1st Annual Northeast Fiddlers’ Convention

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1st Annual Fiddler's Convention Hancock Shaker Village

Credit: Juris Mardwig

Oldtone and Hancock Shaker Village present a traditionally inspired old-time music gathering featuring workshops led by Bill & the Belles, Tara Linhardt, and Nils Fredland, an open jam in the historic Round Stone Barn, a fiddle and banjo contest and more jamming. We’ll top off the night in the 1910 Barn with a square dance with live music from Bill and the Belles, one of the most popular roots bands on the scene today, called by Nils Fredland. Local food vendors and craft beer available all day.

10am     Village opens

2-4pm   Workshops

4-5pm   Open Jam in the Round Stone Barn

5-7pm   Fiddle & Banjo Contest

7-8pm   Open Jam

8pm-midnight Square Dance with calling by Nils Fredland and music from Bill and the Belles

TICKETS

Day (10am-7pm) Advance $20

Eve (7pm-midnight) Advance $20

All access (10am – midnight) Advance $35

High Note: includes all access, plus curator tour of village (including early 19th century Shaker music sheet in the archives), and private midnight entrance to Silo Songs, a new site-specific sound art installation created by Grammy-award winning composer Brad Wells. $100  Limited availability

Children 12 and younger FREE. Teens 13-17 $15 for either the day or the night. $25 for all access.

Day, All access, and High Note tickets include: access to 20 historic buildings and hiking trails at Hancock Shaker Village, a 750-acre property dating back to 1790. Talk, tours, and demonstrations, 10am-4pm, include: an introduction to the Shakers talk, a farm and garden tour, a water turbine demonstration, a Shaker music and dance demonstration, a tour of the historic Round Stone Barn, blacksmith demonstrations, a Shaker cooking demonstration, and a medicinal herb garden talk.

Hancock Shaker Village directions:

GPS: 34 Lebanon Mountain Rd., Hancock, MA 01237 or enter 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA 01201 then proceed 1/2 mile further West on Rt. 20 to the parking lot.

For more Information: www.oldtonemusicfestival.com email: beth@oldtonemusicfestival.com or info@oldtonemusicfestival.com

Tickets: https://shop.hancockshakervillage.org/product/1st-annual-northeast-fiddlers-convention-bill-belles-nils-fredland/.