White Springs News

The 60th Annual Florida Folk Festival three day cultural celebration of Florida's music, dance, storytelling, crafts and food delighted all ages and tastes.

Songwriters, singers, instrumentalists, dancers and storytellers are gathering to share in the joy of folk tradition at one of America's oldest and largest folk festivals.

With so much bedrock-solid Florida History-with-a-Capital-H on their side, one wonders why the good citizens ofA White Springs troubled themselves to adopt that carpetbagger Stephen Foster.

Under the auspices of the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Florida Park Service operates the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs.

Ravines Wine Cellars of Hammondsport has purchased a winemaking production facility in Geneva from White Springs Winery Vineyards owner Carl Fribolin.

Best known for the songs "City of New Orleans" and "Alice's Restaurant," Guthrie joins regional and local artists for the festival's slate of over 300 performances at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs .