Folk College

Folk College is held Memorial Day weekend at Juniata College

Save the Date: May 28-30, 2027

Workshops • Concerts • Coaching Sessions Jamming • Singing • Dancing

• A fun & friendly weekend of playing & hearing folk music
• Warm, welcoming, and fun
• Pick up an instrument and rekindle your love of music
• Plenty to do for musicians of all levels
• Lots for non-musicians too
• Located on a beautiful college campus in the mountains of Pennsylvania

A Truly Special Weekend

Folk College was founded to help more people learn to play music together. It is a non-competitive environment where you can kindle—or rekindle—your love of playing through folk music. Each year the staff includes nationally known musicians and wonderfully nurturing teachers from a broad spectrum of folk styles. Within one weekend, you’ll have a choice of workshops ranging from old time to Celtic to blues to international, and you’ll get to sing, dance, play, and listen.

Easy to Participate

Many workshops, with subjects like “Learning to Jam,” “Tunes that are Cooler Than They are Hard,” and “How to Play by Ear” are designed to encourage musicians who have been “stuck in their living room,” haven’t picked up their instrument since high school, or maybe just wanted to play an instrument but never dared!

Non-Musicians Welcome

From “Try a Banjo” and “Try a Fiddle” to “Beginning Harmonica” and “Beginning Jaw Harp” and “Fun & Easy Percussion”, there are workshops designed for the total non-musician in mind

Our Faculty

Each year we select musicians who are not only excellent performers, but excellent teachers. Led by host band Simple Gifts, the music covers the wide genre of folk music.

Folk College Concerts

The Folk College concerts are open to the public with tickets available in advance and at the door.  The concerts take place at Halbritter Center for Performing Arts on the Juniata College campus in Huntingdon, PA.
(All Folk College participants have FREE entry to the concerts.)

This is your opportunity to see national talent in our area.