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El Cerrito Free Folk Festival

El Cerrito Free Folk Festival The San Francisco Folk Music Club, with The City of El Cerrito Arts & Culture Commission, presents

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Tune in to “Songs Against Dobbs - Embracing the Power of Choice – An Evening of Art and Resistance”, sponsored by People...
09/30/2022
LIVESTREAM: Songs Against Dobbs - Embracing the Power of Choice – An Evening of Art and Resistance

Tune in to “Songs Against Dobbs - Embracing the Power of Choice – An Evening of Art and Resistance”, sponsored by People’s Music Network. This program features live music, poetry and songs by PMN members and friends who are using their voices to resist this direct assault on women’s reproductive rights.

The People’s Music Network invites artists to participate in our online community performance event using music and poetry to focus popular outrage at the re...

We are having a LIVE 2022 festival! It will be held at the El Cerrito Community Center at 7007 Moeser Lane.Check the web...
09/02/2022
El Cerrito Free Folk Festival – LIVE AND IN PERSON FOR 2022 on Saturday, October 8, 2022

We are having a LIVE 2022 festival! It will be held at the El Cerrito Community Center at 7007 Moeser Lane.
Check the website for the latest information:

Home The 2022 festival will be live and in person on Saturday October 8, 2022 from noon to 8 pm. We’ll be at a new location: El Cerrito Community Center at 7007 Moeser Lane in El Cerrito. This year the Festival offers a stage of music performances, a workshop space, and a room for children’s act...

Want to propose a workshop or performance for this year's online El Cerrito Free Folk Festival?  Apply at https://forms....
09/28/2021
2021 online El Cerrito Free Folk Festival Performer/Workshop Application

Want to propose a workshop or performance for this year's online El Cerrito Free Folk Festival? Apply at https://forms.gle/F82TANq29WFQjTup7 . Festival date is October 23.

Festival date: Saturday October 23, 2021, noon-3 pm Thanks for your interest in being part of the 2021 online El Cerrito Free Folk Festival! Please use this form to propose a concert performance, a music workshop or session, or a family program event. The festival this year will be online due to the...

The 2021 El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be online on Saturday, October 23.  Save the date!  Details will be posted h...
08/24/2021
El Cerrito Free Folk Festival – ONLINE FOR 2021 on Saturday, October 23

The 2021 El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be online on Saturday, October 23. Save the date! Details will be posted here and on the festival website at https://elcerritofreefolkfestival.org/ as they become available.

Home The 2021 festival will be held online on Saturday October 23, with real-time online workshops from 12 noon until 3 pm and “watch anytime” performances all day on festival day. Want to propose a workshop or performance? Apply at https://forms.gle/F82TANq29WFQjTup7 . Many of the recorded even...

Save the date! The El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be online this year ... Saturday, October 10,2020 from noon to 9 p...
08/18/2020

Save the date! The El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be online this year ... Saturday, October 10,2020 from noon to 9 pm.

Sad news. I just heard that Morgan Cowin, the great saw player and great friend has died
07/28/2020

Sad news. I just heard that Morgan Cowin, the great saw player and great friend has died

Dear Musical Saw Playing Friends,

Our friend and musical saw playing genius, Morgan Cowin has passed away. He was the president and leader of the International Musical Saw Association for many years. He has done much to promote musical saw playing throughout the world.

For more information on Morgan's life, take a look at the recent Saw Notes blog post.

https://sawnotes.com/our-saw-playing-friend-morgan-cowin/

10/26/2019

TODAY!!

10/25/2019

Festival is tomorrow (Saturday 10/26) - don't miss it!

10/23/2019
www.elcerritofreefolkfestival.org

Full schedule for Saturday's festival is now online as a printable pdf:https://www.elcerritofreefolkfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/Schedule-ECFFF2019-Final.pdf .

Festival is less than a week away on Saturday 10/26.  Don't miss it!  You can see the schedule now at https://www.elcerr...
10/20/2019
Schedule – El Cerrito Free Folk Festival

Festival is less than a week away on Saturday 10/26. Don't miss it! You can see the schedule now at https://www.elcerritofreefolkfestival.org/schedule-2 .

