October Festival Schedule

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

Eight Themed Weekends:

• Oktoberfest
• 1001 Dreams
• Pirate Adventure
• Roman Bacchanal
• All Hallows Eve
• Highland Fling
• Glorias de Espana
• Celtic Christmas

See Renaissance Festival Website for details or call 800.458.3435

• Lots of bluegrass and oldtime jamming
• RV and tent camping with full hookups
• Campgrounds open Wednesday noon. Free hot showers
• Amateur stage open to all
• NO PETS
• Located just north of Oklahoma City off I-35
• Tickets are $80 at the gate for all three days, $65 in advance
• Early-Bird discount tickets available until April 15
• Over 20 different blue grass bands
• One of the top 100 events in North America

Held at the Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church of Milford.  Beautiful sanctuary with good acoustics.  Eight large rooms for workshops.

The festival will include concerts Friday and Saturday nights, plus a full day of activities Saturday.

We have another great lineup of workshops -- ranging from middle-of-the-road to cutting-edge -- for hammered and mountain dulcimer players of all levels.  Our workshop leaders this year come from practically every state in the Northeast, including many familiar favorites from previous Nutmegs, as well as some great, new faces.

To register go to Registration Page

• HD and MD workshops
• Open stage
• Concerts and Jams
• Friday night stew
• Saturday night BBQ

For more information visit the
Red River Valley Dulcimer Club Website

Come join the CORYDON DULCIMER SOCIETY for a fun filled weekend in the Park! The Group Camp has a mess hall, 2 bath houses, community building, fire pit, large shelter house and 2 bunk houses. The men's and women's bunk houses have 50 twin size beds with frame and mattresses. The dorms also have a half bath. You will need to bring your own bed roll and personal items. These dorms are FREE on a reservation basis. Workshops and Concerts are FREE. Meals will be provided in the Mess Hall for a reasonable fee.

You must Pre-register for the bunk house, and meals. Or you can stay in your own RV in the O'Bannon Woods State Park campground facilities. Ask for the A section odd number sites from #47 - #71. if you want sites with other musicians For Campground reservations, call 866-622-6746, property # 622, or www.camp.in.gov

Motels are at Corydon, 12 miles away:

• Best Western -- 812.738.4192
• Holiday Inn Express -- 812.738.1623
• Hampton Inn -- 812.738.6688
• Super 8 -- 812.738.8887
• Baymont Inn -- 812.738.1500.

• Sponsored by Wickett Volunteer Fire Department
• Lots of jamming! $5 Friday, $8 Saturday, $12 for 3-day pass
• Held in Wickett City Park (Exit FM 1219 off I-20)
• Food booths. Guest bands welcome!
• Limited RV hook-ups. Campgrounds nearby
• More RV parks 5 miles away

Held at the Sharlot Hall Museum, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Fiddles and banjos, storytellers, dancers, songwriters, and a big Saturday night barn dance. Musical instrument swap meet. Over 150 performers; workshops on instrumental styles, song swaps, singer-songwriter sessions, theme jams, mini-concerts, sing-alongs, Sunday morning Country Gospel sing, teaching workshops, contra dancing, clogging, Flamenco dancing!

Held at the Golden Eagle Christian Center, it's a full weekend of Music ... mountain & hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, banjo and (what am I forgetting?) all other acoustic instruments will join our voices in a weekend of Gospel music.

Featured artist: God.

There will be Bible study sessions and discussion groups such as:  Music in the Bible, Ministry through Music, Music as Therapy.

For one hour on Saturday afternoon, there will be a chance to buy, sell or swap music and related items.  Bring new or used tapes, cds, books, instruments, etc. and display them on tables in the lower hallway for our shoppers.  If you are selling, plan to stay with your merchandise during this one-hour shopping spree.

Devotions at every meal, Bible Study sessions, Saturday Night Gospel Sing open to the public ..... retreat participants are the band.  Fun, Fellowship, Inspiration, lots of old hymns and gospels.  Please contact us or visit our website for information regarding camping and pets.

An outstanding lineup with several National Champions coming it to teach and perform. The event will start on Thursday evening with a Pot Luck Supper followed by a Community Singing and jamming. Friday and Saturday are full of workshops during the day with top rate concerts both evenings. Sunday concludes the weekend with a wonderful Hymn Sing. The town of New Harmony in tiny, a village of 800. It is a historic site of a former experimental community that excelled in the sciences and math.

• Workshops
• Dulcimer History
• Lectures
• 24-hour Jam Barn
• Singing
• Concerts

Info:
Maureen Sellers, 4708 Corydon Pike, New Albany IN 47150

Held at the Historic Hilltop House Hotel.
Three day residential weekend workshop featuring numerous 5 hour workshops for hammered dulcimer, fiddle, uillean pipes, concertina, button accordion, bodhran, flute, whistle, Irish song and more in a comfortable retreat setting. Advance registration is recommended as many classes fill.

Irish Music Weekend Website

Held at Jefferson College (Hwy 21).

• Friday evening will feature a "Jammin' in the Round".
• Daytime on Saturday will offer workshops from 9-5:00 with live music on stage during that time also.
• Evening concert at 7:00.
• All on campus of Jefferson College, indoors so weather is no problem.

Cost is $35 before October 1; $40 after that--for workshop participants.
This includes everything. Concert in evening is only $5.
For $7 a person can listen to all the daytime performers AND attend the evening concert.

Camping and Hotels:
Washington State Park is south on Hwy 21
K.O.A. off I-55 at Pevely
Baymont Inn at I-55 & Hwy A in Festus: 636.937.2888.
(Ask for special Autumn Acoustics rate.)

Held at the Ruritan park
(right on Rt 1 which goes through town)

All string acoustic intruments

• Jams
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Merchant Vendors
• Food Vendors
• Pets Not Allowed
• Childrens Activities

The Ruritan Chowder will be going on with the bluegrass event.
All acoustic stringed intruments please.
No electric intruments, or Alcohol.

Held at the Hoblitzelle Camp and Conference Center in Midlothian, Texas, just 30 minutes south of Dallas. Workshops for all sorts of "Irish" instruments, singing workshops, music theory, playing by ear, and dancing.

Directions and Map

MUST pre-register!
Held at the Olympia Resort, 30 minutes west of Milwaukee; 90 minutes NW of Chicago.  Optional Thursday night arrival -- full day Friday

30 nationally known staff, 75 classes, 15 concerts, open mike, jamming, resort comforts with pool, spa. Workshops in dulcimer, guitar, autoharp, banjo, fiddle, folk harp, tinwhistle, many more. Singing, Dancing, African Drumming, Ecology, Crafts, Instrument building.

Info:
UMW Folk Center
Ann Schmid
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

A Dulcimer and Acostical Music Festival

Free Dulcimer and Folk Music Concerts
    Small group workshops at a small charge...

Get ready to tap your toes and clap your hands as the Brazos Valley Dulcimer Club in conjunction with Tarleton's Langdon Center presents a music festival with the purpose of passing down to future generations the wonderful sweet-strings of the hammer and mountain dulcimer mixed with fiddles, guitar and other acoustical instruments.

• Bring your lawn chairs and hear free concerts all day.
• Shop venders selling fine handcrafted instruments and music related items.
• Sign-up for workshop -- Small workshops offering great instruction.
• Jam sessions 6p-8p Friday October 31st

Family fun always happens when dulcimers play. Jam sessions on Friday evening at the frestival site, the southeast corner of Pearl and Crockett Street on the historic square in Granbury. Jam session are being planned with you in mind. If you play an instrument bring it along and join the fun. EVERYBODY is welcome to play.