The folk music scene is strong in Columbus, and you have the chance to enjoy it all year long with the Columbus Folk Music Society Music Series and Central Ohio Folk Festival.
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Columbus Folk Music Society Concert Series
A donation of $15 at the door is suggested, $10 for CFMS members and students, free for under age 12.
6PM Open Jam
7PM Open Mic (pre-signup)
8PM Featured Performer
Unless noted below, the Americana/Folk Concert Series events are held at:
Columbus Mennonite Church
35 Oakland Park Ave, Columbus, 43214
For more info, contact Bill Cohen at (614) 263-3851 or BillCohen@columbus.rr.com
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Andy Baker, Singer-Songwriter
Sat, Mar 23, 2024 7PM
Stillhouse Junkies, Genre-bending American Roots
Sat, Apr 27 2024, 7PM
LOCATION OF SHOW: NOCTERRA BREWING, 41 Depot St, Powell, OH
Upcoming Shows
Full details will be released closer to the events, or see the website.
Annual Central Ohio Folk Festival
Folk it up with the Annual Central Ohio Folk Festival at Highbanks Metro Park on May 4-5, 2024.
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Festival features
Enjoy concerts, jam sessions, 30+ music workshops, dance, and kids’ activities including the instrument petting zoo. Bring your acoustic instruments to join jams and song circles.
More than 30 hourly concerts on 3 different stages. You’ll hear a wide range of folk music — bluegrass, blues, singer-songwriter, Southern roots, Americana, Celtic, and more….songs that often reflect the struggles of everyday people.
A giant 1960’s-style folk music community sing-along to open the festival at 11 am Saturday, plus a poignant song circle to close the fest.
More than 30 workshops on songwriting, the history of folk music, joining a jam group, important musical figures, and how to play guitar, fiddle, ukulele, tin whistle, and other instruments. Some workshops will be for beginning players, and others will be for more advanced musicians.
There’s an area with special music, stories, workshops, and arts/crafts for children. Plus, a perennial favorite — our “instrument petting zoo” to let youngsters handle folk instruments. Festival mascot Darby Duck will also be on hand for the young and young-at-heart.
Join in the 2 drum circles where everyone, young and old alike, is invited to pound on a drum or other rhythm instrument to a mesmerizing beat.
The headliner act, The Arcadian Wild, performs on Saturday, May 4th at 7 pm. The Nashville trio describes themselves as genre-bending, since they had roots in alt-rock and punk, but now mix bluegrass, classical, and other genres with tight 3-part vocal harmonies in original songs that defy categorization.
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Central Ohio Folk Festival admission
No set admission; donations are welcome, which helps support the festival and keep it free. For donations of $20 of more, you’ll get a free “flexible frisbee” and other fun stuff.
The festival staffers are all volunteers, so 100% of the money that people contribute will help support this festival.
For more information, check out the Folk Festival webpage.
Highbanks Metro Park
9466 Columbus Pike (Rt. 23 N)
Lewis Center, OH 43035
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