List of folk festivals

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List of folk festivals
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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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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 Category Folk festivals Commons page Folk music festivals
List of music festivals Category Music festivals Commons page Music festivals
List of Celtic festivals Category Celtic music festivals Commons page Celtic festival
List of Celtic music festivals
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List of mods Commons page Mod (Scotland)
List of eisteddfodau Category Eisteddfod Commons page Eisteddfodau
List of pow wows Category Pow wows Commons page Pow wows
List of maritime music festivals Category Maritime music festivals Commons page Maritime music festivals
List of blues festivals Category Blues festivals Commons page Blues festivals
List of old-time music festivals Category Old-time music festivals Commons page Old-time music festivals
List of world music festivals Category World music festivals Commons page World music festivals
List of country music festivals Category Country music festivals Commons page Country music festivals
List of bluegrass music festivals Category Bluegrass festivals Commons page Bluegrass festivals
List of Christian music festivals Category Christian music festivals Commons page Christian music festivals
List of rock festivals Category Rock festivals Commons page Rock festivals
List of free festivals Category Free festivals Commons page Free festivals

Festivals by region

By country

Australia

Belarus

Belgium

  • Dranouter Festival [2]
  • Gooikoorts International volksmuziekfestival [3]

Bulgaria

Canada

Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Newfoundland/Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario

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Saskatchewan

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

see Volksfest

Greece

Iceland

India

Ireland

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Italy

Lithuania

Macedonia

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Island
South Island

Spain

Slovakia

Sweden

  • Green World Yoga & Sacred Music Festival - held in late June (Skåne)[48]
  • Urkult Näsåker - held in August each year; purportedly the largest world music festival (Ångermanland)[49]

Turkey

UK

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USA

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See also

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. portagefolk.com/
  14. prairiewindmusicfest.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/hello-world/
  15. rainbowtroutmusicfestival.com/
  16. shineonfestivalofmusicandart.com/
  17. portagefolk.com/
  18. Heritage Folk festival
  19. Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
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  21. Eaglewood Folk Festival
  22. www.haapavesifolk.com/
  23. www.hollolannuorisoseura.fi/hollojamartta/
  24. www.jutajaiset.fi/
  25. www.lastenkalenat.kotisivukone.com/
  26. kaustinen.net/
  27. www.kihaus.fi/
  28. www.koskisfolk.net/
  29. www.sottiisi.net/
  30. /www.satahamesoi.fi/
  31. festinfo.org
  32. Grand Bal de l'Europe: Gennetines & St Gervais
  33. www.parisfolkfestival.com
  34. The Folk Music Festival
  35. Amarrass (Desert) Music Festival
  36. Blue Lotus Festival
  37. http://www.folkest.com/
  38. http://www.assfolkmatelica.org/
  39. http://www.festinfo.org
  40. http://www.alberobellofolklore.it/
  41. http://www.folklorefestival.com/index.php?id=48
  42. http://www.folktempio.it/
  43. http://www.umbriafolkfestival.it/
  44. Aitzina Folk Festival; festival solidario de música folk de Vitoria-Gasteiz
  45. poborinafolk.es
  46. http://www.lloretguide.com
  47. www.festinfo.org
  48. Green World Yoga & Sacred Music Festival
  49. http://www.urkult.se/
  50. Bodrum International Folk Dance Festival
  51. www.canterburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
  52. Folk on the Farm Festival
  53. http://www.folkeast.co.uk
  54. Blue Sky Folk Festival
  55. Cornstock Folk Festival
  56. Folk Alliance International Conference
  57. Folk College
  58. Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering
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  60. Northern Appalachian Folk Festival
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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,

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