Baltimore’s thriving Station North arts district showcases regional and local folk artists for the festival’s third year
Slip on your dancing shoes, don your favorite flannel and get ready for a modern-day hootenanny, as local and regional artists come together for another round of folk-inspired revelry. The third annual Baltimore Folk Fest returns to Station North, October 17th, 2014, bringing w
ith it a bevy of soul-searching singers, songwriters and musicians – and for a genre that celebrates the acoustic, the air is sure to be electric. Venerable venues Joe Squared, the Windup Space and Liam Flynn’s Ale House are back on board for this year’s festival, while the Crown returns with two stages for double the foot stomping. Hour Haus, on the south side of North Avenue, rounds out this year’s list of performance spaces, keeping the entirety of the festival within just a two-block radius.
“We’re beyond excited to bring the festival back to Station North for a third year,” says head organizer Alex Champagne of Scenic Route Records. “Baltimore Folk Fest is all about friends coming together and sharing their passion and love for folk-inspired tunes in a city that embraces music in all its forms.”
Returning local favorites, new players and heavy hitters from up and down the east coast are set to take this year’s stage, including Letitia VanSant & the Bonafides, Among Wolves, Kindlewood, Luray, Josephine Olivia of Blacksage, Dear Creek from New York City, Alison Self & the Lonesome Low from Richmond and the End of America from Philadelphia. Online pre-sale tickets for the event will include a digital compilation featuring festival artists, available at baltimorefolkfest.bandcamp.com, where attendees can purchase shirts and other merchandise to help support Baltimore’s growing folk scene and other regional artists. Tickets will be priced at $20 and include admittance to all venues participating in the festivities.
