American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront

To everyone involved in the 2009 American Folk Festival,

Thank you all so much for another wonderful year! Despite the rain on Saturday, there is much to celebrate about this year’s Festival, and we hope that you will take a moment to celebrate with us.

Festival Sponsors: Thank you for making it all happen. Your generous contributions of funds, supplies, and in-kind services made it possible for us to present the highest-quality performers, sound systems, and venues for our guests.

Festival Volunteers: From the Board of Directors to the Volunteer Committee to the on-the-ground volunteers who drove golf carts, sold t-shirts, logged music, and dozens of other tasks…thank you. Thank you for your time, your creativity, your dedication, and your love of the Festival. We absolutely, unquestionably couldn’t do it without you.

Producing Partners: Immense thanks go to our Producing Partners, for their unique contributions to this event. The City of Bangor – for the beautiful waterfront Festival site, staff and crew from many City departments who all bring their expertise to the smooth running of the Festival, and the Cultural Commission, for supporting the event with grant funding. The National Council for the Traditional Arts – for continuing the tradition of excellence that was established with the National Folk Festival in our community. This programming of this 2009 AFF has continued to astound us with its quality and diversity! The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine – for bringing together diverse Maine artists who all rely on the bounty of the land for their arts. Eastern Maine Development Corporation – for their organization expertise, staff support, and guidance, and for hosting the Festival’s business offices. The Maine Discovery Museum – for creating a bounty of games and activities for the Festival’s younger attendees.

Partnering Nonprofits: There are many areas of Festival production that rely on other Greater Bangor nonprofit organizations to support. We thank you for your community spirit, and for your time spent in making the Festival go smoothly: The Second Section of Anah Shrine, the Greater Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau, Bangor Breakfast Rotary, the Unitarian Universalist Church, MEDLIFE Galapagos Medical Mission, Bangor Noontime Rotary.

Festival-goers: YOU made it happen! You gave us our largest Friday evening and largest Sunday attendance ever! Together, you combined to build the largest Bucket Brigade contribution ever! You packed the tents even on Saturday, under the pouring rain. And you celebrated with us as we welcomed performers from across America and the world. It was a pleasure to welcome you to the Festival.

We are working now to close out the 2009 Festival, and to start developing the 2010 event. Stay tuned for details as they develop.

The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront brings the world to Bangor.

The American Folk Festival is a large-scale, three-day event. Held each year at the end of August in downtown Bangor, Maine, the Festival presents the music and dance from the many cultures that make up America today.

Here's what awaits you at the American Folk Festival:

• over two dozen of the nation's finest performing groups sharing the traditional arts of their region, culture and heritage

• 5 stages of continuous music and dance

• traditional craft demonstrations and exhibits

• a children's area with performances and activities for the whole family

• dozens of food vendors offering ethnic food, regional specialties and traditional festival favorites

• a Folk Art & Craft Marketplace offering unique, handcrafted items for sale
  

The American Folk Festival is produced in Bangor by the Bangor Folk Festival, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, with partnering support from:

Donations made to the American Folk Festival are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

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Thank you to our 2009 Virtuoso & Soprano Sponsors!

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