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A Message From the Organizers: Many thank yous to all the wonderful people that came out to the festival! – to the amazing bands and presenters and to all the friends and volunteers who worked so hard on the Brooklyn Folk Festival this year —Thank you for another great year!! We had such a special […]

Get your Brooklyn Folk Festival baseball cap!Caps are adjustable – one size fits all It’s a good hat!Pick one up at the festival or order online:https://jalopyrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/brooklyn-folk-festival-hat

“Going Down to ‘Leven Point” by the Ozark Highballers – the newest album from the Jalopy’s own record label – will be released at the Brooklyn Folk Festival in conjunction with their performance at the festival. This is the first studio album from this great Arkansas string band – don’t miss them at the folk […]

Get your beautiful limited edition letter press poster for the 2019 Brooklyn Folk Festival! Heavy card stock paper. Each poster hand numbered. Order here!https://jalopyrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/brooklyn-folk-fest-limited-edition-letter-press-poster-2019 Designed and printed by Big Tom Press and eGo. See how they were made!

Along with 50 bands, workshops, film premieres, the banjo toss and more – don’t miss the great food at the Brooklyn Folk Festival this year. Violeta Palchik, a folklorist studying foodways, has brought together a great group chefs from Brooklyn’s amazing cooking traditions. Some of our food selections this year include:Makina Café (Ethiopian/Eritrean Food)Chef Eden […]

  Donate Now! The Brooklyn Folk Festival is the largest and longest running folk festival in New York City’s history and the biggest yearly production of the non-profit Jalopy Theatre and School of Music. The 11th annual festival is happening April 5th-7th 2019, at the beautiful St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights. It will feature […]

Thank you so much to everybody that came out for the 2018 Brooklyn Folk Festival and made it a big success!  We are already planning for the 2019 festival! Meanwhile, here are some great photos from the 2018 festival, courtesy of photographers Brian Geltner, Jack Hirschorn and Jeremy Kohn:  

Dear Friends, Thank you so much for coming to the 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival.  It was a truly wonderful year and a great way to celebrate a decade of our festival.  Thank you to all of the artists, volunteers, staff and the audience for making such a magic, unlikely, long planned, spontaneous, beautiful, successful […]

wAs a special part of the festival this 10th year, we have asked several artist friends to make limited edition, alternative Brooklyn Folk Festival posters. Get your specially printed copy at the festival!!  Limited edition! By Jose Delhart By Ernesto Gomez By Em New By Skylar Gibbons-Reich By Eric “Eyeball” Richardson By Samoa Wilson By […]