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Article: THE AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVAL
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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When The National Folk Festival came to Bangor, the smallest
community to host the three-day event, there were doubts that the
city was up to the task. The doubters were proved wrong and last year
the city launched The American Folk Festival. Despite its past
success, the festival needs you - to go enjoy the music, food and
arts, and to contribute financially.
Because 80 percent of festival goers are from Maine, you likely
know the routine. There will be five stages stretching from Main
Street to the Kenduskeag Stream. Here musicians, ranging from boogie-
woogie piano players to New Orleans Jazz bands to Cape Breton
singers, will provide nonstop music.
Food vendors, selling everything from ...