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
Submissions from 2019
Patrick Donmoyer on Hex Signs (or Barn Stars), Patrick Donmoyer
Patrick Donmoyer on Pennsylvania Dutch Powwowing, Patrick Donmoyer
Dave Valuska, Pennsylvania Germans in the Civil War, Dave Valuska
Michael Werner Kutztown Folk Festival, Michael Werner
Submissions from 2018
Leroy Brown, Life of a Dutchman, Leroy Brown
Submissions from 2017
Doug Madenford, Ask a PA Dutchman, Doug Madenford and Chris Larose
Bill Meck and Leroy Brown Humor, Bill Meck and Leroy Brown
July 4 Parade, Festival Performers and Bill Donner
Submissions from 2015
Hanging of Susanna Cox, Bill Donner
Submissions from 2010
Zabel 002 Humor, Soap, Hex signs Education, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 003 Loom, jewelry, quilt auction, schools, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 004 One room schools, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 005 Susanna Cox, Children's Stage, Beekeeping, various, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 011 Hex Signs, Assistant Director, Flintlocks, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 013 Festival signage, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 014 Hanging, various crafts, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 015 Square dance, loom, redware, stoneware, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 017 Folk singing, festival scenes, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 018 Block prints, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 019A Folk band, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 019B Music, glass. blowing, fiddle dancing, Mennonites, Festival History, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 020A Carving, dolls, clay, jewelry, birds, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 020B House Construction, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 021 Chairs, jewelry, Civil War, redware, hex signs, Jackie Zabel
Zabel 022 Thatching, ox roast, July 4 Parade, Jackie Zabel
Zabel Legends, Humor, Quilts, Jackie Zabel
Submissions from 2007
Evan Snyder and Toys, Evan Snyder
