Greetings, NEFFA community! We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for NEFFA 2023, our 79th year! The Festival will be held April 21-23, 2023. Application deadline is October 30, 2022 at 11:59… (Continue Reading »)
Festival News
Festival Videos Now Available
Videos of live Zoom recordings, community videos, ritual dance videos, and commissioned massive jams are all now available for viewing from the NEFFA Videos Quick Start page at videos.neffa.org. There is also a… (Continue Reading »)
How to Access the Online NEFFA Festival
Dear NEFFA Community, The Festival is almost here! You and your favorite performers are doubtless eager to connect and enjoy each other’s company in a virtual hall at NEFFA. It’s super easy!… (Continue Reading »)
Registration is open!
REGISTER NOW FOR NEFFA 2022 ONLINE! Registration is open! The 78th annual New England Folk Festival on April 22-24 is taking full advantage of our digital platforms. We have performers from every US timezone and from… (Continue Reading »)
The NEFFA Festival schedule is out!
It’s time to get ready for the online NEFFA Festival! Visit www.neffa.org/folk-festival/schedule/ to check out our three full days of over 170 events with three dance halls, eight for folk music and… (Continue Reading »)
NEFFA Ritual Dance Team Call for Applications/Videos
It’s NEFFA time! Ritual Dance teams (morris, sword, rapper, &c) are cordially invited to participate in NEFFA Online 2022 on April 22-24, 2022. There are two ways teams can participate: LIVE ON… (Continue Reading »)
Call for NEFFA videos
Hello performers! Our live, Zoom-based NEFFA program is coming together rapidly, and will be unveiled to the public in mid-March. Whether or not you are part of that program, we invite you… (Continue Reading »)
2022 Festival Announcement
When NEFFA faced questions about whether to hold an in-person Festival in 2020 and 2021, the unfolding health crisis made the decision to offer an online event straightforward. The situation is much… (Continue Reading »)
NEFFA 2022, our 78th year!
Greetings, NEFFA community! SPRING 2022 Update: This year’s Festival will be ONLINE on Zoom. For background, see this December 11 announcement. We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for… (Continue Reading »)
NEFFA 2023 Festival Site
After more than half a century of holding the NEFFA Festival in high school facilities (with a variety of schools and community halls before that), it is time for a change of… (Continue Reading »)
NEFFA 2021 Video Collection
2021 Festival Videos and More in the NEFFA Video Archive! Watch live Zoom recordings or community video submissions from the 2021 NEFFA Online Festival. Or learn more about the NEFFA video archive on our Video Quick… (Continue Reading »)
Festival T-shirts – Have you got one of these?
Click here to order 2022.