Saturday, Jul 12, 2025 at 11:00am
The San Francisco Free Folk Festival has been always been run by the San Francisco Folk Music Club. It’s been happening since 1977, when the first festival was staged at the Hall of Flowers. We’ve been known to have between 2,000 and 3,000 guests attending the event.
While the festival would be a special event under any circumstances, what makes it unique is the fact that it is an all-volunteer effort. Members of the San Francisco Folk Music Club serve as volunteer organizers, and all performers and workshop leaders donate their time and talents to the festival as well.
Schedule:
Bandshell Stage:
12:00-12:20
Peter Kasin & Richard Adrianowicz
12:20-12:40
12:40-1:00
1:00-1:20
Sauce Piquante Cajun-Creole Band
1:20-1:40
1:40-2:00
2:00-2:20
Bluesy, Storytelling, Americana
2:20-2:40
2:40-3:00
3:00-3:20
Folk Singer, Songwriter, Storyteller
3:20-3:40
3:40-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
Workshop Area 1:
11:00-12:00
Yiddish Songs of Social Justice
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
Workshop spaces available this hour for informal jamming
2:00-3:00
Ballads (old, traditional narrative songs)
3:00-4:00
Songs of Wealth, Poverty, and Filthy Lucre
4:00-5:00
5:00-6:00
Workshop Area 2:
11:00-12:00
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
Workshop spaces available this hour for informal jamming
2:00-3:00
3:00-4:00
4:00-5:00
Blair Kilpatrick and Steve Tabak
5:00-6:00
David Brown, Tony Phillips, Kerry Parker
Workshop Area 3:
11:00-12:00
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
Workshop spaces available this hour for informal jamming
2:00-3:00
Pacific Ocean Shanties & Sea Songs
Dick Holdstock, Aaron Clegg, and Travis Pratt
3:00-4:00
4:00-5:00
Roundapalooza: Joy in Singing Rounds
5:00-6:00
Workshop Area 4:
11:00-12:00
Ben Tucker of the Storytelling Assn. of California
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:00
Workshop spaces available this hour for informal jamming
2:00-3:00
3:00-4:00
4:00-5:00
5:00-6:00
