Folk artists play on an outdoor stage at the Tee Garden Event Center last year during the inaugural Folk in the Fall event. This free music festival and street fair will return on Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Center Street in Yuba City. Photos courtesy of Gwenhwyfar Buckley

YUBA CITY, CA (MPG) - Traditional, generally rural, author unknown, passed down through oral tradition… these are some of the many definitions of folk music, a term Gwenhwyfar Buckley is still trying to pin down for herself.

“I think you can go a lot of different ways with it,” said Buckley. “It's hard for me not to get confused with world music too.”

For Joseph Meyers, folk music brings him a sense of happiness and nostalgia. He recalls long trips in the car with his father singing songs about the local area that were sung to him by his own father.

“It feels good knowing that there's history behind the music,” said Meyers.

Buckley and Meyers are once again teaming up with their company, Canopy Productions, to bring year two of Folk in the Fall back to Yuba City. This 12-hour music festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.  Saturday, Nov. 23 off Center Street.

“It’s 12 hours long and each set is about an hour, and we have two stages, so if you think about that, it's actually 24 hours of music,” said Buckley, the event's primary organizer.

Buckley and her bandmate, Meyers, pioneered their first local folk festival last year at the Teegarden Event Center in Yuba City. This year’s festivities will be hosted just a few short blocks away, nestled between some of the area's highest rated eateries, Steele House Coffee, Fernando's Cali Kitchen and Sutter Buttes Brewing.

“It felt like it was a bigger event for what the venue was last year,” said Buckley. “That's basically what made us move, us feeling like it should be a bigger thing.”

Folk artists play on an outdoor stage at the Tee Garden Event Center last year during the inaugural Folk in the Fall event. This free music festival and street fair will return on Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Center Street in Yuba City. Photos courtesy of Gwenhwyfar Buckley

This street style fair will feature approximately 20 different folk artists, all of whom have been personally vetted by Buckley and her team. Guests can expect chill acoustic vibes, Celtic music, singalongs and a variety of others, such as “Jake the amazing harmonica player.”

“He’s a teacher that always wears a particular hat,” said Meyers. “He himself is worth coming for. You just don't get to hear that type of music that much.”

Folk in the Fall is a free event but there will be many vendors selling their wares. Guests can cozy up at Steel House Coffee, which will house the Sunflower Stage inside, or indulge themselves over at the Lost Treasure Stage outside the Sutter Buttes beer garden. Dressing up is highly encouraged.

“It's ‘Folk in the Fall’ and the theme kind of revolves around folklore, like the creatures you’d meet out of books,” said Buckley.

Proceeds from selling vendor space will be used to pay artists and the rest will be donated to Creative Thinkers.

Creative Thinkers, founded by Joe Steele of Steele House Coffee, is an up-and-coming nonprofit organization whose mission is to teach and empower young people in artistic expression. Some of the primary classes featured on their website, creativethinkers.art, revolve around videography, music production and creative writing.

“Joe has supported us a lot and we are happy to give back,” said Buckley.