Organizations: Local - Links

listed vaguely by zip code

The Pioneer Valley Folklore Society, Amherst MA
Monthly Song and Story Swaps and other activities.

Celtic Sessions
Celtic sesssions in Western Mass.

Central New York Friends of Folk
Events and info for the region.

Dulcimer Folk Association of Central CT
Monthly gathering of local players of mountain dulcimer, autoharp, bamboo pipe, bowed psaltery, hammered dulcimer, recorder and others. Varying skill levels, all invited. Annual dues.

Princeton Folk Music Society
Princeton, NJ area group.

Cornell Folk Song Club, Ithaca, N.Y.
Active club, events include monthly singing parties and a concert series. They also help distribute Folkstuff Magazine.

Friends of Folk
Central NY State

Golden Link Folk Singing Society: Rochester, NY
The GLFSS is part of Rochester's burgeoning folk scene. Among other events, they host the Turtle Hill Folk Festival.

Philadelphia Folk Song Society
Hosts the renowned Philadelphia Folk Festival and a wide array of area events.

Fortissimo
This group's site embraces a broad spectrum of folk music in the Philadelphia area, including pages for local artist and venues, plus a house concert series. A model site for local organizations going on-line.

Baltimore Songwriter's Association
The BSA sponsors open mics at the St. Vincent DePaul Church and bi-monthly meetings at The Lodge with a featured guest artist each month. The site is new.

Tidewater Friends of Folk Music
Norfolk, VA - for 30 years, presenting concerts, workshops and an annual festival.

Fox Valley Folk Music Society
This Illinois-based organization's site maintains an extensive set of links covering folk music events, organizations and resources throughout the midwest. Exceptionally useful.

Little Rock Folk Club
Dedicated to "strictly traditional artists and songwriters/composers working in that genre." Site features concert announcements and on-line discussion groups.

Northern California Songwriters Association
Founded 1979, NCSA presents 15-20 events every month. 20th Annual Songwriters Conference scheduled for September 9 & 10, 2000.

American River Folk Society
Garden Valley, CA.

Living Tradition
The Living Tradition is a non-profit organization working to support and preserve traditional music and dance. The Living Tradition sponsors regular contra dances, folk music concerts, and folk music jams in Bellflower and Anaheim, California.

Butte Folk Music Society
North Sacramento Valley, CA. The musical focus of the Society is Old time, North American folk, World folk, Celtic, Bluegrass and Acoustical Blues.

Seattle Folklore Society
Seattle area meetings and concerts.

 

 

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