Greetings
all,
Below is an great collection of upcoming events in the central Virginia bioregion! Folks can sign up for the email here. Send us announcements to: blueridgepermaculture@gmail.com. Click here to view this email as a webpage. And check out the BRPN on Facebook here.
Enjoy!
Christine, Terry, Emily and the BRPN team
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
Below is an great collection of upcoming events in the central Virginia bioregion! Folks can sign up for the email here. Send us announcements to: blueridgepermaculture@gmail.com. Click here to view this email as a webpage. And check out the BRPN on Facebook here.
Enjoy!
Christine, Terry, Emily and the BRPN team
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
1.
Living Earth School
~ A few more spaces are available in our overnight camps ~
Earth
Roots ~ our foundation overnight camp!
Explore the forest with us, learn wilderness skills, swim
in our mountain streams, and nurture your connection to the earth!
Two weeks available:
July 26-31 (ages 10+), August 3-8 (ages 8-12)
Archer's
Craft Advanced Camp
You asked for it, and now it's here! Master Bowmaker Peter
Yencken will teach how to build and shoot a wooden long bow in this mini
overnight camp. Each camper will leave with their own bow, quiver, and a few
arrows, along with an experience to last a lifetime.
July 26-29 (ages 11+) ;1 session of Earth Roots required
prior to registration
Fire
Tenders
In this camp, we will explore how fire inspires,
challenges, and teaches us. We will learn several different methods of fire
making, including bow drill, flint and steel, hand drill, and more. Connect
with the force that fuels us!
August 3-8 (ages 12+); 1 session of Earth Roots required
prior to registration
http://livingearthva.com/
2.
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute Fall 2015 Permaculture
Design Course to be held over 4 weekends near Staunton, VA.
Dates: September 25-27, October 17-18, October 24-25,
November 7-8
This 72-hour certificate course is presented by the
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute and will be led by permaculture instructors
Dr. Ted Butchart, Ryan Blosser, and Trevor Piersol with special guests.
The cost of the course is a sliding scale between
$750-$1200. Tent camping is available.
To register please contact Trevor Piersol at shenperminstitute@gmail.com. A $200 deposit is required to
reserve your space in the course.
For more information please visit Shenandoah
Permaculture Institute on Facebook.
--
Trevor Piersol
PDC Coordinator
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute
3.
Midsummer Sustainable Gardening Workshop
Catawba, VA - Tuesday, July 21st, 6 - 9 pm
Once again, Josh Nease of the Virginia Tech Catawba
Sustainability Center has invited me to offer an evening workshop at the Center
on the challenges of gardening in the heat of summer. I will be
developing a powerpoint presentation based on past years, but modified at the
last minute to address the particular challenges of the current season as it
unfolds.
Having had experience giving talks both to home gardeners and to
diversified small-scale farmers who are producing organic or ecologically grown
vegetables to make a living, this workshop will be designed for both market
gardeners / small-scale commercial farmers, and for homesteaders and backyard
gardeners. Topics will include:
Tips for keeping
up with the weeds in midseason (when we are all busy harvesting, marketing,
and/or putting up food),
Identifying,
preventing, and managing crop diseases and pests
Providing
beneficial insect habitat (natural enemies of pests, pollinators, etc),
Techniques to
maintain soil quality and fertility in the heat of summer, including summer and
fall cover cropping, and
Tools and
techniques for meeting whatever challenges that summer 2015 brings us, whether
drought, deluge, heat, chill, a particular pest, etc
Part of the workshop will be classroom / power point, and part
will be a tour of the Catawba Sustainability Center gardens, where we will do
some weed / pest / disease identification, and also take a closer look at what
is working well - always good to learn from our successes!
The workshop will take place at the Catawba Sustainability
Center, 5057 Catawba Creek Road, Catawba, VA 24070. Registration fee is
$45, and deadline for registration is July 19. To register,
visit http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gardening/registration.html.
For more information, visit www.cpe.vt.edu/gardening
or contact Erin Burcham at 540-767-6145 or erinb1@vt.edu.
4.
IPC UK 2015 International
Permaculture Convergence
We are delighted
that the Permaculture Association will be hosting the 12th International
Permaculture Convergence in Britain. Register early for discount on ticket
prices and to plan your involvement, travel, and accommodation.
September 8th -
9th 2015: IPC UK
conference, Euston, London.
A 2-day conference bringing together permaculture, sustainability, transition, resilience, and regeneration networks. Presentations, workshops, stall, exhibitions, academic papers and posters.
A 2-day conference bringing together permaculture, sustainability, transition, resilience, and regeneration networks. Presentations, workshops, stall, exhibitions, academic papers and posters.
September 10th -
16th 2015: IPC UK
convergence, Gilwell Park, Essex
A 5-day convergence for Design Course graduates. 100s of workshops, activities, open space, international organising, strategy, networking and dancing. This is the same location the 2014 British Convergence was.
A 5-day convergence for Design Course graduates. 100s of workshops, activities, open space, international organising, strategy, networking and dancing. This is the same location the 2014 British Convergence was.
September
16th - 19th onwards: IPC edge events continue
Tours, volunteering, local network experience stays, specialist courses. Organised by you and supported by us.
Tours, volunteering, local network experience stays, specialist courses. Organised by you and supported by us.
Social media
To help us get this out to people please use #IPCUK for tweets and join the Facebook IPC convergence and conference events.
To help us get this out to people please use #IPCUK for tweets and join the Facebook IPC convergence and conference events.
5.
The Abundant Seed Farm
Farm to Consumer Summer Camps
July 15-18 Wednesday - Saturday
July
22-25 Wednesday - Saturday
August
5-8 Wednesday - Saturday
The children will play a key role on Wednesday -
Friday with farmers market preparations by engaging with, sustainable
local food systems, developing a healthy community, seasonally fresh produce
and harvest, animal husbandry, and site preparation. On Saturday we will
go to the farmers market where the children will get to
work with money skills and and sell there goods to the public.
Cost:
$200 Day Camp or Trade Options
$300 Overnight or Trade Options ($100.00 required
food fee)
Day Camp Hours:
9-3 with Saturday drop off at
Nellysford market @ 7:30 & all children will need to be picked up by
12:00pm at the market on Saturday.
6.
From our
friends at Transition Cville:
Saturday 7/11 Through The Garden Gate: The Crosbys
9am-noon at
Clover Hill, Ardwood Road
Hosted by the Buck Mountain Garden Club, come and see this garden that
the Crosbys began over 35 years ago. They have planted maples, oaks,
lindens, magnolias, buckeyes and other ornamental, flowering trees and
shrubs.The garden is watered from a spring-fed cistern, compost is applied
every spring and fall, and no chemicals are used. A double-dug bed is filled
with both shade- and sun- tolerant perennials, annuals, and bulbs.
$5. More information at http://piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/the-crosbys/
********************
Saturday 7/11 Winemaking Workshop
9:30-11:30am at
Monticello
Join Gabriele Rausse, the “Father of the Virginia wine industry,” for
this fun two-hour session on wine production. Learn how to make your own—from
harvest through fermentation to bottling—in this participatory workshop.
$24. Register at http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/winemaking-workshop
********************
Saturday 7/11 fleaVILLE
10am-2pm at IX Art Park
fleaVILLE is an outdoor market showcasing the best and brightest
of Charlottesville's creative community. The market brings together a
carefully curated mix of modern makers offering handcrafted and vintage goods
including jewelry, apparel, art, home goods and antique furniture. The aim is
to create a dynamic space where the community can come together to shop,
eat, and celebrate Virginia's vibrant local arts scene. http://www.flea-ville.com/about/
********************
Sunday 7/12 Workshop: Water Bath Canning
2-4pm at Bellair
Farm, 5375 Bellair Farm
Learn how to preserve the season’s bounty from homesteading expert Dr.
Leni Sorensen in this great canning workshop! She will be talking about the
boiling-water bath method of canning, which is good for jellies, jams, pickles,
and other sweet or acidic foods. She’ll include a step-by-step foolproof method
for canning peaches and tomatoes. Take home a jar of canned Bellair
goodies! $20. http://bellairfarm.com/event/workshop-water-bath-canning-2/
********************
Saturday 7/18 Green Roofs and Rain
Gardens
9:30-11:30am at Monticello
The landscaping of the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center, recipient of a
LEED Gold Level certification, is designed to blend the buildings into the
native Monticello woodlands with plantings of Virginia’s native plant species,
including 40 species of trees, over 50 species of flowering shrubs, and 75
types of wildflowers and groundcovers. Join Julie Roller and Jerry Therrien for
a two-hour stroll through these rich habitats from the pavilions’ green roofs,
through the rain-garden style greenway and to the African-American
Graveyard. $18. Register at http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/green-roofs-rain-gardens-and-landscaping-native-virginia-flora
********************
Saturday-Sunday 7/18 - 7/19 Scythe Making
& Basic Woodworking
9am-5pm at Magnolia House, 217 Fredericksburg Ave.,
Louisa
This workshop will be taught by master woodworker Purl Samoheyl
from Twin Oaks. Participants will learn basic woodworking techniques using
hand tools and put these skills to use building a scythe handle. The skills you
will gain will be useful making many other kinds of wooden tools and furniture.
