Festival 2023

 

 

South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival

Watch this space for announcements — two days, two stages and lots of great music.

Feb. 4-5, 2023

Bergeron Rodeo Grounds

4201 SW 65th Way, Davie, FL 33314

The rodeo grounds are West of the Florida Turnpike (the Griffin Road exit), State Road 7, I-95 and South of I-595, State Road 84 and East of I-75. The location is near the corner of Davie Road and Orange Drive at 4201 Rodeo Way.

Featured performers 

Saturday 

Music will start at 12 pm. Doors will open around 11 am. 

Gator  Stage  12-5 pm	Main Stage  12:30-7:30 pm
Pompano Beach High School Ensemble led by Anthony Alfano	Nick Annis  Singer songwriter, political satire Think of me
Mike Agranoff   NJ Storyteller/ Songwriter Would you like to play the guitar	Reckless Saints  Americana duo Walkin on a wire
Sarah McCulloch and Raiford Starke Country/Americana Singer-Songwriter Sawmill’s Daughter	Eddy Balzola  Cuban Jazz Guitarist Philadelphia
Grant Livingston Florida Singer Songwriter One Everglades performed on Micheal Stock’s Show (WLRN)	Jordi Baizan   Texas singer/songwriter Looking for a heart
Michela Musolino  Sicilian Singer/World music performer Playing at the Richmond Folk Festival	Valerie W. & Walking Catfish Florida songwriter and storyteller I work at a shell shack
Gator Stage Closed	Brian Smalley Guitar Virtuoso  Original acoustic from the Riverhawk festival 2021
	Crystal Bowersox Singer/Songwriter American Idol Season 9 American Idol Performance-Up to the Mountain The Storm Until Then

Sunday 

Gator Stage 12-4 pm	Main Stage 12:30-6:30 pm
Jazz Education Community Coalition JECC webpage JECC Groovin 2021 @ Pinecrest	Vinnie Del Basso with Bill Ackerman Broward Rockers Blues, Folk, Rock Performance at the S. Fl Folk Fest 2017
Karen Feldner music Singer/songwriter Take my Heart and Run	Scott Jackson Singer/songwriter Florida Highway @ Will Mclean Festival
John Butler–singer/songwriter Oh Miami @ Will Mclean Festival	Annie Wenz & Marie Nofsinger- Folk and Acoustic Singer Songwriters ‘Habenero Honeys’ band   Swanee Spring Reunion  Marie Nofsinger Annie Wenz  Braver Angels
Alligator Alley Bluegrass group	Ruth Wyand  Country Blues  Till it’s safe to go outside
Aaron Nathans Media page	Grant Peeples   Political songwriter   The Hangin’-Grant Peeples at Acoustical Cafe, Austin, TX
Gator Stage Closed	The Kennedy’s    Music Home page
	Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band Matthew Sabatella Matthew and the Rambling String Band Bluegrass and Americana

 

 

 

More Festival Fun

Workshops and jams will be held from 12-4 daily. 

If you’d like to lead a workshop or a jam, email browardfolkclub@gmail.com.

Saturday: 

12-2 General Jam led by Mark Goldberg

2-4 Uke Jam led by Jo Hoffman

 

Kids Area 

12:30-3:30 pm 

We will have a space for kids to come and have fun and be creative! On Saturday from 1-2 there will be a UKELELE workshop for kids (with free uke included!). We will also have drum workshops, arts and crafts, and games for the kids. Kids 12 and under come FREE to the Festival! 

Camping

There will be camping available at the festival. There are a limited number of RV spots with hookups.

Tent and primitive camping is available. NO FIRES!!

Camping is free to performers and vendors, all others can pay using the Paypal link below. 

     2 nights (Friday and Saturday)     $40             

    1 night       $25   

For information and reservations please contact Brian Wolfson at Brian@gotfolk.com. 

 

Tasha sells her beautiful crafts	Cornelius Funk will be selling his handmade drums.

We are looking for a variety of vendors to sell their crafts at the festival.

We also have limited free space for non-profit organizations who would like to have a booth at our festival. 
Please contact peterfoxmassage@gmail.com to book your spot. 

Festival Sponsors

We are seeking sponsorships to make this event a success and to further our efforts to support performers, artists and music students in South Florida throughout the year.  

Sponsorships are as follow:

Bronze             $100.00.

Silver               $250.00           2 weekend Festival tickets   

Gold                $500.00           2 weekend Festival tickets +

                         name on Sponsor’s Banner, ½ page in Festival Brochure

Platinum.      $1,000.00          2 weekend Festival tickets +

                          name on Sponsors Banner, FULL page in Festival Brochure

Sponsor names will be announced from the stages several times during the event.  Sponsors will additionally be listed in the day’s program AND included on our website for the next year.

If you’d like to be a sponsor of the 2023 South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival, email browardfolkclub@gmail.com or contact Bill Wunderlich (1947auto@gmail.com) to arrange payment and perks.

If you paid through the Paypal links, please be sure to contact us to arrange tickets and listings on our banner and brochure. 

Raffles

We will have a 50/50 raffle, but if you are willing to help by donating items or helping us acquire donations for additional raffles, please contact us at browardfolkclub@gmail.com.

Thanks to Penny Lane Music Emporium for donating an instrument for our raffle! You can always count on Armando and Penny Lane staff for great access to local music and fine instruments. 

 

Volunteers Needed

We are looking for volunteers to help with a variety of tasks. We need people to work at the front gate, to help with the CD table, the BFC table, to help with set up (chairs) and break down (Sunday night). We also need people who may be willing to host a musician in their homes. If you are interested, please contact browardfolkclub@gmail.com