Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project
@bfmf.bsky.social
A multimodal digital public history project that explores the Berkeley Folk Music Festival (1958-1970) & the folk music revival on the US West Coast. Director: @michaeljkramer.bsky.social. bfmf.net.
"University of California had a great little folk festival. I think probably the Cal Folk Festival was the first time I ever one on one met traditional performers. I mean, that is to say people who were part of that world."—Jerry Garcia, images from Winter 1962 Berkeley Folk Music Festival, #bfmf
August 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"University of California had a great little folk festival. I think probably the Cal Folk Festival was the first time I ever one on one met traditional performers. I mean, that is to say people who were part of that world."—Jerry Garcia, images from Winter 1962 Berkeley Folk Music Festival, #bfmf
Sam Hinton playing guitar & harmonica (in mouth!), ca. 1965. Hinton served as Berkeley Folk Music Festival MC every year, 1958-1970. A harmonica maestro, humorous raconteur, folk singer &...oceanographer! For more: www.samhinton.org. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sam Hinton playing guitar & harmonica (in mouth!), ca. 1965. Hinton served as Berkeley Folk Music Festival MC every year, 1958-1970. A harmonica maestro, humorous raconteur, folk singer &...oceanographer! For more: www.samhinton.org. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
Jesse Fuller, his one-man band "fodella" & Merritt Herring. Berkeley Folk Music Festival director Barry Olivier & Helen Olivier (now Rubhardt) in the background. On the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social campus, 1959. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Jesse Fuller, his one-man band "fodella" & Merritt Herring. Berkeley Folk Music Festival director Barry Olivier & Helen Olivier (now Rubhardt) in the background. On the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social campus, 1959. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
Who is Folk Music? The Martin Guitar Company wants to know, ca. mid-1960s. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. See the whole pamphlet here: dc.library.northwestern.edu/items/fd9319... #bfmf
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Who is Folk Music? The Martin Guitar Company wants to know, ca. mid-1960s. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. See the whole pamphlet here: dc.library.northwestern.edu/items/fd9319... #bfmf
The New Lost City Ramblers (John Cohen, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz) performing at the 1964 Berkeley Folk Music Festival opening concert in the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Faculty Glade. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The New Lost City Ramblers (John Cohen, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz) performing at the 1964 Berkeley Folk Music Festival opening concert in the @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Faculty Glade. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
I see you A Complete Unknown & Newport Folk Festival & I raise you the completer unknown of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival. Alan Lomax performing at the 1959 Berkeley Folk Music Festival. Photo: Phillip Olivier. From the Berkeley Folk Music Festival Project, bfmf.net. #bfmf
January 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
