Philadelphia Folk Festival

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The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a three-day festival of folk music that has been held annually in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Philadelphia by the non-profit Philadelphia Folksong Society since 1957. Gene Shay has for the entire history of the festival been the Master of Ceremonies, and continues to be a personality of folk music on the East Coast. The Folk Festival grounds were originally on Wilson Farm in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

This folk festival attracts thousands of campers for the weekend who share, join together, and perform the myriad forms of music one expects (and with many surprises) of a music festival. People travel across the country to return to this annual event so that they can play again. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is almost completely Volunteer run and organized.