Folk (disambiguation)

Folk may refer to:

* a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples ("see Folk")
* folklore, the body of verbal expressive culture among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that group
* folk art, art by traditionally trained, as opposed to academically trained, artists
* Folk Nation, an alliance of American street gangs

In music:
* folk music or folksong, music by and of the common people.
* folk dance, a 19th century form of dance
* folk-punk, a genre of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music
* folk rock, a genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music
* folk metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal that incorporates elements of folk music
* neofolk, a relatively new form of folk music, influenced by traditional folk and more modern, industrial music.
*folktronica, electronic folk, related with IDM. A folky feel is combined with beats and samples.

In other uses:
* Folkish
* Folkish is a name that has been given to a hypothetical substrate language believed by some to have influenced the Germanic languages: see Germanic substrate hypothesis;