Cost of the workshop is $50-100 (sliding scale) and covers the cost of
materials. RSVP tolivingenergyfarm@gmail.com. http://www.livingenergyfarm.org/
********************
Many More Events at EcoVillage Charlottesville!
Keep up with all the happenings at http://ecovillagecharlottesville.org/calendar/
7.
Permaculture
Design Course at Three Sisters Farm in PA
August 3 - 15, 2015 Reduced Fee! $900-$1200 work
trade discounts are available
During this 12-day intensive course, enjoy great food from local
farms and country living at Three Sisters Farm, a 30 year old demonstration of permaculture,
and visit other local examples of permaculture in action. Learn the design process
and co-create a design to enhance Three Sister's Food Forest. Experience
hands-on applications of permaculture and team learning while sharing your own
expertise. Acquire practical skills that can be integrated into your life and
inspiration to create a more sustainable world around you.
Instructors: Darrell Frey , author of Bioshelter Market
Garden: A Permaculture Farm and guest teachers Liz Lynch and Michelle Czolba
Cost: $1200, includes fees, food and camping accommodations. $200
deposit by July 15 2015
For more information contact:
Darrell Frey, Three Sisters Permaculture Design
134 Obitz Road, Sandy Lake, Pa 16145
or email tothreesisters@bioshelter.com (www.bioshelter.com)
Darrell E. Frey
Three SistersFarm
8.
Allegheny
Mountain Institute
First Annual Farm to Table Dinner, in partnership with
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation. The event will be held
Saturday August 22nd at 5 PM, so mark your calendars! The dinner will feature
local food crafted by Mike Lund, music by the Friendly Strangers and wine from
Ox-Eye Vineyard.
9.
From Sacred Plant Traditions:
ROSITA ARVIGO -July
10 - 12, 2015
Ceremonies and Ancient Teachings vital for These Times
Rosita is an amazing teacher and through her storytelling,
great humor, deep compassion and unquestionable devotion to healing, we will
have a weekend full of the following teachings. Woven throughout the classes
will be time for Spiritual Bathing of all participants to learn this profound
and simple technique. We are blessed with the beautiful and gentle Meechum
River at Camp Albemarle; a perfect setting for this class. While the whole
weekend will be an offering of prayer for our communities, we will learn the
sacred use of copal and other gifts from our Central American neighbors to the
south.
10.
Hello:
I have a 10 acre patch of land in Earlysville (just outside Charlottesville).
It is the original site of a 1790s 1,000 acer farm. To be blunt, I have the
permaculture bug, and would like to connect with knowledgable people about how
to proceed. Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Comer
11.
The Fifth Annual Whippoorwill Festival - Skills for
Earth-Friendly Living, near Berea Kentucky begins next week, starting on
Thursday, July 9 through Sunday July 12.
Greetings
all,
Below is an great collection of upcoming events in the central Virginia bioregion! Folks can sign up for the email here. Send us announcements to: blueridgepermaculture@gmail.com. Click here to view this email as a webpage. And check out the BRPN on Facebook here.
Enjoy!
Christine, Terry, Emily and the BRPN team
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
Below is an great collection of upcoming events in the central Virginia bioregion! Folks can sign up for the email here. Send us announcements to: blueridgepermaculture@gmail.com. Click here to view this email as a webpage. And check out the BRPN on Facebook here.
Enjoy!
Christine, Terry, Emily and the BRPN team
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
1.
Living Earth School
~ A few more spaces are available in our overnight camps ~
Earth
Roots ~ our foundation overnight camp!
Explore the forest with us, learn wilderness skills, swim
in our mountain streams, and nurture your connection to the earth!
