Can’t get to the NEFFA Festival in person? You can still watch the NEFFA Live Stream! NEFFA will be live streaming from the Seminar Room, and only the Seminar Room this year. You can explore the schedule at https://www.neffa.org/festival-schedule/. But wait! There’s more! You will also be able to Zoom chat (silently) with other Zoom […]
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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
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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
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If you haven’t heard, the Festival Lobby tables (tickets, membership, volunteers, and performer check-in) have all moved to the Trade Center! Please park at the hotel (there’s much more room up there) then take the shuttle bus down to the Trade Center to get your Festival tickets. Instrument check, Safety/Parking, and the EMTs will remain
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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