North Georgia Folk Festival

After 35 years of having the annual homecoming North Georgia Folk Festival in the hills of Athens, Georgia, we couldn't let the COVID-19 crisis keep us down. So we decided to have the festival as a virtual event featuring music, art and storytelling - just as we usually do.

The event will be shown as a series of three episodes on YouTube and will be offered free of charge.  We will be asking for tips for the performers who have contributed music for this program and will provide links to the artists so you can follow up with them.

All programming will be presented on YouTube.

Here's what we are looking forward to:

• Music: Art Rosenbaum, Caroline Aiken, Banditas, Cicada Rhythm, Fester Hagood, Georgia Sirens, Hawk Proof Rooster, Hog-eyed Man, Joe Willey, Lisa Wooten, MrJordanMrTonks, Nina Ricci, Paul Edelman, Sea Shantey Singers, Skillet Lickers, String Theory and Veronika Jackson.

• Artists: Beth Zorbanos (corn shuck dolls), Cathy Pentz (jewelry), Janice Hall (face jugs), Rebecca Gilliard (sweet grass baskets), Vanda Guthrie (graphic art), and Tex Crawford (folk art).
  
  
• Storytellers: Art Rosenbaum, Mary Jean Hartel and Pat Shields.