List of folk festivals


A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the rural crafts. Like folk art, handicraft output often has cultural, political, and/or religious significance. Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic, and is often sold at festivals by tradespeople or practicing amateurs. As at folk festivals, such art and handicraft may also appear at historical reenactments and events such as Renaissance fairs.

Africa

Morocco

  • Marrakech Folkloredays

South Africa

Asia

Bangladesh

  • Dhaka International Folk Fest

India

Israel

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Bulgaria

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

  • Festival-Mediaval XIV, "Folk of the World"

Greece

Ireland

Lithuania

Netherlands

Russia

Spain

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

North America

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Saskatchewan

Honduras

United States

Alaska

Arizona

California

District of Columbia

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Maine

Massachusetts

Montana

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Traveling

Washington

Wisconsin

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand