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Folk College Named One of Top Music Camps

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Folk College Named One of Top Music Camps

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Folk College has been named one of the top 25 summer music camps in the February issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine!

Folk College is a joint project of Simple Gifts and the Huntingdon County Arts Council and held Memorial Day weekend at Juniata College and proudly brings top talent to Huntingdon every year.

This year’s Folk College will be held May 25 to 27 and features professional musicians teaching workshops, leading student bands and performing in concert. The faculty includes blue guitarists and Grammy nominee Guy Davis, Grammy winning Mariachi band Flor De Toloache, the traditional Irish duo Matt & Shannon Heaton, American fiddle & cello sister duo Ari & Mia, old time folklorists Tyler Hughes and Sam Gleaves, ukulele guru Stuart Fuchs, the excellent bluegrass band Colebrook Road, our host band Simple Gifts and more.

Check out the Acoustic Guitar magazine listing

For more information on Folk College, check out the Folk College website.

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