The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) The NCTA is the nation’s oldest multicultural arts presenting organization. For over eight decades, through festivals, tours, symposia, exhibits, and media productions, the NCTA has showcased the very best of the myriad grassroots folk, tribal and ethnic cultures that comprise our diverse nation.
Festivals / Events
National Folk Festival
Lowell Folk Festival
American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront
Richmond Folk Festival
Blue Ridge Music Center
National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships
Great Lakes Folk Festival
Flood City Music Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Working Waterfront Festival
Montana Folk Festival
Organizations, etc.
National Endowment for the Arts
TAPNet – Links to Traditional Arts orgainizations across the nation
Regional Arts Agencies
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Blue Ridge Institute
American Routes
American Folklore Society
Western Folklife Center
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
City Lore
World Music Institute
The Philadelphia Folklore Project
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Texas Folklife
Folk Alliance
Traditional Music Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Arhoolie Records
Rounder Records
Alligator Records
Shanachie Records
County Sales
Rebel Records
Virginia Folklife Recordings
Compass Records
