New Bedford Folk Festival
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| Dates: | Saturday, July 9, 2022 - Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
| Hours: | 11AM to 9PM both days |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is pleased to present the 25th New Bedford Folk Festival with a special line-up in honor of its silver anniversary on Saturday July 9 and Sunday July 10, 2022.
After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the festival returns with a lineup of the best in contemporary, Americana, traditional, blues and Celtic folk music.
To celebrate this musical milestone the festival has invited folk music legend Tom Rush, folk, jazz, and pop songstress Susan Werner, cutting edge Celtic band RUNA, Grammy nominated old time and American roots fiddlers Bruce Molsky and Tony Trischka called”the father of modern bluegrass by the New York Times, Native Americana blues master Cary Morin, singer-songwriters Cheryl Wheeler, Garnet Rogers, Catie Curtis and John Gorka called “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk Movement” by Rolling Stone, award winning French-Canadian group Musique ŕ bouches and many more.
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Early bird prices are $30 for a single day, $40 for the weekend, $75 for a Weekend Plus Pass (two days of performances plus access to the Premium Lounge), and $135 for a Premium Pass (two days of performances, a Premium Pass lanyard, 2022 Folk Festival T-shirt, access to the Premium Pass Lounge, guaranteed seating at all Zeiterion performances and priority seating at Whaling Museum performances, free parking in Zeiterion and Elm Street garages, discounts at several food vendors in the Food Court & Beer Garden outside the Zeiterion Theatre, and more).
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www.newbedfordfolkfestival.com/
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New Bedford Whaling Historic National Park, New Bedford, MA, 02740 map
Phone: 508-994-2900
Route 24 South to Route 140 South to Route I195 East to Downtown Connector to Downtown Exit, left on Johnny Cake Hill. As of today, masks are required at the indoor venues.
| TIPS | ↑ top |
- Most stages are outdoors and wheelchair/stroller accessible. There are outdoor craft exhibits There are cobblestoned streets. Two stages are indoors and air-condtioned. If it's hot there will be lines for these venues.
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