Washington Square Park Folk Festival

08/28/2023

Lucy Brown Karwoski is pictured here with Mississippi John Hurt in a photograph taken decades ago. Lucy still has a sweet smile and, this weekend, she enjoyed hearing Hurt's music played by some performers at the Washington Square Park Folk Festival. Hurt played music in that park in the 60s and it was special having Lucy at the festival.

08/15/2022

The Folk Fest is almost here! Join us on Sunday, August 28th, 1-5pm in beautiful, historic Washington Square Park for this free outdoor event.

Many thanks to our friends at:
Washington Square Park Conservancy
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
New York University
and the lovely Washington Square Hotel
for supporting this free community event. We could not do it with you.

The folk festival is presented by the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music!

Schedule:
1:00pm Eli Smith
1:45pm Wyndham Baird
2:30pm Erik Frandsen
3:15pm Katie Martucci
4:00pm Miriam Elhajli

12/02/2021

Happy Tuesday! Jalopy Theatre and School of Music strives to showcase folk music traditions from across the globe. Your tax-deductible contribution of $500 underwrites one of our concerts or festivals at Jalopy, including the Steel Guitar UnConvention. Here's Terrell King at Jalopy, performing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" as part of a recent Steel Guitar Unconvention at Jalopy.

Other uses for your tax-deductible donation of:
$50 buys a ukulele for a Making Music scholarship student
$100 underwrites the supplies for a semester of youth programming
$250 provides a scholarship for a young person to attend a semester of classes or summer camp
$1000 brings a band to the Brooklyn Folk Festival!

The Jalopy Theatre depends on funding from individuals and foundations to grow and continue delivering quality programming. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today!

www.jalopytheatre.org/donate

, a special day celebrated the world over and dedicated to generosity and giving, is also one of the most important days of the year for non-profits like The Jalopy Theatre. We need your help! This year we are launching our Annual Appeal on Tuesday. We are hoping to reach $25,000 by the end of the year. Help our campaign get off to a strong start with a donation today! The Jalopy Theatre has never turned anyone away from a scholarship. Help us continue this tradition and keep the possibility of music education within everyone’s reach in these uncertain times.

12/01/2021

Save Live Music, support artists! Your contribution helps us support artists...whether our theatre's doors are open or not! During the pandemic lockdown, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music continued to host concerts and classes online, through livestreaming and working with musicians to deliver online lessons and workshops and unique recorded performances for weekly concerts and online festivals including Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, the Mid-Winter Jug & String Band Rendezvous and many more. Here's a clip from The BIGGOOD's performance beaming in from Osaka, Japan!

The Jalopy Theatre depends on funding from individuals and foundations to grow and continue delivering quality programming. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today! www.jalopytheatre.org/donate

12/01/2021

Happy Tuesday! The annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, produced by Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, strives to showcase folk music traditions from all around the world, not just from the US. This year's fest we were lucky to have Mamady Kouyate and his Mandingo Ambassadors, music from Guinea, available locally, but in past fests we've been able to bring special guests from overseas, and we hope to do so again for future BFFs! Your tax-deductible contribution of $1000 brings a band to the Brooklyn Folk Festival!

Other uses for your tax-deductible donation of:
$50 buys a ukulele for a Making Music scholarship student
$100 underwrites the supplies for a semester of youth programming
$250 provides a scholarship for a young person to attend a semester of classes or summer camp
$500 underwrites one of our concerts at Jalopy

The Jalopy Theatre depends on funding from individuals and foundations to grow and continue delivering quality programming. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today!

www.jalopytheatre.org/donate

, a special day celebrated the world over and dedicated to generosity and giving, is also one of the most important days of the year for non-profits like The Jalopy Theatre. We need your help! This year we are launching our Annual Appeal on Tuesday. We are hoping to reach $25,000 by the end of the year. Help our campaign get off to a strong start with a donation today! The Jalopy Theatre has never turned anyone away from a scholarship. Help us continue this tradition and keep the possibility of music education within everyone’s reach in these uncertain times.

11/30/2021

Happy Tuesday! Jalopy Theatre and School of Music strives to showcase folk music traditions from all around the country! Your tax-deductible contribution of $500 underwrites one of our concerts or festivals at Jalopy, such as the wonderful Guitar UnConvention at Jalopy. Here's Terrell King performing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," from a recent UnConvention!

Other uses for your tax-deductible donation of:
$50 buys a ukulele for a Making Music scholarship student
$100 underwrites the supplies for a semester of youth programming
$250 provides a scholarship for a young person to attend a semester of classes or summer camp
$1000 brings a band to the Brooklyn Folk Festival!

The Jalopy Theatre depends on funding from individuals and foundations to grow and continue delivering quality programming. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today!

www.jalopytheatre.org/donate

, a special day celebrated the world over and dedicated to generosity and giving, is also one of the most important days of the year for non-profits like The Jalopy Theatre. We need your help! This year we are launching our Annual Appeal on Tuesday. We are hoping to reach $25,000 by the end of the year. Help our campaign get off to a strong start with a donation today! The Jalopy Theatre has never turned anyone away from a scholarship. Help us continue this tradition and keep the possibility of music education within everyone’s reach in these uncertain times.

08/29/2021

Many thank yous to the Washington Square Park Conservancy for their generous and continuing support of the folk festival.
See what they're up to and get involved!
Visit: washingtonsqpark.org

08/25/2021

Look out for the Folk Fest! Sunday!
Free! No tix required.

Schedule:
1:00pm Eli Smith
1:45pm Julia Patinella
2:30pm Samoa Wilson & Michaela Gomez
3:15m Piedmont Blūz
4:00pm Radio Jarocho

​See you in the park!

This is the website for the Washington Square Park Folk Festival, an annual folk music festival held in the historic park in New York City's Greenwich Village.

08/12/2021

Look out! The 11th annual Washington Square Park Folk Fest is comin' right up...
Sunday, August 29th

1pm Eli Smith
1:45pm Julia Patinella
2:30pm Samoa Wilson & Michaela Gomez
3:15pm Piedmont Blūz
4pm Radio Jarocho

The festival is presented by the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music and is free and open to the public!

It will be a lovely day in the park! Please join us.

There will be 100 chairs provided, and socially distanced.
It may be a good idea to bring a blanket or your own chair to sit on, in case all the seats are taken when you arrive.