June Festival Schedule

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

The 6th annual HCAMP is a five day residential camp devoted to improving instrument skills and techniques in Guitar, Banjo Mandolin, Fiddle, Voice, Bass, Hammer Dulcimer and Mountain Dulcimer.  Music genres played include everything from Bach to Bluegrass led by a talented faculty of world class instructors.  HCAMP attendance is limited to 100 participants.

To reserve your spot, please send a check made out to Bonnie Carol (15 Sherwood Road; Nederland, CO 80466) before April 1.  Remember that we almost always fill our trip before April 1, so send your check as soon as you can decide.

I have re-built my website and there are lots of photos of past trips to tickle your fancy, and to answer your questions.

The annual Yellowbanks Dulcimer Festival will be held "On the Banks of the Ohio" at English Park, 25 Hanning Lane, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301.

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Food Vendors
• RV Park
• Shopping Nearby

Annual two-day FREE festival, now in its 18th year, celebrates the mountain dulcimer as the designated Kentucky State Instrument.  FREE concerts and workshops on various folk instruments are offered by professional performers.

Performer lineup for 2009 is:  Les Gustafson-Zook, Ken Kolodner, Kara Barnard, Jim Miller, Fred Meyer, Stephen Humphries and Dave Haas.

Come enjoy a family music weekend with instruction for all levels from beginner to advanced, children to adults.  andmade crafts, music vendors and food add to the festival atmosphere.  We have limited R.V. space (self-contained, reservation required).  For overnight lodging call Sleep Inn at 270.691.6200.  A block of rooms are reserved for our guests - mention Yellowbanks.

Held at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, a modern conference center with comfortable hotel-style rooms, excellent buffets, and classes  under one roof .  Set on a Blue Ridge Mountainside by the music and arts mecca of Black Mountain.

2 mi. south of I-40, exit 64.

Instruments:  A new 6-day event with over 200 hours of class choices for mountain dulcimer in 7 skill levels. Morning courses 13-1/2 hrs. & 2 hr. afternoon/evening classes.

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Instrument Building Classes
• Merchant Vendors
• Food Vendors
• Swimming Pool
• Shopping Nearby: checked

Music week with classes (includes MD), concerts, and jamming.

Info: Mars Hill College, P O Box 6785, Mars Hill NC 28754

Blue Ridge Website

NEW LOCATION!!!

Held at the Riverbend Park on the banks of the Colorado River.

• Convenient access off I-70
• Grand Junction Airport 9 miles away
• Abundant lodging -- Hotels, Motels & B&B's
• Great camping in the trees
• RV hookups (limited)
• Trees, grass and lots of shade!
• Vineyards, orchards & bike trails to explore

We invite you to one of the largest FREE Irish festivals in the Midwest.  That's right, we said free.  There are no admission or parking fees at the Riverfront Irish Festival.  The new festival site, Falls River Square is one of the best venues in the Midwest.  Presented by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, there will be performers, vendors, concerts, and food booths among other fun things.  The festival runs from 5pm to Midnight on Friday, 1pm to Midnight on Saturday and begins on Sunday with Mass at 11am and entertainers on stage from 12:45pm to 7pm.

The Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival, is in it's 22nd year!  Held in the beautiful Gebhard Woods State Park in Morris, IL the festival features free workshops and concerts all day, both days from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM, with a Saturday night barn dance with live music.  Instruction offered at levels from beginner to advanced on hammered and mountain dulcimer, autoharp, and many more.  Musical guests this year include Paul Van Arsdale, John McCutcheon, Karen Mueller, Ed Trickett, Bing Futch, Claudia Schmidt, Heidi Muller, Max Z-T, Sherri Farley Band, Steve Endsley, Anna Stange, Mike Anderson, Diane Ippel and Bill Robinson & Friends.

Come enjoy our family-friendly musical weekend.  Workshops are set beneath stately oaks, with two stages for on-going entertainment and open mics.  Music vendors there will sell everything from CDs and sheet music to instruments and accessories.  Food vendors also are on hand.  A children's area keeps little ones occupied making crafts.

Admission is free.  We ask a donation to help defray costs.

Always held on Father's Day weekend
at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
Presented by the California Bluegrass Association

• Preformers
• Cloggers
• Workshops
• Luthier Pavillion
• Childrens Program
• Food Concessions
• Vendors

The festival is open to all forms of songwriting from the novice to the pro.
The festival is not a contest or competition.

Held Saturday and Sunday, 2PM to Midnight at the Hall of Fame Lounge.

• Free Song Demos recorded live to CD for all "Open MIC" writers.
• Complimentary food.
• Taking registrations for the June Nashville SongWriters Festival on Music Row

Music Row Best Western
1407 Division Street
Nashville, TN 37203

Always held on Father's Day weekend
at the Mojave Narrows Regional Park.
Presented by the Southwest Bluegrass Association

• Vendors
• Friday Night Barn Dance
• Line Dance Workshops
• Clog Dancing
• California State Arm Wrestling Championships
• Route 66 Classic Car Show
• 1880's Games & Contests
• Food Concessions

Held at the Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, Arizona.  Produced by the Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music and sponsored by Acoustic Music Arizona (AMAZ).

• Band Scramble
• Workshops
• Textile Exhibit
• Barn Dance

Held at the Coshocton Lake Park Pavilion.

The festival weekend will include:

• The Mid-Eastern Regional Dulcimer Championships (Hammered and Mountain)
• Various music workshops
• Open, vocal, and duet contests
• Jam sessions
• A dulcimer club concert
• A gospel sing
• A Saturday evening concert.

Concerts, jams, and dancing.
It is a week of intermediate-level classes in mountain and hammered dulcimer playing plus fiddle and percussion.

You can download the application form on the
Northeast Dulcimer Symposium Website.

Northeast Dulcimer Symposium E-Mail