Festival

The Best Western offers a breakfast buffet at Zachary’s, hot & cold concessions in the lobby, and their restaurant All Stars offers both food & drink. There is a Sundries Shop next to the front desk that is open 24/7. Food trucks will be outside the Trade Center—with a few options inside this year as […]

NEFFA Needs YOU! It takes over 250 volunteers to run the Festival. As of this mailing, 118 people have signed up. Can you help? Do you have a friend who can help? Volunteers get to work on a great team, get the inside scoop on how the Festival operates, and, of course, get FREE or

The Royal Plaza Best Western Hotel rooms for NEFFA booked up quickly, and they have been sold out for several weeks now. Our event room rate expires at the Royal Plaza on March 24, and after that date, if someone cancels a room, even if it is rebooked (at whatever the current “market rate” is—certainly

As NEFFA’s signature event approaches, this is a great time to affirm or reaffirm your support for the organization. Your financial commitment makes possible all that NEFFA does (Thursday Night Contras, Ralph Page Dance Event, and grants to folk art projects in dance, song, and music, as well as the annual Festival) and your emotional

As the NEFFA Festival returns to Marlborough, we understand that the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center is not easily accessible except by car. In addition to that, parking is at a premium, so we encourage people to carpool. NEFFA is not in a position to facilitate rides or set up official carpools, nor to

It takes over 250 volunteers to run the Festival. As of this mailing, 91 people have signed up. Can you help? Do you have a friend who can help? Volunteers get to work on a great team, get the inside scoop on how the Festival operates, and, of course, get FREE or reduced price admission!

New at NEFFA this year, we are offering special “Sampler Tickets” for people who are new to NEFFA or who just want to shop for a few hours. Sampler admission is Saturday April 26 from 11-4.  Admission includes events indoors at the Trade Center: shopping in the Marketplace (vendors with dance shoes, musical instruments, and

Tickets for NEFFA 2025 are now available! The Festival will be held April 25-27 at the Best Western Royal Trade Hotel and Conference Center in Marlborough, MA.  Details can be found on our website. This year’s ticket prices are the same as last year’s: the All-Festival ticket price is $120; individual sessions are $45 each,

NEFFA is a volunteer-run Festival. It takes over 250 volunteers set up dance floors, hang signs, staff the Information and Membership tables, run sound boards, put everything away again once the Festival is over, and to do So Much More to ensure that the entire Festival runs smoothly. There are volunteer jobs for every level

We are proud of what we have accomplished, but we are always trying to make the Festival even better. This year, we are making three changes: the Ramblin’ Road Show and Homemade Hootenanny, a Sampler ticket good for a limited time on Saturday, and we are moving most of the tables in the “Lobby” from