Who we are!

The Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society was started in 2000 as a non-profit organization established to promote and support Bluegrass and acoustic music in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Northern New Jersey region. The main activites of the PB&FS are monthly shows and jam sessions at the Elks Club in East Stroudsburg, PA and the annual Winterfest, a three day festival in early Febuary at the Elks Club and other venues in the Pocono area.

Another function of the PB&FS is maintaining a scholarship fund promoting musical education for local students and operating a children's program during Winterfest that features musical and other folklore activities.

For the last three years the PB&FS has had tax exempt status qualifying it for fully deductible donations and grants.

The Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society officers are:
Neil Morris - President
John Updike - Treasurer
Debbie Fry - Secretary.

The Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society together with the Pocono Arts Council conduct a raffle of musical instruments featuring a Martin guitar as a fund raising activity.

The Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society is a not for profit all volunteer organization. We are supported in part by the PA Partners in the Arts, the regional arts funding partnership of the PA Council on the Arts, a state agency, funding in the region is administered by the Pocono Arts Council, Stroudsburg, PA. Futher funding is from the East Stroudsburg Savings Association and others and especially our members.

We need you!!