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The Susquehanna Folk Music Society is a nonprofit education and arts organization dedicated to the advancement, promotion and preservation of traditional, contemporary and international folk music and folk culture.

Our 25th Anniversary Season!

November brings us a Serbian Dance Weekend with music by Sviraj Balkan Jam. French-Canadian fiddle master Claude Méthé and family band Dentdelion visit for a workshop and concert. Multi-talented duo Sara Milonovich & Greg Anderson perform with Andy Goessling. In December, we welcome bluegrass legend Tim O'Brien with local guitarist Kevin Neidig opening. Cello and guitar duo Richard Smith & Julie Adams close out 2009.

2010 opens with several new events just added to our calendar. An Irish-themed House Party hosted by York's Srour clan is first on the list, followed that evening by the first of four Israeli Dance Classes that will run thru early February. Our Winter Coffee House is next. A concert by Craver, Watson, Hicks & Newberry features three members of the original Red Clay Ramblers plus a friend. Local string heroes follow two weeks later: Alexander Mitchell, Kevin Neidig, Henry Koretzky and Bruce Campbell.

February features the elder statesman of Scottish folk, Archie Fisher, eclectic duo Small Potatoes, and the amazing multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter David Bromberg. Folk dancers will enjoy a day of International Dance Workshops with Jocelyne Vaillancourt. In March we welcome fiddle/cello duo Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas for a workshop and concert. Our Spring Coffee House is next, followed by the fresh, breezy, Celtic-inspired music of Cara.

In April and May we'll enjoy return visits from Swedish quintent Jaerv (formerly Djärv) and Renaissance bluesman Guy Davis. Our May Coffeehouse presents more local talent. Bruce Molsky & Ale Möller bring us traditions from both sides of the Atlantic. Singer-songwriter Diana Jones wraps up the season in late June.

For full details, and to see more events as they're announced, watch our website.

Looking Back

Summer 2009 was busy with several partnership events. We hosted a coffeehouse concert as part of the Levitt Live! series at Reservoir Park on August 29, and provided performers at the city of Harrisburg's Kipona celebration (Labor Day weekend). We brought several Civil-War-era performers to Dauphin County Parks & Rec's Fort Hunter Day festivities on September 20.

Our 2009-2010 25th Anniversary Season began in York with an Irish Fiddle Workshop by Liz Carroll and a concert of traditional Irish music by Trian (Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey & Dáithí Sproule) with local band Irish Blessing opening.

October was a very busy month. Storyteller Laura Simms started it off with a workshop, potluck and performance, followed by a day of Bulgarian Music & Dance and an International Dance workshop with Lee Otterholt. Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women, swung by on their Farewell Tour. The Martin Library Series welcomed the Billy Jonas Band for two shows, followed by our Fall Coffee House that same evening.

Visit our website for complete acknowledgments and event details.

The Susquehanna Folk Music Society (SFMS) is supported by our members and many generous organizations, including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Several of our events have been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.