The 9th annual Brooklyn Folk Festival gets strumming this Friday.
Eleven-year-old banjo star and Brooklyn native Nora Brown is just one of nearly 40 performers scheduled for the three day event.
St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights will serve as the main venue.
Organizers say visitors will get to sample the whole spectrum of folk music.
"It doesn't all have to have singing, and it uses real instruments that lot of contemporary music doesn't have -- real instruments," Brown said.
"Workshops, film screenings, some jam sessions, a square dance, a salsa dance, and of course our famous banjo toss - banjo throwing competition, so you don't want to miss that," said Eli Smith, the festival's founder.
To learn more about tickets and see the full festival lineup, check out brooklynfolkfest.com.