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 April 22, 2025.
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
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
April 18-19, 2025
Big Muddy Folk Festival
Boonville, Missouri
April 4-5, 2026
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
May 2-4, 2025
Central Ohio Folk Festival
Lewis Center, Ohio [near Columbus]
May 3-4, 2025
Cheat River Festival
Albright, West Virginia
May 2-3, 2025
Millvale Music Fest
Millvale PA
May 16-17, 2025
The Ashokan Center
Music & Dance Camp Dates
Olivebridge, New York
Assorted events including the “Old Time Rollick”, May 16-18, 2025
Edinboro Art & Music Festival
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
May 16-18, 2025
Florida Folk Festival
May 23-25, 2025 (Memorial Day weekend)
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
White Springs, FL
Fire in the Mountain
Aberystwyth, Wales
Festival - May 29-June 13, 2025
In the Pines
Bristol, TN/VA
TBD (was June 1, 2024)
Mount Airy Blue Grass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
Mount Airy, North Carolina
June 6-7, 2025
Ocrafolk Festival
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
June 6-8, 2025
Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival
San Francisco, CA
June 12-15, 2025
Bluff Mountain Music Festival
Hot Springs, NC
June 14, 2025 - 10am - 6pm
Common Ground on the Hill (Maryland Folklife Center)
Westminster, Maryland
Traditions Weeks: June 23-27, 2025 (virtual); July 7-11 (in-person); July 14-18, 2025 (in person)
Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention: May 31, 2025
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Washington, D.C.
July 2– 7, 2025
Old Songs Festival
Albany, New York
June 27-29, 2025
Great Blue Heron Music Festival
Sherman, New York
July 4-6, 2025
Appalachian Songwriters Workshop
Hindman, Kentucky
July 19-20, 2025
Fire in the Mountain
Aberystwyth, Wales
Music Camp - July 21-26, 2025
Appalachian String Band Music Festival
Clifftop, West Virginia
July 30-Aug. 3, 2025
Pickathon
Happy Valley, OR
July 31-Aug. 3, 2025
Musikfest
Bethlehem, PA
Aug. 1-3, 2025
Folk Heritage Committee: Shindig on the Green & Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Asheville, North Carolina
Shindig on the Green: Saturday evenings in July and August: July 5, 12, 19, 26; August 9, 16, 23
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival: July 31-Aug. 2, 2025
WUMB Acoustic Music Camps
Boston, Massachusetts
July 13-19, 2025 and Aug. 17-23, 2025
Week-long camps in July and August, and other music events throughout the year.
Great River Folk Festival
LaCrosse, WI
Aug. 22-24, 2025
Tri-State Bluegrass Music Festival
Kendalville, IN
Aug. 28-31, 2025
Plumas Homegrown American Festival
Quincy, CA
Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2025
Indiana Folk Music Society: Annual Eagle Creek Folk Festival
Beach Shelter in Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis
Sept. 13, 2025
The Berkeley Old-Time Music Convention
Berkeley, CA
Sept. 17-21, 2025
Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival
Portsmouth NH
September 27-28, 2025
https://pmffest.org
Winter Creek Reunion Acoustic Music Festival
TBD 2025 - was Oct. 10-13, 2024
Bennington, Oklahoma
Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music
Oct. 17-19, 2025
Berea, Kentucky
Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival
Oct. 10-12, 2025
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bluegrass Island Music Festival
Manteo, North Carolina
Oct. 16-18, 2025
Smokey Mountains Bluegrass Festival
Waynesville, North Carolina
Oct. 25, 2025
Barberville Pioneer Settlement
Barberville, Florida
Assorted events including monthly “Playing on the Porches,” the Annual Spring Frolic (April 5-6, 2025), and the Annual Fall Country Jamboree (Nov. 1-2, 2025)
CIMBALOM WORLD ASSOCIATION - The 17th Congress of the Yanggeum World Association
Seoul, South Korea
TBD 2025 - was November 3-8, 2024
Savannah Music Festival
Savannah, Georgia
TBD 2026 - was March 27-April 12, 2025