June Festival Schedule

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

CAMPING:  Crown Point RV Park
37000 E. Historic Columbia River Hwy
Crown Point Phone:  503.695.5207
Please make your own arrangements.

Online Registration and Payment Available:

• $561 Single
  
• $521 Double/Triple Occupancy (lower bunks only)
  
• $461 for Community Housing (lower bunks only)
  
• $361 Commuter Rate (includes lunches only)
  

DIRECTIONS:
Local Map and directions on the Menucha Conference Center's Website

• Arrive by Auto:  Interstate 84
  
• Arrive by Plane:  PDX (Portland International Airport)
  
• Arrive by Train:  PDX (Union Station, Portland, Oregon)
  
• Arrive by Boat:  Columbia River (nearest port: Portland, Oregon)
  
• Arrive by Bicycle:  Historic Columbia River Hwy.
  
  

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Held at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett, Oregon.  You won't want to miss this incredibly exciting event!  Make your vacation plans and come visit the Pacific Northwest!

We are looking forward to this!

• $420 for Retreat Housing (limited)
• $360 for Community Housing (lower bunks only)
• $252 Commuter Rate (includes lunches only)
• Online Registration and Payment Available

DIRECTIONS:
Local Map and directions on the Menucha Conference Center's Website

• Arrive by Auto:  Interstate 84
• Arrive by Plane:  PDX (Portland International Airport)
• Arrive by Train:  PDX (Union Station, Portland, Oregon)
• Arrive by Boat:  Columbia River (nearest port: Portland, Oregon)
• Arrive by Bicycle: Historic Columbia River Hwy.

Over 200 hours of classes to choose from in all skill levels, many musical styles, playing techniques.  Special course on mountain dulcimer tradiitonal playing.  Concerts, open mike, field trips, dulcimer marketplace, dulcimer doctor, dulcimer building class.  Over 30 hours of jamming.  World class instructors.  All in a beautiful conference center on a Blue Ridge mountaintop in Black Mountain, NC.  New additional housing options.

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.

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

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

Blue Ridge Website

Instruments: Mountain Dulcimer, Hammer Dulcimer.  Featuring performances by the Society's Big Band, various individuals and groups from the Society's membership.  There will be many musical styles presented throughout the festival: gospel, folk, americana, original and contemporary.

A variety of instruments will be represented, including mountain (lap) and hammered dulcimers, autoharps, guitars, mandolins, fiddles, percussive instruments and even a banjo or two!!!  Workshops will be available nearby on guitar, dulcimer, fiddle, autoharp, mandolin and more!

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Pets Allowed
• Childrens Activities
• Swimming Beach
• Shopping Nearby

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.

Two days of mountain dulcimer workshops
Plenty of jam opportunities
House Concert - Saturday evening at 7:00pm

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

The festival is held in downtown Coshocton on the courthouse square.  Hammered dulcimers, Mountain dulcimers, Psalteries -- also guitar, banjo, fiddle, autoharp, and more.  See the website for more information.  2011 will be the 37th annual festival and host to the Mid-Eastern Regional hammered and mountain dulcimer championships.  Three days filled with concerts and nearly 60 workshops.  Everything is free except workshops which are $15 per workshop.  Ya'll come!!!!

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Merchant Vendors
• Food Vendors
• Pets Allowed
• Shopping Nearby

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

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

Held at at Houghton College.  Sponsored by the Allegheny Mountain Dulcimer Players along with the Ischua Valley Dulcimer Club.

This is a three day festival with lots of workshops and jamming, concerts and fun!  Kids under 12 free.  The cost of the festival is $120.00.  Includes: Four workshops, open stage, two concerts featuring Simple Gifts, Dan Duggan and friends, two nights dorm room with linens, meals, Breakfest lunch and dinner.

Gebhard Woods is a beautiful Illinois state park with trails to hike and ride on, rivers and streams to fish in.  Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival offers plenty of great music to enjoy learning and listening to.  Gebhard Woods State Park is located in the quaint town of Morris, which is conveniently located 65 miles southwest of the Chicago Loop.

This festival is not-for-profit and depends on your support.  For the sake of future festivals and preserving dulcimer music in Illinois, please consider volunteering or making a donation.

Gebhard Woods Website

Live Music!  Great Vendors!

Held at Schreiner University.
Workshops, Jams, Concerts.

Tuition is $325 for the camp until May 7th, 2011, after May 7th, 2011, tuition is $375.  Lodging and meals are available on campus.  Hotels, B&B's and RV sites are plentiful in the immediate area.

Contact E-Mail

Hill Country Website

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

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

The festival is held at the State Fairgrounds (Expo New Mexico).  There are performances and workshops all day long.

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

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

Music Row Best Western
1407 Division Street
Nashville, TN 37203

SummerSongs West is a week-long retreat for songwriters taking place at the spectacular Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, California. A week of classes in songwriting, guitar, singing, harmony, stagecraft, concerts and song circles. Students and teachers alike will share songs, trade stories and perform for the community they have grown to love. It is sure to be a week to remember.

• Always the last two weekends in June
• 10am to 5pm Daily
• High Quality Arts & Crafts, Demonstrations
• A Wide Array of Country Foods, Pioneer Camp Exhibits
• Entertainment, Theme Show - Pioneer Dress
• Booth spaces start at 10x12

The only craft show known to have a one hour documentary filmed at their location. The festival takes place in a beautiful wooded setting decorated with many rock gardens filled with antiques and flowers. The show has something for everyone: men, women, and children. Continuous entertainment including country & bluegrass bands, DULCIMER music, and illusionists. Exhibitions include covered wagons, Indian tepees, etc. All set in a Pioneer atmosphere.

Last Saturday of each month: May through August Live Music! Great Vendors!

Held in the Courtyard Plaza --
400 Block of S. Myrtle Ave. in Old Town.
The time is 6:00 to 9:00 PM

A series of events that starts in May and will finish up in August. What a fun way to spend a warm balmy summer evening - great music, shopping and good friends.

There will be live music, lots of great vendors and FREE
music lessons on cool instruments like mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, banjos, spoons, etc. This event is
meant for the whole family and entrance is FREE!

Held at the Altamont Fairgrounds.
A family-friendly festival of folk, traditional, Celtic and world music and dance, known for its relaxed atmosphere, interactive sessions and workshops,hands-on experience and participatory nature. In addition to three concerts there are 120 daytime workshops given by performers. Also featured are a juried craft show, food and instrument vendors, and a well-run children's activity area.

Contact E-Mail

Old Songs Website

The CTMS Summer Solstice Festival is unlike most other folk music gatherings. In addition to concerts, jam sessions, and story swaps, the CTMS Festival is a "teaching festival". Musicians, dancers, singers and storytellers from all over the world come to share their knowledge and experience. You will find classes on everything from playing fiddle to vocal warm-ups to contra-dancing and more! The Festival is presented by the California Traditional Music Society.

Info: California Traditional Music Society
4401 Trancas Place, Tarzana, California 91356-5399
Summer Solstice Website

Instruction in MD, HD, other instruments, basket making, and singing.  Dozens of instructors.
The main hotel is the Days Inn of Bardstown, so be sure and mention KMW festival when booking rooms -- 502.348.9253.  The hotel is currently full for 2010 but they are taking names for the waiting list.  Check the Kentucky Music Week website for alternate hotels.
Holt's Campground:  502.348.6717
White Acres Campground:  502.348.9677
Check the website for alternate hotels.

• Jams
• Classes
• Concerts
• Kids' Camp
• Crafts
• Special Events

Info: Nancy Barker, Box 86, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004

Kentucky Music Week Website

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