May Festival Schedule

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

Held in historic downtown Hendersonville.
Sat. 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun. Noon - 4:00 PM
Musicians play hammered dulcimers, banjos, mandolins, fiddles, guitars & auto harps.
Hendersonville Website

Olde Tyme Festival Website

-- The DulciSisters Annual Spring Social --

Held at:
Hunter's Friend Resort
118 Myrtle Lane
Branson, Missouri 65616

• All Instruments Welcome. Come Join the Jam RELAX AND HAVE FUN !
• Door Prizes and Raffles
• There will be a $5.00 charge for dinner
• Please R.S.V.P. by April 20 for dinner count
• Evening Concerts, Jamming and Socializing
• Sunday Morning: Gospel Gathering

Sponsored by The Brookridge Dulcimer Players and Meadows Music featuring classes, concerts, open mic, jamming, etc.

The festival takes place at College Park Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, located at 1701 Polo Rd, just west of the Polo-Reynolda intersection, two blocks from Wake Forest University. One of the easier ways to get there from the west is to take Business I-40 to the Silas Creek Pkwy exit. Go north on Silas Creek to Reynolda and go north on Reynolda to Polo. When you get to the light at Polo Road, turn left and the church is directly in front of you. There are more detailed directions at the church website.

• Individual workshops for Appalachian dulcimer and fiddle
• Guided jams for singers and all folk instruments
• Friday and Saturday evening concerts
• Vendors

E-mail Lorraine Hammond

DulciFest Website

Sponsored by the COLUMBUS FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY, INC., this festival is always held on the first full weekend of May and is now being held at the Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park. The Festival usually features 50 or more mini-concerts and teaching workshops, with a main-stage concert in the evening. Workshops for mountain duclimer, hammered dulcimer, guitar, mandolin, banjos.

Held at the Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park
1775 Darby Creek Drive
Columbus/Galloway, Ohio 43119

Held from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, plus concerts at 1 pm and 7 pm. The day will be filled with traditional music performances, vendors, plus classes in mountain and hammered dulcimer, autoharp, flatpicking guitar, banjo and singing. It's the Upper Midwest's dulcimer player gathering opportunity. Special guests for 2008 are Larry Conger, Cathy Barton & Dave Para and Phil Passen. We will also have local storytellers and folkcraft classes for kids. Good Times on the Porch is the theme for 2008 which is the 7th year for the festival.

• Old-time music & a little gospel
• Instrument and local craft vendors
• New workshops including spoons, bones, banjo, singing
• BACK AGAIN: autoharp
• Kid's classes – singalongs, storytellers, folkcraft (corn husk dolls and decorated jugs)
• Stay for dinner (or come early to the evening concert) - catered dinner available
• Discounted hotel rates at local hotel- Ask for the Dulcimer Day discount
• Open mike during dinner
• On-line registration or send it in, early bird specials, senior, student and youth discounts.

On-line map & registration forms on the Dulcimer Day Website.

• Held at Cumberland Gap National Historic Park
• The workshops and concerts are all FREE !!

Cumberland Gap Web Site

• Held at Point Mallard Campground, Pavilion A.
  Phone 351-7772 for campground reservations.
• Free Mountain Dulcimer lessons, tune swap, lots of jamming.
• Autoharp and psaltery lessons available

Held in Oakdale Park.
Contests for Mountain Dulcimer and Hammer Dulcimer players, arts and crafts fair, workshops, and concerts.

Info:
Dana Hamilton
904 Houston
Arlington, TX 76012

Oakdale Park camping information.

Held in Henderson, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. Held inside the Convention Center and in front of City Hall on Water Street in downtown Henderson.

Amphitheater and food plaza area, almost 200 juried artists, live entertainment, and a Kids Gallery where children can explore that creative side with interactive activities.

Held at the General Butler State Resort Park (halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati off of I-71)

For the first time ever, international craftspeople, players, and lovers of the humble cigar box guitar gather together in Kentucky to celebrate this humble instrument with ancient roots. With a heritage of players ranging from Civil War soldiers to Carl Perkins to Jimi Hendrix, from Blind Lemon Jefferson, to band "The Presidents of the United States of America", the cigar box guitars displayed, built, and played by those at this fest will feature from 1 to 12 strings, made from the humblest woods to the finest ebony, and strung with anything from fishing line to nickel-silver electric strings, all playing blues, funk, country, folk, and bluegrass music.

