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List of folk festivals

Index List of folk festivals

A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. [1]

130 relations: Alaska Folk Festival, Alberobello, American Folk Blues Festival, American Folk Festival, Asturias, Beverley Folk Festival, Boombal, Buryatia, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Canterbury, New Zealand, Cardrona, New Zealand, Carpino, Castlefest, Ceilidh Culture, Celtic Colours, Celtic Connections, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Christchurch, Dunedin, Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Empty Hills, England's Medieval Festival, Europeade, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Feast of the Hunter's Moon, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Fine art, Flood City Music Festival, Florida Folk Festival, Folk dance, Folk music, FolkEast, Folkmoot USA, FRoots, Gavari, Geraldine, New Zealand, Green Man Festival, Grushinsky festival, Handicraft, Herbert, New Zealand, Hillside Festival, Historical reenactment, Home County Folk Festival, Ilidža Folk Music Festival, Ilidža International Children's Folklore Festival, Indigenous peoples, Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival, Interceltic Festival of Avilés, ..., Interceltic Festival of Morrazo, Irkutsk, Jacob's Ladder (music festival), Kaluga Oblast, Kaunas, Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Kaziuko mugė, Kerrville Folk Festival, Klaipėda, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Lido di Jesolo, Lithuania, LNP Media Group, Lucania Etno Folk, Mariposa Folk Festival, Martin Curtis, Matelica, Miass, Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival, Mile of Music, National Folk Festival (Australia), National Folk Festival (United States), Nelson, New Zealand, New England Folk Festival, New Jersey Folk Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Norsk Høstfest, North Otago, Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Northwest Folklife, Old Songs Festival, Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World, Orvieto, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Parbėg laivelis, Peasant, Perm, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Pittsburgh Folk Festival, Red Rock Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Renaissance fair, Rimini, Rural crafts, Saint-Chartier, Samara, Satriano di Lucania, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Shushenskoye, Sidmouth Folk Week, Siglufjörður, Sisters Folk Festival, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Soma Festival, Spain, Spilimbergo, Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival, Syktyvdinsky District, Tønder Festival, Tempio Pausania, Temple Bar TradFest, The Americana Folk Festival, Tradesman, Viljandi Folk Music Festival, Vilnius, Vladivostok, Volksfest, Vyborg, Waipara, Waitangi Day, Wanaka, Whare Flat, Wickham Festival, Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Zarasai. Expand index (80 more) »

Alaska Folk Festival

The Alaska Folk Festival is an annual celebration of folk music of Alaska, the Northwestern United States and Canada.

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Alberobello

Alberobello (literally "beautiful tree"; Barese: Aiarubbédde) is a small town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.

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American Folk Blues Festival

The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962.

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American Folk Festival

The American Folk Festival is an annual folk festival held during August at Waterfront Park in Bangor, Maine.

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Asturias

Asturias (Asturies; Asturias), officially the Principality of Asturias (Principado de Asturias; Principáu d'Asturies), is an autonomous community in north-west Spain.

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Beverley Folk Festival

The Beverley Folk Festival was a three-day celebration of music, workshops, comedy and spoken word, held at Beverley Racecourse in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Boombal

Boombal (pl. Boombals) is a relatively recent phenomenon of folk dance parties in Belgium, originating in the French bal folk.

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Buryatia

The Republic of Buryatia (p; Buryaad Ulas) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in Asia in Siberia.

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Calgary Folk Music Festival

The Calgary Folk Music Festival (also known as "Calgary Folk Fest") is held in late July each year at Prince's Island Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Cambridge Folk Festival

The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival, established in 1965, held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England.

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Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.

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Cardrona, New Zealand

Cardrona is the name of a locality in the Cardrona Valley in New Zealand, with the nearby skifield of Cardrona Alpine Resort and Mount Cardrona also using the same name.

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Carpino

Carpino (Pugliese: Carpìne) is a coastal town and comune of the Italian region of Apulia, lying on the Gargano peninsula.

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Castlefest

Castlefest is a medieval/fantasy festival in the Netherlands, held on the first weekend of August in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse since 2005.

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Ceilidh Culture

Ceilidh Culture is an annual festival held in Edinburgh, Scotland which incorporates folk music, song, dance and storytelling.

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Celtic Colours

Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October in communities all over Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Celtic Connections

The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January.

