Join the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. for the 30th Festival of
Traditional Music, Eisteddfod, in Jackson Heights, New York City on
November 14-16, 2008. The festival features local, national and
international performers who are steeped in living ethnic traditions.
It has programs ideal for the whole family, and provides a very rare
chance in New York to hear such diverse, and such high quality,
performers all in a single venue. Listen, tap your feet, or sing
along to ballads, fiddle tunes, southern mountain and country songs,
humorous & serious songs, and much more.
The festival has concerts, 20+ workshops, participatory sessions, a
marketplace, and a free family concert, all with a spirit of warmth
and openness. It is being held in Jackson Heights, at the Renaissance
Charter School, 35-59 81st Street. It begins with a concert Friday
night at 7:30, runs all day Saturday, Sunday morning, and ends with a
concert Sunday afternoon, finishing at 5:30. A special free family
concert will be on Saturday, 12:30 -1:30 PM. Information can be found
at www.eisteddfod-ny.org
718-429-3437 or 718-672-6399. Tickets are available online at
www.eisteddfod-ny.eventbrite.com
This year among the featured performers are:
Old Time Southern Mountain: Norris Bennett, Pat Conte, Phil
Zimmerman & more
Irish: Len Graham, Donal Maguire, Dan Milner, and Barry Oneill
New York State: Colleen Cleveland, Dave Ruch, and George Ward
English: John Roberts & Tony Barrand, Dave Webber & Annie Fentiman,
David Jones, & more
International: Atl-Tlachinolli (Aztec), DisCanto (Italian), Bill &
Livia Vanaver (Balkan), Toby Weinberg (Norwegian)
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