There is also a filk mailing list for the United Kingdom, there was an IRC channel at one point, that sort of thing. For instance, where we live, in the Pacific Northwest, there is a regional filk mailing list and web site called the Emerald Forest Filk Society.

You can sometimes find online mailing lists or other social groupings of filkers. Filkers are very accepting and welcoming.

Anyone who wants to, can show up at a filk circle and participate. They like to gather together at SF cons and share songs. Filkers are just people who like SF and like to write songs about their favorite books, shows, or movies. There is no single membership or association for filking. IS THERE A FILK ASSOCIATION WITH MEMBERSHIP, CONVENTIONS, AN AWARD, MUSEUM, HALL OF FAME, BOOKING SERVICE, ETC? (Where by “me”, I mean, Tony, the one being interviewed.) Some of that Wikipedia entry was written by me as a matter of fact. For more detail on the topic of filk music, you can look up the Wikipedia article on filk music. The name is appropriate because it’s a slightly tweaked version of folk music. The name “filk” started off as a typo, which stuck. Late at night, after the rest of the convention has wound down, some hardy folks with guitars get together and play songs until the wee hours. It’s something that’s been a tradition at SF conventions for several decades. VIXY AND TONY: Filk is a type of folk music associated with sci-fi and fantasy fandom. Tony gives us the inside story on the Filk genre and the band. Neither had I until I listened the Vixy and Tony‘s mesmerizing song “My Heart Was Like the Moon.” They have won 2 Pegasus awards, one for songwriting, one for performing.

We are who we are lyrics vixy and tony