2008 Great Waters Folk Festival
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Summary
The Great Waters Folk Festival is a three-day folk festival featuring some of the top traditional and contemporary folk artists from across the United States, Canada and beyond. Hailed as the "Best Bet in Folk Music" for the month of July by WBUR-FM Boston, the festival was recently selected as one of the Boston Globe's "favorite upcoming small festivals".
This yearÂ’s festival will be held July 25-27, 2008 with the main stage located on the shore of beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
In its sixth year, the festival includes afternoon concerts/workshops, harbor cruises, songwriting contests, finale concert, after hours jam sessions and more. Attendance at previous festivals has topped 2,500!
Artists who have performered in the past include: Judy Collins, Nanci Griffith & the Blue Moon Orchestra, Arlo Guthrie, David Grisman, Natalie MacMaster, Del McCoury, Richie Havens, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Ron Sexsmith, Dar Williams, Chris Smither, Richard Shindell, Harry Manx, Christine Lavin, Cheryl Wheeler, Mary Gauthier, Ruthie Foster, The Mammals, April Verch, Ollabelle, Redbird (Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault, Peter Mulvey) and David Jacobs-Strain.
There is at least one slot reserved for a Sonicbids artist. Selected artists will be compensated for their performance.
