Boston Folk Festival
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By Kim Burke
Saturday, September 23 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
$25 discount tickets are available for faculty, staff, and students
at the WUMB station until September 21.
More music, more dancers, more stages, more harbor cruises, more everything! That can only mean the Boston Folk Festival is returning to UMass Boston on Saturday, September 23.
"Bigger and better, something for everyone," is how WUMB General Manager and Folk Festival organizer Pat Monteith describes the upcoming extravaganza. This year's event will have nine continuously running stages filled with everything from Bluegrass to Sea Shanties, from Celtic to Gospel for twelve hours straight. Beginning at 11 a.m. with Canadian singer/songwriter Garnet Rogers on the main stage, various local, national, and international performers will take to the indoor and outdoor stages set up around campus.
Highlighting the evening's festivities will be 60's folk legend Richie Havens, founding member of "The Byrds" Roger McGuinn and British folk rock band Steeleye Span. What is sure to get the audience on their feet is the outdoor dance stage located on the plaza outside the Quinn Building. Monteith says the activities there will be both demonstrative and participatory. Fans should be sure not to miss the local Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society on the Dance Stage.
This is the third year for the festival and the second year it is being held at UMass Boston. Last year's attendance, estimates of 14,000 visitors throughout the day, are expected to be matched this year. With that in mind, some of the more popular events have been expanded. For example, harbor boat cruises are planning to sail until later in the day.
Because this year's festival will be self-sufficient, admission costs have changed accordingly. An adult all-festival button is $30, children's all-festival wrist bands are $10, and admission to the evening main stage performance only is $20 for purchases before the day of the festival. Adult buttons purchased on the day of the festival will be $40.
Another addition to the annual fall festivities is UMass Boston's Homecoming Day, which will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Activities include a reception in the Harbor Art Gallery for Alumni Members of WUMB, a 6:00 p.m. alumni sunset cruise with one of the festival musicians, and hot air balloon rides during the day, weather-permitting.