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Aminadav Aloni Music Foundation - http://alonimusic.org/
The Aminadav Aloni Music Foundation was created to ensure that the musical legacy of Aminadav Aloni lives on to bring joy and enrichment to future generations. At the 2003 Festival the Aminadav Aloni Music Foundation is sponsoring "Aminadav Aloni: Music for a Jewish Wedding" a rare production of this exquisite collection of songs.
American Nyckelharpa Association - http://www.nyckelharpa.org
The American Nyckelharpa Association is a non-profit corporation for the preservation and fostering of the nyckelharpa (sometimes called the Swedish Key Fiddle). They conduct educational programs and activities to promote knowledge of and interest in the nyckelharpa and the traditional music of the nyckelharpa.
American String Teachers Association - http://www.astaweb.com
Information on the nation's largest professional association for string teachers and players.
Ann Arbor Council for Traditional Dance - http://www.folk.emich.edu/~aactmad/
AACTMAD is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of folk music and dance. They sponsor "traditional" music and dance events in the greater Ann Arbor, Michigan area, including contra-dances, English Country dances, and small-scale folk music concerts.
Arizona Irish Music Society - http://www.azirishmusic.com
Web site with lots of information about Irish Music in Arizona
Artistopia - The Ultimate Artist Resourc - http://www.artistopia.com
Artistopia is dedicated to providing the music artist community with all the proper marketing and productivity tools that help establish a formal strategy to approaching the music industry professionally
Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music - http://www.aaffm.org
The Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music, Inc., is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and promoting traditional folk music and arts in the greater Atlanta area.
AAFFM sponsors and supports various folk and traditional music activities in the Atlanta and north Georgia region, including the Fiddler's Green Coffeehouse series. They hold regular "AAFFM Get-Togethers" or pickin' parties for musicians and listeners, and publish a monthly newsletter which is mailed to our members.
Austin Friends of Traditional Music - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aftm
AFTM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer, membership-supported and -operated organization dedicated to encouraging the performance, appreciation, preservation, and sharing of all genres of traditional / folk / ethnic / international music and dance. From Old-Time, Celtic, Bluegrass, and traditional Jazz to Latin American, Zydeco, Cajun, and Gospel, AFTM has provided the Austin community with a sampling of musical and dance expressions from folk cultures the world over
Baltimore Songwriters Association - http://electrobus.com/bsa/
The Baltimore Songwriters Association, a nonprofit organization, was formed for charitable and educational purposes, including but not limited to: developing and promoting songwriting in all genres, providing educational opportunities and serving as a center for the exchange of information between songwriters, publishers and persons involved in music throughout the greater community.
Bluegrass Assoc. of Southern California - http://www.socalbluegrass.org/
Bluegrass Association of Southern California (BASC) , publishes "inTUNE, Southern California Bluegrass News" an award-winning bimonthly newsletter published in cooperation with the San Diego Bluegrass Society (SDBS). This site is "inTUNE Online" and has information about BASC and SDBS, as well as a complete calendar of Southern California bluegrass music events and lots of listings for bands, resources, membership forms, and more.
Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music - http://www.brandywinefriends.org/
The Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Traditional American Music. They sponsor the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Broward Folk Club - http://www.browardfolkclub.com
The Broward Folk Club is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote folk and acoustic music and to provide a community for people who share a love for it.
The BFC held its first songswap in March of 1988. Twenty-one people showed up for that first meeting. Today the BFC has an active membership is around 200.
Bucks County Folk Song Society - http://www.bucksfolk.org
A group of people dedicated to furthering the interest and appreciation of folk music through education, research, and participation; familiarizing the people of southeastern Pennsylvania with authentic folk art; and providing a meeting place for those with a common interest in folk music. They membership includes novice, amateur, and professional performers and singer/songwriters as well as listening members of all ages and from all walks of life. They all share a love of primarily acoustic music, and they enjoy it most when sharing it with friends. New members are always welcome
Buffalo Friends of Folk Music - http://bfn.org/~folkmusic/index.html
Buffalo Friends of Folk Music supports folk music in the Buffalo, NY area through local events including concerts and sing-arounds.
California Bluegrass Association - http://www.cbaontheweb.org/
The California Bluegrass Association (CBA) is a California Non-Profit Corporation which was founded in 1975 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The CBA is dedicated to the furtherance of Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Gospel Music in California. The Articles of Incorporation further state that the organization is formed to promote, encourage, foster, and cultivate the preservation, appreciation, understanding, enjoyment, support, and performance of traditional instrumental and vocal music of the Unted States.
California Dance Coop - http://www.caldancecoop.org/
Site includes schedules of Contra and English Dances in Southern Cal area, plus links to other dance sites.
