Welcome to the official site of the AmeriServ Johnstown FolkFest - one of the best free music festivals in the nation! Produced by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, the FolkFest features more than 70 hours of free music over Labor Day weekend. Check back often for updates!

Every Labor Day weekend, - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

FolkFest 2005 Memories
Yet another wonderful year for the AmeriServ Johnstown FolkFest 2005! Three days of beautiful weather, terrific performances, and great crowds combined to make the September 2-4 event a resounding success. The Johnstown Area Heritage Association, producers of the FolkFest, would like to thank the following for making it all possible.
We thank our major sponsors for their support of FolkFest 2005, especially title sponsor AmeriServ Financial; major and stage sponsors Atlantic Broadband, Conemaugh Health System, Dodge, and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; sponsors RE/MAX Team Realtors, Waste Management, Somerset Trust, Von's United Beverage, Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Anheuser Busch and Yuengling Brewing Company.
A special thank-you to the owners who graciously allow us to use their properties to stage FolkFest: Conemaugh Health System, FreightCar America Corp., Carole Furst Gigliotti, JEMCOR, Mary Ann McCaffrey, The Sargent's Group, SFB Partnership, and Walnut Management.
JAHA thanks these additional sponsors: Coast to Coast Wireless; Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Carpenter's Joint Apprenticeship Committee,Gallitzin Training Center and Neville Island Apprentices; Carpenter's Local #1419; Cambria County Transit Authority; CBIZ Insurance Services; City of Johnstown; Concurrent Technologies Corp.; Conference Archives; Easy Grade Brushless Auto Wash; First Commonwealth Bank; 1st Summit Bank; Flower Barn; F.M. Sheesley Construction; Hiram G. Andrews Center; JWF Industries; Johnstown Chemical; Johnstown Redevelopment Authority; Johnstown Wire Technologies; Laurel Auto Group;
Laurel Management; MetLife; Morgan Signs; MTS Technologies Inc.; New Pig; Northwest Savings Bank; Quaker Sales; Rent-A-Center; The Sargent's Group; SFB Partnership; Slovenian Savings & Loan; Somerset Trust; Spence, Custer, Saylor, Wolfe & Rose; State Chemical; State Correctional Institution, Somerset; Suppes Ford; Thomas Automotive Group; The Tribune-Democrat; Thrifty Car Rental of Johnstown; Valley Proteins; Wagner Dodge; Walnut Management; Waste Management; Wix Pix; Senator John Wozniak
JAHA would also like to thank our media sponsors: WJAC Channel 6 / Cox Broadcasting; Johnstown Magazine; Cool 101.7; the stations of Forever Broadcasting, including 96 Key, Froggy 95, Hot 99, Rocky 92, and News Talk 990; Lamar Advertising; Morgan Signs; and Clark Productions. JAHA also thanks Jim Alexander, whose FolkFest photographs are seen throughout this Web site.
Johnstown FolkFest receives state arts funding support from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Finally, a big thank-you to all 500+ volunteers who donated their time to Johnstown FolkFest 2005. Many volunteers spend most of their weekend with us, and many have been volunteering faithfully for years -- the FolkFest would simply not be possible without their help.
JAHA sincerely thanks all of the businesses and individuals for their ongoing commitment to FolkFest. Planning for FolkFest 2006 is already underway -- watch this site for details. See you next year!