What are you doing the third weekend in August? Come to our magical, musical soundpark and enjoy the ultimate summertime event!

Join us for a three or four day extravaganza of traditional and contemporary music, dance, crafts, camping, and children’s activities hosted at the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township. Come for just a day or stay for the entire weekend!

If you are like thousands of music lovers on the East Coast you head for Upper Salford Township near the bucolic burg of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, a little more than 35 miles outside of Philadelphia where the legendary Philadelphia Folk Festival transforms a working farm into a magical, musical sound park. This cherished event is the longest continuously running outdoor music festival of its kind in North America and will celebrate its 56th Anniversary August 17-20, 2017 at the Old Pool Farm.

Performers include:
Old Crow Medicine Show – Samantha Fish   Graham Nash – The Weight Band – Taj Mo (the Taj Mahal & Keb’mo’ Band) – Susan Werner – Andy McKee – David Amram
Eric Andersen – The Infamous Stringdusters   John McCutcheon – The Kennedys – Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams – Runa – Sam Baker – Sierra Hull – Tift Merritt and many more…
full festival line up
festival schedule

Tickets for the PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL are now on sale and can be purchased online at www.folkfest.org.

For additional information about the PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL, visit the website www.folkfest.org or call the PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL office at 800-556-FOLK.