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Folk Festivals
Spend a day, a week, or even longer immersed in traditional music and dance.
18 entries found for the month of July.
July
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival
[F16]
- Music, song, dance, storytelling, more.
- The two weeks leading up to July 4.
- On the National Mall, Washington, DC
- Sponsored by Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- Out Among the Stars Bluegrass Festival
[F12]
- July 4 weekend.
- Benton Rodeo Grounds, Benton, PA
- American MusicFest
[F52]
- Concerts, vendors and more.
- BULLETIN BOARD July 4 weekend.
- Riverfront Park & City Island, Harrisburg, PA
- Sponsored by the City of Harrisburg
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- Traditions Weeks at Common Ground On the Hill
[F57]
- Wide variety of genres/topics, family-friendly.
- Two weeklong sessions in early July.
- McDaniel College, Westminster, MD (west of Baltimore)
- Sponsored by Common Ground on the Hill
- Nordic Fiddles & Feet Camp
[F17]
- Workshops in Scandinavian dance and instruments.
- Week and/or weekend of July 4.
- Buffalo Gap Camp, Capon Bridge, WV (near Winchester, VA)
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- Canyon Country Bluegrass Festival
[F18]
- Concerts.
- A day in mid-July.
- Hills Creek State Park, Wellsboro, PA
- Sponsored by Canyon Country Bluegrass
- Adams County Irish Festival
[F19]
- Concerts.
- 3rd Saturday in July.
- Gettysburg, PA
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- American Music & Arts Festival
[F20]
- Wide variety of genres.
- A weekend in mid-July.
- Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, MD (west of Baltimore)
- Sponsored by Common Ground on the Hill
- Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy Summer Camp
[F53]
- Classes, jamming.
- A week in mid-July.
- Country String Shop Music Academy, 2849 Horseshoe Pike (former fire hall), Campbelltown, PA (5 mi east of Hershey)
- Sponsored by Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy
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- Pinewoods Dance Camps
[F58]
- Themed camps in summer (not just dance; family-friendly).
- Weeklong sessions scheduled June thru August.
- Plymouth, MA
- Sponsored by Country Dance & Song Society
- Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps
[F59]
- Total immersion in music, dancing or both.
- Weeklong sessions scheduled from June thru August.
- Near Woodstock, NY (Catskill Mountains)
- 845-246-2121
- Sponsored by Ashokan Fiddle & Dance
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- Augusta Heritage Center
[F61]
- Summer workshops/camps for a wide variety of instruments, musical genres, dance styles, singing and crafts.
- Weeklong sessions scheduled from July thru August.
- Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
- 304-637-1209
- Swannanoa Gathering
[F62]
- Summer workshops/camps for a wide variety of instruments, musical genres, dance styles, singing and crafts.
- Weeklong sessions scheduled from July thru August.
- Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC (near Asheville)
- 828-298-3434
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- John C. Campbell Folk School
[F63]
- Classes for adults in music, dance, gardening and many other folk arts. Free evening concerts too.
- Weeklong and weekend sessions scheduled year-round.
- Brasstown, NC (near Asheville)
- 800-365-5724
- The Dam Show
[F21]
- Bands, family activities.
- A day in late July.
- Austin Dam Memorial Site, Austin, PA
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- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
[F22]
- Concerts, workshops, dancing. Emerging Artists Showcase.
- A weekend in late July.
- Hillsdale, NY (MA-NY-CT corner)
- Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
[F23]
- Workshops on dulcimers (mountain and hammered) and autoharp but other instruments welcome.
- A weekend in late July.
- Binghamton, NY (just over PA border)
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- Rockygrass
[F24]
- A weekend in late July.
- Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO
- Sponsored by Planet Bluegrass
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