Join us at the April 30 Lake Erie Folk Fest in Euclid for a free afternoon of music workshops, presentations, dance, jams and concerts 1-6pm. Stay for the evening concert (admission) featuring:
JOHN DOYLE, Dublin-born guitarist and singer-songwriter
VIVIAN LEVA & RILEY CALCAGNO, new old-fashioned music sung and played from the heart
ABREPASO FLAMENCO, an award-winning Cleveland based flamenco company
VOICES OF REVELATIONS, African American acapella gospel quartet
See ya there!
On April 30, 2022, the Lake Erie Folk Fest returns! LEFF is a one-day festival that brings together music lovers from across Northeast Ohio for an indoor celebration of traditional music and dance.
Give to the LEFF Indiegogo campaign and help us reach our goal! LEFF depends on donations, large and small, from generous individuals such as yourself. Dollars raised from this campaign represents just a portion of festival costs. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, so your donation may be tax deductible.
Please consider a donation and be sure to join us for the 2022 festival on April 30th for an afternoon of free workshops followed by an evening concert in the beautiful Shore Cultural Centre auditorium.
Presented by The Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Assn. (NEOMHA), the Lake Erie Folk Fest is a celebration of diverse traditions and a gathering of musicians young and old, experienced and novice. In short, the festival inspires and fosters traditional music in Northeast Ohio.
LEFF and NEOMHA are dedicated to ensuring that traditional music and dance is passed on to newcomers and to new generations. To accomplish this, the Lake Erie Folk Fest offers:
Visit the festival website at lakeeriefolkfest.com or email us at lakeeriefolkfest@gmail.com.
The Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association provides venues and opportunities for the performance, sustenance and preservation of folk music in Northeast Ohio through the creation of inspiring experiences that stimulate a personal love and appreciation of folk music. For more about the non-profit, visit neomha.org.
The 6th Annual Lake Erie Folk Fest: 4-30-22 | Indiegogo
Euclid, OH – The sixth annual Lake Erie Folk Fest (LEFF) brings together the Northeast Ohio traditional music community in a mid-spring celebration of the arts.
The fest will be held Saturday, April 30 at the Shore Cultural Centre, 291 East 222nd St., Euclid 44123. This annual event celebrates a diverse array of traditional music styles from a wide variety of cultures, and provides free workshops with accomplished instructors for people of all ages and skill levels.
Whether you’re a musician or just a fan of great music and the arts, there is something for everybody to enjoy! Lovers of bluegrass, old time, Irish, blues, ballads and everything in between are invited to participate in LEFF’s free workshops and concerts from 1 pm to 6 pm. There is also plenty of opportunity for musicians to get together and jam throughout the course of the day.
The event will cap off with a 7:30 pm evening concert featuring:
All Saturday afternoon workshops and concerts are free and open to the public. Tickets for the evening concert are $15 (advance) and $20 (day of show) with 12 and under free!
The Lake Erie Folk Fest is produced by the Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established to encourage the preservation and participation in the traditional arts.
The festival is made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council. The OAC funds and supports quality arts experience to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically. Thank you, OAC, for your tremendous support.
LEFF has joined in alliance with other Northeast Ohio music venues to keep patrons safe during the pandemic. Current COVID protocols will be observed. Please check www.lakeeriefolkfest.com for updates to COVID protocol the week prior to the festival.
Additional information regarding the festival may be found on its website www.lakeeriefolkfest.com, including how to support the program as a sponsor. Mark your calendars now and plan to spend the day with great people and great music!
News-Herald, February 23, 2020
News-Herald photo of an impromptu hallway jam session at Lake Erie Folk Fest on Saturday
Chad Felton – The News-Herald
Once again, all players came from far and wide.
For the fifth year now, the halls of Euclid’s Shore Cultural Centre rang with the eclectic sounds of stomping, drumming, singing, twanging, stringing, clapping, clicking and even talking during the annual Lake Erie Folk Fest.
The community “celebration of traditional roots music” offered . . . read more.
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Carolina Blue will lead a Bluegrass workshop for intermediate and advanced players of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and bass at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2020 at the Lake Erie Folk Fest. They will also present at a school program for K-12 at 10 a.m. that Friday – reservations still available.
And they headline the Saturday evening concert, also featuring Luca Mundaca, Distinguished Gentlemen of Spoken Word, and Harmonia. 7:30 pm at Shore Cultural Centre, 291 E 222nd St, Euclid, OH 44123. Tickets $15 presale thru Feb 21, $20 at the door Feb 22.
Carolina Blue is a Brevard, NC based band whose roots run deep in the tradition of Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, while performing original material. Formed in 2007, the band consists of Bobby Powell (guitar, vocals), Tim Jones (mandolin, vocals), James McDowell (banjo, vocals), Reese Combs (upright bass, vocals) and Aynsley Porchak (fiddle), who was named Momentum Instrumentalist by the 2018 International Bluegrass Music Awards.
“We’re a 12-year overnight success,” says Powell, laughing. Three years ago Carolina Blue was playing local BBQ restaurants. But last year they played 120 shows all over the country, “at festivals and venues that we only dreamed about.” And just this month they won in four categories at the National Bluegrass Awards, https://www.spbgma.com/, for Band, Album, Entertainer, and Vocal Group of the Year! What’s more, the International Bluegrass Music Awards has nominated them for three awards this year: New Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me, and Instrumental Recording of the Year for Fried Taters & Onions, penned by the band’s banjoist, James McDowell.
““…bluegrass comfort food. Something warm and familiar
that takes you back to an earlier time. It’s good even when
it’s average. But when it’s just right, as it is with Carolina
Blue, it can’t be beat.” — John Lawless, Bluegrass Today
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Come to LEFF and go home with a violin!
Studio Strings of Medina has generously donated a violin, bow and case valuing $600 to the 2020 Lake Erie Folk Fest.
Raffle tickets will be on sale at the festival for $5 each, 5 tickets for $20. Tickets will be available at the INFO desk and from Roaming Rafflers from 1-6pm, and during the concert intermission. The violin will be awarded to a lucky ticket holder after intermission, but the winner need not be present to win.
The Studio Strings Model 100 is hand carved and spirit varnished, and comes with a wood case and a wood bow with real hair.
Studio Strings, based in Medina, Ohio, specializes in all the needs of the stringed instrument player. They carry a large selection of student and professional instruments as well as accessories and bows, and provide expert repairs and rentals.
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On Saturday, Feb. 22 the 
All of the Lake Erie Folk Fest events are held at 
Evening Concert: Finally, after the daytime events and a short dinner break (dine at our in-house Culinary Bistro or Euclid’s many fine restaurants), settle in for an evening concert in the Shore Cultural Centre’s historic 800-seat auditorium. The concert features:
free events 1-6 p.m.
Shore Cultural Centre