List of folk festivals
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
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.
Asia
Bangladesh
- Dhaka International Folk Fest[2]
Turkey
- Bodrum International Folk Dance Festival[3]
India
- Amarrass Music Festival[4]
- Blue Lotus Festival[5]
- FAKIRI[6]
- Gavari - Sacred Dance Drama Festival
Israel
Europe
- Europeade (held each year in a different European country)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Poland
Hungary
Serbia
Belarus
- International Folk Music Festival "Kamyanitsa"
Belgium
Bulgaria
- International ethno art forum "WithoutBorders"
- International Children's Folk Festival "Varna"
- Open Balkan Championship of Folklore "Jiva Voda - Euro Folk"
- Open European Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk"
- Open National Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk"
- Stara Planina Fest "Balkan Folk"[13]
- World Championship of Folklore "World Folk"
- International Folklore festival "Moonlight in Sofia"
- Balkan folk fest "Foundation Balkan Folk Fest"[14]
Denmark
Estonia
- Hiiu Folk (Kassari, Hiiumaa)
- Viljandi Folk Festival
- Viru Folk (Käsmu)
- Võru Folklore
Finland
- Etnosoi! Festival (Helsinki)
- Haapavesi Folk Music Festival[15]
- Hollo and Martta International Folklore Festival (Hollola)[16]
- Jutajaiset Folklore Festival (Rovaniemi)[17]
- Kalenat International Children Folklore Festival (Lappeenranta)[18]
- Kaustinen Folk Music Festival[19]
- Kihaus Folk Festival (Rääkkylä)[20]
- KoskisFolk (Koski Tl) (every other year)[21]
- Medieval Folk Fest Tampere
- PispalaFolk (Tampere)
- Pispalan Sottiisi – Pispala Schottische (Tampere)[22]
- Sata-Häme Soi – International Accordion Festival (Ikaalinen)[23]
France
- Festival Interceltique de Lorient
- Festival of Folklore in Paris[24]
- Grand Bal de l'Europe[25]
- Paris Folk Festival #FolkYou[26]
- Rencontres Internationales de Luthiers et Maîtres-Sonneurs
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Paris"
Germany
see Volksfest
Greece
- International Children's Folk Festival "Hanioti"
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Thessaloniki"
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Athens"
Iceland
- The Folk Music Festival (Siglufjörður, north Iceland)[27]
Ireland
Italy
- Carpino Folk Festival (Carpino)
- Folkest (Spilimbergo)[28]
- Incontro Internazionale Del Folklore (Matelica)[29]
- International Festival of Folklore (Rimini)[24]
- International Folk Festival "Città dei Trulli" (Alberobello)[30]
- International Folk Festival “Mare Adriatiko” (Lido di Jesolo)[31]
- International Folklore Festival (Tempio Pausania)[32]
- Umbria Folk Festival (Orvieto)[33]
- Lucania Etno Folk (Satriano di Lucania)[34]
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Rimini"
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Rome"
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Venice"
Latvia
Lithuania
- Saulės Žiedas, Šiauliai (Lithuania)
- Baltica, Lithuania
- Kaziuko mugė, Vilnius
- Mėnuo Juodaragis, Zarasai
- Saulytė, Vilnius
- Skamba skamba kankliai, Vilnius
- Suklegos, Kaunas
- Parbėg laivelis, Klaipeda
Macedonia
- International Folk Dance Festival "Ohrid Waves"
Netherlands
Russia
- Dver v Leto, Vyborg
- Empty Hills, Kaluga Oblast
- Grushinsky festival, near Samara
- Golos Kochevnikov, Buryatia
- Ilmensky festival, near Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Kamva festival, Perm
- Mir bardov, Samara
- Mir Sibiri festival, Shushenskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Olkha festival, near Irkutsk
- Primorskiye struny festival, Vladivostok
- Ybitsa festival, Syktyvdinsky District, Komi Republic
Spain
- Aitzina Folk Festival[35]
- Festival Internacional de Folclore "ALEGRIA" (Calella)
- Festival Internacional Poborina Folk (El Pobo - Teruel)[36]
- Festival of Folklore in Lloret de Mar[24][37]
- Interceltic Festival of Avilés
- Interceltic Festival of Morrazo
- Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Barcelona"
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Calella"
Slovakia
- Folk Festival Detva
- Folk Festival Horehronské dni spevu a tanca - Heľpa
- Folk Festival Jánošíkové dni - Terchová
- Folk Festival Východná
- International Folk Festival Myjava
- Rusínsky Folk Festival Svidník
- International Folklore Festival "Moonlight in Bratislava"
Sweden
United Kingdom
- Bath Folk Festival
- Beardy Folk Festival www.beardyfolkfestival.co.uk
- Beverley Folk Festival
- Bromyard Folk Festival
