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HFS Board
Patrick Cleary, President
Jennifer Rice
Pete Nichols
Christine Witt
Humboldt Folklife Society
707-822-5394
folk@humboldtfolklife.org
PO Box 1061; Arcata, CA 95518
The HFS is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. Our mission is to teach, celebrate and encourage participation in folk and traditional arts!
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Humboldt Folklife Society Contacts
Membership and general inquiries
707-822-5394, folk@humboldtfolklife.org
Click here for concert booking information
Festivals: Booking and General Info
Annual Folklife Festival, July: HFS 822-5394 or folk@humboldtfolklife.org. The Folklife Festival features only Humboldt County performers - touring acts are featured at the International Folkdance Festival, and at various concerts and dances. Local performers: Please contact us by January for the following July festival if you would like to play! If we haven't booked your group in the past, please send demo tapes and press materials to us (HFS, PO Box 1061; Arcata, CA 95518) by January for the following July festival. Blues Festival, August: Ken Terrill Biannual International Folkdance Festival: Linnea Mandell 822-8045
Dance
Jams, Song Circles, Etc.
Picking Jams: Judy Hageman 443-4258 Song Circles: Joel Sonenshein 839-7063 or Seabury Gould 845-8167 Irish/Celtic Session: Seabury Gould 845-8167 Accordionaires: Clyde Woempner 768-1970
Volunteer Call
Looking for a way to meet and play with other music and art-minded people while keeping the HFS running? We are always seeking volunteers to help us with events, mailings, posters, jams, etc. Drop us an email or give us a ring at 822-5394 if you would like to join the Folklife volunteer team.
We're also looking to expand the pool of hosts and houses for house concerts! If you're willing to open your house to live acoustic music, more spaces are needed that are:
Located between McKinleyville and Eureka and easy to find Large enough for about 40 people (folding chairs can be provided) Parking for so many cars Mold-free and preferably cat-free (more people have cat allergies than dog allergies)
Please contact us if you're interested by email or phone (HFS message line, 822-5394). If you're considering it, but want more info, contact Joel for insights on hosting a house concert.
Concert Booking
While the Folklife Society does produce concerts on an infrequent basis, we are limited both in the time our volunteers have, as well as in that we do not have our own venue. Local venues have recently begun to book more folk music directly as well - there actually works out to be more folk music than there was in this region a few years ago. We urge you to try contacting the venues directly!
You can also contact an HFS volunteer or staff member directly who has produced a show for you in the past. Or, you can send a specific query message (tour dates, website, band size, etc.) to the posting board - if a volunteer there is available and interested in coordinating your show, they will contact you directly. Please be aware that HFS is unable to offer guarantees on any of its shows (although we do offer an excellent percentage of the door), so if you need a guaranteed gig, you will definitely want to contact a venue straight off.
Local folk venues include:
If you're not familiar with the area, note that a show in the region should generally be planned as a stopover on a through-trip from north to south or vice versa; it's not often that proceeds cover more than travel expenses.
The Media
If you have a gig date booked, we recommend that you contact Bob Doran at the Northcoast Journal, as he interviews many performers as they tour the northcoast, and KHUM radio, as they do more in-studio touring artist features than any other local station.
We recommend that you send your CDs and promotional packages to the following radio stations. If you have booked a gig here, make sure to include the date in your note to the stations!
KHUM Radio Without the Rules - live, commercial but community-driven, freeform (un-syndicated) station - streams live KMUD - live, community run, freeform, southern Humboldt radio station - streams live KHSU - university station with both syndicated national programming (NPR, Democracy Now, National Native News) and local freeform djs - streams live
Co-Promotion
Due to the sheer workload, we do not promote non-HFS events unless the event is both acoustic folk and there is a discount provided to card-carrying HFS members. If it is a folk show and the venue agrees to offer a discount, please email us four weeks in advance with the show information, including date/time, performer blurb and ticket price and discount!
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