National Folk Festival (United States)
| National Folk Festival | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Folk |
| Dates | 1934 - Present |
| Location(s) | United States |
| Years active | 1934–present |
| Founded by | National Council for the Traditional Arts |
| Attendance | 175,000+[1] |
| Website | www.nationalfolkfestival.com |
The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) and has been presented in 26 communities around the nation[2][1]. After leaving some of these communities, the National Folk Festival has spun off several locally run folk festivals in its wake, including the Lowell Folk Festival, the Richmond Folk Festival, the American Folk Festival and the Montana Folk Festival. The most recent spin-off is the North Carolina Folk Festival.[3] It will be held in Salisbury, Maryland on September 7-9, 2018, beginning a three-year run.
Contents
1 Beginnings in St. Louis
2 Locations
3 References
4 External links
Beginnings in St. Louis
The National Folk Festival in the United States (known also as the National) was first presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival is the oldest multi-cultural traditional arts celebration in the nation and the first event of national stature to put the arts of many nations, races and languages into the same event on an equal footing. Some of the artists presented at the first festival are now legendary and the recordings and other documentation made possible by the National are precious. W.C. Handy's first performance on a desegregated stage was at the 1938 National. It was the first event of national stature to present the blues, Cajun music, a polka band, a Tex-Mex conjunto, a Sacred Harp ensemble, Peking opera, and others.
Locations
| Number | Year(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1934 | St. Louis, Missouri[1] |
| 2 | 1935 | Chattanooga, Tennessee[1] |
| 3 | 1936 | Dallas, Texas[1] |
| 4 | 1937 | Chicago, Illinois[1] |
| 5–9 | 1938–1942 | Washington, D.C.[2][1] |
| 10–11 | 1943–1944 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] |
| 12 | 1946 | Cleveland, Ohio[1] |
| 13–21 | 1947–1955 | St. Louis, Missouri[1] |
| 22 | 1957 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[1] |
| 23 | 1959 | Nashville, Tennessee[1] |
| 24–25 | 1960–1961 | Washington, D.C.[1] |
| 26 | 1963 | Covington, Kentucky[1] |
| 27 | 1964 | Florence, Kentucky[1] |
| 28 | 1965 | St. Petersburg, Florida[1] |
| 29 | 1966 | Denver, Colorado[1] |
| 30 | 1967 | Syracuse, New York[1] |
| 31 | 1968 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1] |
| 32 | 1969 | Knoxville, Tennessee[1] |
| 33–44 | 1971–1982 | Vienna, Virginia at Wolf Trap[2][1] |
| 45–47 | 1983–1985 | Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio[1] |
| 48 | 1986 | New York, New York[1] |
| 49–51 | 1987–1989 | Lowell, Massachusetts[1] |
| 52–54 | 1990–1992 | Johnstown, Pennsylvania[1] |
| 55–57 | 1993–1995 | Chattanooga, Tennessee[1] |
| 58–60 | 1996–1998 | Dayton, Ohio[1][4] |
| 61–63 | 1999–2001 | East Lansing, Michigan[1] |
| 64–66 | 2002–2004 | Bangor, Maine[1] |
| 67–69 | 2005–2007 | Richmond, Virginia[1] |
| 70–72 | 2008–2010 | Butte, Montana[1] |
| 73 | 2011 | Nashville, Tennessee[1] |
| 74 | 2013 | St. Louis, Missouri[1] |
| 75–77 | 2015–2017 | Greensboro, North Carolina[1] |
| 78–80 | 2018–2020 | Salisbury, Maryland[5] |
References
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^ abc "National Folk Festival History" (PDF). National Council for the Traditional Arts.
^ "The North Carolina Folk Festival". Arts Greensboro. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ [1] NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL - June 20-22, 1997 - Dayton, Ohio at the Wayback Machine (archived October 5, 2006)
^ "Salisbury selected to host National Folk Festival - Salisbury Independent". Salisbury Independent. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
External links
- Folklife Magazine history of the National Folk Festival part I
- Folklife Magazine history of the National Folk Festival part II
