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.


The April Mini-Newsletter is available to download. Get your copy today on the Event Fliers page.


Tellabration! 2011 pictures - on the Tellabration! page.


If you missed BFMS at the MPT Folk Festival at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Saturday (9/17) here are a few pictures.


Special Events

May 19 2012 
Swallowtail Dance
Challenging Contras for Experienced Dancers. Dance to the music and calling of Swallowtail.
See the web page for details.

 
June 15 2012 
Catoctin Mountain Weekend
Catoctin Mountain Camp Weekend - June 15 to 17, 2012. Registration Open. See the web page for details.
 

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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Weekly Event Listing by E-mail

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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.

May 19 2012 
Swallowtail Dance
Challenging Contras for Experienced Dancers. Dance to the music and calling of Swallowtail.
See the web page for details.

 
May 20 2012 
# Dickeyville Sunday Dance
Whirlitzer
Amy Hopkins (fiddle), Gerry Hemming (guitar), Ed Vandenbosche (Cello), Mike Duty (concertina)
Others may drop in to jam.
Caller: Becca Denison
 
May 21 2012 
English Country Dance
Carl Friedman calling to the big sound of the Geud Band of Baltimore
 
May 23 2012 
Contra/square Dance
Dave Colestock calls to the Baltimore Open Band
*New Dancer Orientation at 7:30PM