The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront August 22-24, 2008        The American Folk Festival is a large-scale, three-day event. Held each year at the end of August in downtown Bangor, Maine, the Festival presents the music and dance from the many cultures that make up America today. Here's what awaits you at the American Folk Festival: over two dozen of the nation's finest performing groups sharing the traditional arts of their region, culture and heritage 5 stages of continuous music and dance traditional craft demonstrations and exhibits a children's area with performances and activities for the whole family dozens of food vendors offering ethnic food, regional specialties and traditional festival favorites a Folk Art & Craft Marketplace offering unique, handcrafted items for sale The American Folk Festival is produced in Bangor by the Bangor Folk Festival, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, with partnering support from: Donations made to the American Folk Festival are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. Thank you to our 2008 Virtuoso & Soprano Sponsors! Virtuoso Soprano