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The international festivals listed below represent a network of folk dance festivals in the United States and a few elsewhere in the world. Each festival invites performance groups from throughout the world that represent their traditional music, dance, and culture. There are also many quality folk festivals existing in other countries which can be accessed through the C.I.O.F.F. organization. (Enter “dance” to search there.)

The following festivals are listed in order of calendar date. Most festivals are annual so if the date you see is past, assume that the following year it will be at approximately the same time and check their website.

By definition, festivals are less participatory and more performance-oriented. See Workshops and Camps
if you are looking for a participatory dance event.

Festival	Logo
Last two weeks of July FOLKMOOT USA www.folkmootusa.org 112 Virginia Avenue Post Office Box 658 Waynesville, NC 28786
Mid-July ODPC FunFest evartdulcimerfest.org Osceola County Fairgrounds in Evart, MI
In July IDAHO SUMMERFEST in Rexburg, Idaho http://idahosummerfest.com
June-October of each year ANNUAL NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL (first presented in 1934 and the oldest multicultural festival in the nation) Centered in Nashville, Tennessee, but partner festivals take place throughout the East Coast. For information, contact http://ncta-usa.org/
End of July SPRINGVILLE WORLD FESTIVAL www.worldfolkfest.com/ Springville World Folkfest P.O. Box 306 Springville, UT 84663
November HOLIDAY FOLK FAIR, Milwaukee, Wisconsin http://www.folkfair.org/