Like The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia on Facebook, Follow The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia on Instagram, Like The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia on Facebook, Philadelphia, the Place that Loves You Back, Tredyffrin Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The inaugural concert included performances by Pete Seeger (1919-2014) in addition to the Greenbriar Boys, blind gospel singer the Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), and fiddler Obray Ramsey (1913-97). Philadelphia's Main Line was represented by the Skookill Express, which spiced its traditional bluegrass with a contemporary Toms Paxton song, a fiddler's hornpipe and a Hank Williams gospel tune while two veteran performers Snuffy Jenkins, banjo and washboard, and Pappy Sherrill, an washboard, ant fiddlerturned themselves into a bluegrass group by borrowing a guitarist and bassist from the Skookill Express. Follow Backgrounders on Twitter In subsequent years the festival grew to an audience counted at ten thousand by 1963 and fifteen thousand in 1964. The Festival is also one of our most important fundraisers, which includes an Opportunity Drawing and Silent Auction. Camping became such an integral component of the festival that organizers added a Campers Only concert on the Thursday preceding the main event. UPPER SALFORD TOWNSHIP, Pa., Aug. 25The annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, which was held for the 14th time last weekend on the rolling fields of Pool's Farm near Schwenksville, northwest of Philadelphia, made several moves this year in what may be indicative of future directions. Philly Folk Festival Season Posted on July 23, 2010by David Rotenstein Each summer Google directs dozens of visitors looking for information on the history of the annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. Ireland was represented by Mick Moloney, a witty and polished singer of Irish music hall songs, and Eugene O'Donnell, who brought out the gentle, melodic, bittersweet charm of Irisn riddling rather than the highspirited reels that are usually heard. The Philadelphia Folksong Society presents the Philadelphia Folk Festival and has a full-time, year-round staff. [citation needed] The Festival will return as a hybrid event live and in person for 2022. In October of 1957, the group, calling itself the Philadelphia Folksong Society (PFS), had its first official meeting. By the time Fairport Convention took the stage at the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival, they had already been through more lineup changes than most bands experience in decades. The other bluegrass groups pointed up the geographic, musical and sexual range that basically male, Southern moue tain music now covers. *Please note that the 60th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival schedule is subject to change without notice. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions.
