Brooklyn Folk Festival

Name: Brooklyn Folk Festival
Address: 157 Montague Street, New York, NY, 11201, US
Telephone: +17183953214
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brooklynfolkfest.com Typically, the festival is held at the beautiful historic St. Ann’s Church located at 157 Montague St.

The 3-day festival includes free live-streamed performances, family singalongs, film screenings, the famous Banjo Toss contest (this year as a video game!) and more, plus ticketed music and dance workshops and special events. The Brooklyn Folk Festival will feature the best in old-time string-band music, folk, blues, song writers, jug band, bluegrass, Latin & Balkan music, and much more! between C

linton and Henry in Brooklyn Heights, but this year, because of Covid 19, the event was postponed, and ultimately taken online. Your donations and support are appreciated!

11/19/2024

Music of course elicits many emotions, but one of its steadiest and best qualities is the way it can spark uncomplicated joy, even in very complicated times. For Bonus Tracks this week, here are a few musical offerings that spark joy.

11/13/2024

That’s a wrap on the 2024

Your organizers over at are getting a bit of rest and then you best believe we’re going to drop lots of memories on here♥️ don’t forget to tag us so we can see yours too!

Until then, here’s a shot of & the and please come see us over at Jalopy for live music almost every night!

A huge thank you to all of the people who made this weekend possible. All of the musicians, volunteers, sound techs, photographers and videographers, , our sponsors, and of course our dear community showed up heart first and made it one for the books. (Will keep the credits rolling as more photos come in). It’s nothing without you all, thank you so much for showing up and letting us keep this thing going.

See you in 2025🚗

10/30/2024

We absolutely can’t wait to catch at the fest next weekend!! Closing out the Parish Hall Stage on Saturday night. It’s gonna be the dance party of the year🫡

The Janks are pulling out all the stops this year. The full janky roster includes:

Jackson Lynch - guitar, vox
- piano
- steel guitar
- drums
- bass sax
- trombone
- tenor sax

Stay tuned for afterparty announcements👀

10/24/2024

We are over the moon to have & at the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival! They’ll be gracing the Main Stage on Saturday, November 9th at 5:50pm. These two together is magical and you absolutely can’t miss it! ♥️

“…when I put on Yva Las Vegass’ album, I was born in a place of sunshine and the smell of ripe mangoes. I was knocked out by the way she infuses Venezuelan folk traditions with a punk aesthetic. I heard songs as allegories, songs that told stories and songs that felt like deep primal screams, all accompanied by a traditional Venezuelan cuatro — a small stringed instrument similar to a ukulele.” -

“Songwriter Miriam Elhajli has carved out a distinctive sound that draws equally on jazz, 70s South American nuevo cancion and levantine sounds, reflecting her Venezuelan-Moroccan heritage. She cuts loose with an expressive, constantly mutable voice, likes fingerpicking her acoustic guitar in odd tunings and writes intriguing, thoughtfully imagistic lyrics.” - New York Music Daily

Get your tickets for the folk fest while you still can! - link in bio 🌟

10/17/2024

Our posters caught in the wild ☀️📸

Thank you to and .lovercat.gomez for their work on this year’s beautiful poster!

And thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer at this year’s fest – positions are officially full and we couldn’t be more grateful! ♥️

10/11/2024

Eli is out postering today! 🍁🌞
Check out the lineup and get your tix now, the is less than 1 month away!

09/30/2024

on the main stage at the 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival 🌟 Almost a month until these guys and more folk fest classics hit the stage, y’all won’t want to miss it ♥️

November 8-10th — get your tickets at the link in our bio!

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09/24/2024

We are so honored to welcome back the legendary Terri Thal with her book ‘My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob and Me’. Terri will be around signing books almost all weekend, be sure to visit her in the Parish Hall! She’s one of our favorite storytellers and such a dear friend to Jalopy.

“Terri Thal’s memoir is told from the privileged position of not only having been there for the crowning, but as a woman on the cultural front lines. Her detailed recall brings a fresh perspective on the Greenwich Village folk scene of the ‘60s.” ― Marc Eliot, best-selling author of Phil Ochs: Death of a Rebel

Terri Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village, New York. Few people know that she was 21-year-old Bob Dylan’s first manager prior to his contract with Albert Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician Dave Van Ronk (who later became her husband), and others to include the Roche sisters, Paul Geremia and The Holy Modal Rounders. She booked performances at coffee houses, clubs and basket houses. On 6 September 1961, she recorded a set from a young Bob at The Gaslight Café – a celebrated performance as it is one his first known live recordings.

Terri tells us what it was like to hang out in the Village coffee houses, to host folk singers like Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs who hung out at her apartment, and to be a manager. We hear her view and involvement of the 1960s socialist organizations, and how she later merged her professional work in not- for-profit agencies.

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09/23/2024

on the main stage at the 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival ❤️

We’re one week closer to this year’s fest! Stay tuned for more artist announcements this week 🔔

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09/21/2024

Less than two months until and some of our other favorites return to grace the stage at the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival 🌟

📸 Photo by from last year’s fest

09/16/2024

Behind the scenes magic from last year’s fest ❤️

We’re less than two months away from the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival and we can’t wait to see y’all there!

