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Participation in the NEFFA Festival includes risk of exposure to and illness from infectious diseases including but not limited to COVID-19. Attendance is at your own risk. For the 2026 NEFFA Festival, vaccination and masking are optional.  We strongly believe that the COVID vaccines are highly effective at preventing disease and for making the disease […]

Lost a water bottle? Took the wrong jacket by mistake? Forgot your dance shoes (or maybe just one of them)? We can’t promise to find lost earrings, but we have buckets of Lost and Found items from the Hotel and the Trade Center. If you’re missing an item, or found something you meant to drop

Become a full partner in the ongoing celebration that is the New England Folk Festival! Memberships and donations support all of our activities (grants to folk artists, Thursday Night dance series, Ralph Page Weekend) and, of course, our signature annual Festival. Not only that, but your membership strengthens the NEFFA community of dancers, musicians, singers,

New events and changes are added to the online schedule! Check out the grid at https://www.neffa.org/festival-schedule/ Remember that you can use the mobile schedule at mobile.neffa.org to check off/bookmark events that you want to make sure to attend, and build a personalized My Schedule. Use the shareable link and QR code provided to transfer your

The vendor list for the 2025 NEFFA Marketplace is live! You can check it out here: https://www.neffa.org/festival-marketplace/. The layout will be new as well. This year, we are welcoming a host of vendors who are new to NEFFA – potters, woodworkers, jewelers, and even food, plus vendors from the Boston African Market! Come to the

It’s not too early to start planning your NEFFA weekend! We’ve updated our maps and Festival site web pages, so you can check out how to get to the Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center and start thinking through how to get around and where to spend your time at the Festival venue. The big