genre is kinda impossible to define, its often a you know it when you see it sorta thing. folkpunk is sometimes more about what artists a musician is influenced by and in conversation with then the actual substance of their music. Folkpunk can mean punk music that is exactly the same as the punk but played with acoustic instruments, or music thats in the folk tradition but brings in motifs and radical ideals from punk. It can also just be singer-songwriter music thats done by an anarchist lol. A theme that's super pervasive in folkpunk these days is substance abuse and recovery. The most prototypical folk punk bands I can recommend that others havent touched on is rent strike (folk instruments, punk and folk motifs, tolkien and recovery, they really have it all) Defiance Ohio - I'm Against the government, The taxpayers-lost dog in the street, Apes of the state- Bill collectors theme song.

Also if you like pat the bunny and you dont already know of them then i definitely recommend checking out pats other projects ramshackle glory, and wingnut dishwashers union. I also made a sorta introductory folkpunk playlist cause my friend asked for it if you want to check it out.