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"A Taste of Folk Music"
A Free Folk & Bluegrass Music Festival

The next Festival will be held in Encino Park
surrounding the California Traditional Music Society's
Center for Folk Music,
16953 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316.
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 10 am - 5 pm

Held in conjunction with the Encino Chamber of Commerce's
22th Annual "Taste of Encino" Street Fair

The California Traditional Music Society joins with the Daniel Pearl Foundation and world-renowned artists
and musicians in a united stand for tolerance, humanity, and global harmony, as part of the
Seventh Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days.
This Festival is dedicated to the spirit of Daniel Pearl and the cause of cross cultural understanding.






Photos from 2003 Festival
Copyright 2003 Judy Nahman-Stouffer

 

Check back in late summer 2009 for details of the next Festival.

For the 2008 Festival we had the following:
Bluegrass Association of Southern California Stage,
The Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club Song Room,
The California Traditional Music Society's Stage,
a Folk Dance Area
and a Storyteller's Tent

Schedule for 2008 Festival

On the CTMS International Stage

 

On the BASC Bluegrass Stage

10:00
Mick Overman  

10:00

Second Wind Bluegrass!

11:00

Jason Buck Corbett

 

10:50

Stephanie Bettman Band

11:45

Welcomes From the Stage

 
11:35
Murphy’s Flaw

Noon

Sligo Rags

 
12:20

Sometimes In Tune

1:00

Ross Altman

 

1:10

The Brombies

2:00

Susie Glaze & the Hilonesome Band

 

2:00

Desert Sage

3:00

Sara Grey & Kerion Means

 

2:50

Fur Dixon and Steve Werner

4:00

Klezmer Juice*

 

3:35

Windy Ridge Bluegrass Band

 

 

 

4:20

Simon Pure

         

 

 

The Storytellers Stage

      10:00

Dusty Skye

      10:30

Stacey Zackin

In the Dance Area

  11:00 Peter Severynen
  11:30 Leslie Perry

Noon

James Zimmer - Israeli Dancing

  Noon Story Swap
 

1:00

Beverly Barr - Country Line Dancing

  1:00 Adrien Lowery
  1:30 Debra Olson-Tolar

2:00

James Zimmer - Israeli Dancing

  2:00 Ina Bucker-Barnett
  2:30 True Thomas

3:00

Beverly Barr - International

  3:00 Bill Howard
  3:30 Nick Smith
 

Held in partnership with:

Encino Chamber of CommerceEncino Community CenterLos Angeles City Recreation and Parks

Made possible by a grant from the
Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department

The Appearance of Kleizmer Juice was sponsored by
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Performers and Schedules are subject to change.
Check back to this page for updates.

If you have any questions, contact us at 818 817-7756 or via email: Email

View "The Taste of Folk Music" press releases by clicking here.

 

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