Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since the early 1950s and been played …

Dec 5, 2025 · Filk is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom. The genre has been active since the early 1950s, and played primarily since the mid- …

This is an introduction to filk, the folk music of the science fiction and fantasy fan community.

Stylistically, filk is folk music. Singers usually accompany themselves on acoustic instruments, most often guitars, but filkers plan everything from kazoos to Celtic harps to electric guitars …

Since 1997, we’ve published high-quality recordings of filk — science-fiction and fantasy folk music. We feature artists including Leslie Fish, Julia Ecklar, Vic Tyler … and many others!

What is filk? Filk is the musical tradition and community of science fiction and fantasy fandom. It covers a wide range of styles and topics, from scurrilous parodies to beautiful original songs.

Both a noun and a verb, filk refers to fan -written, fan-sung songs about science fiction or fannish themes and to the events, or filksings, where such music, known as filksongs, are performed …

Jan 17, 2025 · filk (not comparable) (music) About or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, and/or subjects of interest to fans of speculative fiction; frequently, being a song …

Nov 2, 2024 · Filk music originated in the 1950s and 1960s, when science fiction and fantasy fans began to create their own music inspired by their favorite books, movies, and TV shows. The …

Filk is vocal music rather than instrumental arrangements or remixes, particularly with original lyrics written by the filker being the main focus, and includes a mix of original songs and …