Lake Genero event, have become the bookends of the summer festival season for those in the Northeast who appreciate old time fiddle tunes.
130525	130526	East Durham Irish Festival http://www.mjqirishcentre.com/eastdurhamirishfestival.html	Celtic	East Durham, NY	Confirmed / ()

NEFolk's 200+ Festival and Camp Database Updated

NEFolk's Festival and Camp Database, a listing of some 200 traditional/revival folk, old-time, bluegrass, country blues and Celtic festivals and music/dance camps located in New England and contiguous states and provinces, as well as a few from father away that are of interest to this community, has been updated.

Believe it or not, some festivals have yet to update their websites for 2013. These are identified with "99" in the date field or "unknown" in the "status" field. If you are associated with any of these your assistance is requested and appreciated.



Here's the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Formatting is much easier to read in the database.

Start YYMMDD End YYMMDD Festival or Camp Name & URL Genre City & State Status

130413 130414 Mandolin Camp North / Fiddle Camp North / http://www.MandolinCampNorth.com Old-time Charlton, MA Confirmed

130419 130421 New England Folk Festival / http://www.neffa.org/ Traditional folk music, dance and crafts Mansfield, MA Confirmed 

130419 130421 Brooklyn Folk Festival / http://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ Old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, Greek, African and Mexican folk music Brooklyn, NY Confirmed

130425 130428 Merlefest / http://www.merlefest.org/ Old-time, bluegrass Wilkesboro, NC Confirmed

130426 130427 Muddy River Dulcimer Festival / http://www.dulcimerfestival.org/ Traditional folk Brookline, MA Confirmed

What if they gave a festival and nobody came?

Producers and publicists, unless you want your festival to look like this....

....here's a free channel to spread word of your festival to more than 650 music fans. All you need to do is send an email.

NEFolk has an extensive (~200) listing of New England and contiguous states and provinces traditional, Celtic, bluegrass, Cajun, and roots music festivals and music camps. I maintain it as best I can but can't do it all. Looking for support from festival producers/organizers/publicists. Information submitted via email to NEFolk@yahoogroups.com will reach some 650 group members and will be transcribed to the festival database.

Seeking information about these upcoming(?) festivals:

MARCH?
North Country Goes Green Irish Festival, Watertown, NY
Berklee International Folk Music Festival, Boston, MA
APRIL
Mandolin Camp North / Fiddle Camp North, Charlton, MA
Connecticut Americana Music Festival, Chester, CT
New England Folk Festival, Mansfield, MA
Muddy River Dulcimer Festival, Brookline, MA
Brown University Folk Festival, Providence, RI
MAY
Banjo Camp North, Spring Edition, Charlton, MA
Bluegrass on the Bogs, Wareham, MA
North Shore Folk Festival, Salem, MA
Bayou N' Boogie Festival, Rehoboth, MA
GottaGetGon Family Folk Music Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY
Strawberry Park Bluegrass Festival, Preston, CT
RI Folk Festival, Foster, RI
Black Creek Fiddlers' Reunion, Altamont, NY

View the complete festival database.

Where do you get Boston-area concert news?

Some years ago in NEFolk I created a Database entry titled "What resources do you use to find concerts?", 

In search of free, accessible to all, easy to use Boston-area folk/roots music and dance community concert calendars to which any artist/venue/producer/promoter can add their events.

Over the course of time, out of the 18 entries at least half have gone defunct, several others are next to worthless. There are a couple of sites that continue and provide decent information.

Tables > What resources do you use to find concerts?