California State Old Time Fiddlers - http://www.califoldtimefiddlers.com/califoldtimefiddlers_001.htm
Dedicated to Preserve and Perpetuate Authenic Old Time Music. They have jam sessions on the second and fourth Sunday of the Month in Oak View, CA
Calliope House - http://www.calliopehouse.org/
Since 1976, Calliope has been a nonprofit educational and presenting organization that promotes and preserves traditional and contemporary folk music and its allied arts. Calliope programs are unique to western Pennsylvania.
John C. Campbell Folk School - http://www.folkschool.org
In the mountains of western North Carolina, this school offers folk dance weekends, folk music classes, and an annual Fall Festival.
Celtic Arts Center / An Claidheamh Solui - http://www.celticartscenter.com/
Celtic Arts Center / An Claidheamh Soluis is dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultures and languages of all the celtic nattions. Check out the web site for their schedule of performances, seisiuns, classes and dances.
Celtic Music Association of Madison - http://www.celticmadison.org
The Celtic Music Association is a group of unpaid volunteers which primarily organizes concerts by traditional musicians from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales. For over 20 years, CMA has brought several acts per year to Madison, ranging from lesser-known gems like Máire O'Keeffe to big names such as The Tannahill Weavers and Altan. They are nominally (although far from exclusively) run by students and faculty of UW-Madison, and therefore qualify to register as a Student Organization at the UW. They also actively support Madison's local Celtic dance and music culture.
Colorado Friends Of Old Time Music - http://www.cfootmad.org
Colorado Friends Of Old Time Music And Dance...
...is a non-profit organization that runs community, participatory dances — such as contra dances — with live music and calling in the Denver and Boulder metro area of Colorado
Columbus Folk Music Society - http://www.cfms-inc.org/
To promote in central Ohio the appreciation, understanding, private playing, public performance, and enjoyment of folk music, song, dance, story telling, and other folk arts inclusive of all cultures.
Contradance Calendar - http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/dance/CaConEng.html
Contradance Calendar for all of California
East European Folklife Center - http://www.mindspring.com/~ginbirch/eefc/
The East European Folklife Center (EEFC) is a non-profit membership organization whose mission is to educate the general public about the the folk music, folk dance, and folklore in the Balkans through promoting and sponsoring activities which honor and celebrate the richness of these cultures; and to foster understanding and respect of all peoples through shared experiences of Balkan cultures.
Folk Alliance - http://www.folk.org/
Folk Alliance was created to increase public awareness of the vital artistic and cultural importance of folk music and dance. Folk Alliance was founded by California Traditional Music Society directors Elaine and Clark Weissman.
Folk Alliance Australia - http://www.folkalliance.org.au/
Is an energetic organisation whose members are performers, artists, presenters, record companies, media, agents, folk clubs, festivals and a range of others interested inpromoting and fostering culturally diverse performing folk arts. We exist to increase public awareness of the vital artistic and cultural importance of folk music and dance and to create new and better opportunities for all those who make these expressions possible and to enrich those whose lives are touched by folk performance and participation.
Folk Alliance Region - West (FAR West) - http://www.far-west.org/
Folk Alliance Regional organizations exist to to promote folk music and dance in particular areas, hold an annual regional conferences, to carry out such other projects as are of benefit to Folk Alliance members in the area, and represent the interests of their members to the parent organization. FAR West is attemping to set up a Folk Alliance Regional to cover the west coast.
Folk Club of South Florida - http://www.souflafolk.com/
Founded to promote in South Florida the performance, awareness, and appreciation of traditional and contemporary folk music, and other folk arts.
To encourage the development of local folk talent, and to showcase local and national folk performers.
The Folk Project (Northern New Jersey) - http://www.folkproject.org/
The Folk Project is a not-for-profit folk music and dance organization which sponsors or organizes a wide variety of folk music and dance activities in the Northern New Jersey area.
Folk Society of Greater Washington - http://www.fsgw.org/
The Folk Society of Greater Washington presents over 200 folk events in the Washington, DC area each year, including festivals, concerts, dances and swaps. Includes links to DC area folk events.
Folklore Society of Greater Washington - http://www.fsgw.org/
The main purpose of the Society is to further the understanding, investigation, appreciation, and performance of the traditional folk music and folklore of the American people.
Folklore Village - http://www.folklorevillage.org/
Folklore Village creates opportunities for individuals and communities to celebrate, experience and support ethnic and traditional folklife.
Folklore Village offers an ongoing program of cultural, educational and participatory folklife activities in rural Southwest Wisconsin, serving regional communities and the Upper Midwest.
Folkmusic.org - http://folkmusic.org/
Whether you're a songwriter, singer, fan or venue host -- they aim to provide the information you need to be better at what you do. If they don't provide it on our pages here, you can travel the links provided. They offer several free discussion lists dedicated to folk music, including the ten-year-old folkmusic listener list that has helped create the buzz about many excellent independent artists.
