We are particularly eager for applications involving folk traditions underrepresented at NEFFA, especially from Asia, Africa, and South America. If you know performers in these traditions, please pass this invitation along–personal networks are always the best! New to the Festival? Check out our Festival page for the kinds of events we look for each year.

NEFFA needs you! The NEFFA Board has started planning for next year’s Festival, which will take place at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough on April 25-27, 2025. We are also planning on another Ralph Page Dance Event in Worcester, January 10-11, 2025. Mark your calendars! NEFFA work is year-round.

We love to see your images of the Festival! In a week or two, we will be posting the recordings from the Seminar Room to videos.neffa.org. But there was much more happening at NEFFA! With eleven program spaces, a marketplace, hallway jamming, and thousands of friendly faces in joyous reunion, our photographers couldn’t be everywhere.

Lost a water bottle? Took the wrong jacket by mistake? Forgot your dance shoes (or maybe just one of them)? We can’t promise to find lost earrings, but we have buckets of Lost and Found items from the Hotel and the Trade Center. If you’re missing an item, or found something you meant to drop

Whew – we did it again! I hope everyone had a great time! Please fill out our evaluation form (available online here: https://www.neffa.org/neffa-2024-festival-eval/ ) – we need to know what worked for you, as well as what needs improvement. Also, if you haven’t completed our 80th Survey yet, please do. We are excited to learn

Have you ever wondered about the mysteries of running a sound board?The NEFFA Sound crew will be offering an introduction in the Princess Room at 5:00pm on Friday, April 19. Depending on the size of the class, there may be time for hands-on use of the sound equipment.  No experience required. The workshop is taking

Join the NEFFA Annual General Meeting in person at the Festival or online via livestream. We especially welcome new and renewing members. The AGM is the perfect time to meet the NEFFA Board, provide your feedback, and get your questions answered. Register now if you’re planning to attend online!

Check out our maps and Festival site web pages! You can plan your trip to the Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center, and you can start picturing all the fun things that are going to happen in all the spaces at the Festival venue. Printed maps will be on hand at the Festival, but take

Become a full partner in the ongoing celebration that is the New England Folk Festival! Your financial and volunteer support, through good times and hard times, has been NEFFA’s secret of success for eighty years. Donors to NEFFA support all of our activities – grants, Thursday Night Contras, Ralph Page Weekend, and of course, the