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UPCOMING EVENTS
Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 6:30-8:15
Towne Crier
379 Main Street, Beacon, NY
Performing on their Salon Stage. This is a restaurant, so come for dinner (or drinks in their Tap Room).
townecrier.com/salon-stage ... 845-855-1300
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Thur-Sat, Oct 2-5, 2025
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival - REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Online
Wonderful online festival with about 70 instructors. I'm teaching workshops:
> Getting Comfortable with Your 1 1/2 Fret (Level 2)
> Turn Any Song Book into a Dulcimer Book (Level 3)
> Chord Chart: All About Your Fretboard (Level 4)
> Playing Independently of the Beat (Level 4)
> Chromatic Dulcimer: Playing in Flat Keys (Level 5)
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Fri-Sat, Oct 17-18, 2025
Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival - REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Milford, CT
I'm the chair, and I'm teaching two workshops.
Featured artists: Aubrey Atwater (MD), Butch Ross (MD), Ken Kolodner & Mary Lynn Michal (HDs)
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Fri, Oct 24, 2025
Private event
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Sat, Oct 25, 2025
National Dulcimer Museum
Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd., Evendale, Ohio (north of Cincinnati)
10:00 am "A Day With Sam Edelston" - 3 workshops
7:00 pm - Concert
www.americanfolkmusicschool.org
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Tue, Oct 28, 2025, afternoon
Private event
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Tue, Oct 28, 2025, evening
Details coming
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Fri-Sat, Nov 6-9, 2025
NERFA (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference)
Albany, NY
Folk music "industry" conference. I'll be performing in showcases, and I host the "Anything But Guitars" showcase there.
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Thur-Sat, Nov 20-22, 2025
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association Virtual Fall Festival (NGFDA)
Online
Wonderful online festival with three dozen instructors. I'm teaching 10 workshops:
> 0 1/2 Fret (Level 4)
> Baritone Dulcimer in a Standard World (Level 3)
> Barriers to Progress (Level ALL)
> Chromatic Dulcimer the EASY Way! (Level 3)
> Doing Two Things at Once (Level 5)
> How to Jam If You Don’t Know the Tune (Level 3)
> How to Learn Songs on the Internet (Level ALL)
> Play Gershwin - Without “Extra” Frets (Level 5)
> Rock Basics (Level 2)
> Singin’ in the Rain (Level 4)
www.ngfda.com/register-for-2025-fall-festival
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Sun, January 18, 2026, 2:00
Carnegie Hall!
New York, NY
Performing at the 17th Annual Performing Arts Educators Invitational.
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Fri-Sun, March 13-15, 2026
Mountain Dulcimer Music Festival
Latham, NY
Teaching four workshops and leading the Folk Revival Jam.
www.dulcimerassociationofalbany.com/2026.htm
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Fri, March 20, 2026
Troubadour Concerts
Morristown, NJ
Performing a rare duet set with Teddy Parker.
It's not posted yet, but will be at folkproject.org/troubadour