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. Celebrating the 11th anniversary of AmeriServ's title sponsorship!

August 29-31, 2008 -- Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown Magazine Performance Schedule
Updated April 4, 2008 The Johnstown Magazine Performance Schedule for 2008, featuring stage assignments and performance times, is not yet available. We will post the schedule as soon as it is finalized. The artists will play on the following days: Friday, August 29 Beagle Brothers Big Sam's Funky Nation Born Again Floozies Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics Stacie Collins Dubmissive The Marauders Rusty Gun Revival Barrence Whitfield Saturday, August 30 Born Again Floozies Big Sam's Funky Nation Stacie Collins Del Castillo Deke Dickerson & the Ecco-Fonics Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers Farmer Jason Jason & the Scorchers Amy LaVere Red Collar Jason Ricci & New Blood Tom Russell Dallas Wayne Barrence Whitfield Shannon Whitworth Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks World's Greatest Sinners Sunday, August 31 Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys Del Castillo Tim Dabbs Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers Farmer Jason Jason & the Scorchers Jazz In Your Face Amy LaVere Red Collar Jason Ricci & New Blood Tom Russell Dallas Wayne Shannon Whitworth Webb Wilder & the Beatnecks World's Greatest Sinners To get a general idea of what a FolkFest schedule is like, download the 2007 schedule in PDF format. The festival map gives stage locations. An updated schedule and map will be posted as soon as they become available. The AmeriServ Johnstown FolkFest's four mainstages are programmed continually over the course of the event, and most bands play two shows on two days. The approximate times for the festival are as follows: Friday, August 29: 5:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Saturday, August 30: noon-midnight Sunday, August 31: noon-11:30 p.m. Shuttles will begin running one hour prior to the first scheduled performance, and end one hour after the last performance.
Visit the 2008 Performer page for more about the artists confirmed for 2008.
Toyota Stage, presented by Laurel Auto Group
AmeriServ Stage
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Stage
Conemaugh Health System Stage