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Making a Donation

The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance is dedicated to building community, celebrating artistry, and carrying forward traditions of primarily Celtic origin for future generations. To fulfill its mission, the Festival relies on the generosity of its supporters. Thank you for your interest and consideration in supporting the Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance!

Acadia Trad is governed by Friends of the Acadia Trad Festival, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) Maine nonprofit corporation. All contributions support our Scholarship, Artistic Work Study and Artists-in-Residence programs and are tax-deductible.

Online donations

Online donations can be made via the buttons below, either as a one-time gift or as recurring support.

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Acadia Trad is enrolled with the PayPal Giving Fund. You may choose to support us through partner platforms including PayPal, eBay, GoFundMe, Humble Bundle, Airbnb, Nextdoor, Meta, ShoppingGives, Zakatify and more. Search for “Friends of the Acadia Trad Festival” if you’re prompted to choose a charity by one of these platforms, and PayPal Giving Fund will grant donations to our charity!

Donations by check

If you prefer to send a contribution by check (including contributions from a donor-advised fund or charitable account), please make it payable to Friends of the Acadia Trad Festival and mail it to:

Kerstin Gilg, Treasurer
Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
69 Smith Road
Dayton, ME 04005

Acadia Trad aims to draw from the very best teachers and performers of trad music in the U.S., Canada and beyond, including instructors of our five core genres: Acadian, Cape Breton, Irish, Québécois and Scottish, as well as adjacent styles. We strive to include both master tradition bearers and up-and-coming artists, all of whom will engage and inspire students in small classroom settings. We are committed to including participants of different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds and students of all generations and ability levels.

It’s not just the tunes, the dancing, the musicians or the traditions – it’s the magic that happens when we put it all together. Young students learn from master tradition bearers, then bring their own unique gifts to the endeavor – thus the traditions are learned, celebrated and they evolve. The traditions are alive.

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Sponsors

WERU Community Radio

A proud supporter of Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance since the beginning, we are honored and delighted to announce WERU as Festival Sponsor again in 2026!

Donnelly Family

Mousam River Music

OffMill Wedding Flowers

O’Neill Family

Québec Government Office in Boston

Wasserman Kline Family

Partners

Alliance Française du Maine

Anabelle Keimach & Annelise Papinsick

Bar Harbor Story

Fiddle Hell

Concord Community Music School

Consulate General of Canada in Boston

Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts

Maine Celtic Celebration

PEI Trad Academy

Portland Conservatory of Music

Scottish Arts

Upper Valley Music Center

The Piper’s Gathering

Vermont Folklife