Other Festivals & Events

The Dulcimer Players News Festival and Workshop Guide features music festivals focused on mountain and hammered dulcimers.

This list (ordered by start date) features upcoming festivals that might be of interest to dulcimer players, including folk, bluegrass, and old-time music and dance festivals. Keep scrolling to see more events coming in 2025!

This list was last updated on October 16, 2024.
If you would like to see a festival included, please email the details to staff@dpnews.com.

Ongoing

Blue Ridge Mountain Music Trails of North Carolina

North Carolina
Assorted music and old time events

The Folk Project: The Troubadour Acoustic Concert Series

Morristown, New Jersey
Usually 7:30 p.m. on Fridays - check website for details and performers

Upper Potomac Music Weekends

Shepherdsville, West Virginia
Throughout the year

2024 - Specific Dates

Bluegrass Island Music Festival

Manteo, North Carolina
Oct. 17 - 19, 2024

Barberville Pioneer Settlement

Barberville, Florida
Assorted events including monthly “Playing on the Porches,” the Annual Spring Frolic (April 6 - 7, 2024), and the Annual Fall Country Jamboree (Nov. 2 - 3, 2024)

CIMBALOM WORLD ASSOCIATION - The 17th Congress of the Yanggeum World Association

Seoul, South Korea
November 3-8, 2024

2025

Baltimore Old Time Music Festival

Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, Maryland
April 18-19, 2025

California State Old Time Fiddle & Picking Championships

Lodi, CA
TBD (was April 19th-20th, 2024)

Big Muddy Folk Festival

Boonville, Missouri
TBD (was April 5 - 6, 2024)

Bluegrass in the Gorge

Menucha Retreat and Conference Center
Corbett, Oregon
May 29-June 1, 2025
(Check out their other programs too!)

Blue Ridge Uke Fest

Morganton, North Carolina
TBA (was May 3-5, 2024)

Central Ohio Folk Festival

Lewis Center, Ohio [near Columbus]
TBD (was May 4-5, 2024)

Cheat River Festival

Albright, West Virginia
TBD (was May 3-4, 2024)

Edinboro Art & Music Festival

Edinboro, Pennsylvania
TBD (was May 17-19, 2024)

Fire in the Mountain

Aberystwyth, Wales
Festival - TBD 2025 (was May 30-June 3, 2024)
Music Camp - TBD 2025 (was Aug 19-24, 2024)

Florida Folk Festival

TBD (was May 24-26, 2024) (Memorial Day weekend)
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
White Springs, FL

Mount Airy Blue Grass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention

Mount Airy, North Carolina
TBD (was June 7-8, 2024)

Ocrafolk Festival

Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
TBD (was June 7-9, 2024)

The Ashokan Center
Music & Dance Camp Dates

Olivebridge, New York
Assorted events including the “Old Time Rollick”
TBD - was June 7 - 9, 2024

Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival

San Francisco, CA
TBD (was June 13-16, 2024)

Bluff Mountain Music Festival

Hot Springs, NC
TBD - was June 15, 2024 - 10am - 6pm

Common Ground on the Hill (Maryland Folklife Center)

Westminster, Maryland
Traditions Weeks: TBD - was June 24-28, 2024 (virtual); July 7-12 (in-person)
Roots Music & Arts Festival: TBD - was July 13, 2024 (in-person)
Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention: TBD - was May 1-31, 2024 (virtual); June 2, 2024 (in-person)

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

Portsmouth NH
September 28-29, 2024
https://pmffest.org