April Festival Schedule

First friday of each month at 7-10 pm
Held at Rivermont Presbyterian Church in Enon, Virginia
(in Chesterfield County)

Held at the Red Top Mountain State Park

• Friday day.  Shelter #2 is ours for spontaneous jamming and people connections.
• Friday evening at Shelter #2.  Open mike.  Jamming.  Pot Luck Dinner.
• Saturday morning.  Coffee, bagels, danishes, workshop.
• Lunch.  The Restaurant at the Lodge is A++.  It is a half mile from Shelter #2.
• Workshop, Open Mike, Jamming.
• Dinner:  Again, the restaurant is recommended.
• Concert.
• Jamming, until ...
• Sunday morning.  Coffee, bagels, danishes, workshop.
• Sunday afternoon jamming.

Held in Oakdale Park.
Two-day sale open to the public.
Display and sale of carvings, tools, supplies, blanks.

Oakdale Park camping information.

All Dulcimers and friends invited!

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Free Meal
• Merchant Vendors
• Pets Not Allowed

HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND AND SPEND THE DAY!

Bennett Memorial United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
503 Letcher Street
Henderson, Kentucky 42420

The festival will go forward with the co-operation of the Best Western, the local library, and a lot of other great folks in Pilot Mountain.  If you would like to register you can simply download the registration form from last year from the website.  If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to e-mail Ken Bloom.  If you live in the area, you might consider coming to the Saturday night concert.

If you think you'd like to try the bowed dulcimer and don't have one, there are two simple alternatives.  We will have a few extra instruments for folks to use who want to try it.  There is also a very simple and inexpensive alteration that you can do to an existing mountain dulcimer to make bowing possible.  Let Ken know if any of you need any of these details.

The Bear on the Square Festival held for the first time in 1997 commemorates the bear that came to the square in the spring of 1996.  This festival brings the best of the mountains including traditional mountain crafts, bluegrass and old-time music and workshops in guitar, fiddle, and banjo.  All musicians are invited to join in the jam sessions around the square and everyone is invited to take part in the dancing on the square on Saturday night.

Bear on the Square Website

Held at the Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch.
The festival enjoys very favorable media coverage of all types, including radio and television.  Veteran campers have wonderful memories of all-night jams. Three music stages.

Info: P. O. Box 28187, Austin, Texas 78755-8187

General Information

Featuring Maureen Sellers from Indiana.

Description of Classes

Registration Page

  I would appreciate those of you in large groups to make copies for others who are interested in coming.

Spring Dulcimer Week begins Sunday, with afternoon registration and evening orientation.  Classes meet Monday thru Friday.  Small class size and plenty of personal attention make this an excellent opportunity for beginners to start out on the right foot, for intermediate players to freshen up their repertoire, and for advanced musicians to challenge themselves.

Evening activities include dances, a Wednesday evening gathering of local old-time musicians, jam sessions, song swaps and a Friday student showcase.  A Thursday night concert features the Spring Dulcimer Week instructors.

It's not too late to register for all Spring Dulcimer Week workshops, including Hammered Dulcimer with Patty Looman and Steve Eulberg, as well as Mountain Dulcimer with Aaron O'Rourke.

A cowboy ride from Lincoln to Fort Sumner, New Mexico.  Over 125 miles of New Mexico, over the Capitan Mountains, across the high desert grasslands, through the Pecos River.  We ride from Lincoln to Fort Sumner chasing the ghost of Billy the Kid.  There are elements of endurance on this ride.  Quality rental horses are available.

Contact Wally for package prices.

This new weekend festival starts with Early Bird Sessions on Friday afternoon and concludes with a Gospel Sing on Sunday morning open to the public.  Featured teachers/performers include:  Maureen Sellers (MD); Rick Thum (HD) and Wanda Degen (AH).  Local folks including Joyce Harrison, Chris Cooperrider, Joe Steiner, Don Thompson, Mary-Jo Ward, Shari Wolf and Louise Ziegler will round out the lineup.

Mountain Dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer, Autoharp - full schedule and single sessions on harmonica, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, bodhran, pennywhistle, bass according to signup.

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Merchant Vendors
• Food Vendors
• Camping
• Showers
• Shopping Nearby

Hosted by a non-profit association that benefits the Kids Uke Club Program in San Antonio.  The program provides ukuleles, cases, electronic tuners, and lessons for free for kids 8-12.  Our goal is to spread the joy of ukulele to the world (so okay, the universe...)

This year we have a line up of instructors from all over the USA.  There'll be affordable and fun workshops on everything from how to play Jazz to Clawstrum to Rock-n-Roll on your uke.  Check it out if you'd like -- we'd love to see you there.  Definitely a ukulele lover's heaven.

Dulcimer-friendly folk music festival, held in an 1850's historic village with classes in Hammered Dulcimer, Lap Dulcimer, Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Auto-Harp, Steel Drums, Harmonica, Clogging, Contra-Dance, and Sacred Harp Singing.  Saturday night community contra-dance at the old schoolhouse.

• Fee for all classes & events:  $40.
• Saturday only, with classes:  $25.
• To attend all events, concerts, & jams (no classes) for all three days:  $25.
• Daily gate fee for public who wish to attend & hear the music:  $5.
• Late fee of $5 for registrations postmarked after April 15.

Unlimited dry camping on site.
Camping with all amenities at University RV Park, 334.821.8968.
Hampton Inn 334.821.411
Quality Inn 334.821.6699 at Exit 51 on I85, about four miles away.

This event, held in Central City, Kentucky, is a three day dulcimer festival running April 29 through May 1.  Instruction will be given on the mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, and guitar.  Two new classes this year are the jamming class and the pennywhistle class.

Festival Website

2011 Registration fee:  $75.00
The registration form is posted on these websites:
dulcimerfestival.us or centralcitykytourism.com

Western Kentucky RV Park
700 Youngstown Road
Central City, Kentucky 42330
RV Park Phone:  270.757.0345