Festivals and Musical Gatherings for Students
1/28/18
Festivals and Musical Gatherings for Students
Musical resources of which to be aware
At these festivals festivals attendants actually play music in spontaneous and official jam sessions. You are encouraged to bring your instrument or voice and join in.
| VT All-Day Sacred Harp Sing | Various dates | location changes | vtshapenotesingers.com/ |
| Basin Bluegrass Festival | July | Brandon, VT | Jamming |
| Catskills Irish Arts Week | July | East Durham, NY | Huge Irish Music Festival |
| Chant de Vièlle | June | St Jean sur Richelieu Que. | Trad Quebec |
| Dance Flury | Feb. Val.Day | Saratoga Springs, NY | Folk dance and music |
| Golden Fest | January | Brooklyn NY | Balkan music, dance and jamming |
| Green Mountain Mahler Festival | Jan 1 and var. dates | Burlington | vtmahler.org |
| Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival | July | Oak Hill, NY | much jamming |
| HONK! | October | Somerville, Mass | Street bands, jamming, workshops |
| Memoire et Racine | July | Joliete, Quebec | Traditional Quebecois |
| NEFFA Festival | April | Mansfield Mass | Dance and music, jamming |
| New World Festival | Sept | Randolph VT | Celtic/Quebecois w/jamming |
| Old Songs Festival | June | Altamont NY | Folk |
| Peacham Acoustic Music Fest | Aug | Peacham, VT | Acoustic folk/trad. |
| Spice on Snow Festival | January | Montpelier | Cajun festival |
| Sutton Fiddle Fest | Aug | Sutton, Quebec | Trad. Quebec acoustic |
| Tuba Christmas | Dec | Burlington | All tuba family welcome (very open) |