Day 610 New Bedford Folk Festival 2013
The New Bedford Folk Festival features the best in contemporary, traditional, and Celtic folk music. NBFF is an affordable destination for families seeking a fun-filled Independence Day weekend Saturday July 6th and Sunday July 7th  o  .Hosted by the City of New Bedford and The Standard-Times, the New Bedford Folk Festival offers an exciting atmosphere with great music, beautiful arts and crafts and fun activities for the whole family on the southcoast. The festival is located in the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and the Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford. 
The New Bedford Folk Festival called “one of the most exciting and smartly programmed festivals in the Northeast†and “New England’s most enjoyable folk festival†is an affordable destination for families seeking a fun-filled weekend.
The New Bedford Folk Festival presents the best in folk and acoustic music on seven stages in and around the National Park that range from the 1,200-seat Zeiterion Performing Arts Center to the intimacy of the “Meet the Performer†area.
Performers are presented in concerts and in the popular festival “workshops†which are gatherings of musicians in shows you have never seen before and will not see again.
The festival also features a high quality crafts show with over 90 juried, handmade crafts for sale at affordable prices.
Food will also be available including the justifiably world famous New Bedford landed fish and scallops.
Since the New Bedford Folk Festival is a family event, a children’s activities area will also be featured.
Festival hours are Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. A Weekend Pass (both Saturday and Sunday) purchased in advance online is $20. Special advance weekend passes at $15 available only by purchasing in person at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center.
Prices during festival weekend are $20 a day/$25 Weekend Pass/$15 Student Weekend Pass with student ID. Children under 12 are free.
Weekend passes can be purchased at www.newbedfordfolkfestival.com/ourstore.html.