Directory of Organizations Resources

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• Old-Time Appalachian

Resources in This Category

• American Folklife Center

  http://www.loc.gov/folklife/
  Archives of Folk Culture in the Library of Congress, established as a repository for American folk music. Information about the Center and its publications, with guides to the collections.

• Baltimore Folk Music Society

  http://www.bfms.org/
  Non-profit, educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting folk music, dance, and tradition.

• Broward Folk Club

  http://www.browardfolkclub.com/
  Information on folk music in Broward County, as well as the South Florida Folk Festival.

• Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society

  http://www.calliopehouse.org/
  A nonprofit educational and presenting organization that promotes and preserves traditional and contemporary folk music and its allied arts which are unique to western Pennsylvania.

• Columbus Folk Music Society Inc.

  http://www.cfms-inc.org/
  Promotes music, dance, story telling and other folk arts.

• Cornell Folk Song Club

  http://www.cornellfolksong.org/
  Founded in the 1950s to encourage and preserve traditional folk music on and off campus. Includes events listing, ticket information and their history.

• Golden Link Folk Singing Society

  http://www.goldenlink.org/
  Not-for-profit educational corporation that has been organizing, promoting, presenting, and encouraging folk music since 1971.

• Granite City Folk Society

  http://www.granitecityfolk.org/
  Lists concerts and ticket information for society in St. Cloud, MN.

• Green Apple Folk Music Society

  http://www.focol.org/grapple/
  Promotes and encourages folk music, particularly in northeast/east central Wisconsin.

• Long Island Traditional Music Association

  http://www.litma.org/
  LITMA is a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization supporting traditional music on Long Island.

• Old Songs

  http://www.oldsongs.org/
  Dedicated to preserving traditional folk music and dance, Old Songs presents concerts, dances, and a folk festival on the last weekend of June in Altamont, NY.

• Old Town School of Folk Music

  http://www.oldtownschool.org/
  Organization serving as a local and national resource for teaching, performing and celebrating folk music, art and culture from all countries. Information about upcoming classes, concerts, recordings, and songbooks.

• Princeton Folk Music Society

  http://princetonfolk.org/
  Encouraging the growth of folk music in central New Jersey.

• Seattle Folklore Society

  http://www.seafolklore.org/
  A non-profit folk organization that sponsors folk music concerts, dances, song circles, and camps in the Seattle, Washington area. Concert listings, online reservations, and links.

• Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

  http://www.folklife.si.edu/
  Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.

• Susquehanna Folk Music Society

  http://www.sfmsfolk.org/
  An all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and encouraging the traditional arts in Central Pennsylvania.

• The Down East FolkArts Society

  http://downeastfolkarts.org/
  Background, event schedules, outreach programs, membership information and more for this North Carolina society promoting folk music, contra dancing and storytelling.

• The Folk Project

  http://www.folkproject.org/
  Not-for-profit folk music and dance organization which sponsors or organizes folk music and dance activities in the Northern New Jersey area.

• The Philadelphia Céilí Group

  http://www.philadelphiaceiligroup.org/
  Supporting Irish music in Philadelphia; includes information on their events and their annual festival, with contact details.

• Tidewater Friends of Accoustic Music

  http://tidewateracoustic.org/
  Mission is to advance, preserve, and promote traditional and contemporary folk music in the community through concerts, festivals workshops. Includes concert and membership information.

 

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