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SUMMARY:Oly Old Time Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 16th Oly Old Time Festival! \nFebruary 12-15\, 2026\nAbout the Festival\n\nThe Olympia Old Time Festival (Olympia\, WA) is an annual music event dedicated to teaching\, learning\, and participating in the tradition of old-time music. Artists from around the US and Canada come to play concerts\, jam\, call dances\, and teach workshops in this beloved event well-known in the national Old Time Music scene. The festival began in 2008 as a grassroots passion project and in 2016 became a program of Arbutus Folk School. \nWe open with a jam at a downtown restaurant/brewery on Thursday night\, run concurrent workshops during the day and concerts/dances at night on Friday and Saturday\, and end on Sunday afternoon. Events for this festival unfold at multiple locations: Arbutus Folk School downtown\, and the South Bay Grange. \nWe offer amazing concerts and performances\, entertaining and exciting old time traditional dances\, and hands-on workshops that cover a wide variety of musical instruments\, singing styles\, traditional crafts\, and dances. Old-Time music is highly participatory\, with most fans participating in dances to the music and usually are musicians themselves. \n​The opportunity to learn from\, jam with\, and dance to music from well-known national artists is a key feature of the festival. Free daytime workshops cover topics like clawhammer banjo\, fiddle tunes in two keys\, hambone (body percussion)\, make a crankie\, two-step and waltz Cajun dancing\, and clogging\, all led by festival artists in addition to their nighttime performances and all-weekend jams. \n2026 Festival Schedule!\n(scroll to bottom for workshop schedule!)\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday 2/12\n​Kick Off Jam (Free)\n​6pm-9pm                        Ilk Lodge Brewery (Downtown Olympia)\n9pm until it ends          Mossy Bottom Records (Downtown Olympia)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday 2/13\n\n\n​​Saturday 2/14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaytime Workshops (Free)\n1 1/2 hour long workshops\, scroll down for workshop details​Daytime Workshop Locations\n 12pm-4:30pm              Arbutus Folk School\n12pm-4:30pm              South Bay Grange \n\n​Friday Evening Events\n​(get tickets here!)\n​\nLounge Acts                  South Bay Grange\n5pm-6pm                     \nDear Crow6pm-7pm                     \nMississippi Hotdogs\n                            \nMain Concert               South Bay Grange\n7pm-10pm                 \nSquirrel Butter\nGolden Shoals\nAlum Ridge Boys and Ashlee\n​​\nSquare Dance             South Bay Grange\n10pm-12pm  \nThe Tallboys Reunion! \n​Caller: Connor Maguire    \n​\n​\n​\nJamming throughout and late\, late at Grange         \n\n\n\nDaytime Workshops (Free) \n1 1/2 hour long workshops\, scroll down for workshop detailsDaytime Workshop Locations\n 12pm-4:30pm              Arbutus Folk School\n12pm-4:30pm              South Bay Grange\n​ \n\nSaturday Evening Events\n(get tickets here!\n​\nLounge Acts                South Bay Grange\n5pm-6pm                     \nThe Tallboys Stringband6pm-7pm                     \nTradwife Stringband\n​​\nSquare Dance            South Bay Grange\n7pm-9pm  \nAlum Ridge Boys and Ashlee \n​Caller: Charmaine Slaven     \nHonky Tonk Dance\n9pm-11pm                  South Bay Grange\nMississippi Hotdogs \nLine Dancing\nSouth Bay Grange\n11pm – until it ends!  \n​\nJamming throughout and late\, late at Grange \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday 2/15 \nCrankie Show (Free)\n1pm-3pm                    South Bay GrangeWhat is a Crankie? \nA crankie is a centuries-old art form and story telling tradition that brings together music\, lyrics\, and art. It consists of a box with two scrolls of paper or some other material that is “cranked” to reveal images that are set to music and lyrics. If you have never seen a crankie show you are in for a treat!