The FSU Appalachian Festival takes place on the Frostburg State University campus September 17th & 18th.
At its heart, Frostburg State University’s Appalachian Festival is a celebration of regionalism. It is a celebration of the region’s natural landscape, history, culture, food, musical and artistic traditions—all of those aspects that make this section of Appalachia unique. The cultural traditions demonstrated at the FSU Appalachian Festival are living traditions that continue to be practiced here. Many traditions have been passed down from one generation to the next for three generations or more. Despite the changes introduced through new technology, what remains stable in these artist expressions is their connection to community, culture, and place.
Through its music and dance performances, historical, cultural, and environmental presentations, hands-on traditional arts workshops, and numerous children’s activities, the FSU Appalachian Festival provides participants and attendees with an opportunity to share regional knowledge and become engaged in perpetuating long-standing traditions. Together, the exhibitions, discussions, workshops, lectures, and performances highlighted at the FSU Appalachian Festival provide Mountain Maryland and the contiguous region with a rich sense of place.
Music will be performed throughout the event on several stages. Mountain Therapy will perform Saturday at 1:20 PM and again at 4:40 PM on the Compton Stage at FSU. Additional performance information can be found here
Saturday to end with a Capstone Concert featuring David Holt and Laura Boosinger! Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt is a musician, storyteller, historian, television host and entertainer, dedicated to performing and preserving traditional American music and stories. Holt plays ten acoustic instruments and has released numerous recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales.
Laura Boosinger, most known for her banjo playing, offers old-time mountain ballads, and has released four solo albums, along with one with George Shuffler. Her albums, including Most of All and Let Me Linger, feature traditional songs such as "Cannonball," "Peace Precious Peace" and "I'm S-A-V-E-D" and "Down in the Valley." Boosinger features a variety of traditional stringed instruments, including old-time banjo, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer and fingerstyle Autoharp.
To learn more, please check : www.frostburg.edu/events/afestival
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