Chatham County's Traditional Music Festival

September 12 - 14, 2024

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2024 Schedule

Scroll down for a text listing by day and stage.

 

 

Thursday

Come on in and set up camp, play a few tunes and hang out with old and new friends…

7:30pm: Square Dance with the Hoppin’ Johnnies, Caller Nancy Mamlin
New Barn: Film Screenings

Friday Carson’s Grove

4pm: Mandolin Contest
4:45pm: Bass Contest
6pm: Song Duets Contest
7pm: Noites Carolinas, opening for:
8pm: Jerron Paxton

Friday Dance Tent

4:30pm: Flat-footing Workshop with Rodney Sutton
6pm: Workshop — 1930s Banjo with Jerron Paxton
9m: Square Dance with Hop Pop Orchestra, Caller Liam Kelly

Friday Barn & Workshop Tent

3:30pm: The Legend of Omie Wise: Book Discussion with Hal Pugh; ballad accompaniment by David Long
4:45pm: Workshop — Fiddle Tunes with Molly Stouten
5:30am: Workshop: Harmonica with Cary Moskovitz
Evening time: Film screenings

Saturday Carson’s Grove

11am: Kids Fiddle Contest
11:45am: Kids Other Instrument Contest (overlap with fiddle)
12:30pm: Kids Dance Contest
1pm: Folk Song Contest
1:45pm(ish): Guitar Contest
2:30pm(ish): Banjo Contest
3:30pm: Break for Hoppin’ John Cook-Off
4:30pm: Fiddle Contest
6pm: Instrument Duos Contest
7pm: Winners Announced!
7:30pm: Green Grass Cloggers
8pm: Band Contests
End of Band Contest: Adult Dance Competition

Saturday Dance Tent

10:30am: Kids Clogging with Tampa Enoch-Reese
11:30am: Clogging Workshop with the Green Grass Cloggers
12:30pm: Singing the Gospel with Alice Vines, Anthony Daniels, Jake and Sarah Owen
2pm: Field Recorders Showcase with Wayne Martin, Alice Gerrard, Joseph Decosimo, Jim Collier and Tom Mylet
4pm: Music of Charlie Poole and the Rorrer Family, Showcase
5:30pm: Family Square Dance, Workshop & CAKE WALK with the Hoppin’ Johnnies and Caller Sarah Owen
7pm: Cajun Dance with Tim Wells and Les Bons Temps
9pm: Rowdy Square Dance with The Five Points Rounders and Caller Nancy Mamlin

Saturday Barn & Workshop Tent

11am: Workshop: Flatpicking  with Alan Barnosky
12pm: Workshop: Brazilian Choro Music with Noites Carolinas
Cook-Off Cooking begins in the barn
1:30pm: Learning Fiddle from Old Recordings with Sonya Badigian
3:30pm: Hoppin’ John Cook-Off
4:30pm: Workshop: Clawhammer Banjo with Jake Owen
5:30: Gospel Singing with Alice Vines
Evening time: Film screenings

Saturday Kids Tent:

10:15am: Songs and Stories with Tim Wells
10am – 6pm: Crafts and games for kids
11am – 12pm: Hootenany Hayrides! Departs from road by the Kids Tent every 30 minutes, traveling around the grounds
1pm: Kids Harmonica with Cary Moskovitz
2:30pm: Make and Play Your Own Can-jo
1:30 – 4pm: Hootenany Hayrides! Departs from road by the Kids Tent every 30 minutes, traveling around the grounds

*Please understand that schedules are subject to change.

 

Thank you to our WONDERFUL sponsors! We couldn’t do it without these folks:

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