Upcoming Events
All season - Download our program book!
In our online Concert Series Program Book, see what SFMS has coming up, and find out about Central PA businesses and arts organizations that support live folk music.
Download the PDF version here.
Sat, January 25 - Winter Coffee House
Harrisburg
Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania's fine amateur acoustic musicians, who play a wide variety of material for an attentive, music-loving audience. This edition of the coffeehouse brings us everything from blues to bluegrass, including some mighty fine acoustic guitar work, from Hank Imhof, Dave Fishel, Maria Wilson and Ray Owen. FREE Coffeehouse concert on
Saturday, January 25 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, January 26 - Open Mic Night
New Cumberland
Spend the evening at the lovely West Shore Theatre in New Cumberland, enjoying some fine local music and maybe taking center stage yourself.
Your host for the evening is Kevin Neidig. Be there at 5:15 to sign up to play!
Sunday, January 26 at West Shore Theatre.
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Fri, February 7 - San Miguel Fraser
Harrisburg
Castilian, Celtic and original music featuring violins, vocals, cittern and pandareta: “exquisite, exhilarating, effervescent... expressing the joy, warmth, and beauty of our shared humanity.”—Culburnie Records
Concert on Friday, February 7 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, February 9 - February Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Bring your favorite honey and songs about love — good and not-so-good. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, February 9 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sat, February 15 - Writing an Apprenticeship Grant
Online
Learn how to apply for a grant from the PCA’s “Apprenticeships in Folk and Traditional Arts” program. These grants support artists in teaching OR developing their artistic skills/repertoire. An informative online workshop presented by our Susquehanna Folk Arts Center.
Live on Zoom on Saturday, February 15.
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Fri, February 21 - The Murphy Beds
Harrisburg
Eamon O’Leary and Jefferson Hamer present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. Huffington Post describes their music as “taking what’s best of the classic Irish folk revival without falling into any of its clichés... beautiful, crystalline songs.”
Concert on Friday, February 21 at Fort Hunter.
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Wed, March 5 - Solas
New Cumberland
This brilliant Irish‑American band is celebrating thirty years of holding traditions and pushing boundaries! Grab tickets now to see the incomparable Seamus Egan, Winifred Horan, Nuala Kennedy and friends in
concert on Wednesday, March 5 at West Shore Theatre.
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Sun, March 9 - March Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Wear, play and sing your best Irish at our March jam. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, March 9 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Mon, March 10 - JigJam
Lancaster
When virtuoso Irish playing jumps the pond and runs naked through the wide open fields of bluegrass/Americana... JigJam is born! Three Irish lads plus a Missouri-born Irish-American make up this iGrass (Irish Bluegrass) quartet.
Concert on Monday, March 10 at Zoetropolis.
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Tue, March 25 - Altan
Hummelstown/Hershey
One of the most iconic bands in Irish music! Enchanting Irish-language singing and fiery twin fiddling from Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and new band member Claire Friel, along with Dáithí Sproule, Ciarán Curran, Martin Tourish and Mark Kelly. Their music forges a connection between modern times and Ireland’s rural past. Get tickets early for this show!
Concert on Tuesday, March 25 at The Englewood.
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Sat, April 5 - Spring Coffee House
Harrisburg
Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania's fine amateur acoustic musicians, who play a wide variety of material for an attentive, music-loving audience. Interested in performing? Apply now! FREE Coffeehouse concert on
Saturday, April 5 at Fort Hunter Barn, Harrisburg.
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Sun, April 13 - April Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Tax season blues: bring your favorite blues song to our April jam. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, April 13 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, April 13 - Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
Harrisburg
Rachel Sumner (formerly of Twisted Pine) and her new bandmates take folk far beyond the conventional, with lyric-forward songwriting, snaking chord progressions, acrobatic fiddle and bass, and songs both sweet and biting.
Concert on Sunday, April 13 at Fort Hunter.
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Sat, April 19 - Tracy Grammer
Harrisburg
One of contemporary folk music’s most beloved artists, renowned for her pure voice, deft guitar and violin work, and incantatory storytelling. Joan Baez says, “Tracy Grammer is a brilliant artist and unique individual. Her voice is distinctive, as is her mastery over the instruments she plays.”
Concert on Saturday, April 19 at Fort Hunter.
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Sun, May 11 - May Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Bring one of your Mom's favorite tunes to our May jam. Our jam sessions are enjoyable afternoons of hands-on, homemade music. Everyone is welcome: instrumentalists and singers, musicians and listeners, all ages and levels, all acoustic folk styles. It's friendly and free.
Sunday afternoon, May 11 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sat, May 17 - Bruce Molsky & Ale Möller
Lancaster
Fresh off an invigorating tour of Sweden in 2024, Ale and Bruce are touring the US with a brand new recording. Deeply-rooted traditions from Appalachia, Scandinavia and around the world twine together and reach for the sun in brilliantly creative music.
Concert on Sunday, May 17 at Zoetropolis.
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2025 - Summer Folk
TBA - Emerging Artist Showcase
Our annual Emerging Artist Showcase has been one of the best traditions of our summer Susquehanna Folk Festival, taking place even in 2020 when the festival itself was canceled. Although the festival is on hiatus, we hope to continue the Emerging Artist Showcase. Stay tuned for updates.
TBA - Apprenticeship Celebration
Our annual Apprenticeship Celebration (usually held in mid-August) is an afternoon of performances, demonstrations, and stories shared by this year’s SFMS/PCA Traditional Arts apprentices and the master artists who mentored them. Watch for the date to be announced.
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