Folk Festivals
Watch below for just a few festivals that we have personally enjoyed in the past, as the time for each approaches.
Nov. 4-6 (Fri.-Sun.) Eisteddfod 2011 A Festival of Traditional Music
at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, NY 12446
917-279-7546 http://www.minstrelrecords.com/fmsny/eisteddfod/
Eisteddfod-NY this year is proud to host traditional music and song from Brittany, England, the Georgian Republic, Hawaii, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia, Turkey, Wales, and of course America — Appalachia, New York State, and more — along with contemporary songs, sea shanties, Gospel and Sacred Harp, and blues. There will be a contra dance, plus workshops on clogging and Breton dances. As always, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone to play and/or sing in the participatory workshops and informal jams. Come listen, come play and sing, come learn.