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•   Australia - Australian Folk Festivals
•   Australia - Australian Folk Festivals
•   Australia - National Folk Festival
•   Belgium - World Festival of Folklore - Schoten, one week in July
•   Canada - index - Festival Finder
•   Canada - index - Northern Journey
•   Canada/Alberta - Calgary - Hispanic Performing Arts Society Festival - August
•   Canada/Nova Scotia - Lunenburg - Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival - August
•   Croatia - Vinkovacke Jeseni - in Croatian (promises of English to follow)
•   Denmark - Triangle Folklore Festival - 5 days in August
•   England - Chippenham Folk Festival - In Chippenham
•   Europe - index
•   KY - Gray Hawk - Stringbean Memorial Bluegrass Festival - Mid-September, 3 days
•   MI - Johannesburg - Farmfest - Mid-August, 3 days
•   movable - Folk Alliance Conference - Yearly conference for musicians, producers, storytellers, dance administrators, etc. There are performances, but mostly it's an opportunity to attend workshops, network, etc.
•   Netherlands - index
•   New Zealand - index
•   PA - Elmhurst - Endless Mountains Blues Fest - Folk Music; Mid-August, one day
•   Portugal - Encontros Musicais da Tradição Europeia - in Portugese
•   Scotland - Shoots and Roots "Part 1" - 4 days in April; Edinburgh
•   TN - Sevierville - Bluegrass in the Smokies - 3 days, mid-August
•   TX - Austin - Old Settler's Music Festival - Mid-April, 4 days
•   UK - Ipswich - International Country Music Festival - June, 3 days
•   United Kingdom - index
•   United Kingdom - Stirrings' Folk Festival Newsletter
•   United Kingdom - Wales - Eisteddfod - early August
•   USA - AK - Alaska Folk Festival - Week long festival in Juneau every April
•   USA - AK - index
•   USA - AZ - Tucson Folk Festival - 2 days in May
•   USA - CA - Fiddling Frog Dance Festival - 3 days in February, L.A.
•   USA - CA - Napa Valley Music Festival - Three days in September
•   USA - CA - Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention - also has singing, children's activities, and dancing. One day in October; near Santa Barbara
•   USA - CA - San Francisco Free Folk Festival - 2 days in June; FREE!
•   USA - CT - NOMAD (NOrtheast Music And Dance) Festival - 3 days in November; New Haven
•   USA - DC - Festival of American Folklife - June/July
•   USA - DC - Washington Folk Festival - Free! 2 days, first weekend after Memorial Day
•   USA - FL - Florida Folk Festival - 3 days; Memorial Day Weekend
•   USA - HI - Ho'olaulea by the Sea - 2 days in June
•   USA - index (Bluegrass) - Barb Diederich's Handy Bluegrass Links
•   USA - index - Dirty Linen Festival and Event Guide
•   USA - index - Festival Finder
•   USA - KY - Kentucky Folk Festival - 2 days in June; Bardstown
•   USA - LA - Festival International de Louisiane - 3-day FREE festival in Lafayette, Louisiana, in April
•   USA - LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
•   USA - MA - Boston Folk Festival - Mid-September
•   USA - MA - Greater New Bedford Summerfest - Two days at the National Whaling Historic Park in New Bedford; July
•   USA - MA - Lowell Folk Festival - The largest free folk festival in the USA! Performance-oriented festival held early Summer. In 2009 it is 7/24-26.
•   USA - MA - NEFFA--New England Folk Festival - Mansfield, Mass; run by the sponsor of this website
•   USA - MA - Northeast Squeeze-In - Three days of accordions and other free-reeds Sponsored by The Button Box
•   USA - MA - Rockport Acoustic Music Festival - One day; Mid-August
•   USA - MD - FSGW Mini-Festival - one Saturday afternoon in January, in Silver Spring
•   USA - MD - Takoma Park Folk Festival - September; one day
•   USA - ME - American Folk Festival - in Bangor, last weekend of August
•   USA - ME - Downeast Country Dance Festival - 3 days in March; Topsham
•   USA - ME - North Atlantic Folk Festival - 1 day in August; Rockland, ME
•   USA - MI - Great Lakes Folk Festival - in East Lansing; mid-August
•   USA - MT - Bear Hug Mountain Festival - Three days in September; Missoula
•   USA - NC - Folkmoot USA - One week in July. International folk dance and music performing groups
•   USA - NC - Lake Eden Arts Festival - Fall, 3 days
•   USA - NH - Great Waters Folk Festival - August; A performance-oriented Festival. See site for listings of other offerings including Classical and Jazz performances. Wolfeboro.
•   USA - NH - Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival - 2 days at end of September
•   USA - NJ - Woodstown - Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - Labor Day Weekend
•   USA - NM - Albuquerque Folk Festival - One day; the 2001 festival is mid-June, but it varies year to year. Free!
•   USA - NY - Ballston Spring - GottaGenGon - End of May
•   USA - NY - Brooklyn - Eisteddfod - mid-August; 3 days
•   USA - NY - Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival - 2 days in June
•   USA - NY - Dance Flurry - 3 day Festival in Saratoga Springs; February
•   USA - NY - Falcon Ridge Folk Festival - Three days in July; near the Mass./CT border
•   USA - NY - Hunter - German Alps Festival - Mid-August
•   USA - NY - Hunter - International Celtic Festival - Mid-August
•   USA - NY - Old Songs Festival - 3-day festival at the end of June, near Albany
•   USA - NY - Rochester - Thanksgiving Weekend Dance Festival
•   USA - OH - Cityfolk Festival - In Dayton; 3 days in June. Outgrowth of the National Folk Festival.
•   USA - OR - Sisters Folk Festival - 2 days in Sept. in the town of Sisters
•   USA - OR - Tygh Valley Musical Retreat - 3-day festival in September
•   USA - PA - Philadelphia Folk Festival - A three-day extravaganza of folk music, dance, crafts and children's activities takes place in late August.
•   USA - PA - Pittsburgh Folk Festival - End of May
•   USA - PA - Wellsboro - Canyon Country Bluegrass Festival - July
•   USA - RI - Hear in Rhode Island - Providence; 2 days in June
•   USA - RI - Newport Folk Festival
•   USA - RI - Rhythm and Roots Festival - Cajun fest, Labor Day weekend, Escoheag
•   USA - TX - Austin Friends of Traditional Music - Traditional Music! Festival
•   USA - VT - Champlain Valley Folk Festival - 3 day festival in August
•   USA - WA - Northwest Folklife Festival
•   USA - WV - Appalachian String Band Music Festival - late July; 5 days
•   USA - WV - FOOTMAD Fall Fling - Sept.; three days; near Charleston
•   USA - WV - Vanadalia Festival - A festival of music, crafts, and other activities. ; Memorial Day weekend in Charleston
•   USA - WV - Wheeling Celtic Celebration - 3 days in March

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