Joe Collins' 2020 Schedule
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| February 2020 | ||
| February 7-8 |
Augusta Concert & Workshop - Really looking forward to doing a Friday evening concert followed by a day of workshops on Saturday. For more information, click HERE . |
Augusta, GA |
| February 20-23 | Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival - This will be my second trip to this well run festival. The organizers plan a festival that is loads of fun for everyone. This festival also hosts the Deep South Dulcimer Championship, so practice up, get on stage, and give it a shot! For more information, click HERE. |
Petal, MS |
| March 2020 | ||
| March 7 | The 21st Annual Mid-Winter Dulcimer Festival - Hate to brag, but this is one of the best little one-day festivals in the country. (Full disclosure: My club hosts this one.) There will be a great faculty, great workshops, great food, and one of best facilities ever for a dulcimer festival all at a really good price. Click HERE for more information. |
Shelby, NC |
| April 2020 | ||
| April 16 & 17 | Concert & Workshops - On Thursday evening, April 16, I will be in concert. Friday, the next day will be a day of workshops. Details will be forthcoming. |
Denver, NC |
| April 18 | Waterbound Dulcimer Festival - Cancelled - A great one-day festival in eastern North Carolina. Nancy Galambush and others have been running this festival for nearly two decades now, and it never gets old! Classes for all levels. |
Kinston, NC |
| May 2020 | ||
| May 15 | Concert @ the Earl Scruggs Center Nancy Galambush, Mike McGee, and Joe will be performing at the Earl Scruggs Center. Tickets are $5. For more information, go to http://earlscruggscenter.org/event/joe-collins-mountain-dulcimer-concert/ |
Shelby, NC |
| June 2020 | ||
| June 14-20 | Steve Kauffman Acoustic Kamp One of the premier acoustic instrument camps in the country featuring classes in flat-pick and fingerstyle guitar, hammer dulcimer, fiddle, clawhammer banjo, songwriting, and mountain dulcimer. It's a week long camp that will completely engulf you in music from morning until . . . . I'll be teaching the dulcimer class, so please come join me and enjoy a great week playing with some wonderful people on a beautiful campus with a great view of the Smokey Mountains! Class size is limited to 15, so register early. For more information, click HERE. |
Maryville College; Maryville, TN |
| June 21-26 | Kentucky Music Week If you want to meet a LOT of dulcimer folk, this is the place to do it. This is a school in which you take intense classes from several nationally renowned players. The classes last for 5 days with the same instructor, and there are several class periods each day. For more information, go to www.kentuckymusicweek.com. |
Bardstown, KY |
| July 2020 | ||
| July 10-11 | Dutchland Dulcimer Festival - I've heard some really good things about this festival from my friend Judy House and was really pleased when asked to come. Check for more information at http://www.dutchlanddulcimers.org/gathering/. |
Lancaster, PA |
| July 16-18 | Ozark Roots
Dulcimer Festival - The fine folks at the Dulcimer Shoppe in Mountain View, AR are putting this wonderful little festival. I had the opportunity to be there in 2018, and I always look forward to going back! More info coming. |
Mountain View, AR |
| July 30 -August 1 | Gateway
Dulcimer Festival - This will be my second trip to help at this really fine festival. My first experience there was so wonderful, I'm really looking forward to returning. The Gateway Dulcimer Society's homepage is http://www.gatewaydulcimer.org/index.html. |
Belleviille, IL |
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