26th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE CONFERENCE
February 19th-23rd - Westin Hotel, Kansas City, MO  

NOTE: This item includes Conference AND admission to Music Camp (see related Folk Alliance auction item)

Keynote Speaker: Graham Nash

The International Folk Alliance conference is an annual event that draws together music industry professionals from throughout  the world to share ideas, network, and celebrate traditional music and dance.  It is an event of celebration, education, and entertainment.   Held over five days, the Conference includes:

• Over 2000 registered attendees


• Over 50 workshops, panel discussions, and peer group meetings that address critical issues relating to presenting, promoting, and preserving folk and traditional music and dance


• 100+ industry exhibitors


• Special events, such as the Folk Alliance Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Awards, networking receptions, official Performance Alley and private showcase performances, feature shows, exhibit hall, community outreach concerts, and much more


• 200 official juried performances (Performance Alley)


• 300+ unofficial private showcases (Hotel Rooms)

GRAHAM NASH TO KEYNOTE 2014 FAI CONFERENCE & MUSIC CAMP

Graham Nash interview on Fresh air:
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/15/234683906/graham-nash-has-wild-tales-to-spare

Folk Alliance International is pleased to announce the legendary Graham Nash as the first Keynote Speaker for the 2014 conference and music camp. A founding musician of both the iconic Crosby, Stills & Nash, and The Hollies, Graham has put his exceptional life to print with a candid and riveting biography entitled "Wild Tales" that will be released this September. Fans can pre-order the book from our website beginning July 5th and get it signed when you come toKansas Cityfor the 26th annual Folk Alliance Conference & Winter Music Camp!

MORE ABOUT GRAHAM NASH

Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll; he's written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne", "On A Carousel", "Simple Man", "Our House", "Marrakesh Express", and "Teach Your Children." From the opening salvos of the British Rock Revolution to the last shudders ofWoodstock, he has rocked and rolled wherever music mattered. Now Graham is ready to tell his story: his youth in post-war England, his early days in the British Invasion group The Hollies; becoming the lover and muse of Joni Mitchell during the halcyon years, when both produced their most introspective and important work; reaching superstardom with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and his enduring career as a solo musician and political activist. From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, Wild Tales is a revealing look back at an extraordinary life--with all the highs and the lows; the love, the