filksing n.

a session or event of filk singing

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  • 1968 Quark (#5) 10 page image

    When they came back t othe hotel Brenford met some of his friends from M.C.T. who hustled him away to a ‘Filk Sing’ (?).

  • 1972 Boskone 9 Filk-Song Book Table of contents

    Welcome to the Boskone Filksing!

  • 1981 Yandro (#253–254) Sept. 3 page image

    Wiscon had some of the busiest multi-track programming we've ever run to attend…and a small but good filksing. Marcon, too, featured a good filksing.

  • 1995 Matrix (#113) Feb.–Mar. 19/1 page image

    There are many definitions of filk. Most commonly heard is ‘Filk is what filkers sing at a filksing’.

  • 2019 B. Zarin ‘And History’s Lamps Blow Out’ in Journal of SF (vol. 3, iss. 3) Nov. 59/1 page image

    Filkers perform their pieces at gatherings known as ‘Filksings,’ which generally occur at conventions in small rooms with the chairs arranged in a circle.


Research requirements

antedating 1968

Earliest cite

in Quark

Research History
Lee Gold submitted a 1983 cite from Rob Rose's "A Filker's Dictionary". James LAndau submitted a 1972 cite for "filksing" from "The BOSKONE 9 Filk-Song Book"

Last modified 2020-12-16 04:08:47
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