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 May 20, 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

Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend

Crafts, Dance, Music, and more
Remus, MI
May 23-25, 2025

Bluegrass in the Gorge

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

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

Bluegrass in the Gorge

Corbett, OR
May 29-June 1, 2025

Fire in the Mountain

Aberystwyth, Wales
Festival - May 29-June 13, 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

Summer Wheat Music Camp

Remus, MI
June 16-21, 2025

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

Old Songs Festival

Albany, New York
June 27-29, 2025

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Washington, D.C.
July 2– 7, 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