FOLKOWA - http://www.folkowa.art.pl
Polish website about all faces of folk music. Reviews, articles, interviews, mp3! In Polish!
Fox Valley Folklore Society - http://www.foxvalleyfolk.com/
Promoting and Presenting Folklife Events in the Chicago Area since 1975
Friends of Florida Folk - http://www.foff.org/
Friends of Florida Folk, Inc.
was created to
identify, protect, preserve, encourage and promote folk arts, crafts, dance and music.
Friends of Music - http://www.friendsofmusic.net/
The Friends of Music is a non-profit (501(c)(3) organization dedicated to bring acoustic folk, blues, and bluegrass music to Middletown, NY
. They are supported by NYS Arts Council, and Meet the Composer grants, corporate and individual donations.
Friends of Negro Spirituals - http://www.dogonvillage.com/negrospiritual/
A 501 (3) (c) organization whose goals are the study and preservation of the Negro Spiritual folk song.
Website for news journal, The Negro Spiritual.
Fyvie Folk Club - http://www.4i2i.com/fyviefolk/
The home page of Fyvie Folk Club
in Fyvie in the North East of Scotland. They are a group of people who love to sing, play or just listen to folk music.
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Georgian Bay Folk Society - http://www.summerfolk.org/aboutus.html
The GBFS, a not for profit organization in Owen Sound, Ontario, has promoted folk music through concerts, dances, folk clubs, and the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival for almost three decades. In
Golden Link - http://www.goldenlink.org/
Golden Link offerings include concerts of folk performers, a monthly newsletter, a lending library of folk music recordings and books, a folk musician's reference service, folk music workshops, an annual weekend folk festival, free weekly Tuesday night sing-arounds, and much, much more.
One way of reaching Golden Link is through the Folk Fone: (585) 234-5044.
Grand River Folk Arts Society - http://www.grfolkarts.org/
Bringing the BEST Folk Music
to West Michigan
Green Willow - http://www.greenwillow.org
The Green Willow is dedicated to the preservation and growth of Celtic and British Isles folk music. From Child ballads to sea music, from strathspeys to reels, the Green Willow seeks to keep alive the folk music traditions of Celtic and Anglo communities from all over the world.
The Green Willow is an incorporated, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization.
Guitar-Advisor.com - http://www.guitar-advisor.com
All about guitars! Electric guitars, Acoustic guitars, Guitar history, Famous guitarists!
Hiawatha Music Co-op - http://hiawathamusic.org/index.php
The Hiawatha Music Co-op - is a well-established and well-regarded, non-profit organization for the support of traditional American music, in Marquette County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Each July they present a 3 day traditional music festival.
HIGHLANDS OF OHIO Folk and Celtic Music - http://www.highlandsofohio.com/pages/488032/index.htm
HIGHLANDS OF OHIO Folk and Celtic Music Society came into existence in the summer of 1999. Highlands of Ohio is a not-for-profit organization and depends almost entirely upon ticket sales for the continuation of its activities.
Intermountain Acoustic Music Association - http://www.xmission.com/~iama
The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association (IAMA)is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the preservation, furtherance and spread of acoustic music, including bluegrass, British isles, folk, old-time and related musical forms
Kanawha Valley Friends Of Old Time Music - http://www.footmad.org
Kanawha Valley Friends Of Old Time Music And Dance (FOOTMAD) is a non-profit, volunteer organization whose mission is to promote traditional music and dance in Charleston, West Virginia and the Greater Kanawha Valley. New volunteers are always welcome, the sole prerequisite being a desire to support these most enjoyable art forms.
Kulak's Woodshed - http://www.kulakswoodshed.com/
Kulak's Woodshed is Free, Independent, Not for Profit, Acoustic Music, Video Webcast, Singer/Songwriter Performance Venue, Broadcasting Live and Archived over the World Wide Web, 24/7.
Lethbridge Folk Club - http://lfc.ab.ca/
The Lethbridge Folk Club, located in the city of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers. The main goal of the Lethbridge Folk Club is to make live folk music available to people in Lethbridge and area by hosting concerts and open stages on a regular basis.
Living Tradition - http://www.thelivingtradition.org/
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 El Segundo and Anaheim, California.
Los Angeles Irish Set Dancers - http://www.irishdancelosangeles.com/
The group is proud to promote Irish culture through social Irish dancing for adults. The LAISD hosts the regularly scheduled Los Angeles CEILI (pronounced "Kay-Lee"), which is a social gathering for adults to enjoy traditional Irish dance, music and song. (You don't have to be a dancer, come and enjoy the music and song and make new friends.) The group also sponsors regular weekend set dancing workshops throughout the greater Los Angeles area (some with expert Dance Masters from Ireland) and holds weekly set dancing classes ALL Levels Welcome.
