Administrative History
The Indian Neck Folk Festival was founded by student members of the Yale University Folk Music Club and others and held in 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, and since then usually held annually on a weekend in May. The group raised money for the festival by hosting a series of public folk music concerts in New Haven, Connecticut, and other locations. Around 1970 the non-profit organization cut its ties with Yale. From about 1977 to 1985 the festival administration was based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and hosted a number of concerts there and in other locations, while continuing to hold the Indian Neck Folk Festival, by invitation only, in Falls Village, Connecticut. Audio engineer Christopher Moore recorded some of the earlier festivals and other concerts.