Featuring

Saturday, February 22, 2020

The Lake Erie Folk Fest

Shore Cultural Centre 291 E. 222nd Street Euclid, Ohio 44123

A Community Celebration of Music & Dance

Contra Dancing at a previous LEFF shows the variety of ages and activities.

Contra Dancing at a previous LEFF. Photo by Jen Hearn

On Saturday, February 22, 2020 the Fifth Annual Lake Erie Folk Fest will offer an array of hands-on music workshops, jams, dances and performances — all for free from 1 to 6 p.m.

Then the Grand Finale concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in Shore’s historic auditorium featuring the acclaimed bluegrass band Carolina Blue from Brevard, NC. (admission $15 online by Friday midnight/$20 at the door)

Bluegrass Band Lab on Friday

On Friday, February 21, something new in 2020!

Workshops for intermediate and advanced players in violin, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin led by members of the Carolina Blue band on Friday evening, 7 – 9 p.m., February 21. Register here.

Saturday Schedule

Banjo workshop 2019

Daytime Programs 1-6pm

Plan your day with LEFF’s free daytime programs – concerts, jams, workshops, dances, open mic, family activities. Bring an instrument, learn an instrument or just spend the day surrounded by music and happy people.

LEFF Daytime Schedule 2020 pdf

Evening Concert, 7:30pm

Performers for Saturday evening Grand Finale (admission $15 online by Friday midnight/$20 at the door) are:

Carolina Blue – Bluegrass from North Carolina

Luca Mundaca – Brazilian Singer Songwriter

Harmonia – Music of Eastern Europe

Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word – Performance Poetry

Composite photo of Saturday evening performers Carolina Blue, Luca Mundaca, Harmonia and Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word

Counterclockwise from top left: Carolina Blue, Luca Mundaca, Harmonia, Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word

Questions? Email artistic director Laura Lewis, or call Shore Cultural Centre at (216) 289-8578.

Volunteer

Working at the info desk is one of many volunteer positions at the Lake Erie Folk Fest. Photo by Jen Hearn

Volunteer for two hours and get a free ticket to the evening concert, along with that warm fuzzy feeling inside you get when you help out a great cause.

Questions? Email us.

Bluegrass Band Lab (Friday evening)

Something new in 2020!

Bluegrass Band Lab printable flyer: Bluegrass Lab 2020

School Program (Friday 10 a.m.)

Pass It On! Expose future generations to American roots music. Tell your child’s or teen’s teacher or music director about our Friday School Program, held February 21 at Shore Cultural Centre. Home schoolers welcome! Enjoy a morning of exceptional bluegrass performed by Carolina Blue, an award winning band from North Carolina. Held in Euclid, OH, at the historic Shore Cultural Centre Auditorium, this educational program is appropriate for all ages.

Pass It On! School Assembly printable flyer: LEFF Goes to School 2020 flyer

Support the 2020 Lake Erie Folk Fest

The Lake Erie Folk Fest depends on donations, large and small, from generous individuals such as you. Dollars raised help to make this event affordable and to encourage the preservation of and participation in the traditional arts.

Help LEFF Pass It On! Support performance, community and teaching of traditional music & dance by making a donation or becoming a sponsor or grantor.

The Lake Erie Folk Fest is a collaboration of the Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association, which also produces the Blue Sky Folk Festival, and the Shore Cultural Centre, a former high school turned innovative arts center in downtown Euclid.

The festival brings together two communities in a late-winter cross-pollination of the arts: Euclid's diverse arts community, and Northeast Ohio's traditional roots music community. For more information please contact Laura Lewis via email, or call Shore Cultural Centre, 216-289-8578.

About Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association

NEOMHA produces both the Lake Erie Folk Fest and the Blue Sky Folk Festival, whose ninth annual music festival was held at the Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, Ohio on August 17, 2019. NEOMHA's mission is to provide venues and opportunities for the performance, sustenance and preservation of folk music in our region. Our goal is to create experiences that inspire a personal love and appreciation of folk music.

About the Shore Cultural Centre

At the heart of downtown Euclid, Ohio, the Shore Cultural Centre offers a wide range of cultural and educational programs and events. The center's historic building is home to art studios, businesses, and organizations, as well as the Euclid Farmers' Market on Fridays from May through October. Silhouette Productions and other community theater groups perform in the center's spacious auditorium. Shore also has a variety of spaces available for public rent, from party and meeting rooms to an 850-seat auditorium and gymnasium.