Schedule The 2019 Festival will be held on Saturday, October 26th, 2019 from 12 noon until 10 p.m. Indoor Stage Make sure to check out our great performers and hear some free music. What better way to spend some folksy time together? Family Program The Family Program runs from 12:30-5:30 pm and incl...

EL CERRITO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL: 2018DANCE WORKSHOP AND DANCE SCHEDULE:1pm – Irish Ceili Dancing – Kat Repose & Transit of...
10/09/2018

EL CERRITO FREE FOLK FESTIVAL: 2018
DANCE WORKSHOP AND DANCE SCHEDULE:

1pm – Irish Ceili Dancing – Kat Repose & Transit of Earth

2pm – Old California Dances – Jim Letchworth & Los Arribeños de San Francisco

3pm – English Country Dance, Classic & Modern – Alan Winston & Transit of Earth

4pm –5:30pm – French & Breton Dances – Ronan Keryell, Stéphanie Even, Gary Breitbard & Confiture

5:30pm – 7:00pm –The Shim Sham Shimmy – Yael Schy
Evening Dance:

7:00 – 10:00 – Transit of Earth - A Dickens Dance Party (with dance masters James & Cathleen Myers, Cassiane & Christopher Mobley of PEERS)
Waltzes, polkas, schottisches, mazurka waltzes (or “hambos”), mixers, English and Scottish country dances, the grand march, Sir Roger de Coverley, the Congress of Vienna Waltz – all the delightful couple and set dances we do at the annual Dickens Christmas Fair of London! All set dances will be briefly taught and called. No partners, experience, or costumes needed!

The full schedule for the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival on Saturday, October 28, is now available on the website at http...
10/24/2017
Schedule – El Cerrito Free Folk Festival

The full schedule for the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival on Saturday, October 28, is now available on the website at https://elcerritofolkfest.org/schedule-2/.

Download a PDF of the schedule here: https://tinyurl.com/2017ECFFFSchedule. For best results, print on legal size (8-1/2" x 14") paper.

Schedule A printable .pdf of the entire schedule can be found here. Main Stage Performances Make sure to check out our great performers and hear some free music. What better way to spend some folksy time? Open Mike The open mike is from 12:30 to 5:00. Family Program The Family Program runs from 12:3...

10/13/2017
The Splinter Group

THE SPLINTER GROUP WILL BE PERFORMING ON THE MAIN STAGE AT 5:00 P.M.

Musician/band

DAVID MALONEY WILL BE PERFORMING, THIS YEAR, ON THE MAIN STAGE AT 1:00 P.M.
10/13/2017
"The Merry Troubadour" by David Maloney

DAVID MALONEY WILL BE PERFORMING, THIS YEAR, ON THE MAIN STAGE AT 1:00 P.M.

I just finished this new song yesterday at my Black River cabin. It is #3 in my 2017 "Autumn River Series" I carry many feelings around this ballad. It's for...

08/22/2017

Hi friends. We need your pictures for our website. Post any of the festival you want to share here!

Save the date! The El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be on Saturday, October 28, 2017.
07/28/2017

Save the date! The El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be on Saturday, October 28, 2017.

James Eric Myers and I wanted to thank all the beautiful dancers who danced with us at our Classic Waltz Mixers workshop...
10/10/2016

James Eric Myers and I wanted to thank all the beautiful dancers who danced with us at our Classic Waltz Mixers workshop at yesterday's Festival. We also wanted to thank all our wonderful dance workshop leaders and musicians for giving us such a lovely, varied program of vintage social dance and folk dancing and the brave dancers - both newcomers and veterans - who braved the heat and danced with us (often for hours!). The evening dances with Da! Mozhem and Jim & Marilyn Letchworth (with Los Aribenos) were beautifully handled, and the Festival sound wizards, including Peter Gill who remained on duty from morning through after closing, did a great job of making us audible. Thank you, team. You're the best.

