A festival by musicians, for musicians, recognised and supported by
the National Endowment for the Arts!

Thank you to everyone who made our tenth year so great!
We hope all of you will join us again next year and bring a friend!
(A larger version of the group photo is available for download.)

Folk College is a fun and friendly weekend of playing and listening to folk music — a fantastic three days of workshops, jam sessions, concerts, and group playing. The camp is designed for musicians with eclectic tastes. Within one weekend, you’ll have a choice of workshops ranging from oldtime to Celtic to blues to international, and you’ll get to sing, dance, play, and listen.

Musicians of all instruments and levels are welcome, and there are also choices for non-musicians who want to listen, learn, and experiment with folk music - including a beginners’ sampler where absolute beginners can try fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, guitar, and banjo. Each evening features a staff concert followed by staff-led jam sessions. Saturday after the concert, we hold a contradance with an open band. You’ll also have an opportunity to be coached by a professional musician in a band setting and to perform in the student concert. Professional development will be offered for school teachers, including Act 48 credit for Pennsylvania teachers.

Folk College is a project of Simple Gifts and the Huntingdon County Arts Council

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

The Huntingdon County Arts Council is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State Government funding comes through the annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.