List of folk festivals

A Folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music.

Contents 1 Regional 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Denmark 1.4 Estonia 1.5 France 1.6 Germany 1.7 Lithuania 1.8 Spain 1.9 Sweden 1.10 USA 1.11 UK 2 National 3 International 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links 7 See also

Regional

Australia

• National Folk Festival (Australia)

Canada

Alberta

• Calgary Folk Music Festival
• Canmore Folk Music Festival
• Edmonton Folk Music Festival
• Jasper Folk Festival
• Wild Mountain Music Fest^[1]

Ontario

• Barriefolk (Barrie)
• Blue Skies Festival (Clarendon)
• Canterbury Folk Festival (Ingersoll)
• City Roots Festival (Toronto)
• Festival du Loup (Penetanguishene)
• Hillside Festival (Guelph)
• Home County Folk Festival (London)
• Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia)
• Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (Cambridge)
• Northern Lights Festival Boréal (Sudbury)
• Ottawa Folk Festival (Ottawa)
• Red Rock Folk Festival (Red Rock)
• Shelter Valley Folk Festival (Grafton)
• Stewart Park Festival (Perth)
• Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival (Owen Sound)
• TD Canada Trust Sunfest (London)
• Twisted Pines Music and Arts Festival (Penetanguishene)
• Winterfolk Roots and Blues Festival (Toronto)

Manitoba

• Brandon Folk, Music & Art Festival
• Folklorama
• Winnipeg Folk Festival

Nova Scotia

• Celtic Colours (Cape Breton)
• Deep Roots Music Festival (Wolfville)
• Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenburg)
• Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso)

Saskatchewan

• Regina Folk Festival
• Saskatoon FolkFest

Denmark

• Tønder Festival

Estonia

• Viljandi Folk Festival

France

• Festival Interceltique de Lorient

Germany

• TFF.Rudolstadt

Lithuania

• Skamba skamba kankliai, Vilnius
• Mėnuo Juodaragis, Zarasai
• Kaziuko mugė, Vilnius
• Baltica, Lithuania
• Suklegos, Kaunas
• Saulytė, Vilnius

Spain

• Interceltic Festival of Avilés
• Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World
• Interceltic Festival of Morrazo

Sweden

Urkult Näsåker, Ångermanland held August each year ^[2] is purportedly Sweden's the largest world music festival.

USA

• Alaska Folk Festival
• American Folk Festival
• American Folk-Blues Festival
• Flood City Music Festival
• Florida Folk Festival
• Folkmoot USA
• New Jersey Folk Festival
• Northwest Folklife Festival
• Norsk Høstfest
• National Folk Festival (USA)
• Newport Folk Festival Tour
• Philadelphia Folk Festival
• Pittsburgh Folk Festival
• Washington Folk Festival^[3]
• West Virginia State Folk Festival

UK

• Folk and Roots - guide to UK Folk Festivals
• Acoustic Festival of Britain
• Beverley Folk Festival
• Cambridge Folk Festival
• Celtic Connections
• Cheltenham Folk Festival
• Chippenham Folk Festival
• Edinburgh Folk Festival
• The Green Man Festival
• Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival
• Sidmouth Folk Week
• Stroud Festival
• Stonehaven Folk Festival, Scotland
• White Horse Folk Festival
• Woburn Sands Folk Festival

National

• National Folk Festival, UK
• National Folk Festival (Australia)
• National Folk Festival (USA)

International

• Smithsonian Folklife Festival

References

• Ontario Conference of Folk Festivals: Festival Members

Further reading

• Coffin, Tristam P.; Cohen, Hennig, (editors), Folklore in America; tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966. Selections from the Journal of American folklore. Cf. chapter on "Folk Drama and Folk Festival", pp. 195–225,

External links

• Festival Guide from fRoots
• http://www.eFestivals.co.uk

See also

• Folk music