Category: Festival


  • Carpe Artista’s Simply Smyrna Festival

    Carpe Artista’s Simply Smyrna Festival

    We are honored to be featured in VIP Murfreesboro’s feature about Carpe Artista’s Simply Smyrna Festival during our own International Folkfest! It’s a pleasure to be part of their biggest event ever! Krista Gammon and Amy Young visited our festival as representatives of the festival in Idaho. Director Steve Cates is pictured with them. You’ll…

  • “The Perfect Gambit” International Folk Festival 2024

    “The Perfect Gambit” International Folk Festival 2024

    Our friends at CIOFF have great things to say about Folkfest!  

  • Cripple Creek Cloggers Go From Humble Start to International Tours

    Cripple Creek Cloggers Go From Humble Start to International Tours

    It seems like the Cripple Creek Cloggers have been a staple in Rutherford County forever, along with their International Folk Fest. But they actually began in 1967, when Steve Cates was looking for a way to keep kids at 4-H Camp Woodlee in Warren County entertained in the evenings over a weekend they earned by…

  • Murfreesboro Pulse Announces FolkFest 2023

    Murfreesboro Pulse Announces FolkFest 2023

    International Folk Fest Brings in Dance Troupes from Poland, Mexico and France for 2023 Event BY BRITNEY BROWN For the first time since 2019, the International Folk Fest is returning to Murfreesboro. Featuring live dancing from groups from around the world, the Folk Fest is a culturally immersive. and entertaining experience. This year, dancers from…

  • FolkFest Announcement by WGNS

    FolkFest Announcement by WGNS

    International FolkFest Troupes Are Here for next week’s performances by Poland, France and USA!           JUN 03, 2023 AT 12:18 PM BY WGNS (MURFREESBORO) Welcome to the folk music/dance troupes who are here from Poland, France and Mexico who are here for the International FolkFest. And proudly, this coming week (June 6-9,…