Hey Everybody!  Look out for the next Brooklyn Folk Festival – May 21-23rd, 2010!

More information coming soon…

Also, look out for the Brooklyn Folk Fest Preview/Benefit Concert, to be held at the Jalopy Theater on Saturday, March 13th, 2010.

Friday, May 15th- Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at the Jalopy Theater.

Down Home Radio is proud to announce the 1st annual Brooklyn Folk Festival.  This festival will feature the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance.  Come down and check it out, its gonna be fun!

*This festival is brought to you by Down Home Radio, and will be MCed by Down Home Radio host Eli Smith.

$10 Per Day or $25 for 3 days – Afternoon Workshop Included!

Friday Evening

8:00 Stephen Strohmeier & Walker Teret (Folk and Original Songs)
8:45 East River String Band (Country Blues)
9:30 Hubby Jenkins (Country Blues)
10:00 The Cangelosi Cards (New Orleans Jazz, and more!)
11:00 Jessy Carolina (Blues, Ballads, Original Songs, etc.)
11:40 Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues (Jugband, Blues, Original Songs, etc.)
12:20 Frank Hoier (Originals and Folk songs)

Saturday Evening

At Jalopy:

7:30 Willy Gantrim (Originals, Slide Guitar Blues, Country and Folk songs)
8:00 Whistling Wolves (World Champion Whistling + Amazing Harmonica & More!)
8:45 Sana Ndiaye & the Ekonting Peace Band (West African Traditional Music from the Gambia River Delta Region)
9:30 Pat Conte (Blues and Old Time on Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Zither & More!)
10:05 Alex Battles w/ Banjorama (Jugbandy, Blues Original Songs)
10:45 Elizabeth Butters (Ballads & Folk Songs on with Guitar & Dulcimer)
11:20 The Dust Busters (Old Time String Band, Jug Band Music, Ballads, Originals, – Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, etc.)
12:05 Feral Foster (Blues, Folk & Original Songs)
12:40 John Houx (Folk and Original Songs)

Jam Session at Moonshine 2-6:30pm

Saturday Workshops:

5:00pm Music of the Ekonting – workshop with Sana Ndiaye (West African banjo predecessor instrument styles)

Sunday Evening

At Jalopy:

7:00 Ernie Vega (Blues, Folk & Original Songs)
7:30 Mamie Minch (Blues, Folk & Original Songs)
8:05 Bob Malenky (Country Blues Guitar Master)
8:40 John Cohen & Annabel Lee (Old-Time Duets on Banjo & Guitar)
9:30 Semilla (Son Jarocho, Folk Music and Dance from Mexico)
10:30 Strung Out String Band (Old-Time String Band)
11:15 Danny Kalb (Blues Guitarist)

Jam Session at Moonshine 2-6pm

Sunday Workshops:

4:00pm Bob Malenky – Blues guitar workshop

5:00pm John Cohen – Old-time banjo styles & tunings workshop

Click Here to download the press release

Click below to download large format poster:

Brooklyn Folk Fest poster & logo designed by Ernesto Gomez