2008 NEFFA Festival
(Entertainment) Events
Note: This was the listing for the now-concluded 2008 Festival. The events for the 2009 Festival will be put here in February 2009
Friday 7:00pm, High School Auditorium
(0:50)
Hutchinson Family Singers
--
Revels Repertory Company
Friday 7:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Buckskin Heroes
--
April Grant
Friday 8:00pm, High School Auditorium
(1:20)
Bound for Glory
--
Folk Song Soc. of Greater Boston, Bound for Glory
Friday 8:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Pardon Our French
--
Ti' Acadie
Friday 8:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Ballads of Trickery
--
Sue West & Friends
Friday 9:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Music from the Republic of Georgia
--
Iveria
Friday 9:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Fiddle and Banjo Duets
--
Jane Rothfield & Paul Sidlick
Friday 9:30pm, High School Auditorium
(1:30)
Spanish Civil War Songs & Letters
--
Molly Lynn Watt
,
Dan Lynn Watt
,
Tony Saletan
,
Sylvia Miskoe
Friday 10:00pm, High School Room 125
(1:00)
World Fiddle Groove
--
Blue Moose & the Unbuttoned Zippers
Friday 10:00pm, High School Room 188
(1:00)
Hurdy Gurdy Concert
--
Melissa Kacalanos
Saturday 9:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Ha'Penny Morris
,
The Black Jokers
,
Charm City Rapper
Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Kids' Songs
--
Jean Schwartz
Saturday 10:00am, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Scottish Concert
--
Strathspey & Reel Society of NH
Saturday 10:00am, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Ballads Migrant
--
Pamela Goddard & Colleen Cleveland
Saturday 10:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Banbury Cross Morris
,
Mulberry Morris
,
Candyrapper
Saturday 11:00am, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Concert
--
The Fireside Stringband
Saturday 11:00am, High School Room 188
(0:50)
West African Drum and Dance
--
Kekeli Drum & Dance Ensemble
Saturday 11:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Muddy River Morris
,
Bassett St. Hounds
,
No Apologies Rapper
,
Snicker Snack
Saturday 12:00no, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Mountain & Hammered Dulcimer Duets
--
Lucy Joan Sollogub
,
Barbara Levine
Saturday 12:00no, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Wayfaring Stranger
--
Outrageous Fortune
Saturday 12:00no, High School Room 125
(0:50)
"Classic" Folk Songs
--
Jerry Epstein
,
David Jones
Saturday 12:00no, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
New Haven Morris and Sword
,
Harrisville Morris Women
,
Cutting Edge
Saturday 1:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Traveling On
--
Robbie Wedeen
Saturday 1:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
The Many Faces of Love
--
Suzanne Mrozak & Friends
Saturday 1:00pm, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Red Herring Morris
,
Heartwood Morris
,
Half Moon Sword
Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Stories that Rock
--
Mark Binder
Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Southern Mountain Music
--
Ken Sweeney
Saturday 2:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Cece & Ruth Go Global
--
Cece Borjeson & Ruth George
Saturday 2:00pm, High School Auditorium
(1:30)
Children's Dance Performances
--
Boston Chinese Folk and Classical Dance Troupe
(China)
,
Lithuanian School of Boston
(Lithuania)
,
Iskwelahang Pilipino
(Philippines)
,
Siroun Dancers
(Armenia)
,
Latvian Children's Folk Dance Group of Boston
(Latvia)
,
Academy of Serbian Folk Dancing
(Serbia)
,
Triveni Dancers
(India)
,
American Chinese Art Society Dance Studio
(China)
Saturday 2:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
G & R In Concert
--
Pamela Goddard & Dave Ruch
Saturday 2:00pm, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Westerly Morris
,
Vineyard Swordfish
,
Pocket Flyers
Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Songs of the Next World
--
Woodwork
Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Bluegrass Duets Old & New
--
The Shaws
Saturday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Chanteyman's Life
--
Chris Koldewey
Saturday 3:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Old Songs, New Songs
--
Deb O'Hanlon & Peter Fischman
Saturday 3:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Turkish Village Music
--
Turgay Ertürk & Friends
Saturday 3:00pm, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Green Mountain Morris
,
Jack in the Green Morris
,
Still River Sword
Saturday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Old West Mystique
--
Lonesome Jack's Wild West Review & Horse Opera
Saturday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Traditional Songs of NY State
--
Dave Ruch
Saturday 4:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
A Parcel of Songs
--
Merle Roesler
Saturday 4:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Intervening Period
--
David Diamond
Saturday 4:00pm, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Great Meadows Morris and Sword
,
Ring O' Bells Morris
,
Orion Longsword
Saturday 5:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Oldtime Tunes & Ballads
--
Ralph Bodington
Saturday 5:00pm, High School Auditorium
(0:50)
English Folk Songs
--
John Roberts
Saturday 5:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Remembering Phil Ochs
--
Joel Landy
Saturday 5:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Scandinavian Music
--
Stämbandet
Saturday 5:00pm, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris & Sword Dancing
--
Commonwealth Morris
,
Maple Leaf Morris
,
Scrambled Six Rapper
Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Yiddish Music Concert
--
Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky
Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
New Orleans - 1908
--
The New New Orleans Jazz Band
Saturday 6:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Nyckelharpa Smorgasbord
--
Harpas Four
Saturday 6:00pm, High School Auditorium
(2:50)
Dance Performances
--
Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe of American Chinese Art Society
(China)
,
Germantown Country Dancers
(England)
,
Krakowiak Polish Dancers of Boston, Inc.