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Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast (Челя́бинская о́бласть, Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Edmonton Folk Music Festival

The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen.

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Empty Hills

Empty Hills, Pustye Kholmy or Pustye Holmy (Пустые холмы) is a non-commercial open-air alternative arts and music festival in Russia.

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England's Medieval Festival

England's Medieval Festival is a medieval-themed festival held over the August bank holiday at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England.

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Europeade

Europeade is the largest festival of European folk culture, held in a different European country each year.

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Fairport's Cropredy Convention

Fairport's Cropredy Convention (formerly Cropredy Festival) is an annual festival of folk and rock music held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England.

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Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival and dance festival held at Dodds Farm in Hillsdale, New York.

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Feast of the Hunter's Moon

Feast of the Hunters' Moon is the debut album by Portland, Oregon-based bluegrass band Black Prairie, released in 2010 on Sugar Hill Records.

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Festival Interceltique de Lorient

The Festival Interceltique de Lorient (French), Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant (Breton) or Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in English, is an annual Celtic festival, located in the city of Lorient, Brittany, France.

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Fine art

In European academic traditions, fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics or beauty, distinguishing it from applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork.

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Flood City Music Festival

Flood City Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, presented by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association.

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Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folk Festival is a long-running annual folk music festival in Hamilton County, Florida.

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Folk dance

A folk dance is developed by people that reflect the life of the people of a certain country or region.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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FolkEast

FolkEast Festival started in 2012 at Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk.

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Folkmoot USA

Folkmoot, International Folk Festival of North Carolina, is an international folk festival held since 1984 in Waynesville, North Carolina and surrounding communities.

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FRoots

fRoots (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally Folk Roots) is a specialist music magazine published quarterly in the UK.

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Gavari

Gavari (Devanagari: गवरी) is a 40-day ecstatic dance drama tradition dedicated to the Shakti avatar Gavari (aka Gavri or Gauri), the principal deity of Mewar's Bhil tribe in Rajasthan, India.

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Geraldine, New Zealand

Geraldine or Heratini (Māori) is a town in the Canterbury Region on the South Island of New Zealand.

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Green Man Festival

Green Man is an independent music and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales since 2003.

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Grushinsky festival

Grushinsky festival (Грушинский фестиваль) is an annual Russian bard song festival that was established in 1968.

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Handicraft

A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by hand or by using only simple tools.

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Herbert, New Zealand

The small town of Herbert, formerly Otepopo, lies in North Otago, New Zealand, north of Dunedin and south-west of Oamaru.

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Hillside Festival

The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage (including one kids' stage) summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more.

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Historical reenactment

Historical reenactment (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which people follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.

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Home County Folk Festival

Home County Folk Festival is a folk music festival in London, Ontario.

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Ilidža Folk Music Festival

The Ilidža Folk Music Festival (Festival narodne muzike Ilidža/ Фестивал народне музике Илиџa) is the oldest living and premier folk music festival in the Former Yugoslavia.

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Ilidža International Children's Folklore Festival

The Ilidža International Children's Folklore Festival (Međunarodni festival dječijeg folklora Ilidža / Међународни фестивал дјечијег фолклора Илиџa) is an annual cultural festival held in Ilidža, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples, also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples or native peoples, are ethnic groups who are the pre-colonial original inhabitants of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently.

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Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival

The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival (IVFDF) is the longest running folk festival in the United Kingdom.

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Interceltic Festival of Avilés

The Interceltic Festival of Avilés (FIA) is a summer arts festival held annually in Avilés, and the surrounding area in Asturias, Spain since 1997.

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Interceltic Festival of Morrazo

The Interceltic Festival of Morrazo is a folk music festival celebrated in August in Moaña, in Galicia Spain.

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Irkutsk

Irkutsk (p) is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.

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Jacob's Ladder (music festival)

Jacob's Ladder is a folk music festival that takes place twice a year in northern Israel.

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Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast (Калу́жская о́бласть, Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).

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Kaunas

Kaunas (also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania and the historical centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

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Kaustinen Folk Music Festival

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat), celebrated yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries.

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Kaziuko mugė

Kaziuko mugė or Saint Casimir's Fair is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, dating to the beginning of the 17th century.

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Kerrville Folk Festival

The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas.

