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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  • Zlatne Uste Golden Festival 2024

    The Marquee at Astoria 25-22 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, Queens, NY, United States
    Zlatne Uste  presents Golden Festival in New York! It is a festival filled with live music and great dancing - back again by popular demand!

  • Statewide 2024 Folk Dance Festival

    Newark Pavilion Thornton Avenue, Newark, CA, United States
    Statewide 2024 is a weekend festival with folk dance workshops and parties brought to you by the Federation of Folk Dancers, Northern California. The weekend includes Dance workshops, Dance performances and Evening Parties with Orkestar Unbound. On Sunday enjoy a Square Dance Hoedown. The weekend features Culture Corners, Request Dancing, and Meeting friends!
    $15 – $150

  • Mountain Playshop 2024

    YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly 84 Blue Ridge Circle, Black Mountain, NC, United States
    Mountain Playshop 2024 Black Mountain, NC September 20-22 Ira Weisburd Balkan & Israeli For more information and to download a registration form go to MountainPlayshop.org For any questions contact Mary Goodman at moc.reitnorf@namdoogyram or call 828 450-3870 FULL TIME (Fri.,…
    $180

  • PINK PARTY 2024

    First Unitarian Church of Omaha 3114 Harney Street, Omaha, NE, United States
    "Omaha International Folk Dancers are so delighted/excited to host Barbara Bleisch at Pink Party 2024 which is being held from Friday October 4 through Sunday October 6 at the University of Nebraska Omaha. This year we are celebrating 38 years of survivorship." Jennifer Forebes-Baily - Please join the Omaha International Folk Dancers for a delightful weekend, as we gather to support cancer survivorship and enjoy a really great weekend of fun dancing and folk dance fellowship!
    Free

  • 41st Oklahoma City IFD, Old Country Weekend Oct 18-20, 2024

    Cross Point Camp 7310 Rock Creek Road, Kingston, OK, United States
    The 41st Annual Old Country Weekend October 18-20, 2024 Cross Point Camp, Kingston, Oklahoma FEATURING ROBERTO BAGNOLI From Rome, Italy Teaching Balkan and Israeli dances, and Live Music by Don Weeda & Anne Alexander Old Country Weekend is hosted by…

  • Fire Ant Frolic 2024

    Ben Hur Shrine Ballroom Rockwood Lane, Austin, TX, United States
    Contra Dance Weekend Music: Lake Effects & Larry Unger Callers: Koren Wake and Rich Goss $145, some deductions available.
    $145

  • Kolo Festival 2024!

    The Russian Center 2460 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
    73rd Kolo Festival! Featuring teachers Yannis Konstantinou Michael Ginsburg, Sonia & Cristian, Anna Angelova and  John Morovich. Kolo Festival is known for its wide variety of Bands: This year we are proud to announce Sinovi, Orkestar Unbound and many more!

  • Norske Runddansere’s Scandinavian SnoBall 2024!

    Menucha Retreat 38711 E, Historic Columbia River Hwy, Corbett, OR, United States
    Announcing SnoBall is Now Scheduled for December 21-22, 2024!!  Norske Runddansere's 2024 Snoball In The Gorge! We have reserved Menucha Retreat and Conference Center's Wright Hall  again for our annual dance and live music event. A Nordic holiday celebration with traditional…

  • Zlatne Uste Golden Festival 2025

    The Marquee at Astoria 25-22 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria, Queens, NY, United States
    Zlatne Uste  presents Golden Festival in New York! It is a festival filled with live music and great dancing - back again by popular demand!

  • Laguna Folk Dance Festival 2025

    Clubhouse 2 24112 Moulton Parkway, Laguna Woods, CA, United States
    Southern California’s oldest and largest weekend folk dance festival! Workshops with featured teachers Tineke van Geel and Maurits van Geel. Singalongs and ukulele jamming with Melanie Lawson. Parties, Ice Cream Social, and Happy Hours. And dancing on the beach (Monday).…

  • SAFDF – San Antonio Festival 2025!

    OLLU - Our Lady of the Lake University 411 Southwest 24th Street, San Antonio, TX, United States
    SAFDF celebrates its 67th year as a festival, bringing the best of master international dance teachers, including Franklin Houston, John Rodi and Andy Taylor-Blenis to our weekend of workshops. It's not just the workshops that are great, its also the…

  • Dance on the Bay 2025!

    North Bayside Grange 67577 E. Bay Rd., North Bend, OR, United States
    Dance on the Bay 2025 is a day-long festival featuring master teachers Roo Lester (Basque, Scandi & more) and Gigi Jensen (Latin American folk dances) teaching morning and afternoon workshops, an international potluck, a culture hour and evening dance party.…
    $40.00

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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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