Who We Are
Following the success of hosting the National Folk Festival in Lowell for three years, 1987-1989, the producing partners and community continued the excitement with the Lowell Folk Festival in 1990. With hundreds of thousands of visitors attending annually, the experience is ever-changing. The seven producing partners: The City of Lowell, the Lowell Festival Foundation, Lowell National Historical Park, the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Bureau, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation, and the National Council for the Traditional Arts have continued organizing and presenting the Festival annually during the last full weekend in July. The National Folk Festival started in 1934 in St. Louis, MO. Since 1989, the National Folk Festival has continued to migrate around the country to Johnstown, PA; Chattanooga, TN; Dayton, OH; East Lansing, MI; Bangor, ME; Richmond, VA; Butte, MT; and Nashville, TN. The 2025-27 National Folk Festivals are held in Jackson, MS.
What We Do
Most of Downtown Lowell becomes Festival grounds for the three days of the Festival. With multiple performance stages, some folks settle in for an afternoon or evening at one stage. Others move around according to the schedule to experience the various venues, performances, and audiences. There are sunny and shaded stages, and there will be smiling faces all around. With the Discovery Museum anchoring the Family Activities Area, Mosaic Lowell's Experience Lowell Arts Market, savory world foods, and so much more, everyone enjoys it “their way”.
Details
| lee.viliesis@lowellfolkfestival.org | |
| Lee Viliesis | |
| Executive Director | |
| https://lowellfolkfestival.org/ |
