Minnesota Folk Festival
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The Minnesota Folk Festival is an institute dedicated to folk music
in Minnesota
. The Festival holds several annual shows, including an eponymous festival and St. Paul Celtic Connections.
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The Festival holds several annual shows, including an eponymous festival and St. Paul Celtic Connections.