List of folk festivals

List of folk festivals

General Information
Related genres Folk music, Celtic music, sea shanty, early music
Location Worldwide
Related events Category:Folk festivals, List of music festivals, Celtic festivals, early music festivals, maritime music festivals, Eisteddfod, Cèilidh, Mod (Scotland), Fest Noz, Balfolk, Feis

A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. The following is an incomplete list of folk festivals worldwide. This list generally excludes festivals with only a partial focus on folk music or arts, though these multi-genre festivals may be included in individual subcategories of Category:Folk festivals.

Folk festivals may feature folk art and folk music, with a focus on both or either, as well as folk dance or ethnic foods. Featured genres are often catered to a particular region or culture, for example Celtic festivals or maritime music festivals. Diverse regional genres of folk music are popular among modern audiences, and there are major folk music festivals in many countries. It is sometimes claimed that the earliest modern folk festival was the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, 1928, in Asheville, North Carolina, founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Since then festivals have grown in size, for example to the The Feast of the Hunters' Moon in Indiana, which draws approximately 60,000 visitors per year. Some offshoots of folk music, such as country music and bluegrass music, have festival circuits devoted solely to the genre.

Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the rural crafts. Like folk art, handicraft output often has cultural, political, and/or religious significance. Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic, and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs.[1] As at folk festivals, such art and handicraft may also appear at historical reenactments and events such as Renaissance fairs.

Related lists and categories

Main article: Lists of festivals

The following lists may have some overlap:

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Festivals by region

By country

Australia

Bulgaria

Belarus

Canada

Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland/Labrador
Saskatchewan

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Festival Interceltique de Lorient

Germany

Greece

Iceland

India

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Macedonia

New Zealand

North Island
South Island

Spain

The 2004 Interceltic Festival of Avilés in Asturias, Spain

Sweden

Slovakia

Turkey

UK

USA

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See also

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References

  1. ↑ West, Shearer (general editor), The Bullfinch Guide to Art History, page 440, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. ISBN 0-8212-2137-X
  2. ↑ http://www.eaff.eu/en/
  3. ↑ http://www.wildmountainmusicfest.ca/ Wild Mountain Music Fest
  4. ↑ http://kaslofolkfest.com/ Kaslo Folk Music Fest
  5. ↑ "Barrie Folk Society".
  6. ↑ http://www.eaglewoodfolk.com/
  7. ↑ http://brandonfolkfestival.ca/ brandonfolkfestival.ca
  8. ↑ http://harvestmoonfestival.ca/ harvestmoonfestival.ca/
  9. ↑ http://www.rainbowtroutmusicfestival.com/ rainbowtroutmusicfestival.com/
  10. ↑ http://www.matlockfestival.ca/ www.matlockfestival.ca/
  11. ↑ http://www.shineonfestivalofmusicandart.com/ shineonfestivalofmusicandart.com/
  12. ↑ http://back40folkfest.com/ back40folkfest.com
  13. ↑ http://www.trinityunitedportage.ca/Winter+Folk+Fest
  14. ↑ Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
  15. ↑ Heritage Folk festival
  16. ↑ /www.satahamesoi.fi/
  17. ↑ kaustinen.net/
  18. ↑ www.sottiisi.net/
  19. ↑ www.haapavesifolk.com/
  20. ↑ www.jutajaiset.fi/
  21. ↑ www.hollolannuorisoseura.fi/hollojamartta/
  22. ↑ www.lastenkalenat.kotisivukone.com/
  23. ↑ www.koskisfolk.net/
  24. ↑ www.kihaus.fi/
  25. ↑ festinfo.org
  26. ↑ Grand Bal de l'Europe: Gennetines & St Gervais
  27. ↑ The Folk Music Festival
  28. ↑ Amarrass (Desert) Music Festival
  29. ↑ Blue Lotus Festival
  30. ↑ http://www.festinfo.org
  31. ↑ http://www.lloretguide.com or www.festinfo.org
  32. ↑ poborinafolk.es
  33. ↑ Aitzina Folk Festival. Festival solidario de música folk de Vitoria-Gasteiz
  34. ↑ www.aitzinafolk.org
  35. ↑ http://www.urkult.se/
  36. ↑ Bodrum International Folk Dance Festival
  37. ↑ www.canterburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
  38. ↑ Folk on the Farm Festival
  39. ↑ Blue Sky Folk Festival
  40. ↑ Cornstock Folk Festival
  41. ↑ Folk Alliance International Conference
  42. ↑ Folk College
  43. ↑ Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering
  44. ↑ Northern Appalachian Folk Festival
  45. ↑ "Washington Folk Festival". The Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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