(Poland)
,
Jhumka Dance Company
(India)
,
Sambüris -- Lithuanian Folk Dance Group of Boston
(Lithuana)
,
FiddleKicks Cloggers
(Clogging)
,
Igranka
(Bulgaria)
,
Dance Revelasian
(China)
,
Mladost
(Bulgaria)
,
Commonwealth Vintage Dancers
(Vintage)
,
New England's Norwegian Dancers
(Norway)
,
Tierra del Sol
(Mexico)
,
Igranka
(Bulgaria)
,
Marcie Van Cleave
(as MC)
Saturday 6:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Grateful Dead Folk Roots
--
Dave Ruch
Saturday 6:00pm, High School Room 187
(0:50)
Ballad Singer
--
Colleen Cleveland
Saturday 7:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Lorraine and Bennett
--
Lorraine & Bennett Hammond
Saturday 7:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
1960s Greenwich Village
--
Steve Suffet
Saturday 7:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Inspired by History
--
Diane Taraz
Saturday 8:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Songs of Dangerous Times
--
The Short Sisters
Saturday 8:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Stone Soup
--
Suzanne Mrozak & Friends
Saturday 8:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Whaling & Sailing Songs
--
The Graybeards
Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Unheard Tunes!
--
Old New England
Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(1:00)
C, Shore, Above, Below
--
Joy Bennett & Chris Koldewey
Saturday 9:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Soul of Scotland Fiddles
--
Boston Scottish Fiddle Club
Saturday 9:00pm, High School Room 187
(0:50)
Voices from New France
--
Les Bostonnaises
Saturday 10:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(1:00)
Dublin to Boston
--
Lindsay, Mulvaney, Cavanaugh
Saturday 10:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(1:00)
Old-Time Potpourri
--
Alan Friend & Bob Solosko
Saturday 10:00pm, High School Room 125
(1:00)
OLD Singer-Songwriters
--
Woodchucks' Revenge
Saturday 10:00pm, High School Room 188
(1:00)
Songs of the Seasons
--
Michael O'Leary
,
Kate Chadbourne
Sunday 9:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing
--
Hop Brook Morris
,
Snowbelt Morris and Rapper
,
Gay Blades Rapper Sword
Sunday 10:00am, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Jack, Jack & Jack O'Kent
--
Janet Scudder
Sunday 10:00am, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Razzle Dazzle Autoharp
--
Drew Smith & Friends
Sunday 10:00am, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Transylvania Extravaganza
--
Trei Arcusi
Sunday 10:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing
--
Pipe Dream
,
The Points of Etiquette
Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Family Concert
--
Tom Smith
Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Swedish Fiddle Old & New
--
Matt, Jane, Bruce
Sunday 11:00am, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Undance Tunes
--
Off'n Ensemble
Sunday 11:00am, High School Room 188
(0:50)
In Concert
--
Mike Agranoff
Sunday 11:00am, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing
--
Hart's Brook Garland
,
Charles River Rapper
Sunday 12:00no, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
Hardanger Fiddle!
--
Toby Weinberg
Sunday 12:00no, Middle School Room 107
(0:50)
Old Songs, New Songs
--
Jeff Davis
Sunday 12:00no, High School Auditorium
(0:50)
Mostly English Folk
--
David Jones
Sunday 12:00no, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Bulgarian Concert
--
Zornitsa
Sunday 12:00no, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Country Old and New
--
Triboro
Sunday 12:00no, Main Entrance
(1:00)
Morris and Sword Dancing
--
Ladies of the Rolling Pin
,
Pokingbrook Morris
,
Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword
Sunday 1:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(0:50)
New England Scots Songs and Tunes
--
Allan Carr
Sunday 1:00pm, High School Auditorium
(1:50)
Dance Performances
--
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Boston Branch
(Scotland)
,
Ludo Mlado
(Bulgaria)
,
Griggstown Lock Rapper Sword
(Rapper)
,
Triveni Dancers
(India)
,
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
(England)
,
Highland Dance Boston
(Scotland)
,
Ludo Mlado
(Bulgaria)
,
Hansen-Keohane Irish Step Dancers
(Ireland)
,
Collage Dance Ensemble
(Turkey)
Sunday 1:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Fancy Fiddling & Frantic Fretting
--
Notorious
,
Sam Bartlett
Sunday 2:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Peaceful Healing Songs
--
Constellations
Sunday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 103/104
(0:50)
Dixieland Music!
--
Dixie Diehards Dixieland Band
Sunday 3:00pm, Middle School Room 107
(1:00)
Original and its Parody
--
Paul Kaplan
Sunday 3:00pm, High School Room 125
(0:50)
Yiddish Songs of Social Struggle
--
Ruby Poltorak & Friends
Sunday 3:00pm, High School Room 188
(0:50)
Traditional Tunes & Songs
--
Joanie, Neal & Ann
Sunday 4:00pm, Middle School Room 105/106
(1:00)
Tom Smith in Concert
--
Tom Smith
Sunday 4:00pm, High School Auditorium
(1:00)
Boston's Global Harmonies
--
Boston Harmony
Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 125
(1:00)
Jewish Roots
--
Larry Milder
Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 187
(1:30)
Old Songs / New Songs
--
Pete Kraemer
Sunday 4:00pm, High School Room 188
(1:00)
Norwegian Folk Songs From My Family
--
Sonja Savig
New England Folk Festival Association
.