​Our crankie show will feature performances by Sue Truman and the Crankie Factory (with W.B. Reid and Jerry Gallaher)\, Zoe Leger\, and the Oly Old Time Festival crankie (made during Friday’s crankie-making workshop). \n​\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2026 Workshop Schedule!\nWorkshop Locations: \nClick HERE for directions to workshop venuesWorkshops run from 1.5 – 2.5 hours (note the times for each workshop)\nNote the location: South Bay Grange or Arbutus Folk School\nYellow indicates especially family or kid friendly \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Workshops\n\n\nSaturday Workshops\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12pm – 1:30pm\nOld Time Fiddle (all levels)\nSouth Bay Grange Hall\nCharlie Beck\nPlay some fun and accessible old time fiddle tunes.  Charlie will teach the particulars and then you’ll take ’em for a spin together.  Questions and participation will be welcome.12pm – 2:30pm (note this is a 2.5 hour workshop)\nCommunity Crankie Making (all levels) \nSouth Bay Grange Lounge\nEmily Teachout and Shanty Slater\nIllustrate a tune or ballad on a scroll of paper\, then perform it by illuminating it from behind and rolling it by in time to the music.  Emily and Shanty will demonstrate a crankie they’ve already made and then the class will make one together.  Bring yourself and your creativity.  All supplies provided.  There may be an opportunity to perform the crankie later in the week!12pm – 1:30pm\nOld Time Mandolin (Intermediate)\nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nAndrew Small\nTune up the old 8-string and explore all things mandolin! Spend time covering useful shapes\, chord voicings\, and other repeating patterns that will expand your facility on the instrument and can add variety and color to your playing. We’ll consult recordings of mandolin masters who demonstrate a variety of approaches to using the instrument in a traditional context. Along the way\, we’ll hammer home the three T’s – Tone\, Taste\, and Timing (although not necessarily in that order). If you love the mandolin\, this is the class for you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30pm – 3:00pm\nCajun Accordion (all levels)\nSouth Bay Grange Hall\nPaul Denison\nCome learn the basics of playing cajun ornamentation on the one row button accordion. All experience levels are welcome! Paul will have accordions in C and D.  \n1:30pm – 3:00pm\nUpright Bass (intermediate)\nTraditional Bass Playing\nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nRina Rossi\nBass players don’t usually play tons of notes per measure in an old-time setting\, so it’s how you play each note that counts. We’ll dig into how to be a bumping bass player. We’ll start with some basics like technique\, tone\, attack and length of sustain\, and go over chords/bass notes in the keys of G\, D\, A\, and C. We’ll then move on to pushing and pulling the beat\, note choices\, strategies for playing by ear in jams\, basic theory/chord patterns that you see in traditional music\, and getting comfortable backing up tunes at medium speeds.\n\n\n\n\n\n​2:30pm – 4:00pm\nFiddle Luthier\nSouth Bay Grange Lounge\nAnna Sandys\nDoes your fiddle need some care and feeding?  Come visit with Anna Sandys a luthier from Portland\, Oregon.  Anna draws from her expertise as a violin maker and fiddle refurbisher to help you troubleshoot issues\, and learn to maintain your instrument in peak condition.\n\n\n\n\n\n3:00pm – 4:30pm\nHoofin’ it! Flatfoot Dance (all levels)\nSouth Bay Grange Hall\nCharmaine Slaven\nLearn to accompany old-time music with rhythms you create with your feet. We’ll cover introductory steps\, and then explore interesting rhythms that intermediate dancers can add to their repertoire.​3:00pm – 4:30pm\nFiddle (Intermediate)\n​Intuitive Bowing \nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nJoe Fulton\nJoe\, fiddler in the Mississippi Hotdogs\, and formerly of the Tallboys\, will lead a workshop on intuitive bowing.  Joe’s known for his driving and danceable tunes so his insights are bound to enhance your playing.