{{Short description|Host of folk performances in Florida}} The '''Florida Folklife Program''' is part of the Florida Department of State in the U.S. state of Florida. Recordings of folk performances have been made as part of the program.<ref name=ffp/> It has hosted the '''Florida Folk Fest''' for 40 years as of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afsnet.org/news/452532/2019-Florida-Folk-Festival-Celebrates-40th-Anniversary-of-Florida-Folklife-Program-.htm|title=2019 Florida Folk Festival Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Florida Folklife Program - American Folklore Society|website=www.afsnet.org}}</ref> It also hosts other events and performances.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tallahasseearts.org/organization/florida-folklife-program/|title=Florida Folklife Program}}</ref>
==Releases== Drop on Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music 1977-1980<ref name=ffp>{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridamemory.com/audio/podcast-single.php?id=36|title=Drop on Down in Florida Podcast|first=State Library and Archives of|last=Florida|via=www.floridamemory.com}}</ref> is one of the program's recordings made in partnership with record label Dust-to-Digital and the State Archives of Florida. The expanded reissue received the Stetson Kennedy Award from the Florida Historical Society in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dos.fl.gov/cultural/programs/florida-folklife-program/florida-folklife-40th-anniversary/the-people-that-got-us-here/blaine-waide/|title=Blaine Waide - Division of Historical Resources - Florida Department of State|website=dos.myflorida.com}}</ref>
==Florida Folk Festival== [[File:Leroy McDaniel, right, performing at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida (3341737924).jpg|thumb|Leroy McDaniel performing]]
The '''Florida Folklife Festival''' is held annually in White Springs, Florida.
==Further reading== *Borland, Katherine, et al. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvptm The Florida Folklife Reader].'' Edited by Tina Bucuvalas, University Press of Mississippi, 2012. JSTOR. Accessed 12 Jan. 2020.
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==External links== *{{discogs label|564698}}
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Category:State agencies of Florida Category:Folk festivals in the United States
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