Festival Grid - Sunday April 27, 2025
Preliminary Schedule — Subject to Change!
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Trade Center West
Trade Center Tent
Ballroom AB (Hotel East)
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East)
Marlborough (Hotel West)
Sterling (Hotel West)
Sudbury (Hotel West)
Southborough (Hotel West)
Westborough (Hotel West)
Princess (Hotel East)
Duchess (Hotel East)
Seminar (Hotel East)
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center)
10:00am
Festive Yet Tasteful ECD
DS
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
,
Mulberry Garden
Old Time Gospel Sing
GB
Dallal & Henry
Israeli Oldies Dance Party
NS
Andrea Gwosdow
,
Israeli Oldies Dance Band
Rise and Shine Contras
DS
Carl Levine
,
Zarkadelphia
Intro to English Country Dance
TB
Sue Rosen
,
Bruce Rosen
,
Clara Stefanov-Wagner
Songcatchers of Northern New England
P
Castlebay
Sing Me a Story
GF
Nancy Hershatter
Family Folk Dance
DF
Imogen Mills
;
Rose, Rebecca, & Mary Cay
Irish Slow Session
GB
Tabbies' Delight
Living on the Downhill Side
E
Richard Gehrts
10:00am
10:15am
10:15am
10:30am
Unusual Instrument Concert
E
Larry Unger
,
Julie Metcalf
Power Harmonies
GB
Ken Mattsson
,
Lynn Noel
10:30am
10:45am
10:45am
11:00am
Sparkling ECD, New and Old
DS
Anna Rain
,
Cedar Waxwing
West Gallery Music
GS
The West Gallery Quire
Croatian Dance Favorites
DS
Pajdashi
Contra Chestnuts
DS
Jacob Bloom
;
Rose, Rebecca, & Mary Cay
Intro to Contra
DB
Sue Gola
,
Sugar River Band
Singing Greek Folk Songs
GB
Boston Lykeion Ellinidon
Fun and Interactive Songs for Children
GF
Fran Friedman
Morris Dance For Families
DF
Laurel Swift
Modern Contra Tunes Slow Jam
GS
Steve Bittenson
,
Len Bittenson
Guitar/Uke/Vocal Concert!
E
Mark Hanson
,
Greta Pedersen
WhistlePig Morris Dancers
,
Harbour Steel
,
Nobska Lights
11:00am
11:15am
11:15am
11:30am
How to Play the Irish Bodhran
TB
Jeanne Hansberry
Eclectic A Cappella
E
Crooked Mowth
11:30am
11:45am
11:45am
12:00noon
Sing-a-Round Round Sing
GB
Devik Wyman
,
Martha Ware
Contra Flourishes!
TS
Alyssa Adkins
,
Isabel Oliart & Sammy Wetstein
English and Contra
DS
Harris Lapiroff
,
Tabbies' Delight
Intro to Balkan Dancing
TB
Sue Rose
,
NEFFArious Goats
Bretagne Jam (Music from Brittany)
GS
Fabien Goulay
Book in the Song, Song in the Book
EF
Ariel Weinberg
Singing Games for Children
GF
Alexandra Deis-Lauby
,
Margaret Bary
Hypnotic Old-Time Jam
GS
The Dead Sea Squirrels
NEFFA Annual Meeting
P
NEFFA Board
Seriously Sharp Rapper
,
Hop Brook Morris
,
Johnny Jump Ups
12:00noon
12:15pm
Dance Performance
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
;
The Just Keep Dancing
;
Boston Scottish Country Dancers
;
Origins Folkloric Dance Company
;
Bolly Beatzz by Priya
12:15pm
12:30pm
Shenandoah Harmony Singing
GS
Myles Dakan
Birds of Passage
E
George & Kathy Stephens
12:30pm
12:45pm
12:45pm
1:00pm
Jug Band Jam!
