Help NEFFA while you promote your business or service! NEFFA Program Books are picked up by festival-goers, kept as souvenirs, and provide entertainment and reference for months to come. Ad revenue helps us defray the cost of producing the books, which lets us keep admission prices as low as possible. Advertising opportunities are open NOW! […]
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Participation in the NEFFA Festival includes risk of exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including but not limited to COVID-19. Attendance is at your own risk. For the 2026 NEFFA Festival, vaccination and masking are optional. We strongly believe that the COVID vaccines are highly effective at preventing disease and for making the disease
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According to our by-laws, we aim “to preserve folk traditions in New England and elsewhere, to encourage the continuance and further development of a living folk culture, and to promote and encourage high standards of quality and performance in the folk arts”. How do we do this? By running a Festival every April! Planning for
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NEFFA attracts over 2000 attendees from all over the country and overseas and features close to 1000 performers. The Festival is unique because of the participatory nature of the events. Not only are there concerts and performances, but there are also opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with music, dance, and
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NEFFA is more than the annual Festival! The New England Folk Festival Association is a non-profit educational and cultural organization founded more than 80 years ago, with the mission of preserving and nurturing living folk arts and traditions, in New England and elsewhere. In addition to the Festival, NEFFA organizes a regular contra dance, runs
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Deadline snuck up on you? It’s not too late, but you’d better hurry–you have until WEDNESDAY, October 15 at 11:59pm. We want YOU to apply to perform at NEFFA!
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We are particularly eager for applications involving mentoring for those who wish to improve on their skills, and structured jams — both instrumental and singing — especially slow jams. If you’re a new leader, now’s the time!
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Put your thinking caps on, call your friends, and get ready to submit your NEFFA applications before October 15!
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The Marketplace features an internationally diverse group of vendors, including craftspeople showcasing their own work, organizations offering services to the folk music, dance, and song community, and commercial vendors with products of special interest to the folk community. We are continuously seeking to increase the diversity of vendors and products in the Marketplace. If you
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We always look forward to seeing many familiar faces and classic NEFFA sessions return (see Schedule), but we are especially excited to welcome new faces and hear your ideas for new sessions. If you have friends who might be a good fit for NEFFA, please pass this along.
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