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OVFF 39

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OVFF 39
October 27 – 29, 2023

The Ohio Valley Filk Fest is the world’s largest fan-run filk convention,
for all fen with a song in their heart.

Guest of Honor: Summer Russell

Summer Russell first stepped across the filk veil at OVFF in 2014. She brought along a menagerie of fandoms, a bundle of bardic tradition, and a little fairy dust from the road. She has been received with a warm welcome on convention stages and a home in the magic circles, as well as some life-changing kindness along the way. She sings from the heart about stories and characters that move […]

Toastmaster: Lauren Oxford

Lauren Oxford (formerly Lauren Cox, now married as of April 2022) is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who stumbled into filk by befriending Cat Faber, who is still her very favorite convention travel partner. She is a four-time Pegasus nominee, twice for Best Writer/Composer in 2018 and 2019, and twice for Best Performer in 2020 and 2021. Her self-titled debut album was recorded in June 2022 with dear filk friends […]

Honored Listener: Mike Gucciard

Mike Gucciard: Introduced to Filk in 2007, when Alyse Middleton finally succeeded after YEARS of trying to get him to attend, Mike has been an avid Filk fan ever since. He is known variously as “Gooch” or “Scotchy” depending on when and how you met him. A Sr Systems Engineer by trade, in his off time Mike does volunteer work with several 501c7 organizations including the Dorsai Irregulars and Barfleet , […]

Interfilk Guest: Daniel Kelly

Daniel Kelly is an Electrical Engineer by profession, but a folk singer and ballad collector by preference. After being introduced to the filk community in 2017, he has written many original filk songs, filk parodies and made some recordings of filk classics. Daniel is from Yass, a rural town in Australia where he regularly performs at cafes and music festivals. Otherwise unable to join the global filk community in person, […]

Special Guest: Leslie Hudson

Leslie Hudson: (they/them) is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist based in Stratford ON. Their many albums range from storytelling styles to bluesy bar rock to dialed-up, full-band homages to pop culture. They’ve toured extensively across the US, Canada, and all the way to Germany, playing house concerts, conventions, pagan shops and other venues that support diversity. Leslie’s passionately honest approach to their craft dives deep into archetype and folklore, […]