NEFFA Events - Friday April 25, 2025
Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2025 Festival. The events for the 2026 Festival will be put here in February 2026

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Trade Center West
7:00pmContra Classics DS -- Melanie Axel-Lute, Roaring Jelly (50 min.)
8:00pmMovin' Groovin' Contras DS -- Donna Hunt, Joy Factor (50 min.)
9:00pmFriday Contra Medley NX -- Various Callers, Kingfisher (20 min.)
9:30pmMay the 4-Face-4s Be with You DS -- Maia McCormick, Kingfisher (50 min.)
10:30pmContemporary Classic Contras DS -- Dereck Kalish, Torrent (60 min.)
Trade Center Tent
7:00pmFSSGB Song Swap GB -- Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (50 min.)
8:00pmChorus Singaround GB -- Jeff Keller, Jeremy Kessler (50 min.)
9:00pmPub Sing GB -- Jeff Keller (110 min.)
Ballroom AB (Hotel East)
7:00pmIsraeli Dancing for All DB -- Joan & Jim Savitt (50 min.)
8:00pmBeranche: Basic and Bodacious Balkan TS -- Tom Roby, No Borders Beranche Band (50 min.)
9:00pmBulgarian Line Dances NS -- Divi Zheni, Zornitsa (80 min.)
10:30pmInternational Dancing with the CFO NS -- Cambridge Folk Orchestra (60 min.)
Ballroom CDE (Hotel East)
7:00pmWelcome to NEFFA ECD DS -- Margaret Bary, Alias (50 min.)
8:00pmTasty Triple Minors (ECD) DS -- Linda Nelson, Tisane (50 min.)
9:00pmAfterwaltzes NS -- Bob Pasquarello (50 min.)
10:00pmACE: Advanced Challenging English DX -- Tom Roby, Pandora (90 min.)
Marlborough (Hotel West)
7:00pmIntro to Contra DB -- Hannah Johlas, Charlie Pilzer, Zachary Mills (50 min.)
8:00pmIntro to International Folk Dance TB -- Yaron Shragai, The Mad Katters (50 min.)
9:00pmIntro to Casino Rueda (Cuban Dance) TB -- Lauren Ingram (50 min.)
10:00pmJookin' Blues Dance Lesson TB -- Blues Dance Boston (90 min.)
Sterling (Hotel West)
7:00pmKeeping our Bodies Dancing as We Age GB -- Anna Rain (50 min.)
8:00pmScottish Slow Jam GS -- Barbara McOwen, Robert McOwen (110 min.)
10:00pmAvailable for Jamming -- (80 min.)
Sudbury (Hotel West)
7:30pmA Cappella Coachfest 2 TS -- Colleyospin (50 min.)
8:30pmPerforming for Senior Audiences C -- Allen Hopkins, Jan Maier (50 min.)
9:30pmNautical Poems Adapted for Singing GB -- Charlie Ipcar (120 min.)
Southborough (Hotel West)
7:30pmNew England Topical Folk E -- Jonathan Jay Babcock and Friends, Deborah Wade (50 min.)
8:30pmWhistling Whorkshop TS -- Jonathan Danforth, Ari Erlbaum (50 min.)
9:30pmEnglish Tunes TS -- Vince O'Donnell (50 min.)
10:30pmDown In The Coal Mine E -- Ergo Canto (60 min.)
Westborough (Hotel West)
7:00pmFiddling Without Pain C -- Carol Kycia (50 min.)
8:00pmBallads for the Pub Singer E -- Cate Clifford (50 min.)
9:00pmSongs Old and New E -- Dawn Watch (50 min.)
10:00pmRīga dimd! Latvian Folk Songs TB -- EJ Barnes (50 min.)
Princess (Hotel East)
7:00pmWaltzing Through Time P -- Tim Lamm, Martha Griffin (50 min.)
8:00pmWorld Rhythm Journey E -- The Drum Nomads (50 min.)
9:00pmWaltz Melodies Jam GS -- Three Quarter Time (50 min.)
Duchess (Hotel East)
7:00pmForty Years of New England Fiddler's Repertoire GX -- Berlin Jam Friends (50 min.)
8:00pmQuebecois Slow Jam GS -- Grace Hendrickson-Jones & Cojiro (50 min.)
9:00pmSlow Jam: The Pulse of a Reel GS -- David Titus, Debby Knight (50 min.)
10:00pmRenaissance Music Jam GB -- The Mad Katters (50 min.)
Seminar (Hotel East)
7:00pmSound Basics C -- Nick Loy (50 min.)
8:00pmHomemade Music GB -- Bob and Jeanne Zentz, Jeanne Zentz (50 min.)
9:00pmHeartfelt Songwriting and Insightful Storytelling E -- Corey Lewin (50 min.)


New England Folk Festival Association