The Susquehanna Folk Music Society will present the fifth Susquehanna Folk Festival from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 9 to 11, at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts, 50 N. George St., York.

The festival will showcase international and local folk music and dance, with an eclectic world music lineup ranging from Cape Breton fiddle to Appalachian and Venezuelan fusion. In addition to performances, the event will include jams and family activities.

Concert artists will include Cape Breton fiddle and dance performers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Texas swing group Hot Club of Cowtown, Afro roots and blues musician Hubby Jenkins, Appalachian and Venezuelan musical pioneers Larry & Joe, Jewish roots group the Klezmatics, and local emerging artists. Dance performers will include the Contra Rebels with caller Bob Nicholson, the Dead Sea Squirrels with caller Janine Smith, and swing dancing with Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five.

For the first time ever, elements of the festival will be offered free to the public. Free events will include family activities provided by York County Libraries, the Emerging Artist Showcase and Archive Challenge presented in association with the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress, and morning and early afternoon concerts by musicians such as Bobbi Carmitchell and Tanjo & Crow.

The morning festival events are free. For more information and to purchase tickets for activities, visit https://appellcenter.org or https://sfmsfolk.org/festival or call 717-846-1111.

The festival is made possible through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and York County Convention & Visitors Bureau and the support of the Appell Center for the Performing Arts.