What is Folkmoot?
An international dance and music festival!
Each summer since 1984 a kaleidoscope of musicians and dancers from across the globe have visited the delightful North Carolina mountain town of Waynesville as part of the Folkmoot International Dance and Music Festival. More than 8,000 international performers from 200 countries have participated through the decades.
A year-round arts and cultural center
Folkmoot, now at its home at the historic Hazelwood School, is transitioning from a two week festival to a year-round cultural center, with a focus on programs and events that celebrate diversity and differences, encourage cultural conversation and inclusion, and preserve and honor worldwide cultural heritages, especially using dance and music as a tool to achieve world peace.
Event showcase
News from Folkmoot
Luck O’the Irish Raffle
Come celebrate Saint Patricks Day with Folkmoot on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Bearwaters Brewery in Canton at 7:00pm. Between now and the event, Folkmoot
Nashville Songwriters in the Round Series
Songwriters in the Round opens at the Folkmoot Center on Saturday, Febraury 16, 2019. Begun in Balsam in 1996 and modeled after similar performances at
Lunar New Year at Folkmoot
What: Lunar New Year Friendship Dinner, part of our Friendship Dinner Series When: February 8, 2019, 6 – 8pm Where: Folkmoot Friendship Center,
Scottish Friendship Dinner
Join Folkmoot for a Scottish Friendship Dinner and presentation on Friday, January 25, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Folkmoot Friendship Center,
See you in the New Year!
Dear Friends of Folkmoot,Folkmoot will be closed from December 23rd through January 1, 2019 for the Christmas and New Years holidays to spend time with our
