Nashville will host the National Folk Festival, billed as the country's longest-running traditional arts event, for three years beginning in 2011, organizers announced today.
The festival will bring at least six stages of continuous music, a dance pavilion, crafts, regional food, storytelling and folklife demonstrations to downtown Nashville for a three-day event that's expected to draw 80,000 people in its first year. Exact dates and locations haven't been decided.
"It will be an event that includes the very finest traditional artists from across the nation, and at the same time, includes the best of Nashville and the best of Tennessee," said Julia Olin, executive director of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, which puts on the festival.
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