Honored Guests – Ohio Valley Filk Festival

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STARRY NIGHTS AT OVFF
October 24 – 26, 2025

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: Cathy McManamon

Cathy started playing the family organ at the age of five and experimenting with notes and chords to write her first song when she was six. A few year later she taught herself guitar and joined her local church “folk” choir (guitars and tambourines and really dynamic music!) at ten and eventually became the director, composer, and arranger for the choir in her twenties. During high school, Cathy had met […]

Toastmaster: Cecilia Eng

Cecilia Eng has been a singer/songwriter since 1984 and has performed in England, Canada and across the US. She was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2013 and won two Pegasus Awards (Best Classic Filk Song for “Helva’s Song” and Best Composer/Writer) in 2022. You can find her song lyrics blog and a calendar of international filk song circles and events (virtual and in person) at the Friends […]

Honored Listener: Pat McManamon

“You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no telling where you might be swept off to” Just a few years ago, when Pat was in high school, his neighbor invited him to go to downtown Chicago for the weekend and attend a Science Fiction convention. It didn’t matter that the PSAT test was that Saturday morning because his friend mentioned there might be a […]

Interfilk Guest: Sean McGaughey

A performance by Sean McGaughey is hard to define. Is he a singer-songwriter of wit and political insight? Is he a children’s entertainer who gets children young and old to singing and dancing? Is he a performer of humorous and satirical songs? Is he an interpreter of the best in traditional and contemporary folk and country music? Is he that guy over there in the duct-tape hat? For decades, Sean […]

OVFF is Streaming the Main Stage

Also next year, OVFF will be streaming live video of the main stage daily starting with the main stage and ending with the closing ceremonies before the closing jam! If you can’t make it to the con or want to relax for a bit in your hotel room without missing out, you can log in using a Zoom link and a password available in our nOVFF Facebook group once we […]