Folk:

The Music We Love

The Folkus Project fosters and promotes traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music in Syracuse and Central New York through folk music concerts and workshops. If you would like to learn more about our upcoming artists than what is on this page, you can click on their MySpace page icon in our friends section or go to our website .

Us:

Who We Are and What We Do

The Folkus Project organizes and sponsors folk/acoustic shows at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society and assists in presenting and promoting a monthly "second Saturday" series at the Westcott Community Center. Between Labor Day and Memorial Day each year, approximately 30 shows are presented. In addition, occasional workshops are sponsored in coordination with concert appearances by artists who do such things.

Join Us?

We are almost always searching for new volunteers and board members. Won't you join us? Folk music exists outside of the commercial mainstream and needs the focused attention of a community to survive. E-mail [email protected] for more info.

History: A Short Tribute to Happy Endings Cake & Coffeehouse and owners Shelby and John Crowley

The Folkus Project was created with the help and support of Happy Endings Cake & Coffeehouse (which, sadly, has since closed). For the 10-plus years that it existed, Happy Endings and owners Shelby and John Crowley provided Syracuse's most welcoming, supportive, and stable home for folk and acoustic music. The Folkus Project's concert presentations today, though no longer staged at Happy Endings, directly continue a legacy begun by John and Shelby and the whole Happy Endings cosmos. (Even more sadly, Shelby passed away in September 2005. All of Syracuse folkdom misses her.)