COLUMBUS FOLK MUSIC
 SOCIETY, INC.
                                                                       

FOLK FESTIVALS, CAMPS & SCHOOLS
(Most Within About One Day's Drive (500 Miles) Of Columbus)
If you would like to list your Folk Type Festival/Camp/School on the this page,
 email information to Larry Staats at: cfmsstaats@gmail.com
(Primarily, we list Folk Type Events at Folk Venues or
by Folk Organizations)

Feb 9- 11
 Timpanogos Storytelling Conference
Orem, Utah
Info: http://www.timpfest.org

Feb 17 - 18
River City Blues Competition
Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society
The Lafayette Hotel, 101 Front St., Marietta, OH
Info: http://www.bjfm.org

Feb 17 - 18
Old Time Fiddlers Convention and Luthiers Gathering
(Competition with various instruments)

Plemmons Student Union on the campus of
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Info: http://fiddle.apps.appstate.edu/
 

Feb 22 - 26
Folk Alliance Conference
Memphis, Tennessee
Info: http://www.folkalliance.org/conference/

Feb 24 - 26
Ann Arbor Dawn Dance Weekend
Contra, English, Square, Couple Dancing & More
Ann Arbor, MI
Info: http://www.aactmad.org/

Feb 27 - 29
Weber State University
Storytelling Festival
Ogden, Utah
Info: http://www.weber.edu/storytelling

March 1 - 4
Breakin' Up Winter
 Nashville Old Time String Band Assoc.
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Near Nashville, Tn.
Info: http://www.nashvilleoldtime.org/BUW/index.shtml

March 2 - 4
Stringalong Weekend
 (A Participant-Led Program)
 4:30 pm Friday - 11:00 am Sunday
Edwards Conference Center, East Troy, WI

(90 min. NW of Chicago)
Info: http://www.stringalongweekend.com/Stringalong_Weekend/March_Stringalong.html

March 2 - 4
Storytelling Retreat/Workshop
Sistersville, WV (North of Marietta on the Ohio River)
at the Wells Inn and the Gaslight Theater
Info: Susanna at: susannaholstein@yahoo.com

 

March 3 - 4
Sacred Harp Singing Convention
Jeffrey Mansion
165 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley, OH 43209
Info: http://www.math.osu.edu/~econrad/ohioconvention2012.html

March 16 - 17
River City Blues Festival
Mid-Ohio Valley Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society
The Lafayette Hotel, 101 Front St., Marietta, OH
Info: http://www.bjfm.org

April 13 - 14
Berea (Kentucky) Folk Dancers
English & American Dance Weekend

Info: Theresa Lower, 859-986-8777 or Theresa_lowder@berea.edu

 

April 27 - 29
Hands Four Spring Dance Weekend
Berea, KY
Info: http://www.hands4-berea.com

April 28
Folk Alliance Mid-west Region
FARMette (a one day conference)
at the Historic Fayette Opera House
Fayette, (Near Toledo) OH
Info: http://farmfolk.org/?page_id=503

May 4 - 6
 Central Ohio Folk Festival
By: Columbus Folk Music Society
Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park
(West of Columbus, OH)

May 11 - 12
 Info: http://raintreemusicheritagefestival.weebly.com/index.html


May 18 - 20
 Nelsonville Music Festival
Three days of live music, camping, kids activities,
art vendors, beer garden, and more all at Robbins Crossing
on the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH
Info: http://nelsonvillefest.org/

May 25 - 27
Vandalia Gathering
Statehouse Grounds
Charleston, WV
Info: http://www.wvculture.org/vandalia/


May 25 - 28
Almost Heaven Dance Weekend
Timber Ridge Camp
High View, WV
Info: http://www.contradancers.com/heaven


June 3 - 9
Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC

(N. of Ashville, NC, on U.S. Rt. 23)
Info: http://www.mhc.edu/oldtimemusic

 

June 8 - 10
Midwest Banjo Camp

(Bluegrass & Old Time Banjo)
Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan
Info: http://www.midwestbanjocamp.com

 

June 10 - 16
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps

(Old Time Banjo, Mt. Dulcimer, Bass, Flatpicking, Fingerpicking,

Old Time Fiddle, Songwriting, & Celtic Harp)
Maryville College, Maryville, TN
Info: http://www.flatpik.com/

 

June 17 - 23
Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamps

(Flatpicking, Bluegrass Banjo, Mandolin, Bluegrass Fiddle,

Singing, Dobro, Bass & Kid's Kamp)
Maryville College, Maryville, TN
Info: http://www.flatpik.com/

June 24 - 29
Allegheny Echoes
Music Workshops
 Marlinton, WV
Info: http://www.alleghenyechoes.com

June 28 - July 1
2012 National Storytelling Conference
Cincinnati Marriott at River Center
10 West River Center Boulevard
Covington, Kentucky 41011
Info: http://storynet.org/conference/index.html

July 8 - 14
Traditional Song Week
The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College (Near Ashville, NC)
701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778
Info: http://www.swangathering.com/index.html

July 14 - 29
Berea Festival Of
LEARNSHOPS
Berea, KY
Info: http://www.berea.com/festival-of-learnshops-2012/

July 15 - 21
Celtic Week
The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College (Near Ashville, NC)
701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778
Info: http://www.swangathering.com/index.html

July 15 - 21
Cumberland Dance Week
The Lake Cumberland 4-H Center
Near Nancy, KY
Info: http://www.cumberlanddanceweek.org

July 22 - 28
Old-Time Week
The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College (Near Ashville, NC)
701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778
Info: http://www.swangathering.com/index.html

July 29 - Aug 4
Guitar & Contemporary Fork Week
The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College (Near Ashville, NC)
701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778
Info: http://www.swangathering.com/index.html

Aug 5 - 11
Fiddle, Mando & Banjo Week
The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College (Near Ashville, NC)
701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778
Info: http://www.swangathering.com/index.html

Sept 7 - 9
FootFall Dance Weekend
Timber Ridge Camp
Hith View, WV
Info: http://www.footfalldance.com

Sept 14 - 16
Levi Jackson Dance Weekend
Sponsored by the Berea FOLK CIRCLE ASSOC., INC.
Levi Jackson State Park, London, KY

Sept 14 - 16
Michigan Dance Heritage Fall Weekend
Lexington, MI
Info:  http://www.mdh-online.org/Fall/
 

  
             
             

 

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