Time for the National Folk Festival

30007_folder115_National Folk Festival_48th_002The National Folk Festival kicked off in Greensboro, North Caronlina today, the first of it’s three year stay in North Carolina. See their website for a complete schedule of events. Many once-in-a-lifetime performances in North Carolina for the first, and likely, only time.
To celebrate our colleagues at the NCTA and all those who made this year’s excellent event possible, we dug into the Southern Folklife Collection Festival Files (30007) for some documentation of past events. We especially like the postcard to Arthur Palmer Hudson inviting his participation at The Sixth Annual National Folk Festival at Constitution Hall in Washington, D. C.
We hope to see you in downtown Greensboro or here at Southern Folklife Collection real soon. 30007_folder115_National Folk Festival_24th_00130007_folder115_National Folk Festival_6th_003