• Friday evening will feature a welcome jam session under the stars.
• Sunday morning will feature a gospel and traditional folk music brunch at the park's historic Butler-Turpin Home.
• All days will feature a trade-show, where cigar box and other home made instruments may be purchased, as well as parts and plans for their manufacture.
• History seminars, building techniques, and players workshops make up the bulk of Friday and Saturday morning.

Held at the Ruidoso Convention Center.

• $10,000 Cash Poker Run
• Large 4-day Trade Show
• Fireworks show Thursday Night
• Live music Friday & Saturday
• Hill climb Saturday

• Bluegrass picnic, arts & crafts fair
• Showers available
• Water & electric at all campsites

Information on Oakdale Park
Oakdale Park, P. O. Box 548, Glen Rose, TX 76043

• A juried outdoor art show that has been a Cloudcroft tradition for 26 years.
• Free admission.
• Spring weather and beautiful scenery.
• Close to golf courses, casino and race track.

Held at the Town and Country Christian Church and sponsored by the Shelby Arts Council.

There will be workshops offered for all levels of hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and autoharp. Other workshops will include shape-note singing, guitar, and "odd instruments".

Cost for the entire day, including the evening concert, is $25 if pre-registered and $30 the day of the festial.

Folk College is held at Juniata College in the beautiful Allegheny Mountains of Central Pennsylvania.

Workshops, jams, concerts, and dancing in a college atmosphere. Stay in the dorm and choose from an eclectic offering of old-time, celtic, swing, old country, and international workshops. We'll have concerts, lots of jamming, and a contradance with open band. For all instruments and levels.

The cost for pre-registration is $150 and $175 afterwards. The fee includes all workshops, jams, concerts, and coaching. Housing and meals are available for an additional fee. See the website or contact the Arts Council for current details.

Held near Jack's Studio on Shiloh Road off HWY 293. Primitive creek-side camping available. The setting is beautiful along the west fork of the Obey River on the Cumberland Plateau. Bring your gear, instruments, family and a group of friends and have a wonderful weekend. You can purchase ice, food, soft drinks and coffee. When ordering tickets, specify if you have an RV or tent.

Information: Jammin' Website

The Kerrville Folk Festival is held annually at the Quiet Valley Ranch, 9 miles south of Kerrville on Texas Hwy 16. Starting on the Thursday before Memorial Day at the end of May, the music continues for 18 days with performances by more than 100 singer songwriters and their bands.

Interspersed between weekends are workshops in songwriting and booking and management for touring artists performance and recording. The annual Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition is held on the first weekend and draws 32 of the best of America's emerging songwriters. Award winners are recognized at a special concert on the second weekend.

Gates open at 8:00 a.m.
Enjoy the diversity of Florida´s culture and history when its residents share their food, music, dance, stories, crafts and work life. Visit Seminole family camp, watch the state fiddling contest and savor ethnic food and church supper favorites. Pets are not allowed.

Fees to be announced at a later date.
For more information, call 386-397-7005.

For advance tickets, call 1.877.635.3655 or visit the Folk Festival Website.

Held in the Fiddler’s Grove Campground. Since its inception nearly three-quarters of a century ago, this fiddling event has focused on traditional American music. This dedication has earned the event a reputation as one of the most prestigious and authentic fiddling competitions in the United States. In May, 2000, Fidder's Grove received the Local Legacy award from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. More than 50 traditional bands in old time and bluegrass divisions (Junior and Senior categories) vie for the coveted championships of the festival.

Held over Memorial Day weekend every year. The festival strives to maintain a low-key, family feel by limiting ticket sales to the first 5,000 takers. Camping is available on site in this beautiful wooded area of the Brushy Mountain foothills.

On stage competition and workshops in all instrumental categories, as well as the informal jam sessions spring up any time of the day or night throughout the festival grounds. There are individual Junior and Senior competitions in fiddle, banjo, autoharp, mandolin, harmonica, guitar, dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, dobro, and bass fiddle.

• Held at the BSA Camp McKinley
• Concerts, workshops, mini-concerts, and more
• Mountain Dulcimer and Hammered Dulcimer

Dulci-More Festival Website

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!