National Folk Festival

Scheduled for 2022-08-26 09:00 to 20:00
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Hosted by Salisbury Md

The 81st National Folk Festival takes place the weekend of August 26-28, 2022, in Downtown Salisbury, Maryland. Presented FREE to the public, the festival is a national showcase for America’s finest traditional artists, featuring over 350 musicians, dancers, craftspeople, storytellers, and other tradition bearers performing on the festival’s four stages, and participating in other festival areas.

Since it was first presented in St. Louis in 1934, the National Folk Festival, the NCTA’s flagship event, has celebrated the roots, richness, and variety of American culture. Championed in its early years by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was the first event of national stature to present the arts of many nations, races, and languages on equal footing. It was also the first to present to the public musical forms such as the blues, Cajun music, polka, Tex-Mex conjunto, Peking Opera, and many others. Today, the National is an exuberant traveling festival, produced by the NCTA in partnership with communities around the country, which embraces the diverse cultural expressions that define us as a people in the 21st century. http://www.nationalfolkfestival.com/

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Schedule

Aug 26, 2022 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Aug 27, 2022 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Aug 29, 2022 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM