About Us

The Folk Club is an all volunteer organization led by an elected Board of Directors.

President: Ray Kaminsky
Treasurer: Dave Hurd
Board of Directors: Sue Beffel, Bill Davis, TM Hanna, Lynn Jordan, Ellen Kaminsky, Chris Kramer-Harnage, Sue Schier, Ron Goad, Bob Hampton.
Publicity: Sue Schier 703-435-2402
Bookings: Ray Kaminsky 703-689-0444
Newsletter: Bob Hampton BHampton@ossva.com
Website: Armen Karimian, Bob Hampton

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership in the Folk Club is open to all.  The cost is a nominal $15/year, which includes $1 off up to (2) tickets for each monthly concert (see Concerts below).  Folk Club members are also eligible for the monthly showcase drawings (see Showcase below).  Contact treasurer Dave Hurd (DAHurdSr@cs.com) about becoming a member.

FOLK CLUB FEATURES:
Open Mike
Most Tuesday nights, the Folk Club is an open mike format with a sign-up board. There are ten performer slots and each performer has 12 minutes, which included set-up time. A $1 donation is suggested to all audience members, to help defray operating costs and use of the room.

Concerts
On one Tuesday of the month, the Folk Club hosts a concert featuring a National or Internationally recognized artist.

Showcase
On the second Tuesday of the month, we feature a “Showcase” of a Folk Club member in a 25-minute performance.  On these evenings, there is a drawing for the next month's showcase performer.  Members are eligible to put their name in the hat if it they have not performed a showcase in the past 6 months.

NEWSLETTER:

The Folk Club publishes a monthly newsletter and Folk Club members are encouraged to submit performance calendars, classified advertisements, articles, reviews, artwork and other music related items to Bob Hampton at BHampton@ossva.com. Information should be received one week before the last day of the month in which you want it published. Items will be published on the basis of music related interest, timeliness, and space available.