Samoa Wilson and Ernesto Gomez make up the duo of Fatboy Wilson and Old Viejo Bones. The two have been playing together for more than a quarter-century. They have a lot of ways to describe their style, which features guitars and harmonica.

“I would say we are jug band, blues, protest, folk, folk-punk, alternative, death metal,” joked Wilson and Gomez, who are among the 50 artists and performers at the 16th Brooklyn Folk Festival, which takes place Nov. 8 to Nov. 10.

Eli Smith is a co-founder of the festival and will perform with his group, the Downhill Strugglers. He says it all started at Red Hook’s Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, which presents the event.

The festival is now held at the larger St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights. There are performances, workshops, jam sessions and dances with folk music from all over the world.

“The folk music is extraordinarily diverse, it’s the music of everybody,” Smith said.

The other co-founders are Geoff and Lynette Wood, who helped take the event from their Red Hook theatre and school to the larger venue, which holds hundreds more people in a beautiful setting with great acoustics.

“We’ve gone from a 78-person room to a 750-person room, plus the Parish Hall. It’s a completely different gig,” Geoff Wood said.

The festival also features the popular and unique banjo toss into the Gowanus Canal. It’s all part of the fun of an event that keeps folks coming back for more and is also a reunion for everyone in the folk music community.

“It means the world to us. I’m coming from California, I’m out there now, but I always come back to the Brooklyn Folk Fest,” Gomez said.

Wilson will also perform with her country/folk outfit called Wilson and Walsh. She said she’s excited to be reunited with many from the tight-knit folk music world.

“So many friends come from New Orleans, from the West Coast, from across the ocean, and it’s a big reunion but also a place to hear new music and yeah it’s just my favorite time of year,” Wilson said. 

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