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Inuit dance near Nome, Alaska, in 1900

A **folk festival** celebrates traditional [folk crafts](/source/Folk_craft) and [folk music](/source/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](/source/Folk_dance) or ethnic foods.

[Handicrafting](/source/Handicraft) has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the [rural crafts](/source/Rural_crafts). Like folk art, handicraft output often has cultural, political, and/or religious significance. Folk art encompasses art produced from an [indigenous culture](/source/Indigenous_peoples) or by [peasants](/source/Peasants) or other laboring [tradespeople](/source/Tradespeople). In contrast to [fine art](/source/Fine_art), folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic, and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs.[1] As at folk festivals, such art and handicraft may also appear at [historical reenactments](/source/Historical_reenactment) and events such as [Renaissance fairs](/source/Renaissance_fair).

## Africa

### Morocco

- Marrakech Folkloredays

### South Africa

- Misty Waters Music Festival

## Asia

### Bangladesh

- Dhaka International Folk Fest

### India

- [Gavari - Sacred Dance Drama Festival](/source/Gavari)

### Israel

- [Jacob's Ladder](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacob%27s_Ladder_(music_festival)&action=edit&redlink=1)[2]

## Europe

Dancers on the [Europeade](/source/Europeade) 2015 in [Helsingborg](/source/Helsingborg) in [Sweden](/source/Sweden).

- [Europeade](/source/Europeade) (held each year in a different European country)

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

- [Ilidža Folk Music Festival](/source/Ilid%C5%BEa_Folk_Music_Festival)

- Ilidža International Children's Folklore Festival

### Belgium

- [Boombal](/source/Boombal) Festival[3]

### Bulgaria

- [Stara planina fest Balkan folk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stara_planina_fest_Balkan_folk&action=edit&redlink=1)[4]

### Denmark

- [Tønder Festival](/source/T%C3%B8nder_Festival)

### Estonia

- [Viljandi Folk Festival](/source/Viljandi_Folk_Festival)

### Finland

- [Kaustinen Folk Music Festival](/source/Kaustinen_Folk_Music_Festival)[5]

### France

[Festival Interceltique de Lorient](/source/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient) (Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient)

- [Festival Interceltique de Lorient](/source/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient) (Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient)

- [Rencontres Internationales de Luthiers et Maîtres-Sonneurs](/source/Saint-Chartier)

### Germany

- Festival-Mediaval XIV, "Folk of the World"

### Greece

- Kerasovo Festival, Ioannina

### Ireland

- [Temple Bar TradFest](/source/Temple_Bar_TradFest)

### Lithuania

Experimental [neofolk](/source/Neofolk) act [Rome](/source/Rome_(band)) performing on the [Mėnuo Juodaragis](/source/M%C4%97nuo_Juodaragis) (Black-Horned Moon) big stage in 2013

- [Kaziuko mugė](/source/Kaziuko_mug%C4%97) (Saint Casimir's Fair), [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius)

- [Mėnuo Juodaragis](/source/M%C4%97nuo_Juodaragis) (Black-Horned Moon or Moon of the Black Horn), [Zarasai](/source/Zarasai)

- [Parbėg laivelis](/source/Parb%C4%97g_laivelis) (Little Ship Is Coming Back), [Klaipėda](/source/Klaip%C4%97da)

### Netherlands

- [Castlefest](/source/Castlefest)

- Worldfestival Parade Brunssum

### Russia

- [Empty Hills](/source/Empty_Hills), [Kaluga Oblast](/source/Kaluga_Oblast)

- [Grushinsky festival](/source/Grushinsky_festival), near [Samara](/source/Samara%2C_Russia)

### Spain

The 2004 [Interceltic Festival of Avilés](/source/Interceltic_Festival_of_Avil%C3%A9s) in [Asturias](/source/Asturias), [Spain](/source/Spain)

- [Interceltic Festival of Avilés](/source/Interceltic_Festival_of_Avil%C3%A9s)

- [Interceltic Festival of Morrazo](/source/Interceltic_Festival_of_Morrazo)

- [Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World](/source/Ortigueira's_Festival_of_Celtic_World)

### United Kingdom

- [Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival](/source/Inter_Varsity_Folk_Dance_Festival) (location changes each year)

#### England

- [Beverley Folk Festival](/source/Beverley_Folk_Festival), [Beverley](/source/Beverley), [East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire)

- [Cambridge Folk Festival](/source/Cambridge_Folk_Festival), [Cherry Hinton](/source/Cherry_Hinton), [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire)

