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FacebookRSSHomeHistoryFiddler’s Green ArchivesAAFFM EventsBooking InquiryFolk Community EventsHosting Jam SessionsHouse Concert GuidelinesNewsFrank Hamilton Folk SchoolResourcesBluegrassCD ReviewsCelticCircles, Open Mics, Etc.CoffeehousesDanceDulcimerMusic CampsMusic FestivalsMusic LessonsMusic SourcesMusic StoresPerformers for HireRadioShape NoteContactMembership ApplicationSign UpSelect Page Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music(AAFFM)Welcome! This site lists information about folk music and related activities in the greater Atlanta area and the Southeastern U.S. It contains: General and recurring information in an expanded directory formatLinks to other folk resourcesSee the EVENTS Tab for Fiddler's Green and other AAFFM- sponsored concerts, workshops, and pickin' parties, as well as other events of interest in and around Atlanta.In email blasts, you'll find details about current events and information on member-only activities like our famous "get-togethers". If you'd like to host a pick-'n-grin, let us know! See the EVENTS tab for upcoming concerts and pickin' parties. Contact us at [email protected] to host a pickin' party, join our organization, find out about an upcoming concert, party or workshop, or to submit listings to the website. See the 'History' tab for the history of the organization. AAFFM sponsors a local monthly coffeehouse, Fiddler's Green, that features concerts that included traditional music, singer-songwriters, poetry and storytelling. As of August, 2016, it is held at First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta. AAFFM Membership benefits include the email blasts (our mailing list will always remain private) and discounts on AAFFM sponsored concerts. Annual membership dues are $15 for individuals and $20 for families, $35 sustaining members. E-mail [email protected] for membership information or click HERE for our Membership Application. AAFFM Needs YOUWe at AAFFM deeply appreciate John’s kind letter (see below) and hope it inspires you to join or re-join AAFFM. Just click the button below in order to access our membership application. Thanks, Chris Moser, President AAFFMClick Here to support AAFFMJohn McCutcheonSmoke Rise, GAApril 7, 2019Dear Friends,I got a call, early on in my years of performing, from Betty Smith, a friend I’d met at the Folk Festival of the Smokies, inviting me to come do a show in Atlanta. A follow up call from Don and Laeta Smith sealed the deal and, sometime in the 1970’s I appeared in Atlanta for the first of many times. My host was a freshly-formed group, The Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music. What I found was a devoted clutch of folk music lovers who not only presented concerts, but sponsored all sorts of events that encouraged people to play music themselves, to share the love of this music that is the root of all the world’s music. To get involved with the music, with one another, with the world. Having this lovely relationship with Atlanta played a part in my decision to move here in 2006. And I thank you for that.Over forty years later, AAFFM is still sponsoring events that are meeting places for Atlantans of all stripes and a watering hole for that wandering herd of performers still plying the boards out there. I get to see some of my far-flung fellow performing pals as a result of these. And I thank you for that.But groups such as AAFFM do not magically sustain themselves. Communities must commit to survive. And in this age of hyper-tribalism it’s more important than ever to reach out, to stand up, to say, “This is the kind of community, the kind of world, I want to be a part of.” You’ll never see the musicians AAFFM brings into our intimate gatherings at the Fox or on Netflix. No, you have to go out, sit shoulder-to-shoulder with others and have that experience live and in person. You can learn how to play, how to sing, how to harmonize in jam sessions not sponsored by YouTube. And, in the process, help build a community that improves the lives of individuals and the collective community life of Atlanta.Pete Seeger would have been 100 years old this year. He taught us what we could feel like, what we could do if we risked adding our voice to the others in his audience, if we dared to harmonize with a roomful of strangers. But we had to make the move.So, my fellow Atlantans, make the move, risk, dare, and join me in continuing to support the Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music. And for that I thank you, as well.Take it easy, but take it! www.folkmusic.comBecome an AAFFM Member!JOIN NOWFiddler's Green Coffeehouse Events (Click to Access)What's Happening?Visit Our Community Events CalendarFiddler’s Green is Back!Mar 2, 2022 | AAFFM, Fiddler's Green, News | 0 CommentsWE'RE BACK on MARCH 19th (with COVID precautions for now)! AAFFM Presents: A Celtic Evening with Colcannon Society, and The Irish Brothers Click Here for Details read more FacebookRSSDesigned by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress