CIOFF® USA Membership

Application Form

CIOFF® USA invites cultural groups, festival organizers, and enthusiasts of traditional arts to join our vibrant network dedicated to preserving and promoting the world’s rich heritage of folk music, dance, and traditions. As a member, you gain access to a global community of like-minded organizations, opportunities to participate in international festivals, educational programs, and exchanges, and the support of a respected organization recognized by UNESCO. Joining CIOFF® USA connects your group to a platform that celebrates diversity, fosters cultural exchange, and ensures that traditions are shared, experienced, and preserved for future generations.

To be eligible, CIOFF® USA members must reside within the United States, including its possessions and territories.

U.S. territories, or possessions, are under the jurisdiction of the United States. U.S. territories can be divided into two groups:

1. Those that have their own governments and their own tax systems (American Samoa, Guam, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and

2. Those that do not have their own governments and their own tax systems (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island, and other U.S. islands, cays, and reefs that are not part of any of the fifty states).