HFS sponsors dozens of activities on the north coast!

• international, square and contra dances

• song circles

• our touring and local artist concert series

• music and dance workshops

• the July Folklife Festival

• the August Blues Festival

• the biannual April Folkdance Festival

• and seasonal celebrations!

Visit the calendar for the complete schedule!

April Southern Square Dance

Saturday, April 26th, starting at 8 pm at the Freshwater Grange is an HFS Southern Square Dance with dynamic caller Tara Stetz and the Striped Pig Stringband. Admission is $7 general, $6 for HFS members, and kids and seniors are free. For more information, please call Tara Stetz at 442-3646.

Fire and Ice: Workshop for Recorders, Flutes and Strings

Recorders Northcoast is sponsoring a day-long workshop for recorders, flutes and all string instruments entitled "Fire and Ice: A Medieval and Traditional Musical Journey South and North" on Saturday, April 26th from 10 am - 4 pm at the Humboldt Area Foundation. Instructors Eileen Hadidian and Shira Kammen will lead separate workshops, as well as an ensemble workshop for all instruments. The cost of the event is $55 for the day, with a $10 discount for HFS and ARS members.

Then at Mosgo's at 7 pm, Recorders Northcoast will present a "Celtic Spirit" concert with Eileen Hadidian, Shira Kammen and guests. Admission is $3 for the show.

Patty Larkin with Peter Mulvey Tuesday, April 29th hails the return of the incredible Patty Larkin at the Arcata Playhouse, with Peter Mulvey opening! Admission is $15 general, $13 HFS members. The show is at 8 pm, with doors at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at Wildwood Music, The Metro and The Works - and ONLINE HERE. (Online tickets will be held for you at the door.) This show is a co-production of HFS and the Arcata Playhouse's Four on the Floor Productions. (Note: one email had announced the Patty Larkin show as the 28th; it's actually the 29th.) The 30th Annual Folklife Festival

The 30th Annual Folklife Festival will be held July 19th-26th! This year's festival will feature two dance nights... indoor concerts of acoustic jazz, "flying fingers," and a songwriter's night with Lila Nelson and Friends... the amphitheater bluegrass show... and the All Day Free Festival and Annie and Mary Day Fiddle Fest! More information coming soon!

Big Baddy Two Sues and Lissa Schneckenburger at Baykeeper

Don't miss HFS performers at the Humboldt Baykeeper office in Old Town, monthly at Arts Alive! May 3rd is Big Baddy Two Sues and Friends. Playing trad all over the map, the Sues run the gamut from Irish and English to French, Quebecois and Acadian, plus anything else that fits. The struggle for them both is to keep the number of instruments to what they can each easily carry in one trip!

The two Bad Sues are generally known as Susan Anderson and Sue Moon. Sue Moon is a southern Humboldt fiddler and button accordionist, and also one of our region's most popular dance callers. Folklife Society founder Susan Anderson plays fiddle, flutes, whistles & button accordions. The two Sues have played with the Contra Band, Macchu Picchu, Pasture Prime, and the Rolling Scones.

Also upcoming at Baykeeper's, Folklife is bringing New England fiddler and folk singer extraordinaire Lissa Schneckenburger on June 18th. Sound clip

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