Central Ohio Folk Festival 2023

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Saturday, May 06, 2023 - 10:30 AM
to Sunday, May 07, 2023 - 10:00 PM

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05/06/2023 10:30 AM 05/07/2023 10:00 PM America/Anguilla Central Ohio Folk Festival 2023 The festival has multiple stages featuring a refreshing variety of folk/roots/Americana performances. Are you itching to catch some live roots music in a great outdoor setting? Are you a musician that loves to jam with other musicians? You'll find it all here! We now have 4 ongoing jam tents – bluegrass, old-time, folk-folk-mix, and one for the very beginner. There are kids' activities, 30+ music workshops (all levels), a YouthFolk Tent, festival store, opening & closing community sings, and a drum circle each day. There are even workshops for the very beginner with loaner instruments available. The Saturday night headliner is Internationally touring New York based band, Nefesh Mountai... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/columbus/events/highbanks-metro-park/central-ohio-folk-festival-2023-82647?ref=uceaddevent Highbanks Metro Park, 9466 Columbus Pike, Lewis Center, OH, 43035

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Olentangy (Columbus)
Springbourne (Columbus)
Olentangy High Bluffs (Columbus)
Springbourne (Columbus)

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The festival has multiple stages featuring a refreshing variety of folk/roots/Americana performances. Are you itching to catch some live roots music in a great outdoor setting? Are you a musician that loves to jam with other musicians? You'll find it all here! We now have 4 ongoing jam tents – bluegrass, old-time, folk-folk-mix, and one for the very beginner. There are kids' activities, 30+ music workshops (all levels), a YouthFolk Tent, festival store, opening & closing community sings, and a drum circle each day. There are even workshops for the very beginner with loaner instruments available. The Saturday night headliner is Internationally touring New York based band, Nefesh Mountain. Fronted by Eric Lindberg & Doni Zasloff, it has been hailed as one of today's formative boundary pushing Progressive Folk/Americana bands. Expect a mixture of Americana, Appalachian bluegrass, old-time, Celtic folk and eastern European music. Nefesh Mountain has recorded and shared the stage with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, John Doyle, Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers), Mark Schatz (Bèla Fleck, Nickel Creek), Mike Gordon (Phish) and Tony Trischka among others. Selling out venues from Atlanta to Chicago to New York City, Nefesh Mountain almost immediately took off in the USA roots music festival scene, with celebrated appearances at Merlefest, IBMA's Wide Open Bluegrass, NPR Mountain Stage and more. Food trucks on site all day. Our beer garden features Nocterra Brewing beer. PLEASE NOTE: You are not permitted to bring your own alcohol onto Metro Park grounds. Our festival is a "free-will donation" event. All festival events will be accessible by anyone entering the grounds and that includes the Saturday evening headliner concert and the workshops. We set up donation tents at the entrance. To make this "new way" successful, we’re encouraging donations. For a donation of $20 or more, you’ll get a fun flexible flyer, a cookie and a sticker (while supplies last)! Know that your generous $$ support makes all of this possible! Donations can be made on site. However, if you wish to get inside tent seating for Sat. night's headliner concert, you need to pre-donate. Inside tent seating is limited to 200. Lawn seating is always available.

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