Louisville Folk School

Louisville Folk School Louisville Folk School offers small group classes for adults and teens of all experience levels, from complete beginner through advanced.

Louisville Folk School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to engage the folk music traditions of Kentuckians through education and performance, build on the rich cultural history of the bluegrass state, while creating community through the arts. Louisville Folk School is a 501C3 nonprofit with a mission to engage the folk music traditions of Kentuckians through education and performance, buil

d on the rich cultural history of the bluegrass state, while creating community through the arts. Most classes are taught in 8-week sessions and cost $180 per session. Memberships are available and we offer discounts on our group classes for members. Louisville Folk School class curriculum is designed by class levels. Instructors will guide students as to which next class would be best for them. Students may repeat a class until their skill level is appropriate for the next level class. If you are new to the Folk School, we can help you assess which would be the best class for you to take based on your current skill level. Email [email protected] for information.

06/22/2026

There's still time to sign your children or grandchildren up for our Louisville Folk School summer camps! The second week of July, from the 13-17, Julia Purcell and Jannell Canerday are offering "Kentucky Traditions Camp: Making Crankies" at the Waldorf School of Louisville. Camp meets from 9am-3pm and is open to rising 2nd-6th graders.

Campers will learn the art of traditional storytelling through the creation of crankies- an old-fashioned scrolling picture box. Campers will collaborate on creating a large crankie and spend time creating their own smaller versions, using original stories or songs. Each day will consist of focused creative time, with plenty of free-play time. At the end of the week, campers will showcase their creations to family and friends.

06/17/2026

Julia Purcell is leading two Kentucky Traditions summer camps in July. The first is “Songs, Stories, and Play-Party Games,” from July 6-10. It’s co-hosted by Julia Carpenter and meets Mon-Fri from 9am-3pm.

This camp is for rising 2nd-6th graders who love singing, dancing, and storytelling. There’s still time to sign your youngins up at louisvillefolkschool.org !

Enroll your children and grandchildren in our summer camps while there are still spots open - they're running out quick!...
06/16/2026

Enroll your children and grandchildren in our summer camps while there are still spots open - they're running out quick!

Whether you have a young visual artist, musician, or any other creative on your hands, they are sure to find joy and artistic expression in our upcoming camp weeks this July. We look forward to seeing you there... scroll to find out more and sign up at louisvillefolkschool.org 🌞

A fun, free, family-friendly activity coming up this Saturday, June 20th: in partnership with Louisville Parks & Recreat...
06/16/2026

A fun, free, family-friendly activity coming up this Saturday, June 20th: in partnership with Louisville Parks & Recreation and Fund for the Arts, LFS will be leading a World Music & Dance Day at Douglass Community Center (2305 Douglass Blvd)!

Artists include Fernando Moya, Jazz Navarro, Gregory Acker, and Peter Jones, and art forms will include panpipe making and playing, West African music and dance, World Percussion and drum set, and Afro-Cuban/Cumbia dance. The day is structured to give families, teens, and elders an opportunity to get to know the artists and their art forms before engaging in hands-on participation. The art forms emphasize inclusion, full community participation, teamwork, and having a lot of fun expressing yourself with others through the arts.

Register here: https://kylouisvilleweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/iteminfo.html?Module=AR&FMID=63645900

06/15/2026

Calling all bowed string players!
We are honored to share that Brittany AND Natalie Haas will be leading a Bowed String Workshop on Saturday, July 4th from 1:00-2:30 pm.

Sisters Natalie (cello) and Brittany (fiddle) Haas began their musical lives together, filling their childhood home with Bach suites and old-time tunes alike. It was on their own, however, following divergent paths through disparate musical traditions, countries, and cultures, that they both arrived as virtuosi and composers at the highest levels of contemporary string music. Fans of acoustic music can hardly mention one without referencing the other's work. With HAAS, these singular musicians finally record together - in duo form - for the first time. It is a collaboration a lifetime in the making, and a music encompassing travels through time and through the world. From Nashville to Norway, the Celtic Isles to California, Natalie and Brittany have absorbed, adapted, and made their own world of music. The result? HAAS.

Workshop participants will learn an American, Celtic or Scandinavian tune by ear, delve deep into stylistic ideas, including left and right hand techniques, and explore all the ways to provide backup, including harmonies, riffs, basic chord substitutions, shuffling, chopping, and creating a cohesive arrangement with many repetitions of the same melody. Prerequisite: Fiddle 2 or the ability to learn melodies by ear.

Sign up now at louisvillefolkschool.org before our spots run out!

Save the date! Our Session 3 Student Showcase is a little over a month away, on July 27, at the beautiful Locus Grove (5...
06/15/2026

Save the date! Our Session 3 Student Showcase is a little over a month away, on July 27, at the beautiful Locus Grove (561 Blankenbaker Ln). We hope to see you there!

Thought we'd share a mini-gallery of highlights from our Spring Concert Series 2026 back in January-April. These gorgeou...
06/09/2026

Thought we'd share a mini-gallery of highlights from our Spring Concert Series 2026 back in January-April. These gorgeous photos are by and capture the energy of these four nights with , .meirs & , and LFS teachers including , and , and and - including the epic dance party at the end of the Yapa! set that we are still dreaming about. Good times 😎💗

Guitar players, don't miss this! Tristen is hosting a Spanish Guitar workshop at the Folk School on 6/14 from 1:00-2:30 ...
06/05/2026

Guitar players, don't miss this! Tristen is hosting a Spanish Guitar workshop at the Folk School on 6/14 from 1:00-2:30 pm.

In this workshop, you'll learn the history and techniques of Spanish guitar. With Tristen's help, you'll become familiar with some of the famous composers (Francisco Tárrega, Isaac Albeniz, Joaquin Rodrigo) and compositions, and performers with Andalusian roots (Paco De Lucia, Andrés Segovia, Pepe Romero). Expect to learn at least 2 pieces which incorporate characteristic techniques of the region including finger picking and flamenco strumming.

Prerequisites: Guitar 3 or familiarity with open chords and basic strumming, ability to read guitar tab and/or standard notation.

This is an adult class open to students aged 13 and up.

We hosted a Clifton neighborhood cleanup yesterday morning as part of the Muhammad Ali Center's city-wide Day of Compass...
06/04/2026

We hosted a Clifton neighborhood cleanup yesterday morning as part of the Muhammad Ali Center's city-wide Day of Compassion. It sure felt good to be outside with new and old friends, showing love to our earth, and to see stretches of Clifton Ave and Brownsboro Rd litter-free. We're grateful for our huge crew of volunteers from PWC, UofL, and more - thanks to y'all, we were able to cover lots of ground!

Folk School jams are returning! We have an upcoming series of monthly, beginner-friendly bluegrass jams at Trellis Brewi...
05/29/2026

Folk School jams are returning! We have an upcoming series of monthly, beginner-friendly bluegrass jams at Trellis Brewing (827 Logan St). These jams will have different hosts, and for each, you can look forward to a great opportunity to practice playing in a jam for beginners. The first is next week, on Friday, June 5th. We hope to see you at this jam, as well as the upcoming ones on July 10th and August 7th.

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225 N Clifton Avenue
Louisville, KY
40206

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(502) 783-7464

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