Welcome to the Baltimore Folk Music Society

The Baltimore Folk Music Society is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting folk music, dance, and tradition. BFMS sponsors regular dances, concerts, family events, and related activities year-round. Members receive the BFMS newsletter eleven times per year and are eligible for discounts to Society events by showing their membership card. BFMS is a member of the Country Dance & Song Society and shares reciprocity arrangements with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, and the Annapolis Traditional Dance Society.

Catoctin Registration Open

Register on-line for the 28th Annual Spring Catoctin Music and Dance Weekend

See the Catoctin page for more information.

Attention BFMS Members

  • New By-Laws Adopted Check the By-laws page for related informaton.
  • Recently moved or changed your email address? Wondering why you aren't getting anything from BFMS? Please contact BFMS Membership (membership @ bfms.org) and update your contact information.
  • If you have recently joined BFMS or renewed your membership and did not get anything in the mail (such as a membership Card) please contact the Membership Chair at membership @ bfms.org. Thank you.

Download the current newsletter on the Newsletter page or get a copy of the Mini News here.

If you missed BFMS at the MPT Folk Festival at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall here are a few pictures.

Special Events

October 12 2013 
Playford Ball
The Pleasure of Your Company is Requested at the Baltimore Playford Ball
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Church of the Redeemer, 5603 North Charles Street

Music by the Winds of Time
Barbara Greenberg, violin
Daniel Beerbohm, winds
Marty Taylor, recorders and concertina
Jonathan Jensen, piano


 

See our Events page for a complete listing of events and details.

How to Contact Us

By E-mail - use our Contact page.

We can also be reached by conventional mail at

Baltimore Folk Music Society, P.O. Box 7134 Waverly Station, Baltimore, MD 21218-0134.

Call the Baltimore Folk Music Society's Music & Dance Hotline! (888) 646-BFMS
or email president at bfms.org.


Membership expired? Renew on-line! See the Membership page for details.

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The Baltimore Folk Music Society is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.

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Coming up:

See our Events page for a complete listing of events and details.

June 19 2013 
Contra Dance
Rickey Holt calls to Charlie Pilser (piano) and Tina Chancey (fiddle).

 
June 23 2013 
Fourth at Four
Storytelling at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church
 
June 24 2013 
English Country Dance
Diane Schmit calling to Marty Taylor (recorders and concertina), Dave Crandall (winds), and Jonathan Jensen (piano, ocarina)
 
June 26 2013 
Contra Dance
Kim Forrey calls to AP and the Banty Roosters - Mark Lynch, (mandolin and tenor banjo), Joe Langley (guitar), Artie Abrams (bass), and Andy Porter (fiddle). *New dancer orientation at 7:30PM.
 
July 13 2013 
2nd Saturday Dance
Caller: Laura Brown
Band: AP and the Banty Roosters
Mark Lynch (mandolin & tenor banjo), Joe Langley (guitar),Artie Abrams (bass) & Andy Porter (fiddle)