Workshops

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Red Hot Strings Workshop, a celebration of Hot Jazz, 1930's Swing, Western & Hawaiian Swing that includes workshops, master classes and jamming returns by popular demand May 25-29 at Fort Worden State Park. Registration is now open!

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BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN — The Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Music Camp and Festival has announced plans for their Music Camp to be held at the Ness Creek Site on August 15-19 followed by the Festival on August 19-21.

Music Camp registration and Festival Early Bird tickets ...

SURFSIDE, S.C. — The 7th Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp, including Guitar & Bass tracks, will be held September 21-23, 2022.

Joining Alan on the mandolin faculty will be Joe K. Walsh, Don Stiernberg and Ralph McGee. Wyatt Rice will instruct ...

CHARLTON, MASS. — Registration has opened for the 2022 Mandolin Camp North, held April 22-24 in Charlton, Mass. at the Prindle Pond Conference Center.

The camp features total mandolin immersion with workshops, jamming, and personal interaction with some of the top performers in ...

BLOOMINGTON, IND. — The 9th Annual Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us featuring Mandolin for Dummies and Mandolin Exercises For Dummies author Don Julin will be held July 13-16 at the Grant Street Inn.

The camp welcomes its 2022 sponsors: Kimble Mandolins and the Grant Street Inn.

As always, the ...

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — The second annual Flagstaff Roots and Boots Music Camp, a four day immersion camp will be held June 8-12 at Arizona Nordic Village in the majestic San Francisco Peaks. Registration is now open.

Flagstaff Roots & Boots Music ...

ABINGDON, VA. — Registration has opened for the 9th Annual Monroe Mandolin Camp which takes place September 28 - October 2 in a new location at the Southwest, Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, minutes from Bristol, Tenn.

At the Monroe ...

SHELBURNE, VT. — Hawktail Camp, January 8-9, 2022 is a 2-day online experience for musicians of all instruments offering a deep dive into the music of this transcendent stringband. Throughout the workshop, the band members will discuss their variety of influences ...

Enrollment closes October 15, 2021


CREMONA, ITALY — The Stauffer Center for Strings has announced open enrollment for a November 28 - December 2 masterclass with multiple GRAMMY nominee Avi Avital, one of the most famous classical mandolinists in the world.

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FAIRFAX, CALIF. — Peghead Nation has announced an eight-part live Zoom workshop series taught by mandolin instructor Aaron Weinstein entitled "Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos."

The series is designed for intermediate-to-advanced level ...

SHELBURNE, VT. — Modern Mandolin Workshop, a new workshop designed with intermediate, advanced, and professional musicians players in mind has announced the opening of enrollment. The virtual 3-day event will be held November 5-7, 2021.

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An All-Star Staff and an Expanded Curriculum On Deck for Oct 7-10, 2021.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Limited registration is now open for the Great Lakes Music Camp (GLMC), a four-day acoustic music symposium held at Camp Blodgett (West Olive, MI) October 7-10, 2021.

Great Lakes Music Executive Director, Jason Wheeler noted, "We ...

Centrum’s "Virtual" Red Hot Strings 2021: A Space-Age Celebration Of The Great Jazz-Age String Players

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Centrum's critically acclaimed jazz instruction series Red Hot Strings celebrating Hot Jazz, 1930's Swing, Western & Hawaiian Swing, returns in a virtual ...

Featuring Marla Fibish, Baron Collins-Hill, and David Surette, with special guest vocalist Susie Burke.


CONCORD, N.H. — The 19th annual May Mandolin Festival (was March Mandolin Festival) has been rescheduled for May 15-16 via Zoom. The festival is hosted by the Concord Community Music School and features ...

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. ‐ Roots and Boots Music Camp, a four day immersion camp rises from the COVID ashes and will be held June 23-27 at Arizona Nordic Village in the majestic San Francisco Peaks. Registration is now open.

The camp focuses on immersion instruction ...

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Celebrating 29 years of meaningful music education, California Coast Music Camp (CCMC) has announced two week-long acoustic camps for this summer: July 11–17 and July 18–24, 2021. Registration will open in May if it is deemed safe to hold camp due to complications from the pandemic.

The ...

SURFSIDE, S.C. — The 6th Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp (including Guitar & Bass tracks) will be held August 25-28, 2021 in conjunction with the Ocean Lakes Bluegrass Festival.

Joining Alan on the mandolin faculty will be Don Stiernberg and Ralph McGee as well as one more ...

Online Workshop this Sunday from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central at Old Town School of Folk Music


CHICAGO — Join world-renowned mandolinist David "Dawg" Grisman this Sunday, Feb. 28 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. for a journey through his extensive ...

MONTEAGLE, TENN. — Registration is now open for the 8th Annual Monroe Mandolin Camp. Camp takes place September 15-19, 2021 at the DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle with classes in all the quintessential bluegrass band instruments.

Monroe Mandolin Camp offers over 100 classes in mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bass, guitar and vocal harmony singing taught by today's leading masters. Novice, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level classes offer something for players of every ability level.

New this year are a special roundtable/Q&A discussion led by musical bluegrass legends Norman and Nancy Blake, Master Classes in Band Dynamics and Harmony Singing, a fun afternoon Band Scramble, and an old-fashioned Pig Roast (vegetarian options available, too!).
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GOODLETSVILLE, TENN. — Nashville Acoustic Camps has announced a Virtual Mandolin Skill Builder Workshop led by Tristan Scroggins starting February 6. The Zoom course includes 4 classes and will be ongoing in four-week blocks with a break of a week or two in between ...

RIPTON, VT. — Registration for Matt Flinner's Winter Virtual Mandolin Camp held January 29-31 has opened. The three-day online camp features Alan Bibey, Don Stiernberg, David Surette along with Flinner.

Each day, students will be ...

FAIRFAX, CA — Peghead Nation has announced an eight-part live Zoom workshop series taught by mandolin instructor Sharon Gilchrist entitled "Melodic Embellishment: A Doorway to Improvisation."

The series, designed for beginning to ...

CHICAGO — The Old Town School of Folk Music has announced a virtual online event with mandolin legend David Grisman to be held December 19, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Central Time.

Join David Grisman for a discussion on all things mandolin ...

Despite the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 the show goes on with this year's multi-discipline bluegrass music camp taking place Sept. 16-19, exclusively online.


NASHVILLE, TENN. — Registration for Monroe Mandolin Camp's Virtual Extravaganza, held Sept. ...