- [England's Medieval Festival](/source/England's_Medieval_Festival), [Nutley, East Sussex](/source/Nutley%2C_East_Sussex)

- [Fairport's Cropredy Convention](/source/Fairport's_Cropredy_Convention), [Cropredy](/source/Cropredy), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire)

- [FolkEast](/source/FolkEast), [Somerleyton Hall](/source/Somerleyton_Hall) (near [Somerleyton](/source/Somerleyton)), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk)

- [Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival](/source/Middlewich_Folk_and_Boat_Festival), [Middlewich](/source/Middlewich), [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire)

- [Shrewsbury Folk Festival](/source/Shrewsbury_Folk_Festival), [Shrewsbury](/source/Shrewsbury), [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire)

- [Sidmouth Folk Festival](/source/Sidmouth_Folk_Festival), [Sidmouth](/source/Sidmouth), [Devon](/source/Devon)

- [Wickham Festival](/source/Wickham_Festival), [Wickham](/source/Wickham%2C_Hampshire), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire)

- [Wimborne Folk Festival](/source/Wimborne_Folk_Festival), [Wimborne Minster](/source/Wimborne_Minster), [Dorset](/source/Dorset)

#### Northern Ireland

- [Soma Festival](/source/Soma_Festival), [Castlewellan](/source/Castlewellan), [County Down](/source/County_Down)

#### Scotland

- [Celtic Connections](/source/Celtic_Connections), [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)

- [Edinburgh Folk Festival](/source/Edinburgh_Folk_Festival), [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)

- [Shetland Folk Festival](/source/Shetland_Folk_Festival), [Shetland](/source/Shetland)

#### Wales

- Between the Trees, [Merthyr Mawr](/source/Merthyr_Mawr)

- [Green Man Festival](/source/Green_Man_Festival), [Brecon Beacons](/source/Brecon_Beacons)

## North America

### Canada

- [Emerald Music Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emerald_Music_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1)[*[where?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(geographic_names))*]

#### Alberta

- [Calgary Folk Music Festival](/source/Calgary_Folk_Music_Festival), [Calgary](/source/Calgary)

- [Canmore Folk Music Festival](/source/Canmore_Folk_Music_Festival), [Canmore](/source/Canmore%2C_Alberta)

- [Edmonton Folk Music Festival](/source/Edmonton_Folk_Music_Festival), [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton)

#### British Columbia

- [Vancouver Folk Music Festival](/source/Vancouver_Folk_Music_Festival), [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver)

#### Manitoba

- [Winnipeg Folk Festival](/source/Winnipeg_Folk_Festival), [Birds Hill Provincial Park](/source/Birds_Hill_Provincial_Park), [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg)

#### Newfoundland and Labrador

- [Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Newfoundland_%26_Labrador_Folk_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1), [St. John's](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)[6]

#### Nova Scotia

- [Celtic Colours](/source/Celtic_Colours), [Cape Breton Island](/source/Cape_Breton_Island)

- [Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lunenburg_Folk_Harbour_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1)[7], [Lunenburg](/source/Lunenburg%2C_Nova_Scotia)

- [Stan Rogers Folk Festival](/source/Stan_Rogers_Folk_Festival), [Canso](/source/Canso%2C_Nova_Scotia)

#### Ontario

- [CityFolkFestival](/source/CityFolkFestival), [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa)

- [Hillside Festival](/source/Hillside_Festival), [Guelph](/source/Guelph)

- [Home County Folk Festival](/source/Home_County_Folk_Festival), [London](/source/London%2C_Ontario)

- [Mariposa Folk Festival](/source/Mariposa_Folk_Festival), [Orillia](/source/Orillia)

- [Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music](/source/Cambridge%2C_Ontario#Attractions), [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Ontario)

- [Northern Lights Festival Boréal](/source/Northern_Lights_Festival_Bor%C3%A9al), [Greater Sudbury](/source/Greater_Sudbury)

- [Red Rock Folk Festival](/source/Red_Rock_Folk_Festival), [Red Rock](/source/Red_Rock%2C_Ontario)

- [Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival](/source/Summerfolk_Music_and_Crafts_Festival), [Owen Sound](/source/Owen_Sound)

- [TD Canada Trust Sunfest](/source/TD_Canada_Trust_Sunfest), [London](/source/London%2C_Ontario)

#### Saskatchewan

- [Regina Folk Festival](/source/Regina_Folk_Festival), [Regina](/source/Regina%2C_Saskatchewan)

### Honduras

- [Encuentro Folklórico Nacional *El Grande de Grandes*](/source/Ballet_Folkl%C3%B3rico_Oro_Lenca#El_Grande_de_Grandes)[8]

