New Mexico |
Albuquerque |
ABQ Folk Festival
Sunday, September 28, 2025
National Hispanic Cultural Center
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Santa Fe |
Santa Fe Traditional Music Festival
Santa Fe Friends of Traditional Music
Date: August 22-24, 2025
Location: Camp Stoney • 7855 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM
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Neighboring states
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Arizona |
Southwest Old Time String Band Gathering
Thursday, March 5-8, 2026
Location: Tucson |
Colorado |
Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival
Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association (CROMA)
We wish.
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Oklahoma |
Greenleaf Old Time Music Festival
April 7-12, 2025
Location: Braggs, OK
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Kansas |
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Walnut Valley Festival
September 17-21, 2025
Pre-festival camping begins with Land Rush "Pre-Line-Up" - check website for details
Location: Winfield, KS
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Texas |
Austin Stringband Festival
Date: October 17-19, 2025
Location: Austin, TX
Lots of dancing at this one -- Southern Squares, Honky-Tonk, Cajun, Mexican... |
And Beyond... |
(in random order; see grid above for month by month timeline) |
WESTERN U.S. |
Idaho |
Stickerville - the old-time component of the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest & Festival
Date: June 12-22, 2025
Location:
Wieser, Idaho |
California |
Los Angeles Old Time Social
Date: may be extinct |
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Date: September 17-21, 2025
Location:
Berkeley, CA
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Golden Old-Time Campout
Date: TBA
Location:
Lake Sonoma, CA |
Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddlers' Festival
Date: TBA
Goleta, CA |
Oregon |
Portland Old Time Music Gathering
Date: January 15-18, 2026
Location:
Portland, OR
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Washington |
Oly Old-Time Festival
Date: February 14-16, 2025
Location:
Olympia, WA |
Centralia Old-Time Music Campout
Date: August 9-17, 2025
Location:
Centralia, Washington (halfway between Seattle and Portland)
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EASTERN U.S. |
Appalachian Stringband Festival (AKA Clifftop)
Date: July 30- August 3, 2025 • pre-festival camping July 25-29, 2025
Location: Clifftop, WV |
Old Fiddlers' Convention (Galax)
Date: August 4-9, 2025
Location:
Galax, VA
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Mt. Airy Blue Grass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
Date: June 6-7, 2025 (always first weekend in June)
Location:
Mt. Airy, North Carolina
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Midwest |
Bluff Country Gathering
Date: May 15-18, 2025
Lanesboro, MN
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Indiana Fiddlers Gathering
Date: June 27-29, 2025
Battleground, IN
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White Oak Folk Fest
Date: August 8-10, 2025
Dodgeville, WI
Here's a searchable festival guide for everywhere you might want to go, and places you didn't know you wanted to go.
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