Pennsylvania Folk Gathering: September 12-14, 2025

New Name โ€ข New Location โ€ข Same Great Music Camp

Formerly Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering
The Pennsylvania Furnace Folk Gathering is a weekend of music with plenty of opportunities to share, jam, dance, and learn.

Musical Fun

Pennsylvania Folk Gathering (formerly Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering) is a friendly weekend of playing, singing, jamming, dancing and listening to folk music in the relaxed setting of a beautiful state park. There are activities for all levels from non-musician to advanced players, and all ages from mature children through adult are welcome. Forty-three different workshops in 8 time-slots cover a wide range of musical styles and interests, from Irish Tunes to Try a Ukulele to How to Play Melodies You Donโ€™t Know to Hymn Singing, plus much more. Enjoy two concerts, a contradance, plus lots of formal and informal opportunities to jam.

Friendly

One of the unique features of the Pennsylvania Folk Gathering is the small size and friendly atmosphere. We are all here to learn, share, and enjoy the music, and our musical faculty have been chosen to encourage each of us to learn and share in a positive environment. Small workshop sizes permit open interaction with the faculty and with each other, giving the opportunity for everyone to learn from each other.

Do You Play Alone?

Do you look to play with others, but are nervous about going to a music camp? Join us at Pennsylvania Folk Gathering 2025, and we will be that supportive community that you need โ€“ a comfortable and safe place to grow musically. We pride ourselves on being a โ€œfun and friendly weekend,โ€ and we mean it! Just take a look at this comment from a past attendee, Judy Minot: โ€œMaking music together in a welcoming, encouraging environment โ€” what could be better? Iโ€™ve learned so much, in the workshops, in the jams, at lunch, everywhere!โ€ We have workshops at all levelsโ€“from non-musicians (our โ€œTry Aโ€ workshops) to advanced levels. Check out the full schedule. We hope you will join us!

Faculty

Simple Gifts

www.simplegiftsmusic.com
Folk Gatheringโ€™s host band is two women (Linda Littleton and Karen Hirshon) playing twelve instruments, performing styles that range from old time to Celtic to Klezmer and beyond. Combining tradition with innovation, Simple Gifts creates some of the finest arrangements in folk music today: swing fiddle creeps into a Romanian dance, spoons show up in an Irish reel, and the concertina ventures far beyond styles considered traditional for that instrument. Based in the hills of central Pennsylvania, Simple Gifts switches with ease among two violins, concertina, mandolin, banjolin, recorders, bowed psaltery, hammered dulcimer, baritone fiddle, guitar, piano, and percussion.

More faculty TBD.

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๐ŸŽป๐Ÿช•Don't miss the ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฌ in Concert this Sunday, May 11, at 2.p.m. at the Huntingdon County Arts Center. The concert will be followed by a jam. ๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŽป๐ŸŽถTickets are $20 for the general public and $16 for current Arts Council members and students (with ID). Children 12 and under are free.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘‰Tickets can be purchased at the Arts Center during exhibition hours, or at the door, or online at huntingdoncountyarts.com/product/simple-gifts-concert-saturday-february-8/. ๐Ÿช•๐ŸŽถSimple Gifts is two women plus twelve instruments equals one good time when they take the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, this award-winning duo plays everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original compositions written in a traditional style. ... See MoreSee Less
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๐ŸŽจโœจ Kids Summer Art Camps Are Back! โœจ๐ŸŽจ WEEK 4Join the Huntingdon County Arts Council for 5 weeks of creativity and fun this summer! Each week is a unique adventure with a different art theme โ€” perfect for young artists of all skill levels.๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Mondayโ€“Friday | 9 AM โ€“ 12 PM ๐Ÿ’ต $100 per child, per week ๐ŸŽญ Sign up for one week or all five!Spaces fill up fast โ€” register today and let your childโ€™s imagination shine! ๐ŸŒ Learn more & sign up: huntingdoncountyarts.com/programs/kids-summer-art-camps/ ๐Ÿ“313 12th Street, Huntingdon, PA๐Ÿ“ž814-643-6220 ... See MoreSee Less
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