{"id":162629,"date":"2026-04-10T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/162629\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:21:07","slug":"philadelphia-folk-festival-to-feature-leftover-salmon-tom-rush-and-more-this-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/162629\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Folk Festival to feature Leftover Salmon, Tom Rush and more this August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"628\" data-start=\"503\">The Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township from Aug. 14-16, marking its 63rd year.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"790\" data-start=\"630\">The three-day event brings a mix of established artists and newer acts across several stages, along with food vendors, workshops and the option to camp on-site.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1138\" data-start=\"792\">This year\u2019s main stage performers include Leftover Salmon, Tom Rush, Mary Gauthier, Eddie 9V, Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Big Richard, RUNA, Damn Tall Buildings and Kieran Kane &amp; Rayna Gellert. Philadelphia singer-songwriter John Flynn will also perform and serve as the main stage emcee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1239\" data-start=\"1140\">A separate concert on Thursday, Aug. 13, will be held for campers, with the lineup to be announced.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1376\" data-start=\"1241\">In addition to the music, the festival includes hands-on workshops, craft vendors and a designated area for kids called Dulcimer Grove.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1518\" data-start=\"1378\">Organized by the Philadelphia Folksong Society, the festival draws a mix of first-time visitors and longtime attendees who return each year.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1743\" data-start=\"1520\">Tickets are on sale now through the festival\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/folkfest.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Folk Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1743\" data-start=\"1520\">August 14-16<br \/>Old Pool Farm<br \/>1323 Salford Station Road\u00a0<br \/>Harleysville, PA 19438<br \/>Ticket pricing varies<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1743\" data-start=\"1520\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township from Aug. 14-16, marking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20157,12925,73407,73406,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-162629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-concerts","9":"tag-festivals","10":"tag-folk-fest","11":"tag-harleysville","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","14":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}