Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts
Music and Dance for the Maine community
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple circle dances. All dances are taught. All are welcome! Please go to https://www.facebook.com/PortlandMEDancesOfUniversalPeace/ for instructions on how […]
The Maine Peace Singers ends another season tonight. Join us again in the fall or just check us out. Barron Center, 1145 Brighton Avenue, Portland, ME. 6:30-8:00 PM. FMI: Janet […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by Riptide and caller Ezra […]
Julia Plumb (fiddle), Lauren McDonald (fiddle), and Bethany Waickman (guitar and piano). Calling by Maggie Robinson. Saint Denis Parish Hall, 298 Grand Army Rd. No experience or partners needed. Bring clean, […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND NATIONAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by Shandy and caller Liz […]
The 5th Saturday contra dance at the Grange Hall will not be happening due to COVID-19 concerns. We hope to be back dancing in August. FMI: 441-6705 or 649-2765.
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
Sunday, May 31 at 6:46 pm (yes, 6:46 pm ET) Hanz Araki (flute, whistle, and vocals) and Bethany Waickman (guitar) will be playing a CD release concert for Hanz' album, […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
Canceled until further notice We miss you all! Keep safe, stay well and happy doing what you love, and please-support your local musicians and callers and small businesses. We'll be […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
FMI: 338-0269
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
A celebratory online concert for the release of "Sweet as Honey", Elsie Gawler's debut album. Join us for the live streamed show on Youtube and Facebook! Links to the show […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
The annual Friday Night Cooper Book Singing is held as part of the Annual Maine All-Day Sacred Harp Singing Weekend at the Masonic Lodge in Bristol Mills, Maine. At the […]
The Annual Maine All-Day Sacred Harp Singing is held in the Old Town House in Union, Maine. This historic building dates back to 1840. The Sacred Harp tunebook (1991 Denson […]
The annual American Vocalist Singing is held in the Old Town House in Union, Maine. This historic building dates back to 1840. An old original copy of DH Mansfield's "The […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAINE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near […]
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for […]
There will be no contra dances at the State Street Church in Portland on November 12 and November 26, 2020. Come dance with us on November 5 and November 19! […]
Contra dance with music by TBA and caller TBA at the State Street Church near Longfellow Square. See the PICD website for more info. This event is part of the weekly Thursday night Portland […]
There will be no contra dances at the State Street Church in Portland on November 12 and November 26, 2020. Come dance with us on November 5 and November 19! […]
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. We invite you to a Mid-Winter's Dance of Universal Peace. Come find solace in song […]
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick has had to cancel 12 of their Concerts for a Cause so far because of Covid-19. However, David Wilcox whose June concert was cancelled, […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple circle dances. All dances are taught. All are welcome! You are invited to a Spring Equinox Dance […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Virtual Contra and ECD dances specially designed for dancing by 1 or 2 people, and plenty of time to chat and interact. Glen Loper and Bethany Waickman will play the […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
"Love has come to rule and transform; stay awake, my heart, stay awake." - Rumi Spring has arrived, and hope alongside. With love in the air, let's join our hearts […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
“I take refuge in Mother Earth, Every breath, every step, manifests our love Every breath brings happiness Every step brings happiness I see the whole cosmos in the earth.” […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
TEMPORARILY CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 We plan to resume singings as scheduled once it has been deemed safe to do so. To stay tuned for more info […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
"The sun reaches its highest point of the year, like the culmination of a full moon's waxing. In order to stay steady in this full solar power, we ground ourselves […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Sundays in the Park starts at 2:30 p.m. with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 p.m. percussive dance […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Celebrating his 90th birthday, don't miss the chance to hear the stories and listen to the music of this iconic traveling folkie.
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Hot bluegrass on a midsummer's night. Don't miss it.
Kennedy Park in Lewiston will be ringing with the sound of fiddling when the Franco-American Fiddlers’ Rendezvous will take place this coming August 8, beginning at 1 PM. Musicians for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. On Sunday, August 15th, we will be leading Dances of Universal Peace, at 4pm EDT. […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Happy to have John Gorka heading back to the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor this summer!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Each event starts at 2:30 p.m. with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
The Dances of Universal Peace pair chants from world spiritual traditions with simple dance movements. We pray for peace and are inspired to send this prayer out into the world. […]
The Gawler Family and Friends bring you an assortment of old and new sounds from many folk traditions. They accompany interweaving family harmonies with fiddles, banjo, cello and guitar, as […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Sundays in the Park starts at 2:30 pm with a music workshop focusing on a distinctive branch of the contra dance music repertoire, followed by a 3:30 pm percussive dance […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
A Trip to Scotland with Champion Fiddlers, Sean Heely & Owen Kennedy Monday, October 11 2:00 music workshop 3:00 concert Session after the concert, with Sean & Owen and local […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Hailing from Vermont, Va-et-vient includes Carol Reed on voice, guitar and mandolins, Suzanne Germain on voice and percussion, and Lausanne Allen on voice, fiddles, flutes, and mandolins. With backgrounds rich […]
As the colors change, light starts to diminish and it gets cooler here in Maine. This yearly dance of beauty, light and dark makes us long for togetherness, to turn […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Belfast Flying Shoes Radio Hour, on WBFY 100.9FM in Belfast, and streaming via Belfast Community Radio. A weekly program that highlights the roots and branches of the contra dance music […]
T-Acadie Ongoing Tuesday night Jam session T-Acadie, Pam, Bill and Jim, have been hosting a jam session and mini-concert EVERY Tuesday night. This is a free, guided jam session for […]
Belfast Flying Shoes Radio Hour, on WBFY 100.9FM in Belfast, and streaming via Belfast Community Radio. A weekly program that highlights the roots and branches of the contra dance music […]