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09/14/2024

Sharing this shot of to say that we’re less than 2 months away from the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival 🌟

Link in bio to check out the lineup and get your tickets while you still can!

📸 Photo is by at last year’s fest

08/15/2024

The schedule is live! Link in bio🪕

Those volunteer spots are filing up faster than ever before - looks like they’ll be full soon. Make sure to sign up asap to ensure free admission to the fest!

Photo is of sitting in with & The Sacred Sounds at last year’s fest🥹
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08/14/2024

We’re gearing up to announce the full schedule! Tomorrow at 2pm EST, set your alarms🔔

Photo is from at the fest a few years ago by

08/01/2024

Surprise🤭 just dropped the rest of the lineup for the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival - head over to brooklynfolkfest.com to check it out, get your tickets, listen to the 2024 folk fest playlist that just went live - link in bio for it all!

Our volunteer program is here! To receive free admission to the festival, please email our lovely coordinator Dana at [email protected] or DM

07/02/2024

It is our honor to welcome the sad song specialists to the Parish Hall Stage at this year’s Brooklyn Folk Festival. Join us on Friday, November 8th at 7:50pm to hear the country band of your dreams💞Bring those dancing shoes!

Also we heard it’s Sean’s () birthday today - go on and give Walsh some birthday love!!🎈

Thanks to everyone who purchased tickets ahead of time. Get yours while you can! Link in bio.

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157 Montague Street
New York, NY
11201

Telephone

+17183953214

Website

http://www.BrooklynFolkFest.com/

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Wow! Such an incredible performance from Miriam Elhajli & Yva Las Vegass! It was a great Saturday afternoon at this past Brooklyn Folk Fest, and we are so excited to see Miriam & Yva again this Saturday at Roots n' Ruckus Fest. Saturday 12/7 is going to be an incredible lineup, and there's no cover! Come check them out an everyone else on this fantastic evening at Jalopy!

The heart healing and most empowering @resistancerevivalchorus gracing our stage♥️

Michael Hurley at the 2024 @brooklynfolkfest @doc_snock 🫡

Come out and see @little.nb next Saturday night on the Main Stage of the folk fest! 🪕♥️ Advanced tickets are going fast, get yours at the link in our bio! Here’s a clip of Nora & @stephiecoleman doing ‘Lady of the Lake’ at the @nprmusic #tinydesk

Next Friday can’t come soon enough!! 🌟 @thecactusblossoms will be on the Main Stage of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, November 8th! Advanced tickets are available at the link in our bio, go get ‘em while you still can! - or get your ticket at the door for $10 more. Here’s a clip of them playing ‘Powder Blue’ live at Summer-Winter Studios 💙

@jacksonandthejanks playing ‘Hurt Me’ for @offbeatmagazine Next Saturday is going to be one for the books 🌟 These guys and many more of our favorite dance bands will be performing at the Brooklyn Folk Festival, November 9th at Parish Hall. Get those tickets! ♥️

We just adore these two ♥️ Suzy & Eric Thompson will be at the 2024 Brooklyn Folk Festival! Saturday, November 9th at 3:20pm on the Main Stage - we can’t wait to see y’all there! 🌟 Enjoy this clip from their set @thefocalpointstl 🎻

Bill Frisell playing ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ at @nprmusic #tinydesk ♥️ He’ll be at the Brooklyn Folk Festival on November 10th - you don’t want to miss it! 💫

Trail Papa will be at the Brooklyn Folk Festival in just two weeks!! Saturday, November 10th at 4:30pm on the Parish Hall Stage - come out to hear more beautiful songs like this one ♥️ Here’s a clip of “Tumble In The Wind” - their adaptation of an old Jackson C. Frank song of the same name 🎻🍃 🎥 Video by @mononymouslymarti 🎤 Audio by @pleasant_peasant_music

Michael Hurley is coming back to the Brooklyn Folk Fest this November?! How did we get so lucky💫 if you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, you know what to do. Here’s a clip from @pickathon 2016 of ‘O My Stars’ ft @ohmybubba 🎥 @oregonfilm

Surprise set reveal!! @thecactusblossoms will be hitting the main stage on Friday, November 8th at 9:30pm. You heard it here first! Don’t miss out, get your tickets today. Here’s a clip of them bringing the house down at @tveyenyc tonight 👏

@lonepinon bringing the fun to the Brooklyn Folk Festival! 🌟 These guys will be hitting the stage again at this year’s fest - get those tickets while you still can! 🎥 @aaroncassara

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Our 3-day festival includes 40+ bands, vocal and instrumental workshops, a family-friendly square dance, jam sessions, film screenings, presentations, curated local food selections, the famous Banjo Toss contest and more! The Brooklyn Folk Festival features the best in blues, jug bands, old-time string-band music, folk songs, song writers, bluegrass, early jazz and ragtime, traditional music from Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, Oceania and much more! The festival is held at the beautiful historic St. Ann’s Church located at 157 Montague St. between Clinton and Henry in Brooklyn Heights. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

The Brooklyn Folk Festival is presented by the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music

www.BrooklynFolkFestival.com www.JalopyTheatre.org