Lowell Folk Festival schedule online!
Nate Goldshlag
Why they didn't announce it is beyond me, but the schedule for the amazing
free Lowell Folk Festival (Lowell, Mass) July 24-27 is on their web site
at
http://www.nps.gov/lowe/FolkFestival/about.html
An amazing lineup of traditional music, as usual, and it is all free.
Nate
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Nate Goldshlag
In article <33cf355d...@snews2.zippo.com>, abby...@orlinter.com
(Abby Sale) wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:32:30 -0400, na...@reflection.com (Nate Goldshlag)
> wrote:
>
> >Why they didn't announce it is beyond me, but the schedule for the amazing
> >free Lowell Folk Festival (Lowell, Mass) July 24-27 is on their web site
> >at
> >
> >http://www.nps.gov/lowe/FolkFestival/about.html
> >
>
> Lowell is famous for one of the earliest US labor struggles, especially
> concerning women. Again, as with the rest of the movement, there are
> few, if any songs.
>
> Does Lowell make anything of this? Have they unearthed historical
> material & song? Is this, perhaps the whole point?
I believe you are confusing Lowell with Lawrence. There was a famous
labor struggle in 1912, I believe, in Lawrence ("bread and roses")
involving Big Bill Haywood and the IWW. The Lowell National Historical
Park deals with conditions in the mills in the 19th century, and there are
some old folk songs mentioned. Perhaps someone from the National Park
Service could enlighten us further.
Abby Sale
On Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:32:30 -0400, na...@reflection.com (Nate Goldshlag)
wrote:
>Why they didn't announce it is beyond me, but the schedule for the amazing
>free Lowell Folk Festival (Lowell, Mass) July 24-27 is on their web site
>at
>
>http://www.nps.gov/lowe/FolkFestival/about.html
>
Lowell is famous for one of the earliest US labor struggles, especially
concerning women. Again, as with the rest of the movement, there are
few, if any songs.
Does Lowell make anything of this? Have they unearthed historical
material & song? Is this, perhaps the whole point?
Do tell.
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Jim Glockling
In article <33cf355d...@snews2.zippo.com>,
Abby Sale <abby...@orlinter.com> wrote:
>
>Lowell is famous for one of the earliest US labor struggles, especially
>concerning women. Again, as with the rest of the movement, there are
>few, if any songs.
>
>Does Lowell make anything of this? Have they unearthed historical
>material & song? Is this, perhaps the whole point?
The National Park Visitor Center picks up some extra visitors during the
festival and I suppose they leave with a smidgen of history. But that's
the extent of Lowell-specific history and art.
Joe Wilson and his DC based organization (can't remember the name anymore)
brought the National Folk Festival to Lowell for a 2 year run back in the
late 80's/early 90's. It was such a success that the City and Park have
copied the format and put on their own fest ever since. Most of the
performers are nationally known touring acts, I've never seen a Lowell-based
artist there.
The point is to party. The City garners some favorable press and makes a
good impression on the 100k vistors who normally think of Lowell as a run-down
crime-ridden city. Scholarly types looking for trivia that they can analyze
the fun out of can probably talk to the artists during the various workshops
offered during the weekend. We'll find *your* analysis under the useless title
"happy" of course. (sorry, couldn't resist)
Jim G.
Cambridge, MA