Events

Updated Oct 14, 2025  

For all events listed below, all are welcome, no experience necessary, and song books will be available for loan or purchase.

• Tuesdays, 6pm – 8pm: Weekly Practice Singing at the home of Dean and Rachel in Oviedo. We often do some singing-school-style instruction and slow practice of parts especially for new singers. We sing from a variety of shape-note tunebooks including The Christian Harmony, 2010 (DoReMi, 7 shapes), and 4-shape books including The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition, The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, The Shenandoah Harmony, and The Valley Pocket Harmonist. Please feel free to invite friends and let me know if you plan to come, would like weekly email or text-message reminders, need our address, or have any questions. RSVP to Rachel at 301.943.0515 as we occasionally cancel or shift the date/time to accommodate singers' other commitments.

• Sunday, October 19, 3:30pm – 5:30pm: Sweetwater Monthly Singing at Church of the Mediator, 501 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition every 3rd Sunday of the month except December. RSVP (optional): https://www.facebook.com/events/1241441831356823/ Facebook group: Sweetwater Sacred Harp Singers 

• Sunday, October 26, 3:00 – 5:00pm: Jacksonville Monthly Singing at St John's Lutheran Church, 1950 Silver St, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida. We hope to have a few copies of The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition to sell and/or lend, but bring your 1991 edition in case there aren't enough of the 2025.  Every 4th Sunday of the month. https://www.facebook.com/groups/jaxsacredharp

• Sunday, November 2nd (1st Sunday instead of our usual 2nd Sunday), 1pm – 3pm: Orlando Monthly Singing at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 4917 Eli St, Orlando, FL 32804. We will sing from both The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and the The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012. RSVP (optional): https://www.facebook.com/events/1106666868318440

• Sunday, November 16, 3:30pm – 5:30pm: Sweetwater Monthly Singing at Church of the Mediator, 501 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition, every 3rd Sunday of the month except December. Sweetwater Sacred Harp Singers 

• Sunday, November 23, 3:00 – 5:00pm: Jacksonville Monthly Singing at St John's Lutheran Church, 1950 Silver St, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida. Every 4th Sunday of the month https://www.facebook.com/groups/jaxsacredharp

• Saturday, November 22, 12:00 – 12:45pm, Sacred Harp Singing at Dudley Farm State Park, 18730 West University Rd, Newberry, FL 32669, as part of Fall Music Day 11am until 4pm. This is an outdoor event with several folk/music groups performing throughout the day. Performers receive free admission and parking. Chairs will be provided. You may wish to bring a hat, water, and snacks/lunch. Please RSVP to melanier.murray@gmail.com to be added to the participant list and for more information. 

• Sunday, November 30, 10am – 2:30pm: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, every Fifth Sunday. Please bring food to share for a potluck lunch. For more information, contact Claudia at mscdm1967@gmail.com

Farther along, mark your calendars for:

• Saturday and Sunday, January 10-11, 2026: 3rd annual Central Florida Sacred Harp Singing Weekend.  Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and The Christian Harmony, 2010 on Saturday, and from The Shenandoah Harmony, The Valley Pocket Harmonist, and The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012 on Sunday. RSVP (optional) and more information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/9147390731973186

• Saturday, February 7, 10am-12pm singing at the Florida State Fair from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012.

• Saturday, February 14, Panhandle Pioneer Museum in Blountstown, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012

• Saturday, March 7, Jacksonville All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. More info coming soon!

• Saturday, March 14, Hoboken All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012

• Saturday, March 29, 10am – 2:30pm: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, every Fifth Sunday. Please bring food to share for a potluck lunch. 

• Saturday, April 4, Sweetwater All-Day Singing in Micanopy from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition

• Friday evening May 15 and Saturday, May 16: Tallahassee Sacred Harp Singing from The Shenandoah Harmony on Friday evening and from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012 on Saturday.

• Friday through Sunday, May 22-24, Florida Folk Festival in White Springs 

• Saturday, August 15,  Cocoa Beach All-Day Singing, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, at 525 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

General reminders: 

• If you're interested in carpooling to singings, please post on the facebook event pages or contact Rachel - respeer@gmail.com or 301.943.0515

• Regular monthly singings in Tallahassee: 1st Friday - Denson book singing and 3rd Friday - Cooper book singing. Both held at Quaker Meeting House, 2001 S. Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, from 7 - 9 pm with a break for snacks. Loaner books are available.  For Tallahassee Sacred Harp Singing event reminders, please email Marja at mjkatma@gmail.com to be added to their email list. 

• For Cooper Book singings in the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama, see http://www.sacredharpbook.com/calendar-of-singings/

• For the most complete listing of shape-note singing events throughout the US & around the world, see https://shapenotesingings.com/ 

• As always, please check https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrlandoFaSoLa for updates on singing in the Orlando area. 

• Feel free to share this message with others, and let me know if you would like to receive monthly email reminders.

Hope to sing with you soon! 

Rachel