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12pm – 1:30pm\nHarmony Singing with Andrew Small and Ashlee Watkins\nSouth Bay Grange Hall (all levels)\nAndrew Small and Ashlee Watkins \nDelve into the nitty gritty details of harmony singing through the traditional song repertoire of SW Virginia. Ideas covered will include shaping a harmony line\, stacking different parts\, and settling on the right key. Discuss stylistic choices involved in designing a harmony line as well as how to achieve a good vocal blend through phrasing\, pronunciation\, tone\, and intonation. Bring your voice and all of your questions about harmony singing. Recording devices are welcome and encouraged!12pm – 1:30pm \nCrankie Factory (all levels)\nSouth Bay Grange Lounge\nSue Truman\nCrankies are a 19th century stortelling art form involving a long scroll that is loaded into a viewing box and usually set to live music.  In this workshop\, you can make a matchbox crankie with The Crankie Factory!  Take home an adorable crankie along with a folkart bottle cap pie\, miniature rolling pin and tiny felted pumpkin!  You will have your own analog entertainment center!  You can color an illustrated scroll or create one of your own design.  All materials provided.12pm – 1:30pm\nFiddle C-Tunes (Intermediate)\nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nAmy Alvey\nOld time fiddlers are often intimidated by the key of C\, but they can be tons of fun! Let’s learn a couple of C tunes to expand our repertoire and demystify common phrases. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30pm – 3:00pm\nAll Ages Jam (all levels family friendly)\nSouth Bay Grange Hall\nSam\, Charlie and Greta\nSam\, Charlie and Greta\, of Portland’s Triple File\, will lead a kid-oriented jam with familiar tunes.  All acoustic instruments welcome.  All interested youngsters are welcome to participate.  It’s helpful if there is some willingness to try picking up tunes by ear.  The focus will be on familiar\, accesible tunes.\n\n1:30pm – 3:00pm\nRagtime Jam (all instruments all levels)\nSouth Bay Grange Lounge\nAnna Sandys\nPlay county rags along with friends.  We’ll explore the keys of C\,F and Bb! All instruments welcome!​​ \n1:30pm – 3:00pm\nGuitar (intermediate)\nThe Groove is in your Hands!\nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nMark Killanski\nGuitar is the glue of a string band’s collective rhythm. We’ll explore many elements of this broad style\, including timing\, tone\, chord choices\, bass runs\, jam etiquette\, practice techniques\, and more. We’ll listen to a wide array of approaches to guitar across the Old Time genre and discuss this world of possibilities\, as well the history and development of the music.\n\n\n\n\n\n3:00pm – 4:30pm\nAll Ages Dance (family friendly)\nSouth Bay Grange Hall\nCaroline Oakley calling\nCaroline will teach all the necessary moves in a fun and gentle way to include all levels and ages.  Live music from the Shnoll Family Band plus Greta! The Schnoll Family Band features brothers Sam and Charlie\, along with their parents Kate and Steph and they’re joined by their pal Greta.   You can bet on this dance being a blast.  This is a square dance that is especially geared towards inclusion of youngsters.​ \n​3:00pm – 4:30pm\nClawhammer Banjo (intermediate)\nBacking Up the Singer on Clawhammer\nSouth Bay Grange Lounge\nCharlie Beck\nBanjos are a joy to play and sing with.  This workshop will use some great\, old time-y songs to peek at the banjo’s many plucky possibilities. With an emphasis on creating solid grooves\, you’ll delve into the interplay between the banjoist and the singer and other instrumentalists. Learn specific clawhammer techniques like the bumditty\, along with drop-thumbing\, and explore ideas for playing up the neck. Also chords will be shown\, scales will be revealed\, soloing will be explained\, songs will be sung and banjo jokes will be shared.​3:00pm – 4:30pm\nIntro to Mandolin (beginner)\nArbutus Folk School Front Room\nJack Dwyer\nWhether you are new to music entirely or just new to the mandolin\, this is the place to get you on your way. The mandolin can be either a lead or chord instrument so we’ll focus on a little of both.