Mid Columbia Folklore Society - http://community.gorge.net/mcfs/
A non-profit, all volunteer organization
dedicated to the preservation and performance
of traditional dance and acoustic music in the Columbia River Gorge.
Missouri Folklore Socity - http://www2.truman.edu/~adavis/mfs.html
The Missouri Folklore Society was organized December 15, 1906, "to encourage the collection, preservation and study of folklore in the widest sense, including customs, institutions, beliefs, signs, legends, language, literature, musical arts, and folk arts and crafts of all ethnic groups throughout the State of Missouri."
New England Folk Festival Associatio - http://www.neffa.org/
The New England Folk Festival Association is a non-profit educational and cultural organization, incorporated under the General Laws of Massachusetts to encourage, sponsor, and preserve high standards of performance of the folk arts and traditions in New England and elsewhere.
Northeast Ohio Folk & Traditional Music - http://www.folknet.org/
Folknet is a not-for-profit educational organization that exists to nurture the development and expansion of a vibrant folk and traditional arts community of performers, organizations and advocates. In other words, we get together to promote folk and traditional music, dance and related arts throughout Northeast Ohio.
Old Songs Festival - http://www.oldsongs.org/festival/index.html
The best in folk, Celtic & world music in a pleasant outdoor setting beneath the Helderberg escarpment, just west of Albany, NY. Family-friendly!
A Road Song - http://roadsong.tripod.com
Original song lyrics for
collaboration - some offered as Public Domain - free e-books re
"Timeless Troubadour"-
on E-Library page. Now working on Folk Opera based on original short story "Adobe Bricks" on Library page - useful links to related areas.
San Diego Bluegrass Society - http://www.socalbluegrass.org
Web site for the San Diego Bluegrass Society, a non-profit organization: concert info, calendar of events, membership forms, resources
San Diego Bluegrass Society - http://www.socalbluegrass.org/
The San Diego Bluegrass Society (SDBS), publishes "inTUNE, Southern California Bluegrass News" an award-winning bimonthly newsletter published in cooperation with Bluegrass Association of Southern California (BASC). This site is "inTUNE Online" and has information about SDBS and BASC, as well as a complete calendar of Southern California bluegrass music events and lots of listings for bands, music stores, radio, and much more.
San Diego Folk Heritage - http://sdfolkheritage.org/
San Diego Folk Heritage preserves and promotes acoustic music, storytelling, and dance in greater San Diego. They present the Sam Hinton Folk Heritage Festival every May, featuring concerts, dances, storytelling, and educational workshops.
Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club - http://www.santamonicafolkmusicclub.org/
Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club has been meeting once a month since 1978. On the first Saturday of each month, somewhere between 20 and 70 or more folk musicians and singers gather in a circle to make that magic combination of music and words that is traditional folk music.
Songmakers - http://www.songmakers.org/
Songmakers is a Southern California organization of singers and musicians devoted to the enjoyment and support of traditional and contemporary folk and other forms of homemade and acoustic music.
Southern California Dulcimer Heritage - http://www.scdh.org
Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (SCDH) fosters the vitality of common and diverse musical heritages by promoting public awareness, access, and appreciation of fretted and hammer dulcimers and their international relatives. Annual music festival in the fall. Workshops/gatherings/jams/concerts throughout the year.
Southern California Uilleann Pipers Club - http://www.socalpipers.com
Southern California Uilleann Pipers Club membership is available to anyone with an interest in the Irish uilleann bagpipes (pronounced illan).
The Club meets once a month on the first Sunday of each month.
At these monthly meetings there is a room assigned to learning a "tune of the month" and a room assigned to reed making, pipe maintenance, sharing of tunes and other general misbehaviour.
Swannanoa Gathering - http://www.swangathering.com/
Founded in 1991, The Swannanoa Gathering is a series of week-long workshops in various folk arts (Dulcimer, Sing Swing & String, Celtic,
Old-Time, Guitar, Contemporary Folk) held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. With a limited enrollment and an 'open' format which allows each student to select their own curriculum from a variety of courses, we offer an intimate, supportive community experience for students of all abilities, featuring a staff of some of the finest performers and teachers in the world.
Ten Pound Fiddle - http://www.msu.edu/user/fiddle/
The Ten Pound Fiddle coffeehouse has been bringing traditional and accoustic music and dance to the Lansing Michigan area for 25 years! Check out our schedule - over 30 performances a year. Photos, biographies, sound clips and lots, lots more! Perhaps you're considering Contra Dancing - yupthey've got that too!
University of Chicago Folklore Society - http://www.uofcfolk.org
Not much content but some links to their events in the Chicago area.
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