Our Supporters
Contributions and Donations
The Albuquerque Folk Festival is a non-profit event held with the goal of increasing the public's participation in music and dance activities. In the tradition of the folk ethic, the goals of the Albuquerque Folk Festival are to highlight non-commercial acoustic folk music and dance activities in the greater Albuquerque region and to encourage individuals to sing, dance and play music.
2007 Supporters & Vendors
The Albuquerque
Folk Festival is made possible in part by:
New Mexico Arts, a division of the
Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Mayor Martin Chavez and the City of Albuquerque
Cultural Services and the Urban Enhancement
Trust Fund
Sponsors:
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Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau, destination event promotion
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Betsy James for donating this year's very professional T-Shirt design:
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Howard
Johnson Inn, 15 Hotel Circle NE/I-40 Exit 165
Albuquerque, NM, 87123, 296-4852, providing rooms
for our Main Stage performers
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KUNM, broadcasting live from the festival!
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Folk Music and Dance Society of New Mexico (FolkMADS); Sponsoring Main Stage acts: Antonia Apodaca & Bayou Seco and La Rondalla de Albuquerque.
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Sam's Club, 300 Eubank Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM (505) 298-5308
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Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union, Financial choices to help you succeed
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Jim Cochran and Vision Trust, 898-6988 for Festival video and Public Service Announcement (PSA) production
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Whole
Foods Market, 5815 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109, .856-0474,
providing food for our main-stage entertainers.
Plus the contributions of numerous individuals including our dedicated volunteers.
Vendors
In 2007, we had a vastly expanded number of vendors who showed their wares at the festival, thanks to the hard work of Judy Muldawer lining folks up. These vendors are a valuable resource to the folk arts community, and we appreciate their support of that community and the folk festival. If you are a vendor selling items that would be of interest to folk festival attendees, contact us to find out how you can be part of the festival.
How to Make a Contribution to the Albuquerque Folk Festival:
Sit down and figure out the cost of a movie and snacks for your family. Your gift of that amount to AFF will provide thousands of people with 60 workshops, 7 folk bands, unlimited jam sessions and an unforgettable 12-hour experience. Talk about a bargain!
Make your check out to the Albuquerque Folk Festival. It's tax deductible!
Mail it to
Albuquerque Folk Festival P.O. Box 4837 Albuquerque, NM 87196Do it now. You'll be glad. Thanks.
Donations of Closet Instruments
A closet instrument is a musical instrument nobody plays. It sits in the closet year after year while an aspiring musician longs for an instrument to play.
The Albuquerque Folk Festival can help. Instruments are made to be played. When you donate your closet instruments to AFF, we will give you a tax-deductible receipt for its appraised value. Any instrument, not just folk instruments, will do. Local dealers will let us trade for instruments we can use in the Festival workshops. Also, we have arranged for Apple Mountain Music to rent them--proceeds to AFF.
If the instrument is not rentable or usable due to damage, etc., we will offer it for sale by silent auction at the Festival. In any event, your closet instrument will find its way to a player.
E-mail a description of your instrument to us, sponsors@abqfolkfest.org and we'll contact you. Thanks!