Faith Petric is definately alive and well
and leading the San Francisco Folk Club
in a royal manner.

The best source of festival info is in these magazines.

Sing out!
Dirty Linen
No Depression

The best fest i know of is Strawberry, but it has been
sold out for manymonths. It occurs each memorial and labor day
(end of may, end of august)

at the end of June there is Kate Wolf fest, near Laytonville, Ca,
in mid july there is calif. world fest in Grass Valley, CA
in mid july is the Oregon Country faire which is SOOO much more than
a festival, more like a happening.

are you looking for a specific type of festival?
i have heard about one in oregon called hornings hide a way ..

and somewhere there is the rainbow gathering...
i do not know where this years one will be...

in Quincy Ca around the fourth of july is the High Sierra fest,

and speaking fo newport, ther is a small folk fest
just inland from newport oregon on the first weekend of aug.

so the answer is yes...