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 (August 29-31, 2008)-- Johnstown, Pennsylvania

FolkFest 2004 Memories
What an amazing year! FolkFest 2004 was a year of firsts-our first year at the new festival park in downtown Johnstown and the first year for the Community Kitchen. As always, we had top-notch talent, including Celtic rockers Seven Nations, zydeco masters Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band, and America's polka king, Jimmy Sturr. They, along with 18 additional acts, provided more than 77 hours of free entertainment on four mainstages over the course of the three-day festival.
Three days of glorious late summer weather provided perfect festival conditions, as evidenced by the impressive crowds. There were more chairs than ever at the two largest festival stages, and many of the evening shows were standing room only. For the first time ever we had enough room to include dance areas at two of the stages, which were well-used by audiences enjoying everything from polka to zydeco to rockabilly.
We received a great deal of positive feedback on the atmosphere and layout of the new festival park. Bounded by the historic stone bridge and the Cambria Iron & Steel National Historic Landmark, the site provided views of beautiful hillside scenery, the Johnstown Flood Museum and the Inclined Plane. In fact, thanks to the generosity of Somerset Trust, more than 14,000 people enjoyed a free Inclined Plane ride on their way to the festival, making getting there an event in itself.
The Johnstown Area Heritage Association would like to thank all our sponsors, especially AmeriServ Financial; Dodge; Atlantic Broadband; Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; L. Robert Kimball & Associates; RE/MAX Team Realtors; UPMC Lee Regional; Von's United Beverage, Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Anheiser Busch and the Yuengling Brewing Company; Conemaugh Health System; and Walnut Management.
A special thank-you to the owners who so graciously allowed us to use their property: UPMC Lee Regional; Walnut Management; The Sargent's Group; JEMCOR; SFB Partnership; and Mary Ann McCaffery.
We would also like to thank the following for donations of cash, services or products: A T&T Wireless; Benshoff Printing; Cambria County Commissioners; Cambria County Community Service Work Crew; Carpenter's Joint Apprenticeship Committee-Gallitzin Training Center Apprentices, and Carpenter's Local #1419; CBIZ Insurance Services; City of Johnstown; Concurrent Technologies Corp.; Conference Archives; Cox Broadcasting/WJAC-TV 6; Dame Broadcasting; Easy Grade Brushless Auto Wash; First Commonwealth Bank;
1st Summit Bank; Flower Barn; F.M. Sheesley Construction; Forever Broadcasting; Gearhart McKee Inc.; Harvey's Supply Co., Cumberland Truck Parts; Hiram G. Andrews Center; Kathy Holtzman; JWF Industries; Johnstown America Corporation; Johnstown Chemical; Johnstown Redevelopment Authority; Johnstown Wire Technologies; Lamar Advertising; Laurel Auto Group; Laurel Management; Hon. Judge Gerard Long; McClure & McClure, Glass Division;
MetLife; MTS Technologies Inc.; New Pig; Northwest Savings Bank; Mark Pasquerilla; Quaker Sales; Rent-A-Center; The Sargent's Group; SFB Partnership; Somerset Trust; Spence, Custer, Saylor, Wolfe & Rose; State Chemical; State Correctional Institution/Somerset; Suppes Ford; Thomas Automotive Group; Towne Manor; Tribune-Democrat; 12th Congressional Regional Equipment Center; Valley Printing; Valley Proteins; Wagner Dodge; Walnut Management Corporation; Waste Management; Wix Pix; Senator John Wozniak; Zeigler Environment Service.
Finally, a heartfelt thank-you to the more than 500 people who volunteered before, during and after the FolkFest. Without the support of all these businesses and individuals, FolkFest would not be possible. JAHA extends warmest thanks to you all. Planning for FolkFest 2005 is already underway-watch this site for details!