| National Folk Festival | |
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| Genre | Folk |
| Dates | 1934 - Present |
| Location(s) | United States |
| Years active | 1934–present |
| Founders | National Council for the Traditional Arts |
| Attendance | 175,000+[1] |
| Website | www |
The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) and has been presented in 26 communities around the nation.[2][1] After leaving some of these communities, the National Folk Festival has spun off several locally run folk festivals in its wake, including the Lowell Folk Festival, the Richmond Folk Festival, the American Folk Festival and the Montana Folk Festival. The most recent spin-off is the North Carolina Folk Festival.[3] The next year of the festival will be held in Salisbury, Maryland, in 2022, the fourth year of a four-year run in Salisbury.[4][5][6]
- ^ a b "Request for Proposal for 2018 - 2020" (PDF). National Council for the Traditional Arts.
- ^ "National Folk Festival History" (PDF). National Council for the Traditional Arts.
- ^ "The North Carolina Folk Festival". Arts Greensboro. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "National Folk Festival Salisbury, MD Coming to Eastern Shore". National Folk Festival Salisbury MD | Music Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "National Folk Festival rescheduled to September 2021". 47abc. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ "National Folk Festival adds another year to its stay in Salisbury; event will return in 2022". Bay to Bay News. Retrieved 2021-09-10.