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Recent Updates:

Events
– Fiddling to the Future, Benefit
    Concert for the Step Fiddlers, D.F.
    Cook Recital Hall, May 26
   (added May 11)
– Water, Wood and Wide Prairie Sky:
     Ingrid Gatin, Johanna Barker, Katie
    Baggs at the LSPU Hall, May 18
    (added Apr 26)

Folk Night
– Listings to May 30 posted
    (added Apr 20)
– New photos: January - March
    (added Mar 26)

News
– Passing of Alton Best
    (added May 15)
– Bluegrass Festival Applications
    (added May 15)
– Fiddling to the Future, Benefit
    Concert for the Step Fiddlers, D.F.
    Cook Recital Hall, May 26
   (added May 11)
- Performance Opportunities in
   Placentia (Mar 27)
– New Folk Arts Society on SW coast    (Mar 21)
– Young Fiddlers at NAFCO (Feb 21)

Memberships/Donation
– Donations by PayPal now enabled
   (added Nov 21)

About the Society
– Anne Fagan new Vice-President
   (updated Jan 26)

Folk Resources
– ICH newsletter (added Mar 13)
– FAS posters added to MUN archives
(Feb 21)
– Inshore Fiddling CDs (added Oct 30)

Alton Best

The Folk Arts Society was saddened to hear of the passing of Alton Best, a long time member of the Labrador band, The Flummies. A member of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, Best was a well known musician and contributed greatly to local music. Our sympathies go to his friends and family at this time.

2012 Festival

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR FOLK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OUTSTANDING LINE-UP PERFORMING AT 36TH ANNUAL EVENT (press release, May 10, 2012)

The 36th Annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival will be held August 3, 4 and 5th, 2012. We are no longer accepting submissions for the 2012 Folk Festival. (2012 festival website)

Upcoming Events

Water, Wood and Wide Prairie Sky
featuring
Ingid Gatin, Joanna Barker and Katie Baggs!

8 pm Friday, May 18th
LSPU Hall, St. John's
Doors open at 7:30 pm

(details)

Fiddling to the Future
A star-studded trad concert featuring fiddlers
and friends from all generations!

May 26th
D. F. Cook Recital Hall

(details)

Upcoming Folk Night

May 16

Ingrid Gatin

folk night lineup »

The mandate of the Folk Arts Society is to "produce arts festivals for the purpose of education and advancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of Newfoundland and Labrador folk arts and to educate artists through participation in such festivals and related workshops; and to educate the public in folk arts through performances in public places and seminars".