In its ninth year, the Flagstaff Folk Festival proudly showcases the best in folk and acoustic music in Arizona and beyond. We feature over 100 acts on four stages, workshops, a Saturday night dance, and more. We invite you to come out and see some great live music in a wonderful setting.
Location and Times
The festival will be help Saturday, June 27th and Sunday June 28th, from 10 AM to 6 PM both days. Admission for the festival is $3/person & $9/family per day. To get to the festival, take Humphreys St North from Downtown Flagstaff, following directions to the Grand Canyon. At the 3rd light, turn left on Fort Valley Road. After about 3/4 of a mile, Sechrist Elementary School will be on your right. Just past the school, turn right into the Coconino Center for the Arts & Pioneer Museum. The address for the Center is 2300 N. Fort Valley Rd. Parking is free.
General Information
The festival features four performance stages running both Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. Stages are either indoors or outside with covering. There is also a workshop area which will feature a number of workshops open to anyone. See the schedule for times and more info. Besides scheduled performances there is always informal jamming taking place throughout the grounds – so if you are a musician and are not performing, feel free to bring an instrument or two along and join in a jam or workshop. You are also welcome to take part in the band scramble Sunday afternoon, in which we create informal bands and have a “contest” as the last performance of the festival. Sign-up info will be at the festival.
We have a number of food vendors and plenty of place to stretch out on our grounds. Festival admission includes access to both the Coconino Center for the Arts inFLUX exhibition and Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum.
Saturday Night Dance
We will hold a dance Saturday night at Sechrist Elementary School, which is on Fort Valley Road directly south of the Festival grounds. The dance will feature a variety of callers and an open band hosted by Flagstaff’s Just Desserts. All dances are taught and experience is not necessary. Come alone or with friends. Admission for the dance is $5. 7:30 – 11:00 PM.
Vendors
We have a number of food vendors this year, including Primo’s hot dogs (with vegetarian options), Navajo Tacos, and Italian Ice and other desserts. Festival T-shirts, printed on-site, will be available all weekend. Festival Artist CDs are available near the Coconino Center’s main entrance. We will also have a number of musical instrument sales, including the unique Xaphoon and a special sale Saturday benefitting the Young Jammers program. Sunday morning we will have an instrument swap from 9 to 11 near the Center’s main entrance.
Contact Us
The festival is produced by The Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music in partnership with Flagstaff Cultural Partners and the Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum. The festival coordinators are Christina Boyd and Jesse Anderson. For more information, please email Jesse at folkfestival@ffotm.net or call Christina at (928) 522-9269.