Playing Music
30th Annual FolkMADness Music, Song & Dance Weekend
- Camps
- Contra Dance
- English Country Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Festivals
- Playing Music
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
Bands and Music Workshops: Jeffrey Spero and Ryan McKasson (Syncopaths) and Ness Smith-Savedoff (The Dam Beavers) Larry Unger (Notorious) and Eric Boodman (Calico) and Emily Troll (Pine Tree Flyers and Anadama) Lindsay Taylor and Brian Nelson (Glorieta Pines) more local musicians announced soon Calling and Dance workshops led by: Gaye Fifer and Alexandra Deis-Lauby Singing […]
54th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Festivals
- Other Dance Traditions
- Outdoor Event
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
Ikigai: A Life Worth Living Northwest Folklife Festival is a community-powered celebration of the music, arts, and heritage of the Pacific Northwest. With over 4,000 performers on 20+ stages, 200 food/craft/import vendors, and 500 volunteers, the Northwest Folklife Festival remains one of the largest access-for-all festivals in the nation since 1972.
Folk College Intensive Workshops
Juniata College 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA, United StatesStart your Folk College experience with music intensives taught in small class sizes by master musicians. Intensives for Folk College 2025 are perfect for musicians just starting out to those looking to take their playing to the next level. Options include: Basics for Beginners, Bass For All, Clawhammer Banjo, Folk Cello, Harmonica, Latin American Music, […]
Folk College
- Camps
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
Join us for an action-packed music adventure complete with a ceilidh dance, a contradance, 7 concerts, over 20 workshops, and endless jamming. Make memories, form friendships, and take your playing to the next level during a fun and friendly weekend at Juniata College. Early Bird Registration ends April 15, 2025.
Meet Me In St Louis 2025
Webster Groves Masonic Hall 12 E Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO, United StatesJoin us for 4 days of music, dance, and more, with music from Supertrad & The Mound City Slickers and calling by Emily Rush and you! Register online at [email protected]
Peggy Seeger – 90th birthday final tour
ONLINEThis hybrid gig is being livestreamed from Cubley Hall in Penistone. Sadly tickets to watch it in person have SOLD OUT. We’re absolutely delighted to welcome folk royalty Peggy Seeger to the Live to Your Living Room Stage. Playing since the 1950s, Peggy was the co-founder of The Critics Group alongside Ewan MacColl, an instigator […]
Heather Ferrier’s Mint Sessions with Ceitidh Mac & Jayne from Me Lost Me
ONLINEWe’re delighted to introduce Heather Ferrier’s Mint Sessions to the Live to Your Living Room Stage, with three leading lights on the alt-folk circuit. Enjoy the captivating accordion playing of Heather Ferrier, the soaring vocals of cellist Ceitidh Mac, and the ambient, genre-pushing music of Me Lost Me. What to expect: A warm and invigorating […]
The Green Mountain Oldtime Workshop Weekend
- Camps
- Concerts
- Festivals
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Square Dance
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
The Green Mountain Oldtime Workshop Weekend features a full weekend of dances, workshops, concerts, and jam sessions at multiple venues in Cabot Village. The event begins Friday with jam sessions from 5-7pm, and pot luck from 7-8pm. Pointe Noir Cajun Band take the stage from 8-10 for a Cajun Dance. Pointe Noir finds its rhythm […]
Dance Trance
Lexington Ice Center 560 Eureka Springs Dr, Lexington, KY, United StatesDance Trance 2025 Contra Dance Weekend - June 6-8, 2025 - featuring Toss the Possum and callers Darlene Underwood and Terry Doyle. Come join us in June in Lexington, Kentucky in the beautiful bluegrass region. The weekend offers contra dances, English country dance, flatfooting, blues dance, musicians' jam, and more!
Park Avenue Contra (Swarthmore PA)
Park Avenue Community Center 1229 Park Ave, Swarthmore, PA, United StatesJoyful community contra dancing on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Sit-in musicians welcome on 2nd Tuesdays for our By-Ear Open Band (tunes + other details on our website).
Martin Carthy
ONLINEWe don’t use the word ‘legend’ all too often at Live to Your Living Room, but for this gig, it’s extremely well-deserved! We’re thrilled to welcome ‘the Godfather’ of English Folk – Martin Carthy for the launch of his latest album, Transform Me Then Into a Fish. What to expect: Transform Me Then Into a […]
Maine Fiddle Camp June Weekend
- Camps
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Weekend
- Workshops and Lessons
Maine Fiddle Camp is a multi-generational traditional music camp that exists to promote and carry on the traditional music and dance of Maine, New England and more broadly, North America. Its primary mission is to provide instruction for 12+ instruments plus singing, with levels for all ages and experience levels. Campers work towards performances, both […]
Maine Fiddle Camp June Week
- Camps
- Concerts
- Contra Dance
- Family and Community Dance
- Other Dance Traditions
- Playing Music
- Traditional Song
- Week
- Workshops and Lessons
Maine Fiddle Camp is a multi-generational traditional music camp that exists to promote and carry on the traditional music and dance of Maine, New England and more broadly, North America. Its primary mission is to provide instruction for 12+ instruments plus singing, with levels for all ages and experience levels. Campers work towards performances, both […]
Brattleboro Bal Folk: Jam & Dance at the Guilford Park Pavilion
Guilford Community Pavilion 24 Church Drive, Guilford, VT, United StatesCome dance and hang out with us in this beautiful pavilion just a few minutes outside of Brattleboro, VT! 4:30-5:45 Jam Session 5:45-6:30 Bring your own picnic 6:30-9 Dance Party with Eloise & Co. Becky Tracy, fiddle & Rachel Bell, accordion Fun, easy dances from France. Live music. Family-friendly. All dances taught. No experience necessary […]
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.