Rissi Palmer performing at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum during the 2020 NC Folk Festival Virtual Concert Series. 📷 Credit: Brendan McLean Greensboro, N.C., May 12, 2021 — The North Carolina Folk Festival has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the presentation of artists...
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The North Carolina Folk Festival announces the Not Your Average Folk Contest presented by Cone Health
Download this Press Release See this Story in the News & Record Greensboro, N.C., May 12, 2021 — The North Carolina Folk Festival announced today the launch of the Not Your Average Folk Contest presented by Cone Health, for North Carolina-based musicians to compete for prizes - including an opportunity...
Finding the Silver Lining
NCFF's COVID story as originally published in the IFEA's ie magazine.
North Carolina Folk Festival Announces Performer Lineup and Film Locations to be featured in 2020 Virtual Concert Series
Press Release Download this Press Release See This Story in the News & Record News & Record The North Carolina Folk Festival Announces Performer Lineup and Film Locations to be featured in 2020 Virtual Concert Series. The North Carolina Folk Festival will premier this year’s “Virtual” concerts the weekend of September...
The Sixth Annual North Carolina Folk Festival will showcase live performances in movie format on September 11-13, 2020
EMMY award winning production company 7 Cinematics will film performances next month at iconic locations across Greensboro.See this story at the News & Record.Greensboro, N.C., July 13, 2020 — The North Carolina Folk Festival announced that due to ongoing community-wide health concerns related to COVID-19, and the logistical challenges of...
North Carolina Folk Festival among four Greensboro arts organizations to receive CARES Act funding from the NEA.
Press release via ArtsGreensboro, by Zizi Barhouma.Read more about this story: Greensboro News & Record Yes! Weekly FOUR GREENSBORO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE $200,000 IN GRANT AWARDS FROM THE NEA Out of 855 nonprofit arts organizations recommended for direct funding through the CARES Act, Dance Project Inc., North Carolina Folk Festival,...
Zoom Backgrounds from Greensboro featuring NC Folk Fest
The City of Greensboro has put together a collection of 'sites and scenes' from Greensboro that can be used as zoom backgrounds, including some shots from the 2019 North Carolina Folk Festival! You can check out the City's collection of Zoom backgrounds by following this link. The collection features photos...
34th Annual Carolina Blues Festival partners with 2020 North Carolina Folk Festival
The North Carolina Folk Festival and the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society announce a unique collaboration to present the 34th Carolina Blues Festival as part of the annual Folk Festival the weekend of September 11-13, 2020.Piedmont Blues Preservation Society president Atiba Berkley, and North Carolina Folk Festival president & CEO Amy...
An Update Regarding the 2020 NC Folk Festival
đź“· Photo by Lynn DonovanDear Friends, Fans, and Supporters -Â Together we are a community of arts supporters, professionals, consumers, advocates, and artists who are nimble, resilient, and creative. We WILL successfully weather these challenging times, and emerge from them stronger and more unified in our support of and gratitude for...
Folk Festival Update – March 15
NC Folk Festival Friends: Late last week we made the decision to cancel our “Folk in the Park” event that was to take place in Greensboro’s LeBauer Park this coming Saturday, March 21. While there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Guilford County, NC yet, we respect and...