Folkmoot International Day

The Folkmoot International Day gathering of culture and artistic expression will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 29, on Main Street in Waynesville.

In celebration of Folkmoot’s 40th anniversary, the event will feature an array of arts/crafts vendors, food trucks, craft beer, live music and dance.

An Old English term meaning “meeting of the people,” Folkmoot came to fruition through the vision and imagination of the late Dr. Clinton Border. A Waynesville surgeon, Border tagged along with a local square dance group to a festival in England in 1973. He was inspired by the sense of community and culture he saw at the festival, with the seed quickly planted to some- how do something similar back home in Haywood County.

Along the course of its existence, Folkmoot has remained a bastion of world culture, this beacon of hope in dark times. Regardless of where you stand politically, the more one exposes themselves to things, perhaps, outside of their daily bubble that is their life, the more you begin to see and interact with the bigger picture — a chance to step outside of yourself in an honest quest to find your true self.

Performers appearing will include the following:

• Celtic Road Band: Waynesville area musicians who play a mix of Irish and Scottish traditional acoustic folk songs.