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PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL ADDS MORE THAN 60 NEW ACTS TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR’S STELLAR LINEUP FOR THE 59TH ANNUAL GLOBAL EDITION Local / Regional Acts from Philadelphia Music Co-Op and NERFA bring the grand total to 167! Broadcasting Around The World the Weekend of August 13-16, 2020! TICKETS AVAILABLE @ FOLKFEST.ORG Special tributes to GeneRead more
WOODY GUTHRIE PRIZE TO BE PRESENTED TO LEGENDARY PERFORMER JOAN BAEZ AT THIS YEAR’S PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH WOODY GUTHRIE CENTER PLUS, PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF TULSA’S FINEST MUSICIANS “FEST IN PLACE” WITH PFF AS WE PRESENT OUR NEW MULTI-STREAM ONLINE DIGITAL FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE @ FOLKFEST.ORG [Philadelphia, JulyRead more
PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL STAGES FEATURING PERFORMERS FROM IRELAND, CANADA, WALES, SOUTH KOREA, AND SCOTLAND Bringing the Total to more than 160 Artists for the 59th Annual Edition, August 13-16, 2020 “FEST IN PLACE” WITH PFF AS WE PRESENT OUR NEW MULTI-STREAM ONLINE DIGITAL FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE @ FOLKFEST.ORG (JULY 21, 2020 –Read more
When The World Is On Fire: The Black Roots of American Folk Music By Queen Esther I have strong memories of folk music swirling through my Southern, unapologetically black childhood. Music class in elementary school meant clapping on the one and three, singing along with Burl Ives recordings and doing the hokey pokey, and learningRead more
“FEST IN PLACE” WITH PFF AS WE PRESENT OUR BRAND NEW ONLINE FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE @ FOLKFEST.ORG Special tributes to founder, Gene Shay and PFF alumni, John Prine are scheduled (JUNE 30, 2020 – PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Folk Festival is proud to announce the initial lineup for the 59th Annual festival, which takesRead more
Get to know PFS Co-op Member Kora Feder before you catch her performance Wednesday, June 24th at the PFS Digital Concert Venue! After two years spent wielding a backpack and guitar across Asia, Kora Feder (Feder rhymes with Peter) returned to the U.S. in 2017 with a Global Studies degree and a collection of songsRead more
The 59th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival will be complete with multiple stages/streams of curated music, fully integrated chat features, campfire open mics, Zoom campsites, craft show, food and merchandise tents, and above all else: the invaluable sense of community and connectivity that comes from the shared experience of enjoying music together. Please support the organizationRead more
When Woody Guthrie wrote on his guitar THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS, he told everyone that the Folk community would not stand for the injustices of the world and that the most powerful weapon we have in our community is our voice. The folk community has been using its “fascist-killing” guitars and collective voice for decades toRead more