Brooklyn Folk Festival: Banjo Toss Competition
Sunday, November 8, 2026 · All day
Park Slope
Listed by Brooklyn Community Board 6
Each year, as part of the Brooklyn Folk Festival , contestants gather on the banks of the fetid Gowanus Canal to see who can throw a banjo the farthest in the – BANJO TOSS: BANJO THROWING COMPETITION! The special “throwing banjo”, attached to a rope is tossed into the canal, a federally designate Super Fund site. The marked rope pays out, showing how far the banjo has been tossed. It is then hauled back in for the next throw. The Brooklyn Folk Festival is presented each year by the Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, a grassroots Red Hook, Brooklyn community space that is a music venue, music school, and record label. We are excited to support the Banjo Toss event activity so please stop by…
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