### United States

#### Alaska

- [Alaska Folk Festival](/source/Alaska_Folk_Festival)

#### Arizona

- [Tucson Folk Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tucson_Folk_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1)

#### California

- [Big Sur Folk Festival](/source/Big_Sur_Folk_Festival)

- [Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival](/source/Hardly_Strictly_Bluegrass_Festival)

#### District of Columbia

- [Smithsonian Folklife Festival](/source/Smithsonian_Folklife_Festival)

#### Florida

- [Florida Folk Festival](/source/Florida_Folk_Festival)

#### Illinois

- [Fox Valley Folk Music And Storytelling Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fox_Valley_Folk_Music_And_Storytelling_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1)

#### Indiana

- [Feast of the Hunters' Moon](/source/Feast_of_the_Hunters'_Moon)[9]

#### Maine

- [American Folk Festival](/source/American_Folk_Festival)

#### Massachusetts

- [Lowell Folk Festival](/source/Lowell_Folk_Festival)

- [New England Folk Festival](/source/New_England_Folk_Festival)

#### Montana

- [Montana Folk Festival](/source/Montana_Folk_Festival)

#### New Jersey

- [New Jersey Folk Festival](/source/New_Jersey_Folk_Festival)

#### New York

- [Falcon Ridge Folk Festival](/source/Falcon_Ridge_Folk_Festival)

- [Old Songs Festival](/source/Old_Songs_Festival)

#### North Carolina

- [Folkmoot USA](/source/Folkmoot_USA)

- [NC Folk Festival](https://www.ncfolkfestival.com/)

#### North Dakota

- [Norsk Høstfest](/source/Norsk_H%C3%B8stfest)

#### Oklahoma

- [Woody Guthrie Folk Festival](/source/Woody_Guthrie_Folk_Festival)

#### Oregon

- [Sisters Folk Festival](/source/Sisters_Folk_Festival)

#### Pennsylvania

- [Flood City Music Festival](/source/Flood_City_Music_Festival)

- [Philadelphia Folk Festival](/source/Philadelphia_Folk_Festival)

- [Pittsburgh Folk Festival](/source/Pittsburgh_Folk_Festival)

#### Rhode Island

- [Newport Folk Festival](/source/Newport_Folk_Festival)

#### Tennessee

- [The Americana Folk Festival](/source/The_Americana_Folk_Festival)

#### Texas

- [Kerrville Folk Festival](/source/Kerrville_Folk_Festival)

#### Traveling

- [National Folk Festival](/source/National_Folk_Festival_(United_States))

#### Washington

- [Northwest Folklife](/source/Northwest_Folklife)

#### Wisconsin

- [Great River Folk Fest](/source/Great_River_Folk_Fest)

- [Holiday Folk Fair](/source/Holiday_Folk_Fair)

- [Mile of Music](/source/Mile_of_Music)

## Oceania

### Australia

- [National Folk Festival](/source/National_Folk_Festival_(Australia))

- [Woodford Folk Festival](/source/Woodford_Folk_Festival)

### New Zealand

- [Whare Flat Folk Festival](/source/Whare_Flat_Folk_Festival) - held over the New Year period at [Whare Flat](/source/Whare_Flat) near [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin); run by Dunedin's New Edinburgh Folk Club

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Folk festivals](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Folk_festivals).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bullfinch_1-0)** West, Shearer (general editor), *The Bullfinch Guide to Art History*, page 440, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8212-2137-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8212-2137-X)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Harman, Danna (19 April 2013). ["Jacobs Ladder, the Friendly 'Festival for Everyone"](https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-19/ty-article/.premium/jacobs-ladder-a-festival-for-everyone/0000017f-db49-df62-a9ff-dfdf43770000). *TheMarker* – via Haaretz.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["English - Boombalfestival"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161005191504/http://www.boombalfestival.be/english/). Archived from [the original](http://www.boombalfestival.be/english/) on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL"](https://eaff.eu/). *BALKAN FOLK FESTIVAL*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL"](http://kaustinen.net/). *KAUSTINEN FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society"](https://nlfolk.com/festival/info/). Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Folk Harbour Festival"](https://www.folkharbour.com/). Folk Harbour. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["El Grande de Grandes"](http://en.orolenca.org/acerca_gdg.php). *Ballet Folklórico de Honduras Oro Lenca*. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gisler_9-0)** Gisler, Margaret (2004). "Feast of the Hunters' Moon". *Fun with the Family Indiana* (5th ed.). Globe Pequot. pp. 177–178. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7627-2978-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7627-2978-4).

## 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. 195–225,

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