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 […]
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Hotel Accommodations for the Festival
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 […]
2018 Folk Fest Lineup Announced!
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!
Bklyn Folk Fest in The New Yorker Magazi...
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 […]
Thank you!!
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 […]
Jalopy Records 7 Inch Subscription Serie...
A shiny new album sent every 4 weeks! 13 albums like gifts given all year long by great American folk, roots, blues & country artists! Jalopy Records is starting an ambitious new project to release a new album every 4 weeks. These will be albums featuring artists who make up the fabric of the contemporary […]
Celebrating 10 Years: The Jalopy Theatre...
Jalopy Theatre & School of Music celebrates it’s 10th anniversary with a weekend of music. Concert tickets are on sale now: Blind Boy Paxton, Hubby Jenkins of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings band the Downhill Strugglers, and 35+ more folk music acts plus art opening, workshops, film screening, & more this weekend. Buy tickets […]
Thank You
Thank you so much to all the bands, volunteers, and everyone that came out for making the 2016 Brooklyn Folk Festival the best one yet!!! See you next year!!! For lots more great folk and world music through out the year, plus classes in various instruments and musical styles, please visit us at The Jalopy […]