Two weeks available:
July 26-31 (ages 10+), August 3-8 (ages 8-12)
Archer's
Craft Advanced Camp
You asked for it, and now it's here! Master Bowmaker Peter
Yencken will teach how to build and shoot a wooden long bow in this mini
overnight camp. Each camper will leave with their own bow, quiver, and a few
arrows, along with an experience to last a lifetime.
July 26-29 (ages 11+) ;1 session of Earth Roots required
prior to registration
Fire
Tenders
In this camp, we will explore how fire inspires,
challenges, and teaches us. We will learn several different methods of fire
making, including bow drill, flint and steel, hand drill, and more. Connect
with the force that fuels us!
August 3-8 (ages 12+); 1 session of Earth Roots required
prior to registration
2.
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute Fall 2015 Permaculture
Design Course to be held over 4 weekends near Staunton, VA.
Dates: September 25-27, October 17-18, October 24-25,
November 7-8
This 72-hour certificate course is presented by the
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute and will be led by permaculture instructors
Dr. Ted Butchart, Ryan Blosser, and Trevor Piersol with special guests.
The cost of the course is a sliding scale between
$750-$1200. Tent camping is available.
To register please contact Trevor Piersol at shenperminstitute@gmail.com. A $200 deposit is required to
reserve your space in the course.
For more information please visit Shenandoah
Permaculture Institute on Facebook.
--
Trevor Piersol
PDC Coordinator
Shenandoah Permaculture Institute
3.
Midsummer Sustainable Gardening Workshop
Catawba, VA - Tuesday, July 21st, 6 - 9 pm
Once again, Josh Nease of the Virginia Tech Catawba
Sustainability Center has invited me to offer an evening workshop at the Center
on the challenges of gardening in the heat of summer. I will be
developing a powerpoint presentation based on past years, but modified at the
last minute to address the particular challenges of the current season as it
unfolds.
Having had experience giving talks both to home gardeners and to
diversified small-scale farmers who are producing organic or ecologically grown
vegetables to make a living, this workshop will be designed for both market
gardeners / small-scale commercial farmers, and for homesteaders and backyard
gardeners. Topics will include:
Tips for keeping
up with the weeds in midseason (when we are all busy harvesting, marketing,
and/or putting up food),
Identifying,
preventing, and managing crop diseases and pests
Providing
beneficial insect habitat (natural enemies of pests, pollinators, etc),
Techniques to
maintain soil quality and fertility in the heat of summer, including summer and
fall cover cropping, and
Tools and
techniques for meeting whatever challenges that summer 2015 brings us, whether
drought, deluge, heat, chill, a particular pest, etc
Part of the workshop will be classroom / power point, and part
will be a tour of the Catawba Sustainability Center gardens, where we will do
some weed / pest / disease identification, and also take a closer look at what
is working well - always good to learn from our successes!
The workshop will take place at the Catawba Sustainability
Center, 5057 Catawba Creek Road, Catawba, VA 24070. Registration fee is
$45, and deadline for registration is July 19. To register,
visit http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gardening/registration.html.
For more information, visit www.cpe.vt.edu/gardening
or contact Erin Burcham at 540-767-6145 or erinb1@vt.edu.
4.
IPC UK 2015 International
Permaculture Convergence
We are delighted
that the Permaculture Association will be hosting the 12th International
Permaculture Convergence in Britain. Register early for discount on ticket
prices and to plan your involvement, travel, and accommodation.
September 8th -
9th 2015: IPC UK
conference, Euston, London.
A 2-day conference bringing together permaculture, sustainability, transition, resilience, and regeneration networks. Presentations, workshops, stall, exhibitions, academic papers and posters.
A 2-day conference bringing together permaculture, sustainability, transition, resilience, and regeneration networks. Presentations, workshops, stall, exhibitions, academic papers and posters.
September 10th -
16th 2015: IPC UK
convergence, Gilwell Park, Essex
A 5-day convergence for Design Course graduates. 100s of workshops, activities, open space, international organising, strategy, networking and dancing. This is the same location the 2014 British Convergence was.
A 5-day convergence for Design Course graduates. 100s of workshops, activities, open space, international organising, strategy, networking and dancing. This is the same location the 2014 British Convergence was.
