The state's 59th annual Florida Folk Festival happens along the Suwanee River at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs this weekend, and if you are willing to take a road trip, the incomparable Acoustic Cafe newgrass extravaganza and camping fest happens in the hills north of Birmingham, Alabama.
The Folk Festival isn't a camping festival (unless you are already registered as a volunteer) but there are campgrounds and motels nearby. Adult tickets are $40 for the weekend, or $20 a day. Kids 16 and under are only $4 for the weekend. The folk festival has neat displays of Florida folk life and lots of country-cookin' food in booths run by various community groups.
I can't say enough wonderful things about Acoustic Cafe. I have seen some of the finest playing ever there. It is intimate, for music lovers, and family friendly. People LISTEN and players RAGE. Click here to listen to some past sets.
In the past, it's been just one stage, with a second smaller one for sets between main stage sets. Here is a festgrrl post on it from last year. Headliners this year are New Orleans piano maven Marcia Ball, Dread Clampitt, the Red Stick Ramblers, Tennessee Firearms, and the Herb Trotman Band. Tickets are $60 at the gate, and you need to buy a $10 parking pass. Kids 12 and under are free.
Camping is primitive, and you can camp next to your car. There are no hookups for motor homes. They have showers. The picking at this festie is sublime, good thing they have free coffee!
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