Photographs of performers and sights at the Boarding House Park Stage at the 2005 Lowell Folk Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts

The Lowell Folk Festival��the largest free folk festival in the nation�is three days of traditional music, dance, craft demonstrations, street parades, dance parties, and delicious ethnic foods, presented on six outdoor stages throughout the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. 2004 dates for the festival are Friday, July 29, 7:00-10:00 pm; Saturday, July 30, noon - 10:00 pm; Sunday, July 31, noon - 7:00 pm. Presented by Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell Festival Foundation, National Council for the Traditional Arts and the City of Lowell. The Lowell Folk Festival� also features craft demonstrations, over twenty varieties of delicious ethnic foods and a family activity area. For more information, contact Lowell National Historical Park, 67 Kirk Street, Lowell, MA 01852, telephone #978-970-5000(V); #978-970-5002(TDD).

"At Lowell, the world came together." Daniel Gewertz, Boston Herald, July 31, 2000

( from http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/index.htm )