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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 […]

We have some wonderful films showing at the Brooklyn Folk Festival this year!!  Films you won’t see anywhere else in New York!! Be sure to check out:  Gold – 50th anniversary screening!! Filmed in August of 1968 in the remote foothills of the Sierra Mountains this wacky piece of celluloid captures the essence of the […]

Coming from out of town for the Brooklyn Folk Festival?  Or wanna make it a staycation?!?  The Brooklyn Folk Festival has discount codes for two hotels near the festival site. See below for all the information, including the promotional codes to get the discount on your reservation. THE RED LION INN AND SUITES 279 BUTLER […]

Many thanks to the Brooklyn Vegan for announcing our 2018 lineup of bands!  Check out their piece at this link. And Click here to check out the full Brooklyn Folk Fest 2018 schedule!

Thanks so much to Amanda Petrusich at The New Yorker magazine for her excellent article about the 2017 Brooklyn Folk Festival: Keep Folk Music Weird By Amanda Petrusich April 19, 2017 The Brooklyn-based musician and producer Eli Smith curates the Brooklyn Folk Festival’s offerings with an eye toward the diverse, the spontaneous, the countercultural, and […]

Dear all – A profound thank you from us the organizers to all of the bands who played and all of the people who came out for the 2017 Brooklyn Folk Festival.  Thank you!! It was a wonderful, powerful and affecting 3 days of music and performances. And don’t forget to check out the live […]