- Cambridge Folk Festival
- Canterbury Folk Festival[40]
- Celtic Connections
- England's Medieval Festival[41]
- Edinburgh Folk Festival
- Fairport's Cropredy Convention
- Folk by the Oak
- Folk on the Farm Festival[42]
- FolkEast Festival[43]
- The Green Man Festival
- Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival
- Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival
- Moseley Folk Festival
- National Folk Festival
- New Forest Folk Festival
- Otley Folk Festival
- Shetland Folk Festival
- Shrewsbury Folk Festival
- Sidmouth Folk Week
- Soma Festival
- Stroud Festival
- Wardle Folk Festival
- Warwick Folk Festival
- Wickham Festival
- Wimborne Folk Festival
North America
Honduras
Canada
Alberta
- Calgary Folk Music Festival
- Canmore Folk Music Festival
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Jasper Folk Festival
- Wild Mountain Music Fest[45]
British Columbia
Manitoba
- Back 40 Folk Festival (Morden)[48]
- Brandon Folk, Music & Art Festival (Brandon)[49]
- Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater)[50]
- Harvest Sun Music Fest (Kelwood)[51]
- Matlock Festival of Music Art and Nature (Matlock)[52]
- Portage la Prairie Winter Folk Fest (Portage la Prairie)[53]
- Prairie Wind Music Festival (Cypress River)[54]
- Rainbow Trout Music Festival (St. Malo)[55]
- Shine On Festival of Music & Art (Kerry)[56]
- Whoop & Hollar Folk Festival (Portage la Prairie)[53]
- Winnipeg Folk Festival (Birds Hill)
Newfoundland/Labrador
Nova Scotia
- Celtic Colours (Cape Breton)
- Deep Roots Music Festival (Wolfville)
- Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival (Lunenburg)
- Stan Rogers Folk Festival (Canso)
Ontario
- Barriefolk (Barrie)[59]
- Blue Skies Music Festival (Clarendon)[60]
- Canterbury Folk Festival (Ingersoll)
- City Roots Festival (Toronto)
- Eaglewood Folk Festival (Pefferlaw)[61]
- 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)
- City 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)
Quebec
- Folk Alliance International Conference[62]
Saskatchewan
- Regina Folk Festival
- Saskatoon FolkFest
- Alohafest
United States
Alaska
District of Columbia
Florida
Illinois
- University of Chicago Folk Festival [63]
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
- Montana Folk Festival[65]
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Cornstock Folk Festival[67]
- Flood City Music Festival
- Folk College[68]
- Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering[69]
- Kutztown Folk Festival[70][71]
- Northern Appalachian Folk Festival[72]
- Philadelphia Folk Festival
- Pittsburgh Folk Festival
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
- April in Edom[73]
- Kerrville Folk Festival
Travelling
Virginia
- Richmond Folk Festival[74]
Washington
- Northwest Folklife
- Washington Folk Festival[75]
West Virginia
- West Virginia State Folk Festival[76]
Wisconsin
- Great River Folk Fest[77]
- Mile of Music
- Oshkosh International Folk Festival[78]
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
- Auckland Folk Festival
- Wellington Folk Festival - held over Labour Weekend; Labour Day in New Zealand is the fourth Monday in October
- Cardrona Folk Festival - held over Labour Weekend in the Cardrona Valley near Wanaka; Labour Day in New Zealand is fourth Monday in October; run by Martin Curtis
- Canterbury Folk Festival - held at Easter in the Waipara Valley north of Christchurch; run by the Christchurch Folk Music Club
- Tui Farm Folk Festival - held over the New Year period near Tapawera in the Nelson district; run by Steve and Carol Rose
- Waihi Bush Folk Festival - held the weekend nearest to Waitangi Day (February 6) near Geraldine in South Canterbury; run by David Musgrave
- Whare Flat Folk Festival - held over the New Year period a few miles out of Dunedin; run by Dunedin's New Edinburgh Folk Club
- Whitestone Folk Festival - held at Queen's Birthday weekend near Herbert in North Otago; Queen's Birthday is observed in New Zealand on the first Monday in June; run by Dunedin's New Edinburgh Folk Club
Gallery
- Towersey music festival
- Sark Folk Festival 2013
- 2010
- Grushinsky festival 2010
- 2008
References
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- ↑ "Heritage Folk Festival - Terra Nova National Park of Canada". Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada – Official Tourism Website.
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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,