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- AcoustiCafe - Pittsburgh area non-profit organization that presents and promotes all genres of acoustic music. Offers reviews, artist listings and an events calendar.
- American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress is working to preserve the heritage of American Music.
- Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College - Holding annual summer classes in folk music traditions.
- Baltimore Folk Music Society - Non-profit, educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting folk music, dance, and tradition.
- Boston People's Music Network - Boston, Mass, contingent of the politically activist minstrels.
- Bothy Folk Club - Dedicated to folk music in and around the Southport area in the Northwest of England.
- Broward Folk Club - Information on folk music in Broward County, as well as the South Florida Folk Festival.
- Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society - Calliope is a nonprofit educational and presenting organization that promotes and preserves traditional and contemporary folk music and its allied arts. Calliope programs are unique to western Pennsylvania.
- Columbus Folk Music Society Inc. - Promotes music, dance, story telling and other folk arts.
- D.C.U. Traditional Music Society - A student Society at Dublin City university that promotes all aspects of Irish traditional Music.
- English Folk Dance and Song Society - Aims to encourage folk traditions through concerts, dances and other events. Includes resources, publications and links.
- Floating Folk festival - a cooperative formed by Richmond, VA singer/songwriters and acoustic musicians to help them promote their music and develop their careers. The Festival works as a musical co-op, with the participants sharing in the performing, technical, and organizational duties.
- Folk Alliance - Large folk society that has a yearly conference.
- Folk Alliance Australia - Contains information, links, news, resources and contacts to festivals, artists, organisations for Australian folk arts.
- Fortissimo Folk Music - A collection of pages featuring folk music artists and non profit venues.
- Full Circle Music Society - A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and playing of acoustic music. Based in the Reading, PA area.
- Golden Link Folk Singing Society - Not-for-profit educational corporation that has been organizing, promoting, presenting, and encouraging folk music since 1971.
- Granite City Folk Society - Lists concerts and ticket information for society in St. Cloud, MN.
- Green Apple Folk Music Society Home Page - Promotes and encourages folk music, particularly in northeast/east central Wisconsin.
- Green Willow Folk Club Home Page - For more than a decade, the Green Willow Folk Club has specialized in bringing the finest Celtic and British Isles performers to their stage in Wilmington, Delaware (USA), as well as performers from the US and other countries.
- Hardanger Fiddle Association of America - Non-profit organization preserving and promoting traditional Norwegian folk music, dance and the Hardanger fiddle.
- Intermountain Acoustic Music Association - Non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, furtherance and spread of acoustic music, including bluegrass, British isles, folk, old-time and related musical forms.
- Kartuli Ensemble, The - Not-for-profit organization devoted to the folk song and dance of the country of Georgia.
- Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society - An organization of eastern Pennsylvania folk musicians formed to promote the appreciation of original and traditional American folk music.
- Live Art Folk Life Center - Dedicated to preserving and promoting distinctive traditional and contemporary folk music, dance, and spoken word, through live performances, workshops, seminars, recordings and publications. The site includes events / schedule information.
- Long Island Traditional Music Association - LITMA is a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization supporting traditional music on Long Island.
- N.Y. Pinewoods Folk Music Club - Pennsylvania-based folk organization.
- Old Songs - Dedicated to preserving traditional folk music and dance, Old Songs presents concerts, dances, and a folk festival on the last weekend of June in Altamont, NY.
- Old Town School of Folk Music - Organization serving as a local and national resource for teaching, performing and celebrating folk music, art and culture from all countries. Information about upcoming classes, concerts, recordings, and songbooks.
- Princeton Folk Music Society - Encouraging the growth of folk music in central New Jersey for almost 35 years.
- San Diego Folk Song Society - A site for local folk music in Southern California.
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage - Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.
- Susquehanna Folk Music Society - An all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and encouraging the traditional arts in Central Pennsylvania.
- The Down East FolkArts Society - Background, event schedules, outreach programs, membership information and more for this North Carolina society promoting folk music, contra dancing and storytelling.
- The Folklife Center of International House - Presenting traditional music and dance from around the world in Philadelphia.
- The Folk Project - Sponsors and organizes a wide variety of activities in the Northern New Jersey area.
- The Philadelphia Céilí Group's 25th Annual Festival of Traditional Irish Music and Dancing - Irish music group in Philly.
- The Pickin' and Singin' Gatherin' - An organization near Albany, NY dedicated to playing, singing, and sharing of folk and traditional music as a group and family activity.
- The Swannanoa Gathering Homepage - A series of week-long summer workshops in various types of folk music & dance, held on the mountain campus of Warren Wilson College near Asheville, NC.
- Tidewater Friends of Folk Music - Mission is to advance, preserve, and promote traditional and contemporary folk music in the community through concerts, festivals workshops. Includes concert and membership information.
- Triangle Folk Music Society - Non-profit organization formed in North Carolina in 1995 to present a large variety of styles to the viewing public.
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