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Bklyn Folk Fest Moves to the Fall!  Nov. 6th-8th

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Bklyn Folk Fest Moves to the Fall! Nov. 6th-8th

March 25, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Hello everybody –

Due to the public health crisis we are experiencing, the 2020 Brooklyn Folk Festival will move from April to a new set of dates in the Fall.  We are very much looking forward to holding a wonderful festival over the weekend of Nov. 6th-8th, 2020.

We hope that the lineup will stay substantially the same as we had planned for the Spring, and we look forward to hopefully being substantially on the other side of this crisis by that time and to sharing a beautiful weekend of music.

More info ASAP about our new lineup.  Please check www.BrooklynFolkFest.com for the latest information as well as our social media feeds.

Please stay safe and healthy and take all precautions.  Wash your hands!

Love,

The Brooklyn Folk Fest Staff

 

Posted in: Other Tagged: Brooklyn Folk Festival, folk festival, Jalopy

Washington Square Park Folk Festival – Comin’ Up!

July 19, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Look out for the Washington Square Park Folk Festival! Comin’ up!  Free and open to the public!
www.WSPFolkFest.com

Saturday Sept. 24th

1pm Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues
1:45pm Ali Dineen
2:30pm Feral Foster
3:15pm The Tillers
4pm Bulla en el Barrio

Sunday Sept. 25th

1pm The Freakniks
1:45pm Kenny Kosek
2:30pm Julia Patinella
3:15pm The Down Hill Strugglers w/ John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers
4pm Square Dance w/ Alex Kramer Calling

Hope to see you there!
– Eli

Posted in: Other Tagged: folk festival, music, new york, washington square park

Washington Square Park Folk Fest 2012

September 2, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Come check out the festival – It’s free and open to the public, out in Washington Square Park in New York’s own Greenwhich Village!


Saturday Sept. 15th

2pm Jackson Lynch – Blues and old-time singer, multi-instrumentalist
3pm Randy Burns – Songwriter
4pm Ian Link – Songwriter
5pm Stephanie Coleman – Old-time fiddler
6pm Banjorama – Banjo oriented jug band
7pm Whiskey Spitters – Blues and old-time stringband

Sunday Sept. 16th
1pm Mamie Minch and Tamar Korn – Blues and jazz singers
2pm Piedmont Bluz – Country blues duet
3pm Unnamed Hillbilly Orchestra w/ John Cohen
4pm Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz – Old-time and country duet
5pm Blind Boy Paxton – Country blues guitarist
6pm 4 O’Clock Flowers – Folk duet
7pm Feral Foster – Songwriter

* The stage is located just East of the central plaza/fountain area of the park.  Seating will be provided.

Here’s what happened last year at the inaugural 2011 festival!


[Banner by C. Cassano]

Hello everybody, just letting you know about the upcoming Washington Square Park Folk Festival.  I got hired by the Parks Department to produce the first ever folk festival in Washington Square Park.  Gonna be fun!

The festival is FREE and open to the public!

Its gonna be an excellent two days of music, with 9 of my very favorite groups (including my own) gracing the stage and myself on hand to serve as your MC.  Hope to see you there!

Saturday Sept 17th, 2011:

2pm The Calamity Janes – old time string band
3pm Feral Foster – original songs and blues
4pm East River String Band – country blues & old time
5pm Whiskey Spitters – country blues & old time

Sunday Sept 18th, 2011:

2pm Bob Malenky – country blues
2:45pm Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – jug band music
3:40 Frank Fairfield – Old Time songs and fiddle tunes
4:15pm The Dust Busters with John Cohen – old time string band
5:10pm Willy Gantrim & the Phantoms – original songs, country & blues
6pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob – make a wish for a potato

Proudly sponsored by:

http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/images/misc/parks_logo.jpg

2011 also marks the 50th anniversary of the 1961 “Washington Square Folk Music Riot” when the City tried to revoke the permit for folk musicians to play and sing on Sundays in the park.  They needed to clear undesirable people out so that they could  satisfy local real estate interests and I heard possibly enact a crazy plan to extend 5th ave. through the park!  Luckily folkies resisted the attempt by the police to kick them out of their public space, resulting in the “riot,” and the planned extension of 5th ave never materialized. There’s been a film made about the “riot” and the film will be screened at the festival.

Coverage of the so called riot has been offered by The Indypendent and NPR.

Posted in: Other Tagged: Blues, folk festival, music, old time, washington square park

Washington Square Park Folk Festival Sept 17th-18th

September 6, 2011 by admin 3 Comments


[Banner by C. Cassano]

Hello everybody, just letting you know about the upcoming Washington Square Park Folk Festival.  I got hired by the Parks Department to produce the first ever folk festival in Washington Square Park.  Gonna be fun!

The festival is FREE and open to the public!

Its gonna be an excellent two days of music, with 9 of my very favorite groups (including my own) gracing the stage and myself on hand to serve as your MC.  Hope to see you there!

Saturday Sept 17th:

2pm The Calamity Janes – old time string band
3pm Feral Foster – original songs and blues
4pm East River String Band – country blues & old time
5pm Whiskey Spitters – country blues & old time

Sunday Sept 18th

2pm Bob Malenky – country blues
2:45pm Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – jug band music
3:40 Frank Fairfield – Old Time songs and fiddle tunes
4:15pm The Dust Busters with John Cohen – old time string band
5:10pm Willy Gantrim & the Phantoms – original songs, country & blues
6pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob – make a wish for a potato

Proudly sponsored by:

http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/images/misc/parks_logo.jpg

2011 also marks the 50th anniversary of the 1961 “Washington Square Folk Music Riot” when the City tried to revoke the permit for folk musicians to play and sing on Sundays in the park.  They needed to clear undesirable people out so that they could  satisfy local real estate interests and I heard possibly enact a crazy plan to extend 5th ave. through the park!  Luckily folkies resisted the attempt by the police to kick them out of their public space, resulting in the “riot,” and the planned extension of 5th ave never materialized. There’s been a film made about the “riot” and the film will be screened at the festival and is also posted below for convenient viewing…

Coverage of the so called riot has been offered by The Indypendent and NPR.

http://youtu.be/zHk_YkfOiiM

Posted in: Other Tagged: Banjo, fiddle, folk festival, Folk Music, old time, washington square park

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