To attend WFMT's live broadcast
Folkstage concerts in our studio, you must join the
WFMT Fine Arts Circle for one year. The first year requires an initiation fee of $25 plus $250
per person as the yearly membership and request
Folkstage as your thank-you gift. After
the first year,
Folkstage membership costs $250 per person per year. Memberships are
non-transferrable. We ask that you join during one of our fundraising Fine Arts Circle fundraisers
in April or November, during the time
Folkstage or
The Midnight Special is being
broadcast. (We will accept memberships at other times during the fundraiser by prior arrangement.)
We present approximately 26 live studio concerts per year, although we make no guarantee of the
total number.
Under no circumstances do we sell admissions to individual concerts.
You must subscribe for the year to attend. Donations to the WFMT Fine Arts Circle are tax deductible
to the extent provided by law. All
Folkstage memberships come with free parking for the concerts
within yards of the door. If you have questions, please use our
contact form.
Join the WFMT Fine Arts Circle
Hailing from the cities of Armagh and Derry, Ciara McCafferty (vocals), Ciaran Carlin (Flute/Whistles)
and Paul Starrett (Guitar) Emer Mallon (Harp) and Conor Mallon (Uilleann Pipes/Whistles). Labelled as
the Hottest New Group out of Northern Ireland, (Chicago Irish American News) Connla have been quickly
making an impact on the folk/traditional scene. Since the release of their EP in April 2015, and album
River Waiting in July 2016 they have received fantastic reviews at home and internationally. They
have already gathered a big following in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA. Songlines magazine made
Connla their "must see act" for the tour of the UK and stated "A band this young shouldn't be this good".
Their sensitive and innovative arrangements of traditional and modern folk songs and tunes, have helped
them create a sound which is very identifiable as Connla.