"The Philadelphia Folk Festival is the longest continually running outdoor folk festival in North America. Smiling Banjo is a coffee table book with over 700 amazing photos celebrating five decades of music, volunteers, campers, and festival-goers who have come to love what they call "Fest." Inside are stories from volunteers and musicians.... [including] photos from the very first festival in 1962 up to modern times."--Philadelphia Folksong Society website.