Resource	URL	Spam control method	Plusses	Negatives	Comments	Rating (0-10) / Meets community needs?	Actions
ArtsBoston	http://www.artsboston.org/	Registered account	Easy to submit events. Nice presentation and display.	Does not work with Chrome.		9 / yes	Edit  Delete
Boston Bluegrass Union	http://bbu.org/webcalendar/month.php	Moderated	Very straighforward.	Limited to bluegrass.	BBU also manages an events calendar.	6 / yes (for bluegrass only)	Edit  Delete
Boston.com	http://calendar.boston.com/	Registered account	Easy to enter information. Supports images. Events can be sorted by date or relevance and filtered by genre.	"Pop" events are often classified "folk."	Large readership, especially since the Globe has cut back folk concert listings in its print editions.	9 / yes	Edit  Delete
Combined Coffeehouse Calendar	http://www.bostoncoffeehouses.org/Calendar/Calendar.html	Registered account		Poor presentation. Excludes non-members.		3 / no (good only for the singer-songwriter church coffeehouse community.	Edit  Delete
Concerts in Your Home	http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/	Registered account	Quickly locate house concerts in a geography.	Exclusively house concerts, and open to all genre. Largest negative is not enough artist and venue information is visible to the public (just the date, time, artist name and city - more of the information hosts enter is not displayed).	Not enough house concerts know about CIYH; fewer of the general public use this as a resource.	6 / yes (for house concerts only)	Edit  Delete
Ellen Schmidt's List	http://www.ellenschmidt.com/list.html	Hosted	Contains details of house concert and open mics as submitted by the presenters,	Can be overly-wordy; mixed fonts and use of underlining colors make it difficult to read.		7 / yes (for open mics and house concerts)	Edit  Delete
Facebook (subscriptions, friends, groups, pages and events)	http://www.facebook.com	Group membership and group administrators	Easy to use, events one chooses to bookmark are displayed in a personal events list; one can also get ideas for other events their friends are attending.		If one is highly selective of their friends and group, can be a formidable tool. Patrons can zero in on music/event genres by tailoring who their friends are or to which artists or organizations one becomes a fan of.	7 / yes (hit or miss)	Edit  Delete
Music for Robin	http://www.music-for-robin.org/	Moderated	Just about every Celtic event in the Boston area can be found here.	A subscription list. Information is overwhelming, presented in text format, one cannot drill into the data / filter as one would be able to with a website.		0 / No - ended when Billie passed away.	Edit  Delete
NEFolk	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEFolk	Registered account & moderated	Easy to use, reminder can be set to send message to board.	Text only, but URL can point to a rich text post in the "messages" area.	See sister Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/326149080751555/	7 / yes, but would be better if more participated.	Edit  Delete
Not Your Average Folk	http://www.notyouraveragefolk.com/	Registered account	The potential is there, needs more venue participation to add listings.	Customer service is spotty.	4/1/10: Appears to be inactive. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastFolknRoots/message/9633	0 / defunct	Edit  Delete
The Noise	http://www.thenoiseboard.com/index.php?s=91e8f05cf4fae5dbf75c84311880193c&act=calendar	Registered account	Extremely easy to use.		Used primarily by the rock community, not used much by the folk and roots communities.	8 / yes	Edit  Delete
The WMBR Roots Report (Americana, Blues, Cajun & Zydeco)	http://wmbr.org/www/cr_roots	Moderated	Very easy to submit a listing which an admin adds to the database.	Spotty hyperlinks.	Select concerts have active links, Would be a 10 of more did.	9 / yes	Edit  Delete
WBUR	http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/events.eventsmain	Moderated	When one has an account listing is immediate; entries are user-editable.	Pictures are not supported.		0 / defunct	Edit  Delete
WGBH Community Calendar	http://www.wgbh.org/events/	Registered account	The presentation format is very straightforward, all events are listed by date by alpha title; events can be filtered by using category titles from a list to the left. From the user side, entering an event is very simple, but one must be a registered user, which takes all of 30 seconds. One significant difference from the past is one must enter the venue information in full rather than in the past selecting from a drop-down menu. But if one uses Foxfire, that information is available from the last time you entered an event. WGBH continues its philosophy of not censoring submissions (unless socially offensive or illegal).	Images had been supported but as of 9/1/09 no longer are. If an edit is needed, the entire post needs to be deleted, resubmitted and reapproved.	Terminated in 2009.	0 / no - defunct	Edit  Delete
WUMB On-Air Music Calendar & WUMB Community Calendar listings	http://www.wumb.org/calendar/calendar.php & http://www.wumb.org/calendar/r_calendar.php	Moderated	Very simple to submit events due to the fact that so few data element fields are populated.	Censored. Only WUMB-worthy artists are listed in the "On-Air Music Calendar". Many artists' names are changed to "and more" or dropped altogether.	Pat Monteith's dual calendar system was abandoned Summer 2012.	8 / yes	Edit  Delete
Whofish	http://www.WhoFish.org	Registered account	Easy to submit events. Nice presentation and display.	Events have very limted display time, disappear after a day or two.	Very few music events are posted.	2 / yes	Edit  Delete
Yahoo upcoming	http://upcoming.yahoo.com	Registered account	Very easy to load an event	None found	Limited usage.	9 / yes	Edit  Delete
northeastfolk.org	www.northeastfolk.org	Moderated	Submit by email, registered account not needed.	Exclusive to NERFA members. Submissione are not reviewed timely, making message delivery time uncertain.	See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEFolk/message/13914	0 / No	Edit  Delete

Seeing a steady decline in quality and quantity of these resources, about one year ago I took Scoop Neskir's advice ("if you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own") and created a series of Facebook music genre-specific open groups where members can add and access concert information themselves. 

• NEFolk -https://www.facebook.com/groups/326149080751555/ 

                (Facebook sister to the Yahoo NEFolk)

• Celtic Music in New England -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/253094621401373/

• Old-time, Bluegrass and Stringband Music in New Engand -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/106978732745084/

• NE Country Blues - https://www.facebook.com/groups/297968820302867/

• NE Electric Blues - https://www.facebook.com/groups/161788137299732/

• NE Hillbilly Music -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/413882315347154/

• NE House Concert Network - https://www.facebook.com/groups/234172836638501/

• NE Folk Dance - https://www.facebook.com/groups/300937476678565/

• Boston-Area Open Mics - https://www.facebook.com/groups/398009876914309/

Join and participate, the quality of the information is only as good as the input. Don't see a music genre of your liking (I see a need for similar classical, rock, pop and jazz groups)? Take Scoop Neskir's advice, "go out and make one of your own."

Where do you get Boston-area concert news?