You are all invited to a summer festival, and you do not have to leave home!

Starting this weekend and running through labor day, WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS will offer a TRADITIONS SUMMER FESTIVAL each Sunday. Live concert recordings, live guests and surprises are in store each week.

To kick things off, we will present an encore presentation of our 25th Anniversary Concert.

The past year was a very special year for my co-host Bill Hahn and I. In 2005, WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS marked it’s 25th anniversary on the radio and my co-host Bill Hahn and I celebrated by hosting a showcase at the North East Regional Folk Alliance Conference (NERFA). We hosted a Friday night showcase at last fall’s NERFA that turned into a celebration of our 25 years of broadcasting folk music. NERFA is an annual industry conference that attracts musicians, presenters, media and the music industry. There are dozens of showcases throughout the weekend. Since the purpose of showcasing is to give artists an opportunity to strut their stuff in front of an audience, we felt it would be great to record the showcase and offer these showcases to an even larger audience on the radio and to those listening in for our live internet stream.

This Sunday, July 2 from 3 to 6pm eastern time we will present a three hour edition of WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS featuring all the artists who participated in our private showcase as well as a few additional artists that allowed us to record their showcases.

We realize that this is just a small portion of the incredible talent that gathered at Kutsher’s this past November. Bill and I wish we could have broadcast many more artists, but we think the three hour show gives listeners an indication of the diverse talent that makes up our community while helping to spread the great work that is accomplished each year at NERFA.

If you are in the NYC area this Sunday, please listen in at 89.1FM. From anywhere else in the world, just check out our website at www.wfdu.fm and listen in live! (We do not archive our shows – live streams only.) If you were at NERFA, perhaps you can relive the experience or catch an artist you missed. We will do our best to recreate the experience – without the mold!!

It is hard to believe it has been 25 years since I started this radio show. Thanks to NERFA, I get an annual “booster” shot that helps remind me of the important music and wonderful people that make up this folk scene. Bill and I can’t wait to revist this sampling of that talent on Sunday.

Hope you can tune in! Keep checking this website and WFDU-FM’s for more information about upcoming shows!