March Festival Schedule

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

Mountain dulcimer music festival held at the Calvary United Methodist Church on Belle Avenue (Off Old Loudon Road, just east of Latham Circle)

• Featured Performers and
• Workshop Leaders Concerts
• Workshops for All Levels
• Mountain Dulcimer Rentals
• Vendors
• Luthiers
• Open Stage
• Jams
• Lunch and Snacks available

Held in Fair Park, it is the second oldest Irish festival in the United States and largest in the southwest.  The festival has a proud tradition of being an exclusively volunteer organization that brings over 35,000 guests to Dallas each year.  As the second largest cultural event held in Fair Park, it occupies the largest buildings and largest open area on the site.  Fair Park has been home to the festival for 24 of it's 25 years, having moved from it's first location on Oak Lawn in 1984.  The festival is produced by the Southwest Celtic Music Association.

Held at Lake Lawn Resort in Delevan.
Concerts, workshops, singing, and dancing. Dulcimer activities.

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

This year's Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, in Ashley, Ohio, features a 'campus' type atmosphere from Wednesday through Friday including 10 hours of intensive instruction (5 hours each on Thursday and Friday), teacher-led jams, and open stages on Thursday and Friday.  After 3:00pm on Friday afternoon, we move to a weekend festival setting.  This year's instructors are ... Mountain Dulcimer:  Linda Brockinton, Dave Haas, Jan Hammond, Louise Ziegler, Diane Hochstetler, Steven K. Smith (Saturday).  Hammered Dulcimer:  Cathy Barton, Tina Gugeler, Joyce Harrison, Chris Cooperrider, Karen McCurdy.  Autoharp: Cindy Harris

• Jams
• Workshops
• Concerts
• Open Stage
• Merchant Vendors
• Food Vendors
• Showers
• Pets Not Allowed

Dulcimer festival held in the West Baton Rouge Community Center, 749 North Jefferson Avenue, Port Allen, Louisiana.  Visit the website for a current list of performers.

Come and strum, relax & visit;  Learn some new music under the majestic live oak trees along the Mississippi River in the sleepy Southern town of Port Allen, Louisiana.  Guarantee good Cajun food and company.

Featuring Mountain Dulcimer along with fiddle, guitar, autoharp, mandolin, bowed psaltery, harmonica, rhythm instruments and hammered dulcimer.
Camping and plenty of motels close by.
On site camping and special hotel rates available.
Many on-site vendors!

Sponsored by the Montgomery Dulcimer Players.
Located at Gunter Hill Corp of Engineers Park, 9 miles west of Montgomery.  This is a beautiful park on the river.  Mountain Dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer, Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Autoharp -- all acoustic instruments welcome.  "Lets Gather at the River" Jamming begins early in the week throughout the park.  Evening jams, Open stage and some classes on Sat. morning.  All events outside.  This a a relaxed and fun-filled festival.  Vendors welcome.  Please e-mail for a flyer and map.

Campers begin arriving early in the week.
Vendors welcome.
We promise you'll have a good time.

• Jams
• Open Stage
• Free Meal
• Merchant Vendors
• Camping
• RV Park
• Showers
• Pets Allowed
• Shopping Nearby

Held at the Historic Hilltop House Hotel
Three-day intensive residential weekend workshops featuring classes for hammered dulcimer and other instruments at the Historic Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virgini'.

Upper Potomac Web Site

The festival is held in the Museum for East Texas Culture (the old John H. Reagan High School) located at 400 Micheaux, Palestine, Texas.  It is inside the Loop right off of Hwy 19/287 and just south of the courthouse.  You can't miss it. The old, multi-story school building is red brick and sits back on the far side of Reagan Park.

Hammer Dulcimer, Mountain Dulcimer, clawhammer banjo, old-time fiddle, mandolin, bass, guitar.
Jamming, workshops, concerts, vendors.

Information:
Jerry Wright
4328 Effie
Bellaire, Texas 77401

Sponsored by the Louisville Dulcimer Society.
Held at the Radisson Airport Hotel.  Call the hotel for reservations at 800.395.7046, and mention the Gathering to get festival rates.
(mountain duclimer and hammered dulcimer) Workshops, concert, jamming, vendors.

Information:
Maureen Sellers
4708 Corydon Pike
New Albany, Indiana 47150