Filk

Guest of Honor:

Clam Chowder - Filk Guest of Honor

Guests

Maury Kestenbaum

Filk has been called "Science Fiction Folk Music." The filk tradition began with music-lovers gathering in the evenings at science fiction conventions, sort of like a campfire sing-a-long without the fire. Like anything else touched by science fiction people, though, we had to add our own creative touch to it, until it had been perverted to the point where few could sense its humble folk origins.

Modern filkers have been known to perform practically anything that catches their fancy, including well-known tunes with new lyrics, completely original songs, instrumentals from harp to bagpipe to synthesizer, rock, and even bluegrass.