Winter 2025 Calendar
Fri, December 13 - Newberry & Verch
Harrisburg
These two grew up around people who made their own fun with music and dance, and it shows. With original songs and timeless classics, heartwarming stories and lively tunes & dance, their shows radiate joy and good fellowship. It’s a heaping helping of holiday cheer.
Concert on Friday, December 13 at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg.
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Sun, December 15 - December Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
NOTE DATE! Our annual wrap-up-the-calendar jam, featuring both regular and seasonal music. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, December 15 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, January 5 - Charm City Junction
York
“Baltimore-based roots group Charm City Junction puts a new spin on old-timey music, carrying the torch of fast-picking bluegrass and toe-tapping Celtic music. Featuring fiddle, clawhammer banjo, the button accordion and upright bass, this quartet isn’t afraid to take roots music to new places — but always with an eye on tradition.” (The Washington Post) VENUE CHANGE:
Concert on Sunday, January 5 at Unitarian Church of Harrisburg.
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Sun, January 12 - January Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Happy New Year! Start it off with some new (or old!) songs and tunes. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, January 12 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sat, January 25 - Winter Coffee House
Harrisburg
Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania's fine amateur acoustic musicians, who play a wide variety of material for an attentive, music-loving audience. This edition of the coffeehouse brings us everything from blues to bluegrass, including some mighty fine acoustic guitar work, from Hank Imhof, Dave Fishel, Maria Wilson and Ray Owen. FREE Coffeehouse concert on
Saturday, January 25 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, January 26 - Open Mic Night
New Cumberland
Spend the evening at the lovely West Shore Theatre in New Cumberland, enjoying some fine local music and maybe taking center stage yourself.
Your host for the evening is Kevin Neidig. Be there at 5:15 to sign up to play!
Sunday, January 26 at West Shore Theatre.
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Fri, February 7 - San Miguel Fraser
Harrisburg
Castilian, Celtic and original music featuring violins, vocals, cittern and pandareta: “exquisite, exhilarating, effervescent... expressing the joy, warmth, and beauty of our shared humanity.”—Culburnie Records
Concert on Friday, February 7 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, February 9 - February Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Bring your favorite honey and songs about love — good and not-so-good. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, February 9 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sat, February 15 - Writing an Apprenticeship Grant
Online
Learn how to apply for a grant from the PCA’s “Apprenticeships in Folk and Traditional Arts” program. These grants support artists in teaching OR developing their artistic skills/repertoire. An informative online workshop presented by our Susquehanna Folk Arts Center.
Live on Zoom on Saturday, February 15.
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Fri, February 21 - The Murphy Beds
Harrisburg
Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. Huffington Post describes their music as “taking what’s best of the classic Irish folk revival without falling into any of its clichés... beautiful, crystalline songs.”
Concert on Friday, February 21 at Fort Hunter.
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