Next stop for National Folk Festival - Nashville, TN

By Laurel Staples

Posted: Mar 10, 2010 10:41 AM
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 6:14 PM

The Nashville Business Journal is reporting that the National Folk Festival, which is finishing up a three-year run in Butte this summer, will move to Nashville, Tenn. for the next three years.

"No city in the United States can match the raw talent, creativity and long history of making music like we have here in Nashville," Mayor Karl Dean said in a news release, according to the newspaper. "You combine that with our growing international diversity and growing recognition and appreciation for the arts, and you have a city that is well primed to host the National Folk Festival and to create an event of a caliber worthy of serving as the celebration of its 75th anniversary."

Nashville Business Journal previously reported that a press conference was being held Wednesday morning by Dean "to announce a new, free music and arts event starting summer 2011 that will highlight and celebrate Nashville's unique mix of musical talent and genres."

The festival will end its three-year run in Butte this July. The festival runs July 9 to 11 in Butte.

This year will mark the 72nd year for the National Folk Festival, which travels to a new city every three years. The festival drew around 75,000 visitors to Butte in the first year. This year, the event is projected to draw 200,000 visitors to the Mining City.

While organizers prepare to host the third and final year of the National Folk Festival in the Mining City, an option to bring a regional festival to the area is being explored.

 

 

 

 

 

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