Steve Suffet
Links to festivals and organizations.
Nof Ginosar, Israel. May 5, 2007.
Photo by Naomi Verchovsky.
Festivals
Eisteddfod New York Traditional Music Festival
Jackson Heights, NY. Sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York, in cooperation with the Renaissance Charter School.
Jacob's Ladder Folk Festival
Nof Ginosar, Israel.
New England Folk Festival
Mansfield, MA.
NOMAD Festival
New Haven, CT.
Organizations
Black Swan Folk Club
Meets Thursday evenings at the Black Swan Inn, a beautiful, old public house in York, England.
Bowery Poetry Club
The new home of the annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash, as well as one of the hippest venues in New York City. Music, poetry, performance art, and much more.
Centre for Political Song
Located at Glasgow Caledonian University. Exists to promote and foster an awareness of all forms of political song.
Folk Music Society of New York
Also known as the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club. Sposnors folk music events within the five boroughs of New York City, plus weekend retreats in the country.
Folklore Society of Greater Washington
Sponsors folk music and dance events in Washington, DC, and its environs.
Herga Folk Club
Meets on Monday evenings throughout the year, except public holidays, somewhere on the outskirts of London. Check website for current location.
Local 1000, American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO
Union of traveling musicians in the USA and Canada. Think of it as a "non-local" local.
Orpington Friday Folk
A folk club which meets Friday evenings (of course!) at the Liberal Club in Orpington, Kent, England.
People's Music Network
Brings together progressive political activists and musicians throughout North America.
Peoples' Voice Cafe
New York, NY. The place to hear progressive political music -- and much more -- in the Big Apple.
Philadelphia Folksong Society
Sponsors folk music events in and around Philadelphia, including the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
Sharps Folk Club
Meets on Tuesday evenings, except in August, at Cecil Sharp House in London.
Union Songs
Australian website with a database of more than 500 songs of struggle, almost all in English, from around the world.
Vox Pop
Brooklyn, NY. Radical cafe, book store, and community center with lots of good music, delicious food, and fair traded coffee.
Woody Guthrie Foundation, Archives, and Publications
The best source for everything having to do with Woody.
Yippie Museum
Located in the heart of New York City's East Village and right around the corner from the Bowery Poetry Club, this cozy little venue presents a wide variety of music in an alcohol-free environment. Kids and teens are welcome, as are their aging ex-hippie parents and grandparents.
October 5, 2003.
Photo by Takako Nagumo.