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

• 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 by September 27th 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

Sponsored by the Morgan County Dulcimer Association. Held at the Point Mallard Campground, Pavilion A. Free lessons, jamming, pot-luck (bring your appetite). Mountain dulcimer and all other acoustic instruments welcome.

Camping reservations: 256.351.7772
Non-campers encouraged to attend.

Beginning Mountain Dulcimer with Mary Z. and Bob Cox

10:00 AM--12:00 Noon
Stephen Foster State Park (on the Suwannee River)
Craft Square Cabin # 1

Registration: Call the Craft Square to register and pay class fee.

Have a mountain dulcimer and want to get started? Here's a two hour introduction to Appalachian style playing with the 2006 Uncle Dave Macon Days mountain dulcimer champ. Come tuned in DAd and be ready to have some fun learning to play a simple first tune to get you started. This is a fun instrument and easy to play -- especially if you have ever played another instrument. Limited to 12 students. Price: $20 per class

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!

Sponsorship provided by Acoustic Music Arizona (AMAZ)..

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.

The SSAMC is held at Boyd Hill Environmental Studies Area, at 2900 31st Street, St. Petersburg. In addition to the park entrance sign, there will be a sign by the entrance saying MUSIC CAMP.

Always the second weekend of October. Classes for mountain dulcimer and hammered ducimer. Over 100 classes are offered during the weekend. Many other acoustic instruments, concert, camping available.

Info:
Charley Groth
703 15th Ave. N.W.
Largo, Florida 33770

The event will be held at the United Methodist Church, 400 S Christy, and workshops will start at 9:00AM. The free concert will begin at 3:00 PM in the sanctuary of the United Methodist Church. Jam sessions will go on all day and acoustic musicians are welcome to stop in and participate. The event is sponsored by the Red Hill Dulcimer Society.

Workshops in mountain and hammer dulcimer, autoharp, Irish whistle and guitar. Instructors include Tull Glazener, Chris Carlisle, Molly McCormack, Jon Hall, Marilyn Barrett, Bob and Sherry King, and Dennis Jackman.
Free Concert at 2:30
Registration fee is $10.00. Advance registration fees can be sent to Jennifer Schilt, 209 E North Ave, Sumner, Il., 62466

Info:
Jerry Pacholski at 618.943.5610
Brad or Jennifer Schilt at 618.936.9038

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

Sponsored by the Johnny Appleseed Dulcimer Club
Held in the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Leominster, Massachusetts
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
Workshops, Dinner, and Concert in the evening.

Contact:
  Cynthia Crosson
  P.O. Box 781
  Petersham, MA 01366

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 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

Held at the beautiful Asbury Woods Nature Center -- 9am to 5pm

• Free concert for workshop participants
• Workshops for MD, HD and pennywhistle
• Jam session
• Pizza!

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED for workshops!
Call Asbury Woods at 814-835-5356 to register.
Contact Barb Nagle for details -- 814.833.6194
Sponsored by Asbury Woods Nature Center & The Misery Bay Dulcimer Club.