Celebrating forty-one years of making music! The Folk Club is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to the appreciation of music and the preservation of folk traditions. Each Tuesday we host an open mic and/or special monthly events, including concerts and member showcases. Come join us any Tuesday. Whether you choose to listen, perform or both, you’ll find the Folk Club to be a friendly and enjoyable experience you’ll want to repeat.

Every Tuesday at 7:00 pm, Amphora Diner Deluxe, 1151 Elden St, Herndon, Virginia 20170

News, Notes & Quotes

Important Dates:

July 6 & 20 – Alternate Mondays Virtual Open Mic on Zoom

July 14 – Showcase Night featuring Felicia Hanna

July 21 – Theme Night – Pets, Critters, and Mythical Beasts

Tuesday, July 14th:

July Showcase featuring:

Felicia Hanna

Felicia was born in a peapod high on a steep mountainside in the Himalayas. The harsh climate made her grateful for the temperate and lovely scenery of Virginia, which seemed to say, “Come on in!” Nestled along the Potomac she lived a breezy and peaceful life watching the water flow, feeling the wind whistle, and listening to nature’s song.

Along the way, she met a Music Man and knew to Listen to her heart. She would dance, and the earth seemed to understand, sprouting a beautiful seed that stretched towards the heavens and unfurled to reveal a sparkling moonflower. The flower, too, delighted in existing and being a Little Dancer, swayed to the rhythm of life’s play. As the lightning bugs rose in the trees, three Fairy God-Mothers appeared in the twinkling sunset and blessed them all with Love and Time and Music and the strings again began to sing and thump-bump. From delight sprang forth a million things that twirled in the sky as twilight deepened and the stars began to peek. ‘Here’s to us!’ they cheered. Many flew off and some landed on the water, concentric ripples by the thousands, bounding along as the strings would sing and thump-bump. “This is the life,” she thought. And a sound rose up from the cacophony of everything, ever changing, ever flowing, ever knowing, and she began to sing.

Please join us for an evening of strings and songs celebration of the beautiful joy of living and learning and loving your life.

Felicia

Tuesday, July 21st:

Theme Night

Pets, Critters, and Mythical Beasts

Think Peter Yarrow. Think of a pet – and, if not a pet, then a playmate. Think of other cuddly animals.

Think of a mythical creature – although, perhaps a kindly one. What have we got?

Novelty songs are certainly ripe with possibilities, but maybe you’ll land on a tender remembrance of a pet. But songs about more fearsome critters are fair game. Think beyond Puff. Here there be dragons!!

Put on your animal kingdom thinking caps.

(“There were two buffalos, two buffalos, two buffalos on my lawn / romping all around and stomping on the ground ‘til all of my grass was gone!” Rolf Harris, 1964)


“Folk Music has pretty powerful medicine for changing your heart.” – Paul Stookey