To advance and preserve folk arts representing national, local and ethnic customs as they exist throughout the United States of America; to promote and encourage the exchange of folk dance and dance related to folklore in the USA and abroad and to effectively network those who support these objectives.

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  • Lava Meltdown Contra Dance Weekend 2026!

    Lava Hot Springs Senior and Community Center 150 N Center St, Lava Hot Springs, ID, United States
    Lava Meltdown is a Contra dance weekend in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho held the last weekend of February 2026. The dates for the weekend are February 27, 2026, 5:00pm to March 1, 2026 12:00pm. The weekend kicks off with a…
    $150

  • SAFDF – San Antonio Festival 2026!

    OLLU - Our Lady of the Lake University 411 Southwest 24th Street, San Antonio, TX, United States +1 more
    SAFDF celebrates its 68th year as a festival, with special guests, Tineke and Maurits and Andy Taylor. Enjoy a weekend of workshops. We invite you to OLLU - Our Lady of the Lake University March 20-22, 2026 for a fun,…

  • Eugene Veselo Folk Dancers Festival 2026

    Veterans Memorial Bldg. 1626 Willamette St., Eugene, OR, United States
    Tineke van Geel is teaching this year "Armenia & beyond", and the Saturday night bands are Zakuska from Seattle and Trio Tsuica from Portland. There are dance workshops Sat and Sun, plus a singing workshop on Saturday afternoon, taught by…
    $70

  • Lyrids Folk Dance Festival 2026

    Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall 12460 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada
    The twelfth and LAST Lyrids Folk Dance Festival will happen April 17-19, 2026 at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall an hour drive east of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Our guest artists are Tineke and Maurits van Geel presenting Armenian, Roma, and other…

  • Mountain Playshop 2026!

    Montreat Conference Center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat, United States
    Mark your calendars for Friday, September 25th, 4:00 p.m. to Sunday, September 27th, 11:00 a.m. for the Mountain Playshop weekend is held in Montreat, North Carolina. Mountain Playshop is a regional dance weekend that attracts folk dancers from North Carolina…

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National Folk Organization of the United States of America

Our Mission: Provide resources, networking, programming, and education in order to encourage respect for cultural traditions through research, preservation, advancement, and dissemination of information. We support all folk dance and folk arts advocates in furthering these goals.

Our  Vision: Promote advancement and sharing of cultural traditions in order to keep them alive as treasures for the world.

Our Values:

Synergy: NFO fosters connections and mutual awareness to strengthen community involvement in cultural traditions.

Respect: NFO respects cultural traditions and the people that create and practice them.

Diversity: NFO supports a wide range of viewpoints and practices pertaining to cultural traditions.

Education: NFO believes that obtaining knowledge relating to cultural traditions is essential to their practice and preservation.

Curiosity: NFO encourages everyone to be curious about cultural traditions, and to approach such traditions with the goal of appreciative inquiry.

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