The Brooklyn Folk Festival will celebrate three major anniversaries at this year’s festival, to be held November 10 – 12 at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn. The 2023 gathering will… Read More →
Events
Hammons Family Memorial Fiddle and Banjo Contests (Marlinton, WV)
July 9 is the date for the inaugural Hammons Family Memorial Fiddle and Banjo Contests, held in Marlinton, West Virginia. Registration and other information can be found on the Facebook… Read More →
Clifftop (WV)
August 3 – 7 are the dates for this year’s Appalachian String Band Music Festival, AKA Clifftop, held in person again at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop, West Virginia. Pre-festival… Read More →
Banjo Gathering (Baltimore, MD)
The 25th annual Banjo Gathering will be held in Baltimore November 3 – 6. As details are finalized they will be announced at banjogathering.weebly.com.
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (Asheville, NC)
The 95th annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival will take place in Asheville, North Carolina, August 4 – 6. Doors open at 6:00 and show begins at 7:00, at the… Read More →
Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention (Westminster, MD)
The Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention will be in-person this year, held on the campus of McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, on July 16. The festival is now part of the… Read More →
Elliot County (KY) Fiddlers Convention
The first annual Elliot County Fiddlers Convention will take place at the Little Sandy Lodge in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, on July 8 and 9th, 2022.
In Quarantine
In 2020, old-time music has been thriving in the virtual world, with a huge array of concerts, classes, jams, and other offerings taking place on Facebook and elsewhere online. This… Read More →