GB
The Jug Nuts
Scottish Country Dancing for Beginners
TB
Flights of Fancy
International Dances in "Challenging Times"
TS
Jeanne Clifford
,
Rakiya
Milk and Cookies (Family Dance)
DF
Penelope Weinberger
,
Dandelion
Clarinet Marmalade and Other Ragtime Delicacies
E
Turkey Hill Ragtime Orchestra
Folk Song Singalong
GF
Howie & Mel
(set chairs)
Banjo and Hardingfele Mountain Music
E
Hardingbanjofele
Anglo-Celtic Songs & Tunes
E
Druid's Flask
Mystic Garland Dancers
,
Still River Sword
1:00pm
1:15pm
1:15pm
1:30pm
Sunday Contra Medley
NX
Various Callers
,
Chimney Swift
Harmony, History, and Huzzah!
E
The Cropper Lads
Harmony Singing Strategies for All
TB
The Junebug Sandals
Iberia Georgian Songs from Children
E
Iberia Georgian Children's Group
1:30pm
1:45pm
1:45pm
2:00pm
Breaking the Chain Contras
DS
Qwill Duvall
,
Chimney Swift
Chanteys and Songs of the Sea
E
Three Sheets to the Wind
Ragtime Couple Dances
TB
Martha Griffin
East Hungarian Line Dances
DB
Marjorie Nugent
,
Tom Roby
,
Csango Bazonga!
Community Dance Party
DF
Margaret Bary
,
Tabbies' Delight
Writing The Songs of Our Ancestors
TB
Vincent Cross
Sing Along With Evy
GB
Evy Mayer
,
Allen Hopkins
Singing the American Revolution
GS
Norumbega Harmony
Clawhammer Banjo Concert
E
Ken Perlman
Juggler Meadow Morris Men
,
No Apologies Rapper
2:00pm
2:15pm
2:15pm
2:30pm
Lilting Jam: Singing the Tunes
GB
Becca Mandel
,
Emma Azelborn
Remembrance of John Roberts
GB
Lynn Noel
,
Debra Cowan
Hammered Dulcimer Round Robin
E
Hammered Dulcimer Consortium
2:30pm
2:45pm
Peace and Protest, Love and Longing
E
HeartSoulVoice Ensemble
2:45pm
3:00pm
Hey There Contras!
DS
Bev Bernbaum
,
Les Quatre Patates
Bluegrass Slow Jam
GB
Jay Johnson
International Dancing
NS
Sladka
WaltzTime
NS
Larry Unger & Friends
Beginning Appalachian Flatfooting
TB
James Keenan
,
Rebecca Stout
,
The Dixie Butterhounds
Clap It, Tap It: Global Rhythm Games
TF
Debby Szajnberg
Romanian Jam/Teach
GS
Ralph Iverson
More Songs from All Over
E
The All Girl Band
3:00pm
3:15pm
3:15pm
3:30pm
Songs About Birds
GS
Julia Gallogly
,
Sara Mamlet
Northern New England and French Canadian Jam
GS
Henry Chapin
(set chairs)
3:30pm
3:45pm
3:45pm
4:00pm
Festival Orchestra Contras and Sqs -- Merry Go Round at 4:35!
DS
Lisa Greenleaf
,
Sue Gola
,
Festival Orchestra
Protest Song Share
GS
Nora Maynard
Brattleboro Ball Classics (ECD)
DS
Val Medve
,
Amsonia
Scandi-American Dance Honoring Nils Lundin
NX
SAC Spelmanslag
Only By Singing
E
Kim Wallach
You Won’t Believe Your Ears!
GB
Red Kovatch
Family Folk Dance
DF
Andy Taylor-Blenis
Closing Sing-Around
GB
Allen Hopkins
New Folk Songs for Fiddle, Voice, and Feet
E
Laurel Swift
4:00pm
4:15pm
Balkan Dance
NS
Rakiya
4:15pm
4:30pm
4:30pm
4:45pm
4:45pm
5:00pm
5:00pm
5:15pm
5:15pm
5:30pm
Festival Concludes -- See you next year!
5:30pm
Trade Center West
Trade Center Tent
Ballroom AB (Hotel East)
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East)
Marlborough (Hotel West)
Sterling (Hotel West)
Sudbury (Hotel West)
Southborough (Hotel West)
Westborough (Hotel West)
Princess (Hotel East)
Duchess (Hotel East)
Seminar (Hotel East)
Ritual Dance (Outside Trade Center)
New England Folk Festival Association