Kutztown Folk Festival Performers

This collection includes videotapes of different performers and events at the Kutztown Folk Festival. The festival was founded in 1950 and was the first folklife festival in the country and influential on other folklife festivals including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival held annually on the national mall. It was not held in 2020 because of the Covid crisis.

One group of videos was taken by Bill Donner; another was taken in 2010 by Jackie Zabel who was a major in Kutztown University’s film program. I am grateful to Jackie for allowing me to post her videos. I have titled her videos with her name.

Visitors may also want to see the collection of Liars Contests which were held at the Folk Festival.

Visitors will want to learn more about Pennsylvania Germans at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center.

https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/administrative-offices/pennsylvania-german-cultural-heritage-center.html