Welcome to the 17th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival!

Hello and welcome to the 17th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival!—the biggest yearly production of the non-profit Jalopy Theatre and School of Music.

The Brooklyn Folk Festival strives to present the best in American and world folk and traditional music, bringing together artists from around the country to showcase diverse genres and cultures.

We have a wonderful festival prepared for you, featuring Nick Shoulders, Alice Gerrard, Jontavious Willis, Bella White, Jim Kweskin, New Dangerfield, Nora Brown, The Alash Ensemble, tributes to Michael Hurley and Joe Hickerson and so much more! Our offerings this weekend include beautiful, intricate traditional music from the United States, Mexico, South America, Ghana, the West Indies, Nigeria and Eastern Europe. We are thrilled about our new festival addition, The Coffee House Stage - enjoy intimate concerts with fabulous artists.

We believe that shared music tradition creates and maintains community and understanding between people. We hope you connect with new cultures, enjoy music in many languages and make some new friends.

Please join us for workshops - Celebrate Hazel Dickens 100th birthday with Phyliss Elkind and Jan Bell, learn about Greenwich Village’s folk music era with Rolling Stone writer David Browne. On Sunday, raise your voices with the Poor People’s Campaign sing-a-long, “Songs in the Key of Resistance,” and participate in our absurd contest, The Banjo Toss! Win a free banjo!

If you like what you see and hear, and we hope that you do, please visit the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music for folk, roots and traditional music all year long. We showcase so much wonderful music at our venue, the Jalopy Theatre, our music festivals, and through our record label, Jalopy Records.

The Jalopy School of Music offers tons of music classes, workshops and performing ensembles for youth and adults, and free music programs in local public schools.

Our non-profit record label, Jalopy Records has more than 50 albums out, with success on roots music billboard charts and music in films such as the recent “The History of Sound” and TV such as the forthcoming American Revolution series by Ken Burns. Visit the Jalopy Records merch table to learn more about the label and see our many beautiful albums.

Please consider becoming a “Friend of the Brooklyn Folk Fest” and help pay a living wage to performing artists and make this festival possible. To make a fully tax-deductible donation and become a “Friend,” visit Jalopy’s table in the Parish Hall, or brooklynfolkfest.com/donate

Tell your friends that the festival is being live streamed! and they can tune in from wherever they may be. Visit the tickets link at brooklynfolkfest.com to find the live stream.

Special thanks to our volunteers, funders, donors, local business advertisers and sponsors – this festival could not happen without your generosity, work and support.

Sincerely, Lynette Wiley, Executive Director

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Friday, November 7th | Evening Concerts

Main Stage

7:00pm | Feral Foster

7:50pm | Jontavious Willis

8:40pm | Bella White

9:30pm | Angela Autumn

10:20pm | El Khat

Parish Hall Stage

7:00pm | Flophouse Follies

7:50pm | Juntas Chicas

8:40pm | Gogo Norales

9:30pm | Nathan Xander

Coffeehouse Stage (Workshop Room)

7:15pm | Tom Leaf

8:00pm | Miriam Elhajli

8:45pm | Riyae Park

9:30pm | Allegra Krieger

Program Guide

Saturday, November 8th | Afternoon Concerts

Main Stage

12:00pm | Hopalong Andrew

12:50pm | Cole Quest & The City Pickers

1:40pm | Ma Rainey’s Living Tradition of the Blues

2:30pm | Chris Acker

3:20pm | Agalisiga ‘Chuj’ Mackey

4:10pm | Kassi Valazza

5:00pm | Down Hill Strugglers

5:50pm | Mariee Siou

Parish Hall Stage

12:00pm | The Joe Hickerson Song Circle led by Martha Burns

1:20pm | Trail Papa

2:10pm | Jalopy School of Music Showcase

3:20pm | Hannah Thompson

4:10pm | Martha Burns

5:00pm | Tamar Korn & Kyle Morgan

5:50pm | Inkarayku

Workshop Room

12:00pm | Association for Cultural Equity / Alan Lomax Archive Accordion Panel
Kiki Smith-Archiapatti will host a panel presentation featuring selected accordionists to discuss their craft, demo techniques, and engage with Lomax archival recordings.

1:00pm | Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
A presentation with music and film by Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore

2:00pm | Dio Cramer & Spruce Riot, performing Crankies, Ballads, and Tunes

3:15pm | Ma Rainey Panel with Florene Dawkins

4:15pm | Hazel Dickens Centennial Sing with Phyllis Elkind and Jan Bell.
We will provide the lyrics and harmonies to some of Hazel’s classics so you can join in song to honor this great singer and songwriter in her centennial year. Come sing!

5:30pm | The Freewheelin' Fast Folk: Looking Back at the Village Folk Scene of the Eighties, hosted by David Browne (author, Talkin' Greenwich Village)