Community Calendar and Event Finder
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Traditional Song
Events
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Mini-Fest
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Festivals
- Morris and Sword Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Storytelling
- Traditional Song
The Mini-Fest is a FREE Folk Festival featuring musical performances, dance demonstrations, singing and instrument workshops, family programing, and more! Join us Saturday, March 7th in Alexandria, VA.
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Sea shanties, Quebecois tunes + other folk music – Seán Dagher at Valley Folk Music in Corning, NY
Valley Folk at the First United Methodist Church 144 Cedar St, Corning, NY, United StatesValley Folk Music Society in Corning, NY presents: Seán Dagher—Sea Shanties & Eclectic Music Seán Dagher helped create music for Assassin’s Creed & Black Flag video games. But he’s a far better singer than most any ship’s crew! Seán is an active performer, arranger and composer of music from various traditions including Celtic, Baroque, Medieval, […]
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The Flurry Festival
- Children's Programming
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- English Country Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Festivals
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Square Dance
- Storytelling
- Traditional Song
- Waltz
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
One of the largest traditional participatory dance and music festivals in North America, the 2026 Flurry will take place February 13-15, 2026, and will feature dance and music such as swing, blues, contra, square dancing, Cajun, Zydeco, English country, Balkan, Scandinavian, Latin, waltz, tango, Scottish, fusion, international, Irish, balfolk, African, Appalachian, Asian, hip hop, techno contra, […]
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Junction Song Circle
Community Room, Greater Hartford UCC 1721 Maple St., White River Junction, VT, United StatesCome sing: Bring a ballad or traditional song to share! On the third Sunday of every month, we meet up in the community room of the Greater Hartford UCC in White River Junction to share ballads and other unaccompanied songs. Traditional British and North American ballads are our specialties: stark, spellbinding story-songs handed down orally […]
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66th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival
Mandel Hall, University of Chicago 1131 E 57th St, Chicago, IL, United States +1 moreTraditional Music To The Rescue For Your Winter Doldrums! 66th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival, 20-21 February 2026 It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s the 66th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival, coming atcha like that asteroid came at the dinosaurs! Not to worry, no dinosaurs were hurt in the preparation of […]
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Virtual Lark (online Lark Camp)
ONLINEFree 3-day online event! Workshops, artist-led sessions, and an amazing opportunity to connect with traditional music, song, and dance lovers from all over the world. Each day features 9 workshops and 2 evening sessions. To register or for more info, visit our website.
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Grappelli-Django Weekend 2026
- Camps
- Concerts
- Family and Community Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
It’s happening! The Ashokan Center is proud to announce a new addition to our 2026 Music & Dance Camp lineup –Grappelli-Django Weekend. The new fiddle and guitar weekend led by Dutch gypsy jazz violin legend Tim Kliphuis, modeled on his sold-out camps in Europe. On guitar: America’s rising star Jimmy Grant, experienced tutor and international touring artist. […]
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FSGW Concert: Magpie Sings Songs of Resistance
Seekers Church 276 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC, United StatesMagpie (Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino) will be joined by special guests: local favorite Charlie Pilzer (bass) and Pennsylvania guitarist Rolly Brown. Saturday, February 21, 2026 at Seekers Church, 276 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012 When we learned that longtime DC folk favorite Magpie would no longer be performing at Millennium Stage, we were delighted to welcome them to our FSGW concert series. In […]
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Indy Old Time Jam
GoldLeaf 1901 E 46th St #1, Indianapolis, United StatesA new old time jam in Indianapolis! Everyone welcome, the venue has food, coffee, beer & wine available for purchase. Tip your jam host. $5 suggested donation.
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Indy Old Time Jam
GoldLeaf 1901 E 46th St #1, Indianapolis, United StatesOk party people! Here's the announcement you've been waiting for... A public old-time jam at GoldLeaf Savory & Sweet on the final Friday's of each month starting in January 5-7PM! We'll go through March and if the turnout is good, we'll continue. So please—plan to show up! Each jam will have a welcoming host who will […]
$5
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.
Isaac Banner
Seth Tepfer
Christa Torrens
Ellie Shogren
Sharon Green
Dilip Sequeira