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 by country.

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 1928 Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Since then festivals have grown in size, such as 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.

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List of folk festivals Folk festivals Folk music festivals
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List of Celtic festivals Celtic music festivals Celtic festival
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List of mods Mod (Scotland)
List of eisteddfodau Eisteddfod Eisteddfodau
List of pow wows Pow wows Pow wows
List of maritime music festivals Maritime music festivals Maritime music festivals
List of blues festivals Blues festivals Blues festivals
List of old-time music festivals Old-time music festivals Old-time music festivals
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Festivals by region

By country

Australia

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Newfoundland/Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Saskatchewan

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Festival Interceltique de Lorient

Germany

see Volksfest

Greece

Iceland

India

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Macedonia

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Island
South Island

Spain

The 2004 Interceltic Festival of Avilés in Asturias, Spain

Slovakia

Sweden

Turkey

UK

USA

Gallery

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. ↑ Dranouter Festival
  3. ↑ Gooikoorts International volksmuziekfestival
  4. ↑ http://www.eaff.eu/en/
  5. ↑ Wild Mountain Music Fest
  6. ↑ http://kaslofolkfest.com/ Kaslo Folk Music Fest
  7. ↑ http://thefestival.bc.ca/
  8. ↑ back40folkfest.com
  9. ↑ brandonfolkfestival.ca
  10. ↑ harvestmoonfestival.ca/
  11. ↑ theharvestsun.com/
  12. ↑ matlockfestival.ca/
  13. 1 2 portagefolk.com/
  14. ↑ prairiewindmusicfest.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/hello-world/
  15. ↑ rainbowtroutmusicfestival.com/
  16. ↑ shineonfestivalofmusicandart.com/
  17. ↑ Heritage Folk festival
  18. ↑ Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
  19. ↑ "Barrie Folk Society".
  20. ↑ Eaglewood Folk Festival
  21. ↑ www.haapavesifolk.com/
  22. ↑ www.hollolannuorisoseura.fi/hollojamartta/
  23. ↑ www.jutajaiset.fi/
  24. ↑ www.lastenkalenat.kotisivukone.com/
  25. ↑ kaustinen.net/
  26. ↑ www.kihaus.fi/
  27. ↑ www.koskisfolk.net/
  28. ↑ www.sottiisi.net/
  29. ↑ /www.satahamesoi.fi/
  30. ↑ festinfo.org
  31. ↑ Grand Bal de l'Europe: Gennetines & St Gervais
  32. ↑ www.parisfolkfestival.com
  33. ↑ The Folk Music Festival
  34. ↑ Amarrass (Desert) Music Festival
  35. ↑ Blue Lotus Festival
  36. ↑ http://www.folkest.com/
  37. ↑ http://www.assfolkmatelica.org/
  38. 1 2 http://www.festinfo.org
  39. ↑ http://www.alberobellofolklore.it/
  40. ↑ http://www.folklorefestival.com/index.php?id=48
  41. ↑ http://www.folktempio.it/
  42. ↑ http://www.umbriafolkfestival.it/
  43. ↑ Aitzina Folk Festival; festival solidario de música folk de Vitoria-Gasteiz
  44. ↑ poborinafolk.es
  45. ↑ http://www.lloretguide.com
  46. ↑ Green World Yoga & Sacred Music Festival
  47. ↑ http://www.urkult.se/
  48. ↑ Bodrum International Folk Dance Festival
  49. ↑ www.canterburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
  50. ↑ Folk on the Farm Festival
  51. ↑ http://www.folkeast.co.uk
  52. ↑ Blue Sky Folk Festival
  53. ↑ Cornstock Folk Festival
  54. ↑ Folk Alliance International Conference
  55. ↑ Folk College
  56. ↑ Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering
  57. ↑ Stuhldreher, Tim (2015-08-12). "Don Yoder, 'dean' of Pennsylvania Dutch studies, dies at age 93". LNP. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  58. ↑ Northern Appalachian Folk Festival
  59. ↑ "Washington Folk Festival". The Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2011-03-31. External link in |publisher= (help)

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