{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{refimprove|date=June 2025}} [[File:Inuit dance near Nome 1900.jpg|thumb|285px|right|Inuit dance near Nome, Alaska, in 1900]] A '''folk festival''' celebrates traditional [[folk craft]]s and [[folk music]]. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature [[folk dance]] or ethnic foods.

[[Handicraft]]ing has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the [[rural crafts]]. Like folk art, handicraft output often has cultural, political, and/or religious significance. Folk art encompasses art produced from an [[indigenous peoples|indigenous culture]] or by [[peasants]] or other laboring [[tradespeople]]. In contrast to [[fine art]], folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic, and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs.<ref name=bullfinch>West, Shearer (general editor), ''The Bullfinch Guide to Art History'', page 440, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. {{ISBN|0-8212-2137-X}}</ref> As at folk festivals, such art and handicraft may also appear at [[historical reenactment]]s and events such as [[Renaissance fair]]s. {{toclimit|3}}

==Africa== === Morocco === * Marrakech Folkloredays === South Africa === * Misty Waters Music Festival

==Asia== === Bangladesh === * Dhaka International Folk Fest

===India=== * [[Gavari|Gavari - Sacred Dance Drama Festival]]

===Israel=== * [[Jacob's Ladder (music festival)|Jacob's Ladder]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-19/ty-article/.premium/jacobs-ladder-a-festival-for-everyone/0000017f-db49-df62-a9ff-dfdf43770000|title=Jacobs Ladder, the Friendly 'Festival for Everyone|first=Danna|last=Harman|journal=TheMarker |date=19 April 2013|via=Haaretz}}</ref>

==Europe== [[File:Europeade 2015 dans 04.jpg|thumb|250px|Dancers on the [[Europeade]] 2015 in [[Helsingborg]] in [[Sweden]].]] * [[Europeade]] (held each year in a different European country)

===Bosnia and Herzegovina=== * [[Ilidža Folk Music Festival]] * Ilidža International Children's Folklore Festival

===Belgium=== * [[Boombal]] Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boombalfestival.be/english/|title=English - Boombalfestival|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005191504/http://www.boombalfestival.be/english/|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Bulgaria=== * [[Stara planina fest Balkan folk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eaff.eu/|title=BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL|website=BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL}}</ref>

=== Denmark=== *[[Tønder Festival]]

===Estonia=== * [[Viljandi Folk Festival]]

=== Finland=== * [[Kaustinen Folk Music Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kaustinen.net/|title=KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL|website=KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL}}</ref>

===France=== [[File:Anoriant1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]] (Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient)]] * [[Festival Interceltique de Lorient]] (Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient) * [[Saint-Chartier|Rencontres Internationales de Luthiers et Maîtres-Sonneurs]]

===Germany=== * Festival-Mediaval XIV, "Folk of the World"

===Greece=== * Kerasovo Festival, Ioannina

===Ireland=== * [[Temple Bar TradFest]]

===Lithuania=== [[File:Rome (band).JPG|right|thumb|Experimental [[neofolk]] act [[Rome (band)|Rome]] performing on the [[Mėnuo Juodaragis]] (Black-Horned Moon) big stage in 2013]] * [[Kaziuko mugė]] (Saint Casimir's Fair), [[Vilnius]] * [[Mėnuo Juodaragis]] (Black-Horned Moon or Moon of the Black Horn), [[Zarasai]] * [[Parbėg laivelis]] (Little Ship Is Coming Back), [[Klaipėda]]

=== Netherlands=== * [[Castlefest]] * Worldfestival Parade Brunssum

=== Russia=== * [[Empty Hills]], [[Kaluga Oblast]] * [[Grushinsky festival]], near [[Samara, Russia|Samara]]

=== Spain=== [[File:Tranditional asturian dancers.jpg|thumb|right|The 2004 [[Interceltic Festival of Avilés]] in [[Asturias]], [[Spain]]]] * [[Interceltic Festival of Avilés]] * [[Interceltic Festival of Morrazo]] * [[Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World]]

===United Kingdom=== * [[Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival]] (location changes each year)

====England==== * [[Beverley Folk Festival]], [[Beverley]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] * [[Cambridge Folk Festival]], [[Cherry Hinton]], [[Cambridge]], [[Cambridgeshire]] * [[England's Medieval Festival]], [[Nutley, East Sussex]] * [[Fairport's Cropredy Convention]], [[Cropredy]], [[Oxfordshire]] * [[FolkEast]], [[Somerleyton Hall]] (near [[Somerleyton]]), [[Suffolk]] * [[Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival]], [[Middlewich]], [[Cheshire]] * [[Shrewsbury Folk Festival]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]] * [[Sidmouth Folk Festival]], [[Sidmouth]], [[Devon]] * [[Wickham Festival]], [[Wickham, Hampshire|Wickham]], [[Hampshire]] * [[Wimborne Folk Festival]], [[Wimborne Minster]], [[Dorset]]

====Northern Ireland==== * [[Soma Festival]], [[Castlewellan]], [[County Down]]

