Welcome to the San Francisco Folk Music Club!

Whether you sing traditional songs or newer songs, a cappella or with your guitar, whether you play Old-Time, Irish, or other instrumental tunes, whether you dance contra, Irish, or swing, we’re always thrilled to meet new musicians! Come to one of our events, find out more about what we do, or join us!

FOLK CLUB NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

SFFMC summer holiday weekend gatherings coming up!

We will be returning to Camp Herms in the El Cerrito hills for our 2024 “July 4” and Labor Day weekend gatherings.  Details about our summer gatherings at Camp Herms are here!

2024 El Cerrito Free Festival will be on October 20

Save the date!  SFFMC’s 2024 El Cerrito Free Folk Festival will be live and in person on Sunday, October 20 at the El Cerrito Community Center on Moeser Lane in El Cerrito.  (Note the change from the previously announced date.) Details are on the festival website.

In-person musical meetings are back!

Our in-person musical meetings have started up again!  They’re on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month from 7 pm to 11 pm.  We are back at our pre-pandemic site at Cyprian’s in San Francisco at 2097 Turk St., at the corner of Lyon.  Details are here.

Questions?  Contact Glen at gvanlehn@sonic.net .

2024 SF Free Folk Festival was a success!

SFFMC’s 2024 San Francisco Free Folk Festival was on Saturday July 13.  Photos and video are here!  We returned to our 2023 location in Golden Gate Park.   For more information about the festival, check out the festival website.  Our festivals in Golden Gate Park are co-sponsored by Illuminate and the San Francisco City Recreation and Parks Department.

Spring Harmony Online 2024 was March 8-10

Spring Harmony Online was another successful online SFFMC event with workshops, concerts, jams, singarounds, and more.  More than 200 people registered!  More info is here.  We plan to be back in Spring 2025!

2023-24 Camp Harmony was a success

This was our first in-person New Year’s Camp in four years!  We returned to our former site at Camp Newman, between Calistoga and Santa Rosa, which has been rebuilt since the fire there in 2017.   We hope to return to Camp Newman for Camp Harmony 2024-25.  More info about the 2023-24 camp is here.

SFFMC online member directory

The SFFMC member directory is online at https://www.sffmc.org/member-directory!  The directory can only be viewed by current members who are logged into the website.   If you run into problems, contact the SFFMC membership coordinator at membership@sffmc.org .

Community folk calendar now on our site!

Thanks to folknik calendar editor Shelby Solomon, we have a new community folk calendar on our website!  Check it out here.

SFFMC survey results

Some of you may remember that SFFMC did a member/community survey back in December 2020.  Here are the compiled results of the multiple-choice questions: https://www.sffmc.org/wp-content/uploads/SFFMC-survey-multiple-choice-report.pdf .  Thanks again to everyone who responded!