National Folk Festival (United States)

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National Folk Festival
GenreFolk
Dates1934 - Present
Location(s)United States
Years active1934–present
Founded byNational Council for the Traditional Arts
Attendance175,000+[1]
Websitewww.nationalfolkfestival.com

The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an itinerant

Montana Folk Festival. The most recent spin-off is the North Carolina Folk Festival.[3] The next year of the festival will be held in Salisbury, Maryland, in 2022, the fourth year of a four-year run in Salisbury.[4][5][6]

Beginnings in St. Louis

The National Folk Festival in the United States (known also as the National) was founded by folklorist

W.C. Handy's first performance on a desegregated stage was at the 1938 National. It was the first event of national stature to present the blues, Cajun music, a polka band, a Tex-Mex conjunto, a Sacred Harp ensemble, Peking opera
, and others.

Locations

Number Year(s) Location
1 1934 St. Louis, Missouri[1]
2 1935 Chattanooga, Tennessee[1]
3 1936 Dallas, Texas[1]
4 1937 Chicago, Illinois[1]
5–9 1938–1942 Washington, D.C.[2][1]
10–11 1943–1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
12 1946 Cleveland, Ohio[1]
13–21 1947–1955 St. Louis, Missouri[1]
22 1957 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[1]
23 1959 Nashville, Tennessee[1]
24–25 1960–1961 Washington, D.C.[1]
26 1963 Covington, Kentucky[1]
27 1964 Florence, Kentucky[1]
28 1965 St. Petersburg, Florida[1]
29 1966 Denver, Colorado[1]
30 1967 Syracuse, New York[1]
31 1968 Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1]
32 1969 Knoxville, Tennessee[1]
33–44 1971–1982 Vienna, Virginia at Wolf Trap[2][1]
45–47 1983–1985 Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Ohio[1]
48 1986 New York, New York[1]
49–51 1987–1989 Lowell, Massachusetts[1]
52–54 1990–1992 Johnstown, Pennsylvania[1]
55–57 1993–1995 Chattanooga, Tennessee[1]
58–60 1996–1998 Dayton, Ohio[1][8]
61–63 1999–2001 East Lansing, Michigan[1]
64–66 2002–2004 Bangor, Maine[1]
67–69 2005–2007 Richmond, Virginia[1]
70–72 2008–2010 Butte, Montana[1]
73 2011 Nashville, Tennessee[1]
74 2013 St. Louis, Missouri[1]
75–77 2015–2017 Greensboro, North Carolina[1]
78–81 2018–2019

2021–2022

Salisbury, Maryland[9][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Request for Proposal for 2018 - 2020" (PDF). National Council for the Traditional Arts.
  2. ^ a b c "National Folk Festival History" (PDF). National Council for the Traditional Arts.
  3. ^ "The North Carolina Folk Festival". Arts Greensboro. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ^ "National Folk Festival Salisbury, MD Coming to Eastern Shore". National Folk Festival Salisbury MD | Music Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  5. ^ a b "National Folk Festival rescheduled to September 2021". 47abc. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. ^ a b "National Folk Festival adds another year to its stay in Salisbury; event will return in 2022". Bay to Bay News. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  7. ^ "A Brief history of the National Folk Festival" (PDF). National Folk Festival.
  8. ^ [1] NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL - June 20-22, 1997 - Dayton, Ohio at the Wayback Machine (archived October 5, 2006)
  9. ^ "Salisbury selected to host National Folk Festival - Salisbury Independent". Salisbury Independent. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-11.

External links

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