Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
annual folk festival in Oklahoma, USA
Okemah · United States of America
🗓️ When?
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- Founded
- 1998
📍 Where?
- Town
- Okemah
- Country
- United States of America
- How precise?
- coordinate of the venue
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Genre
- folk music
- Website
- woodyfest.com
- Status
- unclear
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, also known as WoodyFest, is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life and music of Woody Guthrie. The festival is held on the weekend closest to July 14 – the date of Guthrie's birth – in Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma. Daytime main stage performances are held indoors at the Brick Street Cafe and the Crystal Theatre. Evening main stage performances are held outdoors at the Pastures of Plenty. The festival is planned and implemented annually by the Woody Guthrie Coalition, a non-profit corporation, whose goal is simply to ensure Guthrie's musical legacy. The event is made possible in part from a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council. Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, Woody Guthrie's younger sister, is the festival's perennial guest of honor.
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