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Update: Greensboro lands National Folk Festival
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Julia Olin, executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts talks about the National Folk Festival coming to Greensboro in 2015 to 2017 at a press conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Greensboro, NC.
- LYNN HEY/News & Record

Tom Philion, president and CEO of ArtsGreensboro listens as Julia Olin, executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts announces the National Folk Festival will be in Greensboro 2015 to 2017 at a press conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Greensboro, NC.
- LYNN HEY/News & Record
A file photo of Phil Wiggins (right) teaching children how to play the harmonica and make train sounds during the National Folk Festival Saturday, October 13, 2007. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND)
- Courtesy of the National Council for the Traditional Arts
JOE MAHONEY/Richmond Times Dispatch Khatu Sapera of the Rhythm of Rajasthan performs the Bhavai dance on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 at the Richmond Folk Festival. The Richmond festival is an offshoot of The National Folk Festival, which spent three years on downtown Richmond’s riverfront, from 2005 through 2007.
JOE MAHONEY/Richmond Times Dispatch Festival volunteer Harrietta Sheppard of Richmond shows off her own creation Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at the Richmond Folk Festival. The Richmond festival is an offshoot of The National Folk Festival, which spent three years on downtown Richmond’s riverfront, from 2005 through 2007.
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Julia Olin, executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts talks about the National Folk Festival coming to Greensboro in 2015 to 2017 at a press conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Greensboro, NC.
- LYNN HEY/News & Record
Tom Philion, president and CEO of ArtsGreensboro listens as Julia Olin, executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts announces the National Folk Festival will be in Greensboro 2015 to 2017 at a press conference on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Greensboro, NC.
- LYNN HEY/News & Record
A file photo of Phil Wiggins (right) teaching children how to play the harmonica and make train sounds during the National Folk Festival Saturday, October 13, 2007. (ALEXA WELCH EDLUND)
- Courtesy of the National Council for the Traditional Arts
JOE MAHONEY/Richmond Times Dispatch Khatu Sapera of the Rhythm of Rajasthan performs the Bhavai dance on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 at the Richmond Folk Festival. The Richmond festival is an offshoot of The National Folk Festival, which spent three years on downtown Richmond’s riverfront, from 2005 through 2007.
JOE MAHONEY/Richmond Times Dispatch Festival volunteer Harrietta Sheppard of Richmond shows off her own creation Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at the Richmond Folk Festival. The Richmond festival is an offshoot of The National Folk Festival, which spent three years on downtown Richmond’s riverfront, from 2005 through 2007.
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