September
16th - 19th onwards: IPC edge events continue
Tours, volunteering, local network experience stays, specialist courses. Organised by you and supported by us.
Tours, volunteering, local network experience stays, specialist courses. Organised by you and supported by us.
Social media
To help us get this out to people please use #IPCUK for tweets and join the Facebook IPC convergence and conference events.
To help us get this out to people please use #IPCUK for tweets and join the Facebook IPC convergence and conference events.
5.
The Abundant Seed Farm
Farm to Consumer Summer Camps
July 15-18 Wednesday - Saturday
July
22-25 Wednesday - Saturday
August
5-8 Wednesday - Saturday
The children will play a key role on Wednesday -
Friday with farmers market preparations by engaging with, sustainable
local food systems, developing a healthy community, seasonally fresh produce
and harvest, animal husbandry, and site preparation. On Saturday we will
go to the farmers market where the children will get to
work with money skills and and sell there goods to the public.
Cost:
$200 Day Camp or Trade Options
$300 Overnight or Trade Options ($100.00 required
food fee)
Day Camp Hours:
9-3 with Saturday drop off at
Nellysford market @ 7:30 & all children will need to be picked up by
12:00pm at the market on Saturday.
6.
From our
friends at Transition Cville:
Saturday 7/11 Through The Garden Gate: The Crosbys
9am-noon at
Clover Hill, Ardwood Road
Hosted by the Buck Mountain Garden Club, come and see this garden that
the Crosbys began over 35 years ago. They have planted maples, oaks,
lindens, magnolias, buckeyes and other ornamental, flowering trees and
shrubs.The garden is watered from a spring-fed cistern, compost is applied
every spring and fall, and no chemicals are used. A double-dug bed is filled
with both shade- and sun- tolerant perennials, annuals, and bulbs.
$5. More information at http://piedmontmastergardeners.org/event/the-crosbys/
********************
Saturday 7/11 Winemaking Workshop
9:30-11:30am at
Monticello
Join Gabriele Rausse, the “Father of the Virginia wine industry,” for
this fun two-hour session on wine production. Learn how to make your own—from
harvest through fermentation to bottling—in this participatory workshop.
$24. Register at http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/winemaking-workshop
********************
Saturday 7/11 fleaVILLE
10am-2pm at IX Art Park
fleaVILLE is an outdoor market showcasing the best and brightest
of Charlottesville's creative community. The market brings together a
carefully curated mix of modern makers offering handcrafted and vintage goods
including jewelry, apparel, art, home goods and antique furniture. The aim is
to create a dynamic space where the community can come together to shop,
eat, and celebrate Virginia's vibrant local arts scene. http://www.flea-ville.com/about/
********************
Sunday 7/12 Workshop: Water Bath Canning
2-4pm at Bellair
Farm, 5375 Bellair Farm
Learn how to preserve the season’s bounty from homesteading expert Dr.
Leni Sorensen in this great canning workshop! She will be talking about the
boiling-water bath method of canning, which is good for jellies, jams, pickles,
and other sweet or acidic foods. She’ll include a step-by-step foolproof method
for canning peaches and tomatoes. Take home a jar of canned Bellair
goodies! $20. http://bellairfarm.com/event/workshop-water-bath-canning-2/
********************
Saturday 7/18 Green Roofs and Rain
Gardens
9:30-11:30am at Monticello
The landscaping of the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center, recipient of a
LEED Gold Level certification, is designed to blend the buildings into the
native Monticello woodlands with plantings of Virginia’s native plant species,
including 40 species of trees, over 50 species of flowering shrubs, and 75
types of wildflowers and groundcovers. Join Julie Roller and Jerry Therrien for
a two-hour stroll through these rich habitats from the pavilions’ green roofs,
through the rain-garden style greenway and to the African-American
Graveyard. $18. Register at http://www.monticello.org/site/visit/events/green-roofs-rain-gardens-and-landscaping-native-virginia-flora
********************
Saturday-Sunday 7/18 - 7/19 Scythe Making
& Basic Woodworking
9am-5pm at Magnolia House, 217 Fredericksburg Ave.,
Louisa
This workshop will be taught by master woodworker Purl Samoheyl
from Twin Oaks. Participants will learn basic woodworking techniques using
hand tools and put these skills to use building a scythe handle. The skills you
will gain will be useful making many other kinds of wooden tools and furniture.
