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Somerset Folk Harp Festival announces 2026 lineup

Headshots of Somerset Folk Harp Festival 2026 presenters
(Clockwise from top left) Presenters at the Somerset Folk Harp Festival 2026 will include Kathy DeAngelo, Christy-Lyn Dosé, Maeve Gilchrist, Rachel Hair, Gráinne Hambly, Karen Loomis, Anne-Marie O'Farrell, and Kim Robertson.

January 19, 2026

The Somerset Folk Harp Festival 2026 will take place July 16–19 and will be held in person at The Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in Princeton, New Jersey, and online with synchronous Zoom sessions. Presenters will include:

  • Kathy DeAngelo, former director of the Somerset Folk Harp Festival
  • Christy-Lyn Dosé, founder of Learning the Harp
  • Robbin Gordon-Cartier, 2024 Somerset Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
  • Scottish harper Rachel Hair
  • Irish harper Gráinne Hambly
  • Karen Loomis, assistant director of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland
  • Dublin-based performer, educator, and composer Anne-Marie O'Farrell
  • Kim Robertson, 2019 Somerset Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

The full lineup of presenters and performers will be available soon on the festival’s website.

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