Fall 2024 Calendar
Sun, September 15 - Fort Hunter Day
Harrisburg
SFMS hosts an open jam session as part of the annual Fort Hunter Day festivities. Afternoon music includes Rayzen Kane, Sarah Fiore, and Colebrook Road. Enjoy family-friendly activities and historical demonstrations, food, crafts, and more,
all day Sunday, September 15 at Fort Hunter Park.
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Tue, September 17 - Oral History Workshop
Hershey
An oral history collection captures and preserves people’s voices and memories for the future. This Susquehanna Folk Arts Center workshop with SFMS folklorist Amy Skillman explores the value of these collections and shares useful tips for creating them. In-person workshop on
Tuesday, September 17 at Hershey Public Library.
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Tue, September 17 - Lee Otterholt
New Cumberland
Learn non-partner folk dances from the Balkans and beyond with master dance teacher Lee Otterholt. Folk dancing is fun and great exercise for all ages. For this workshop, no prior experience is required! Dance workshop on
Tuesday, September 17 at West Shore Theatre’s Arts & Education Center.
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Thu, September 26 - Skye Consort & Emma Björling
York
Trans-Atlantic chamber folk music from Scandinavia, the British Isles, Ireland and French Canada — beyond anything you can imagine. These stellar musicians take enchanting stories and melodies, both traditional music and tunes of their own devising, and bring them into the 21st century.
Concert on Thursday, September 26 at UUCY.
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Sun, September 29 - Field & Folk: Harvest Dinner & Concert
New Cumberland
MOVED TO RAIN DATE! Our third annual Harvest Dinner: Susquehanna Folk teams up with Beshore Hill Farm and the New Cumberland Collective to present an autumn evening with delicious local foods and a concert with Emma Rast & Daniel Ullom feat. Mark Rast. The dinner RSVP date is past, but concert tickets will be sold at the door. Join us for this festive dinner and concert on
SUNDAY, SEPT 29 at Beshore Hill Farm in New Cumberland.
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Sun, October 13 - October Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Our first regular jam of the season. 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, October 13 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Wed, October 16 - Tray Wellington Band
Lancaster
Banjo player Tray Wellington’s approach to the quintessential American instrument is all about looking forward. An International Bluegrass Music Association Award winner, Wellington is critically acclaimed not only for his technical prowess, but also for leveraging his unique point of view to craft a one-of-a-kind voice on the instrument.
Concert on Wednesday, October 16 at Zoetropolis.
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Sat, October 19 - Deeper Than The Skin
Harrisburg
Two friends: one Black, one White... one from the North, one from the South. Musicians, storytellers, students of history, and world travelers, born three days apart! Two separate narratives, one powerful friendship, and an invitation into a place of common ground. Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway will make you laugh, smile, cry and reconsider what you know about our history.
Concert on Saturday, October 19 at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg.
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Sat, November 2 - Fall 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 includes Ed Stockton with classic American folk, bluegrass, gospel and country; Still Limber (Randy Cato and Craig Zumbrun) with Appalachian- and Celtic-influenced folk; early and more contemporary blues from Shakey Joe Kambic & Tim Snyder; and Harvest Moon (Art Wachter & Beth Lucabaugh) with an eclectic mix of acoustic folk, blues and Americana. FREE Coffeehouse concert on
Saturday, November 2 at Fort Hunter Barn.
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Sun, November 10 - November Jam & Song Swap
Harrisburg
Honor our veterans this month! 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, November 10 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 Eryn Spangler. Be there at 5:15 to sign up to play!
Sunday, November 10 at West Shore Theatre.
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Wed, November 13 - Palmyra
Lancaster
This breakout folk trio explores the fusion of traditional folk string instruments, lush harmony, and earnest songwriting. They’re an unmistakable force in the Americana music landscape. With special guest Vince Yarnell
Concert on Wednesday, November 13 at Zoetropolis.
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Fri, November 15 - Martha Redbone at Kulkarni
Harrisburg
Kulkarni Cultural Series presents Martha Redbone Roots Project: a “tasty gumbo of roots music” from Appalachia’s coal country and her mother’s multi-racial Indigenous heritage, from pre‑gentrified Brooklyn and the Black Migration. In sound and story, folk, blues and gospel, Martha Redbone and her ensemble share her life experience as an Afro‑Indigenous woman and mother.
The deadline to reserve a discounted SFMS ticket is past, but tickets can be purchased through TicketMaster, through PSU’s Box Office (717-948-4398), or at the door.
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Friday, November 15 at Penn State Harrisburg’s Kulkarni Theatre.
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