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

The latest version of our Celtic Weekend, the Cape Breton Fiddle Fest will include a variety of classes for fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, mandolin, mixed instruments, dance and more.  Concert, jams, student-led mini classes, and a ceilidh dance.

Music Weekend Website

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

There will NOT be a staff-led Stringalong Weekend this October 2009 at Olympia Resort.  Please join us at our smaller student-led program in November. Info:
UMW Folk Center
Ann Schmid
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201