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Klaipėda

Klaipėda (Samogitian name: Klaipieda, Polish name: Kłajpeda, German name: Memel), is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast.

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Komi Republic

The Komi Republic (r; Komi Respublika) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).

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Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai (p) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk—the third-largest city in Siberia (after Novosibirsk and Omsk).

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Lido di Jesolo

Location of Jesolo in the province of Venice. The Lido di Jesolo, or Jesolo Lido, is the beach area of the comune of Jesolo in the province of Venice, Italy.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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LNP Media Group

LNP Media Group owns and publishes LNP, a daily newspaper in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and LancasterOnline, its online affiliate with monthly readership of over 1 million.

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Lucania Etno Folk

The Lucania Ethno Folk is a music festival that focuses on folk and popular music.

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Mariposa Folk Festival

Mariposa Folk Festival is a music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario.

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Martin Curtis

Martin Curtis is a leading New Zealand folksinger and songwriter.

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Matelica

Matelica is a comune (municipality) of the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche.

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Miass

Miass (p) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Chelyabinsk, on the eastern slope of the Southern Ural Mountains, on the bank of the Miass River.

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Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival

The Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival takes place in June in Middlewich, Cheshire, England.

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Mile of Music

Mile of Music (also known as MoM or The Mile) is an annual Americana and Roots music festival located in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin.

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National Folk Festival (Australia)

The National Folk Festival is an Australian family-oriented celebration attended by over 50,000 people.

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National Folk Festival (United States)

The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an itinerant folk festival in the United States.

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Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson (Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay.

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New England Folk Festival

The New England Folk Festival is an annual weekend festival of traditional dance and music.

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New Jersey Folk Festival

The New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual folk music and cultural festival held on the Great Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in July 1959 as a counterpart to the previously established Newport Jazz Festival.

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Norsk Høstfest

Norsk Høstfest (Norwegian language: "Norwegian Autumn Festival") is an annual festival held each fall in Minot, North Dakota.

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North Otago

The district of North Otago in New Zealand covers the area of Otago between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of Omarama (which has experienced rapid growth as a developing centre for astronomy and for gliding).

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Northern Lights Festival Boréal

Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual music festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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Northwest Folklife

The Northwest Folklife Festival is an annual festival of ethnic, folk, and traditional art, crafts, and music that takes place over the Memorial Day weekend in Seattle, Washington at Seattle Center.

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Old Songs Festival

The Old Songs Festival is an American annual folk music festival and dance festival held at Altamont Fairgrounds in Altamont, New York.

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Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World

Ortigueira, a seaport and borough in County Ferrolterra (A Coruña) in Galicia, celebrates its patron saint day -Saint Martha of Ortigueira's Day- on 29 July.

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Orvieto

Orvieto is a city and comune in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff.

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago from the west.

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Parbėg laivelis

Parbėg laivelis is an international folk festival in Klaipėda, Lithuania.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or farmer, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees or services to a landlord.

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Perm

Perm (p;Gramota.ru.) is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains.

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Philadelphia Folk Festival

The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a world-famous folk music festival held annually at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Philadelphia.

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Pittsburgh Folk Festival

The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of diverse international ethnic heritages in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Red Rock Folk Festival

Live from the Rock Folk and Blues Festival is an annual roots music festival started in 2003 in Red Rock, Ontario.

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Regina Folk Festival

The Regina Folk Festival (RFF) is an annual folk music festival held in Victoria Park in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Renaissance fair

A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor weekend gathering, usually held in the United States, open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which purportedly recreates a historical setting for the amusement of its guests.

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Rimini

Rimini (Rémin; Ariminum) is a city of about 150,000 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini.

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Rural crafts

Rural crafts refers to the traditional crafts production that is carried on, simply for everyday practical use, in the agricultural countryside.

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Saint-Chartier

Saint-Chartier is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

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Samara

Samara (p), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (Ќуйбышев), is the sixth largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast.

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Satriano di Lucania

Satriano di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

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Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an annual festival of folk and world music and traditional dance held in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.

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Shushenskoye

Shushenskoye (p) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Shushensky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Yenisei and Big Shush.

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Sidmouth Folk Week

There has been a folk festival in the coastal town of Sidmouth in South West England in the first week of August every year since 1955, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 diverse events.

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Siglufjörður

Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland.

