Florida Folk Festivals and Events The following listings/links are permanent annual festivals
and were submitted by members. FOFF is not necessarily involved,
either directly or indirectly with any of these events.
Only festivals in the state of Florida will be considered. Submit your Florida Folk event | See
also: Calendar Page
Peace
River Celtic Festival
Second Sunday in February
Punta Gorda Elks Lodge 2606
Punta Gorda
Heart of Florida Folk Festival February 24, 2001
Dade City
Sawgrass Fiddle Contest for Children and Teens March 10, 2001
Paynes Prairie State Preserve
Gainesville
Contact: sfafiddle@yahoo.com
Suwannee Springfest
Fourth weekend in March
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
Live Oak
Heritage Festival Last weekend of August
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
Live Oak
Orange City Folk Festival September
Valentine Park
Orange City
Lakeland Folk Festival October
Lakeland
Southwest Florida Folk And Blues Fest
First weekend in October
KOA Kampgrounds
St. James City, Pine Island
Festival Contact: Musikip@Aol.com Florida State
Fiddlers Association Annual Convention
October 18-20, 2002
O'Leno State Park
High Springs, FL
Lake
Wales Ridge Folk Arts Festival
October 13, 2001 - Second weekend in October
The Marketplace of Historic Downtown Lakes Wales
Lake Wales, Florida
MagnoliaFest
Third weekend in October
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
Live Oak Sunshine
State Acoustic Music Camp 2nd weekend in October
Boyd Hill Environmental Studies Area (Park)
St Petersburg, FL Festival Contact: (727) 585-5678, rainbowpr@juno.com
16th Annual Craft Festival October 21-22, 2000
Mt. Dora San Antonio
Rattlesnake Festival
October 20 and 21, 2001
San Antonio Pioneer
Day
Last weekend of October (Oct. 27 & 28, 2001)
Lake Wales Frank Brown Songwriter's Festival November 2-12, 2000
Perdido Key Buddy
Kleins "Gathering of friends" First weekend in November, 2001
Buddys ranch
Dade City, FL.
Barberville Fall Jamboree First Full Weekend in November
Barberville Pioneer Settlement
Barberville
Contact: Mia Gerber, 904-749-2959
Ocala Cracker Country Days Second weekend in November
Silver River Museum in Silver River State Park
Ocala
Contact: onebullgirl@hotmail.com
Clearwater Folk Arts Festival November 10-13, 2000
Clearwater
Sanford Heritage Festival November 10th, 11th, 12th 2000
Sanford
Contact: SeminoleArts Productions
& Bookings
Patrick D. Smith & Cracker Heritage Day
November 17, 2001 - 3rd Saturday in November
Forever Florida, 4755 N. Kenansville Rd.
St. Cloud www.foreverflorida.com
Southern Festivals
A comprehensive listing of festivals throughout the south.
This page features Florida festivals.
To submit information for this page, please fill out the
form below. Remember, it must be a Florida Folk Festival/folk
related event. All fields are required.
Folk Festival Name - must be a Florida festival/event
Festival Date(s) (ie: First weekend in July)
Festival Location (ie: Sertoma Youth Ranch, Easterlin Park,
etc.)
