This year’s annual Wassail fundraiser is moving to the O’Brien Farm! This year’s annual Wassail Fundraiser is moving to the O’Brien Farm! Join us for music, poetry, stories, and seasonal carols to close out the year. The Saturday evening show is from 7:30pm – 9:30pm . Check out Saturday’s offerings!

With four events total in the afternoon and evening of December 21st and 22nd, there are so many chances to enjoy the holiday season with the Folk Arts Society.

This year’s annual Wassail fundraiser is moving to the O’Brien Farm! This year’s annual Wassail Fundraiser is moving to the O’Brien Farm! Join us for music, poetry, stories, and seasonal carols to close out the year. The Sunday evening show is from 7:30pm – 9:30pm . Check out Sunday’s offerings!

With four events total in the afternoon and evening of December 21st and 22nd, there are so many chances to enjoy the holiday season with the Folk Arts Society.

Come on out for a night of music and art from local 2SLGBTQIA+ artists! Featuring some of St. John’s finest, this show covers a spectrum of folk styles. The show will be held at Theatre Hill (Majestic Theatre) on November 14 at 7pm, and is hosted by Jason Normore.

This year’s annual Wassail fundraiser is moving to the O’Brien Farm! Join us for music, poetry, stories, and seasonal carols to close out the year. The Saturday afternoon show is from 4pm – 6pm . Check out Saturday’s offerings!

With four events total in the afternoon and evening of December 21st and 22nd, there are so many chances to enjoy the holiday season with the Folk Arts Society.

A milestone event for NL traditional music, and the completion of a life’s work. Announcing the online launch of “Kelly Russell’s Collection – The Fiddle Music of Newfoundland & Labrador – A Digital Archive”.
Kelly Russell’s Collection is a user-friendly site that features 520 fiddle tunes from 30 NL fiddlers, presented in music notation with midi playback, original field recordings from the 1970s, plus photos and biographies of the fiddlers. This site provides the resources to easily and offers a historical debrief & ethnomusicological snapshot of the music that continues to shape our province.
Consider yourselves invited! In partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society, we are celebrating the official launch of Kelly Russell’s Collection – A Digital Archive on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 3-5 pm at The Ship Pub in downtown St. John’s. After an initial presentation of the website and it’s resources, there will be an open mic stage for tune players and a screen projection of the live website for a “play a tune” or “pick a tune” experience, with snacks and light refreshments provided.

A monthly traditional session for women, non-binary, and gender-diverse folks!

A traditional session for women, non-binary, and gender-diverse folks! This monthly session will be hosted by Heather Patey. Join the gals and the pals, Sunday December 1st, 4-6 @ The Ship!

The Folk Arts Society, in partnership with the provincial Arts and Culture Centres, is pleased to bring the traditional Irish music group Danú to Newfoundland. Danú will appear island-wide at provincial ACCs in Corner Brook (Oct 24), Gander (Oct 25), Grand-Falls Winsor (Oct 26), and St. John’s (Oct 27). Doors open 7pm and the show starts 7:30pm.

Hailing from Counties Waterford, Cork, Dublin and Donegal in Ireland, Danú is one of theleading traditional Irish ensembles of today. The band formed in 1995 as part of Ireland’s delegation to Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in Brittany, France (an annual event that is the biggest gathering of Celtic nations in the world). The debut album simply entitled Danú; was released by the band in 1997 to huge critical acclaim and in 1999 Danú signed a multi-album record deal with the US based recording label Shanachie Entertainment with whom they subsequently released five albums and a live DVD internationally between 2000 and 2006.

Come on out for a night of music and art from local 2SLGBTQIA+ artists! Featuring some of St. John’s finest, this show covers a spectrum of folk styles. The show will be held at Theatre Hill (Majestic Theatre) on October 10th at 7pm, and is hosted by Adrian House.