About Us
The
San Francisco Free Folk Festival was conceived in 1976 by the San Francisco
Folk Music Club, which staged it for the first two years at the Hall
of Flowers. It then moved to Fort Mason, where it remained for 13 years,
before moving to the John Adams campus of City College until that venue
became too small. Several years ago, the festival moved to its current
home at Roosevelt Middle School. Last year, between 2,000 and 3,000
people attended the event. It takes about 200 volunteers to stage the
Festival.
The festival was co-sponsored for many years by the San Francisco Folk
Music Center / Plowshares Acoustic Music Center. We are also grateful
for the support of our friends as KALW.
While
the festival would be a special event under any circumstances,
what
makes
it unique
is
the
fact that
it is
an all-volunteer
effort.
Not only do members of the sponsoring organization - the San Francisco
Folk Music Club –serve
as volunteer organizers, but all performers and workshop leaders
donate
their time and talents to the festival as well.
Detailed planning for the festival begins several months in advance.
The committee this year included:
—Art Peterson
—Doug Debs
—Garry Wiegand
—Ruth Mikusko
—Carol Chapman
—Doug Jones
—Karen Imperial
—Tirtza Rosenberg
—Cheryl MacDonald
—Juanita Shaikh
—Jim Saxe
—Michael Jones
—Robin Cohen
—Lorraine Sohlberg
—Joe Cadora