URL:https://wotfa.org/event/oly-old-time-festival-2/
LOCATION:South Bay Grange\, 3918 Sleater Kinney Rd NE\, Olympia\, WA\, 98506\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Festival,Open Jams,Show,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Wintergrass 2026
DESCRIPTION:Wintergrass is an indoor\, four-day\, family-friendly bluegrass\, Americana\, roots\, world\, and acoustic music festival held in Bellevue\, WA at the end of February. The festival features concerts and dances on four different stages\, music education programs for kids and adults\, workshops\, impromptu jams\, and a chance to reconnect with and make new friends. It’s an arm-wide open event. If you love music\, we love you. Period. \n\n\nAcoustic sound Mission statement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nOur Mission Statement \n  \nTo create a community of joy\, wonder\, and belonging through celebration and innovation within bluegrass and other global roots music expressions. Our annual family-friendly festival and music education programs are built on the shoulders of living traditions and are propelled by a vital response to culture. \nOur Vision: \nAcoustic Sound strives to cultivate touchstone events inspiring innovation\, the embrace of both change and tradition\, and our community’s lifetime commitment to music. \n  \nValues: \nIntegrity\nWe are ethically and socially responsible in all relationships\, internal and external. \nBeauty\nWe create soul-inspiring\, exquisite\, music-based events and programs appealing to the best instincts of humanity. \nFiscal Responsibility\nWe conduct all business ethically and lawfully. We strive to fairly compensate staff and artists. We manage our budget to support a financially sustainable festival and organization. \nQuality\nWe engage in a quest for quality in all our practices\, learning from every experience\, engaging a wide range of people and cultures\, and utilizing the best materials and tools possible. \nAbundance\nWe approach our efforts with joy\, and a spirit of generosity and inclusiveness. \nFun/Creativity\nWe innovate\, surprise\, delight and challenge audiences and artists alike to stretch and discover with humor and grace. Mostly we love to play\, in every sense of the word. \nEducation\nAs a learning organization\, we approach teaching and learning for all ages with open-mindedness and curiosity. We encourage and elevate the teaching skills of our artists\, education of our audiences\, and growth of our Staff and Board. \nCommunity\nWe commit to fostering and maintaining a welcoming atmosphere and invitation to belongingness through the experience of live music. We enthusiastically value teaching a common musical language as an essential gateway to belongingness.
URL:https://wotfa.org/event/wintergrass-2026/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Bellevue on Seattle’s Eastside\, 900 Bellevue Way NE\, Bellevue\, 98004\, United States
CATEGORIES:District 10,District 15,District 16,District 4,District 5,District 6,District 8,District 9,Featured,Festival,Jam Session,Open Jams,Show,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest
DESCRIPTION:A two-day regional fiddle contest. We have all age divisions and welcome all skill levels. This is our second year adding a junior and adult picking division with top 5 prizes. We are a NOTFC Inc. certified regional contest. For more details\, visit our website: www.northwestregionals.com
URL:https://wotfa.org/event/northwest-regional-fiddle-contest/
LOCATION:Trent Elementary Auditorium\, 3303 N Pines Rd\, Spokane Valley\, WA\, 99206
CATEGORIES:Contest,Featured
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Regional Fiddle Contest":MAILTO:nwrfiddlecontest@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Celebration of Life for Denice Carter
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in celebrating the life of Denice CarterJanuary 5\, 1962 – January 6\, 2026 \nDenice was a beloved community leader\, musician\, and teacher whose passion for music and fellowship touched many. She served as Chair of District 10\, where she fostered connection and growth across the region. Denice was also well known for organizing and running the annual fiddle contest at the State Fair\, bringing joy to performers and audiences alike. \nFriends\, family\, and all who knew Denice are welcome to gather in her honor for an afternoon of remembrance\, music\, and community. \nCelebration Potluck & Jam Session\nSunday\, May 24\, 20261:00 PM \nLocation:14000 NE 49th StreetVancouver\, WA 98682 \nThis celebration will include a potluck meal — please bring a dish to share if you’re able. In keeping with Denice’s love of music\, we’ll also host an informal jam session. Musicians are encouraged to bring instruments and contribute to a joyful tribute. \nLet’s come together to honor Denice’s life\, her leadership\, and the many ways she enriched our community.
URL:https://wotfa.org/event/celebration-of-life-for-denice-carter/
LOCATION:14000 NE 49th Street\, 14000 NE 49th Street\, Vancouver\, 98682\, United States
CATEGORIES:District 10,District 7,District 9,Featured,Jam Session,Open Jams
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ORGANIZER;CN="Christie Easter":MAILTO:mrwillys@aol.com
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