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Sisters Folk Festival

The Sisters Folk Festival is an annual three-day roots music festival held in Sisters, Oregon, United States the weekend after Labor Day.

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, launched in 1967, is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage presented annually in the summer in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

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Soma Festival

The Soma Festival (सोम, or sóma, meaning drink of the Gods, see Soma (drink)) is an annual music, arts, and cultural festival.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spilimbergo

Spilimbergo (Spengenberg; Spilimberc or) is a town with a population of 11,635 located northeast of Venice in the province of Pordenone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy.

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Stan Rogers Folk Festival

The Stan Rogers Folk Festival, informally known as Stanfest, is an annual three-day music festival held in Canso, Nova Scotia.

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Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival

Summerfolk is an annual folk music and craft festival held in Owen Sound, Ontario during the third weekend in August (August 20–23 in 2015).

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Syktyvdinsky District

Syktyvdinsky District (Сыктывдинский райо́н; Сыктывдін район) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia.

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Tønder Festival

Tønder Festival is an annual folk music festival in Tønder, Denmark.

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Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania (Tèmpiu) is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari.

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Temple Bar TradFest

Temple Bar TradFest is an annual music and culture festival that takes place in late January in Dublin, Ireland.

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The Americana Folk Festival

The Americana Folk Festival (AFF) was an art and music event held at Montgomery Bell State Park in Burns, Tennessee (near Nashville).

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Tradesman

A tradesman, tradesperson, tradie or skilled tradesman refers to a worker who specializes in a particular occupation that requires work experience, on-the-job training, and often formal vocational education, but often not a bachelor's degree.

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Viljandi Folk Music Festival

The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music.

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Vilnius

Vilnius (see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,221.

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Vladivostok

Vladivostok (p, literally ruler of the east) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located around the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea.

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Volksfest

A Volksfest ("peoples' festival" in German) is a large event in Germany which usually combines a beer festival or wine festival and a travelling funfair.

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Vyborg

Vyborg (p; Viipuri,; Viborg; Wiborg; Viiburi) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Waipara

Waipara is a small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand, on the banks of the Waipara River.

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Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand, and commemorates the signing, on 6 February 1840, of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Wanaka

Wanaka (Wānaka) is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Whare Flat

Whare Flat is a locality some 15 km to the northwest of Dunedin city centre, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Wickham Festival

Wickham Festival (previously known as Eastleigh Big Top Music Festival, sometimes referred to as Wickham Festival-Incorporating Stokes Bay Festival) is a 4-day music event, that takes place in the village of Wickham, Hampshire. Listed by The Guardian as a top 'Family Friendly Boutique Festival', Wickham hosts live music across three stages, as well as food stalls, craft stalls, real ale and cider bars and children's entertainers.http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/information/other-attractions/ | Wickham Festival Official Site | Other Attractions The 2015 Wickham Festival was named Best Festival (Cap. under 15,000) at the Live UK Music Business Awards. Although the history of the festival can be traced to the 2003 Eastleigh Festival, the first Wickham Festival was held from 3–6 August 2006 in and around the village community centre, with a line-up rooted in folk and traditional music. Since then the festival has expanded (moving to its current site in 2013) to become a venue for both well established artists and those just breaking through, across many musical genres, and has previously hosted talks from the likes of Tony Benn and Bill Oddie. Recent years have seen high profile performances from rock and pop artists, including James Blunt, Wilko Johnson and Lightning Seeds. The festival has not lost touch with its roots, continuing to promote folk music, world music and such festival stalwarts as Richard Thompson, Bellowhead and Steve Earle. Wickham Festival has also introduced British audiences to international musicians, including Carlos Núñez Muñoz, The Spooky Men's Chorale and Le Vent du Nord.

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Wimborne Minster Folk Festival

Wimborne Minster Folk Festival took over from the previously known Wimborne Folk Festival in 2013 when the previous organisers retired in August 2012, after over 30 years organising the festival.

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Winnipeg Folk Festival

The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial Park, near Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Woodford Folk Festival

The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural town of Woodford, 72 km north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life and music of Woody Guthrie.

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Zarasai

Zarasai is a city in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by many lakes and rivers: to the southwest of the city is Lake Zarasas, to the north – Lake Zarasaitis, to the southeast – Lake Baltas, and the east – Lake Griežtas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_festivals

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