FESTIVALS (USA)

The international festivals listed below represent a network of folk dance festivals in the United States and a few elsewhere in the world. Each festival invites performance groups from throughout the world that represent their traditional music, dance, and culture. There are also many quality folk festivals existing in other countries which can be accessed through the C.I.O.F.F. organization. (www.CIOFFUSA.org)

The following festivals are listed in order of calendar date. Most festivals are annual so if the date you see is past, assume that the following year it will be at approximately the same time and check their website.

April 4-May4, 2008 WORLDFEST Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com
June 14-21, 2008 SCANDIA CAMP MENDOCINO Woodridge, Illinois www.ScandiaCampMendocino.org Registration@ScandiaCamp.org
June 19-23, 2008 and June 23-26, 2008 PINEWOODS WEEKEND and FOLK DAYS Plymouth, Massachusetts 781-662-7475 www.facone.org
June 28 - July 5, 2008 BALKAN MUSIC & DANCE WORKSHOPS Mendocino Woodlands, California http://www.eefc.org August 9 - 16, 2008 BALKAN MUSIC & DANCE WORKSHOPS Rock Hill, New York http://www.eefc.org
July 2-6, 2008 22ND WORLD CONGRESS ON DANCE RESEARCH Athens, Greece http://www.orchesis-portal.org
July 14 to July 27, 2008 FOLKMOOT USA www.folkmootusa.org/ 112 Virginia Avenue Post Office Box 658 Waynesville, NC 28786
July 26-August 2, 2008 IDAHO INTERNATIONAL DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Rexburg, Idaho http://www.rexcc.com/festival
July 11-13, 2008 70th ANNUAL NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL (first presented in 1934 and the oldest multicultural festival in the nation) Butte, Montana For information, contact www.nationalfolkfestival.com
July 12-198, 2008 SPRINGVILLE WORLD FESTIVAL www.worldfolkfest.com/ Springville World Folkfest P.O. Box 306 Springville, UT 84663
August 5-10, 2008 BOUNTIFUL SUMMERFEST INTERNATIONAL Bountiful, Utah http://www.bdac.org/summerfest/IOV.htm and http://www.iovworld.org/news.asp
November 21-23, 2008 HOLIDAY FOLK FAIR, Milwaukee, Wisconsin http://www.folkfair.org/

 

You can find a very complete and updated list of nearly every music and dance festival in the United States at www.thedancegypsy.comAnother wonderful site for festivals worldwide is: www.FolkloreFestivals.Com For more information on International Festival go to www.cioff.org

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