Murfreesboro, TN – Folk and dance troupes are in the Heart of Tennessee all next week for International Folkfest. The public will have an opportunity to enjoy performances by groups from the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Mexico and our own Cripple Creek Cloggers from Rutherford County.

While on WGNS, Steve Cates said, “We were formed in 1986, and with the exception of a few years during the pandemic, have had an International Folkfest here each year.”

Here are the major public performance locations:

Monday (June 3, 2024)

​​Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Smyrna Public Library
Mexico Troupe Performing 
400 Enon Springs Rd
Smyrna, TN 37167
 10:00 am 
Free to the public

Global Education Center 
4822 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37209
10:00 am - Czech Republic Troupe Performs
​Free Event
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South Jackson Civic Center
​All troupes perform 
Tullahoma, TN 37388
7:00 pm  $10.00  (all groups)
​phone: (931) 455-5321

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Linebaugh Public Library 
​United Kingdom Troupe Performs
105 W Vine St.
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
10:00 am 
Free to the public

​LaVergne Public Library
Mexican Troupe Performs 
5063 Murfreesboro Rd
Lavergne, TN 37086
10:00 am
Free to the Public

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Thursday, June 6, 2024
​Bell Buckle Banquet Hall
​All troupes perform. 
27 Railroad Sq.
Bell Buckle, TN 37020
6:00 PM  (all groups)
​Free to the public
Phone: (931) 389-0223


Friday, June 7, 2024 
 Cedar Glade Brewery
All troupes perform on 3 stages. 
906 Ridgely Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Free to the public. Food trucks will be onsite. 
(bring a lawn chair) 
 5:30-7:30 pm 


Saturday, June 8, 2024
Simply Smyrna
All troupes perform. 
Smyrna Depot District
Free Family Event
​​(bring a lawn chair) 
6:30-8:30 pm 

Cates also noted, “Cedar Glade Brewhouse has prepared a special beer for each of our three visiting troupes:  Mexico, Czech Republic, UK.”