10/09/2016

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10/09/2016

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10/08/2016

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FREE Dance Party: One of the highlights of this Saturday's (Oct. 8) El Cerrito Free Folk Festival at El Cerrito High Sch...
10/08/2016

FREE Dance Party: One of the highlights of this Saturday's (Oct. 8) El Cerrito Free Folk Festival at El Cerrito High School will be the Fandango - an Old California Dance Party in the Main Gym from 7 to 9pm with live 19th century dance music by Los Aribenos (pictured below) and calling by the dashing Jim Letchworth, assisted by the lovelyl Marilyn Prince Letchworth. Easy, fun set dances, waltzes, polkas, etc. No partners needed but wear clean, soft-soled dance shoes. If you can walk, Jim and Marilyn can teach you to dance! And if you come early, be sure to catch the hour long International Folk Dance (from 6 to 7pm) with caller Ginny Snyder and the famous folk band Da! Mozhem. Costumes admired but not required. — with Jim Letchworth.

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El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane
El Cerrito, CA
94530

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12pm - 9pm

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Art House Gallery is Having a Poetry & Music Full Moon Open Mic & Pot Luck (It's OK to bring Food and Beverages) Featuring Ken Hayes & Tom Cline April 16th Saturday Night Door is 6:00 and show is 7-10pm All ages & Wheelchair Accessable $15-$25 Donation. Students $10, Performers are Free but Donatons Welcome. 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley Ca 94705 (near Ashby Bart Station) 510-472-3170 info. Vaxed Proof on entry
Ken Hayes is a local singer-songwriter. He founded the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival, and has had a band called His Imaginary Friends. His earliest musical influences were Hank Williams and Bob Dylan. and then all the incredible musicians, across all genres he has seen in his life. He has also worked in theater which has had a strong effect on the way he approaches music.

Tom Cline is a self taught master of the dobro and the mandolin. He has deep roots in bluegrass, and has become the go-to guy for a myriad of bands across the Bay Area. He was also one of the imaginary friends is a self taught master of the dobro and the mandolin. He has deep roots in bluegrass, and has become the go-to guy for a myriad of bands across the Bay Area. He was also one of the imaginary friends

April 16th Ken Hayes and Tom Cline will be the featured act for the ART HOUSE FULL MOON OPEN MIC. If you’d like to perform, you can sign up from 6 pm when the doors open. All ages okay, Wheelchair accessible. Proof of vaccination at door. $15-$25 donation at the door FREE if you’re performing. Please support the Arts!!
POT LUCK
You Can Bring Food Beverages, Snacks and Deserts
The El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will take place online this Saturday, October 23.
Live workshops, open mic and a family program will go from noon to 3 pm.
Registration for the workshops is now open at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-6sqzsrGdcyZmZ_bFNoPfzWrqX53Yvv. One free registration gives you access to all the workshops.

Performances will be on YouTube links and will be accessible from day of the festival on.
For the full program, go to https://elcerritofreefolkfestival.org/program-2021/.
This year, the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will take place online, to ensure everyones' continued safety as we gather through zoom for several hours of songs, tunes, performances, workshops, a family program, and more.
Saturday the 23rd of October 2021. From noon to 3 PM PT. There'll be performances on Youtube and at the open mic, there's instrumental and vocal workshops from brilliant folks and a wonderful Family program. Check this space for more info on how to attend this year's El Cerrito Free Folk Festival as we get closer to the event. Let me know either below or in messenger if you'd like to volunteer to help it happen smoothly.
Since not everyone was able to be at his Salsa workshop at the festival last Saturday, I told Juan Gil I'd say a few words about his Salsa classes. He is up and running in Oakland and around the Bay Area, and his teaching comes highly recommended!

His contact information:

Juan Gil
Master Instructor at Salsa with Juan
www.salsawithjuan.com
510.860.1957
or
424.625.8361
El Cerrito Free Folk Festival Saturday, October 10, noon to 7 pm. Here's the link:
Looking forward to enjoying the festival on Saturday! I am also pumped up to present my "Guitar Parts that Support Your Voice" workshop at 3PM in room D-103. We will learn how to harmonize the guitar with the voice, bolster key vocal notes with your accompaniment, and how to listen and leave space for the singers to come through at jams and in bands. See you soon!
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El Cerrito Free Folk Festival on October 13! El Cerrito Arts
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