2 shows on opening night; workshops moved to downtown Kent this year
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
The 46th Kent State Folk Festival once again lays claim to its autumnal residency with concerts and events lined up from tonight through Saturday. The Kent Stage hosts concerts each night with Folk Alley ‘Round Town driving up the musical temperature throughout Kent on Friday, and a big move comes this year with the free Saturday workshops moving off campus and into downtown Kent. The folk frenzy kicks off with two main-stage shows on Thursday. Both shows start at 8 p.m. On Manchester Field on the Kent State campus, Delhi 2 Dublin brings a raucous international flavor to the stage. With a mix of Celtic, Bhangra percussion, and Asian spice, the five members of Delhi 2 Dublin twist multiple genres into a high-energy stage show that has been an…
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Hundreds of you will pour into Kent tonight for the big Kent State Folk Festival main course — Folk Alley 'Round Town Night. We'll be there, but we want you to help us tell the story. Are you a fan? Musician? A bartender or shop owner at a venue for the show? We want to see all your perspectives from tonight. Share your photos, videos or other points of view (letter to the editor, perhaps?) from Folk Alley 'Round Town to this story here on Kent Patch, and let's see if we can create a collage of memories from all 50-plus performances at more than 30 venues tonight. To add a photo, log in to Kent Patch, open this story and click on the images to add your own. Letters to the editor about your experience can be emailed to Kent Patch Editor …
David Badagnani
1:16 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Rolly Brown found this undated Daily Kent Stater review (presumably from mid-February 1970) of the 1970 Folk Festival: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150317115567919&set=p.10150317115567919&type=1&theater more ›