Cost of the workshop is $50-100 (sliding scale) and covers the cost of
materials. RSVP tolivingenergyfarm@gmail.com. http://www.livingenergyfarm.org/
********************
Many More Events at EcoVillage Charlottesville!
Keep up with all the happenings at http://ecovillagecharlottesville.org/calendar/
7.
Permaculture
Design Course at Three Sisters Farm in PA
August 3 - 15, 2015 Reduced Fee! $900-$1200 work
trade discounts are available
During this 12-day intensive course, enjoy great food from local
farms and country living at Three Sisters Farm, a 30 year old demonstration of permaculture,
and visit other local examples of permaculture in action. Learn the design process
and co-create a design to enhance Three Sister's Food Forest. Experience
hands-on applications of permaculture and team learning while sharing your own
expertise. Acquire practical skills that can be integrated into your life and
inspiration to create a more sustainable world around you.
Instructors: Darrell Frey , author of Bioshelter Market
Garden: A Permaculture Farm and guest teachers Liz Lynch and Michelle Czolba
Cost: $1200, includes fees, food and camping accommodations. $200
deposit by July 15 2015
For more information contact:
Darrell Frey, Three Sisters Permaculture Design
134 Obitz Road, Sandy Lake, Pa 16145
or email tothreesisters@bioshelter.com (www.bioshelter.com)
Darrell E. Frey
Three SistersFarm
8.
Allegheny
Mountain Institute
First Annual Farm to Table Dinner, in partnership with
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation. The event will be held
Saturday August 22nd at 5 PM, so mark your calendars! The dinner will feature
local food crafted by Mike Lund, music by the Friendly Strangers and wine from
Ox-Eye Vineyard.
9.
From Sacred Plant Traditions:
ROSITA ARVIGO -July
10 - 12, 2015
Ceremonies and Ancient Teachings vital for These Times
Rosita is an amazing teacher and through her storytelling,
great humor, deep compassion and unquestionable devotion to healing, we will
have a weekend full of the following teachings. Woven throughout the classes
will be time for Spiritual Bathing of all participants to learn this profound
and simple technique. We are blessed with the beautiful and gentle Meechum
River at Camp Albemarle; a perfect setting for this class. While the whole
weekend will be an offering of prayer for our communities, we will learn the
sacred use of copal and other gifts from our Central American neighbors to the
south.
10.
Hello:
I have a 10 acre patch of land in Earlysville (just outside Charlottesville).
It is the original site of a 1790s 1,000 acer farm. To be blunt, I have the
permaculture bug, and would like to connect with knowledgable people about how
to proceed. Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Comer
11.
The Fifth Annual Whippoorwill Festival - Skills for
Earth-Friendly Living, near Berea Kentucky begins next week, starting on
Thursday, July 9 through Sunday July 12.
We've got a great lineup of over 85 workshops for this
year's festival, including a trip to Susana Lein's magical permaculture farm, Salamander Springs, and a trip to Forest
Retreats, the amazing home of Tim Hensley and Jane Post, just down
the road from the Whippoorwill Festival site, where a straw bale house is being
built.
HomeGrown HideAways is our festival site,
and it is a lovely spot. We will be in a deep Appalachian holler,
surrounded by lush forests and mountains, and sometimes we hear the call of the
Whippoorwill at night. It's a magical and haunting sound. HomeGrown
HideAways is about 20 minutes outside of Berea, Kentucky. For those
travellling in from out of state, Interstate 75 goes past Berea, so
Whippoorwill is not too hard to find.
Whippoorwill strives to be a family friendly
festival. We offer free admission for children 16 and under! There
will be lots of children at the festival and many young families. We have
tried to keep your costs low for families by serving two simple meals
(breakfast and dinner) a day and this is included in your ticket price.
Camping and parking is also included.
A 4-day adult pass for the whole festival is only $120 and
a 3-day pass is $90. Prices will be higher at the gate so purchasing
tickets online in advance is the way to go.
I think this festival is a bargain for families, with over
85 workshops, plus music and dancing in the evenings. We have lots of old
time Appalachian music this year so the dancing should be lively.
Saturday night is the contra dance.
Tickets can be purchased now at the festival website www.whippoorwillfest.com
until Tuesday of next week. The site takes Paypal and Visa etc. and its a
simple process.
Click here to see the festival schedule - it
looks pretty awesome this year.
