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Playing the same old time tunes in 2023.
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.
Cancelled due to weather:
Gravy Soppers and Dargaon Benders were scheduled to play in October.
The event will be rescheduled.