September 2023

Sep 4 Annual Labor Day Lawnbuster Pickin Party hosted by Ken & Brad Kolodner, Baltimore MD [fb]

Sep 8-9 Rockbridge music festival in Buena Vista VA (Saturday night band is the McCoys!)

Sep 14-16 Watermelon Picker Fest in Berryville VA is cancelled for 2023, scheduled to return in 2024.

Sep 15-16 The Infamous Weekend with the Infamous Stringdusters (camping all weekend, tickets required)

Sep 14-16 Appalachian Festival at Frostburg State University in MD

Sep 15 Craggy Island at Beans in the Belfry, Brunswick MD. Fri 7-9pm

Sep 16-17 Bluemont Fair in Bluemont VA

Sep 16 ? Hoppin John (schedule to be posted)

Sep 17  Old Time Jam at Howard County Farm Heritage Museum. Sun 1-5pm

Sep 20 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo outdoors this month. Wed 7:30-9:30 

Sep 21-24  The Old Time Weekend. We have a wonderful site selected near Harpers Ferry WV. Please contact us and register for details. Wed: volunteers present for dumpster and porta john delivery. Thur: music starts. Fri: music continues. Sat: the big day with 200 people expected. Sun: cleanup.

Sep 21-24 Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival [tickets]

Sep 22-24 Maryland Folk Festival in Salisbury

Sep 23 Appalachian Heritage Festival concert at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown WV

Sep 24 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm

Sep 29 Gravy Soppers are one of the acts playing Art at the Point in Point of Rocks MD. Sat 10am-1pm.

Sep 30 - Oct 1 Baygrass Music Festival, Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis MD

Sep 30 Tumbleweeds band at the pumpkin festival at Butler's Orchard in Germantown MD. Sun 4pm

October 2023

Oct 6-7 Gravy Soppers' fiddler booked elsewhere

Oct 8 Tumbleweeds band at the pumpkin festival at Butler's Orchard in Germantown MD. Sun 4pm

Cancelled due to weather: Oct 14 Gravy Soppers and Dargon Benders string band concert at Shafer Farm in Burkittsville MD. See the poster below. Reserve your tickets. Sat 2pm-6:30

Oct 13-15 Fink & Marxer at Institute of Musical Traditions. Silver Spring MD. Concerts on Fri & Sat, workshops on Sun

Oct 15 Tumbleweeds band at the pumpkin festival at Butler's Orchard in Germantown MD. Sun 4pm

Oct 18 Jonathan's jam at Takoma Park BevCo outdoors under the white tent. Wed 7:30-10pm 

Oct 22 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm

Oct 21 Dakota Harper at Fort Ashby, WV. Sat 7-9pm

Oct 24 Kolodner Jam with Rachel Eddy. Bluebird, 3600 Hickory Ave, Baltimore. Tue 7-8pm slow jam, 8-10pm fast jam. 

Oct 27 Spooky dance, costumes encouraged, at Baltimore Museum of Industry. Square Dance and Honky Tonk. Fri 6-10:30pm

Oct 29 Rocklands Square Dance, Poolesville MD. Calls by Kim Forry, music by Baltimore Stump Fairies. Free (plus tip jar) Sun 5pm-8pm 

November 2023

Nov 4 DC Square Dance Collective. Music by Rachel Eddy (fiddle), Ann Porcella (guitar), Bill Schmidt (banjo), and Em Hammond (bass). St. Stephens Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington, D.C. $10 cash or venmo. Sat 8-11pm (doors open 7:30) 

Nov 7 Kolodner Jam. Bluebird, 3600 Hickory Ave, Baltimore. Tue 7-8pm slow jam, 8-10pm fast jam. 

Nov 10-12 Brooklyn Folk Festival

Nov 11 Screening of documentary on the Canote Twins, Silver Spring MD. Free but tickets required. Also a house concert after with limited seats, separate tickets, and $20 donation.

Nov 18 Concert by the Martins and workshops for dulcimer, mandolin, banjo. Tickets. School of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park, MD. Sat 7pm

Nov 22 Jonathan's jam at new location: Busboys & Poets in Tokoma Park MD. Wed 7:30-10pm 

Nov 26 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm

December 2023

Dec 3 Sanderson Jam with Ken Kolodner, Washington DC. Sun 3-6pm

Dec 26 Old Time Jam at Manor Mill, Monkton MD. Sun 1-4pm, confirmed.

June 2024

Jun 8-9 South Central Pennsylvania Old Time String Band Festival at Elicker's Grove, Spring Grove, PA. Sat jams, optional camping overnight.

Jun 14-15 30th Annual Maury River Fiddlers' Convention. Glen Maury Park, Buena Vista VA

September 2024

Sep 19-22 The Old Time Weekend.