====Scotland==== * [[Celtic Connections]], [[Glasgow]] * [[Edinburgh Folk Festival]], [[Edinburgh]] * [[Shetland Folk Festival]], [[Shetland]]

====Wales==== * Between the Trees, [[Merthyr Mawr]] * [[Green Man Festival]], [[Brecon Beacons]]

==North America== ===Canada=== * [[Emerald Music Festival]]{{where|date=January 2026}} ====Alberta==== * [[Calgary Folk Music Festival]], [[Calgary]] * [[Canmore Folk Music Festival]], [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]] * [[Edmonton Folk Music Festival]], [[Edmonton]]

====British Columbia==== * [[Vancouver Folk Music Festival]], [[Vancouver]]

====Manitoba==== * [[Winnipeg Folk Festival]], [[Birds Hill Provincial Park]], [[Winnipeg]]

====Newfoundland and Labrador==== * [[Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society | publisher = Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society | date=2025-04-15 | url=https://nlfolk.com/festival/info/ | access-date=2025-04-15}}</ref>

====Nova Scotia==== * [[Celtic Colours]], [[Cape Breton Island]] * [[Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Folk Harbour Festival | publisher = Folk Harbour | date=2024-06-11 | url=https://www.folkharbour.com/ | access-date=2025-04-15}}</ref>, [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]] * [[Stan Rogers Folk Festival]], [[Canso, Nova Scotia|Canso]]

====Ontario==== * [[CityFolkFestival]], [[Ottawa]] * [[Hillside Festival]], [[Guelph]] * [[Home County Folk Festival]], [[London, Ontario|London]] * [[Mariposa Folk Festival]], [[Orillia]] * [[Cambridge, Ontario#Attractions|Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music]], [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]] * [[Northern Lights Festival Boréal]], [[Greater Sudbury]] * [[Red Rock Folk Festival]], [[Red Rock, Ontario|Red Rock]] * [[Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival]], [[Owen Sound]] * [[TD Canada Trust Sunfest]], [[London, Ontario|London]]

====Saskatchewan==== * [[Regina Folk Festival]], [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]

===Honduras=== * [[Ballet Folklórico Oro Lenca#El Grande de Grandes|Encuentro Folklórico Nacional ''El Grande de Grandes'']]<ref>{{cite web |title=El Grande de Grandes |url=http://en.orolenca.org/acerca_gdg.php |website=Ballet Folklórico de Honduras Oro Lenca |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

=== United States=== ====Alaska==== * [[Alaska Folk Festival]]

====Arizona==== * [[Tucson Folk Festival]]

====California==== * [[Big Sur Folk Festival]] * [[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival]]

====District of Columbia==== * [[Smithsonian Folklife Festival]]

====Florida==== * [[Florida Folk Festival]]

====Illinois==== * [[Fox Valley Folk Music And Storytelling Festival]]

====Indiana==== * [[Feast of the Hunters' Moon]]<ref name=Gisler>{{Cite book|title=Fun with the Family Indiana|edition=5th |author= Gisler, Margaret |pages=177–178|chapter=Feast of the Hunters’ Moon |publisher=Globe Pequot |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7627-2978-4 }}</ref>

====Maine==== * [[American Folk Festival]]

====Massachusetts==== * [[Lowell Folk Festival]] * [[New England Folk Festival]]

====Montana==== * [[Montana Folk Festival]]

====New Jersey==== * [[New Jersey Folk Festival]]

====New York==== * [[Falcon Ridge Folk Festival]] * [[Old Songs Festival]]

====North Carolina==== * [[Folkmoot USA]] * [https://www.ncfolkfestival.com/ NC Folk Festival]

====North Dakota==== * [[Norsk Høstfest]]

====Oklahoma==== * [[Woody Guthrie Folk Festival]]

====Oregon==== * [[Sisters Folk Festival]]

====Pennsylvania==== * [[Flood City Music Festival]] * [[Philadelphia Folk Festival]] * [[Pittsburgh Folk Festival]]

====Rhode Island==== * [[Newport Folk Festival]]

====Tennessee==== * [[The Americana Folk Festival]]

====Texas==== * [[Kerrville Folk Festival]]

====Traveling==== * [[National Folk Festival (United States)|National Folk Festival]]

====Washington==== * [[Northwest Folklife]]

====Wisconsin==== * [[Great River Folk Fest]] * [[Holiday Folk Fair]] * [[Mile of Music]]

==Oceania== ===Australia=== * [[National Folk Festival (Australia)|National Folk Festival]] * [[Woodford Folk Festival]]

===New Zealand=== * [[Whare Flat Folk Festival]] - held over the New Year period at [[Whare Flat]] near [[Dunedin]]; run by Dunedin's New Edinburgh Folk Club

==References== {{Commons category}}

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==Further reading== * Coffin, Tristam P.; Cohen, Hennig, (editors), ''Folklore in America; tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals'', Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966. Selections from the ''Journal of American folklore''. Cf. chapter on "Folk Drama and Folk Festival", pp.&nbsp;195–225,

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