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41st Annual New Jersey Folk Festival
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The 41st Annual New Jersey Folk Festival is celebrating maritime folk life on Saturday April 25 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on the grounds of the Eagleton Institute, Douglass Campus, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. We will present the traditional cultural expressions of such groups as seafarers, fishermen, longshoremen, boat builders, and seafood processors. Maritime folklore encompasses a wide range of genres, including custom and ritual, legend, narrative, language, jargon, and song, as well as folklife forms such as technical skill, foodways, and material culture. A special focus of this year’s festival will be revival performances of sea shanties. These were the work songs of the square-rigger days.
We offer four stages of music, dance, workshops, and jam sessions, as well as a wide array of food vendors, crafters, a heritage area, children’s activities, pony rides & more! Admission is FREE, rain or shine.
For more information, go to www.njfolkfest.org, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @NJFolkFest. Can’t wait to see you all there!
