Four days of old time (& related) music and dance workshops, concerts, jams, dances, and more featuring homegrown talent, special guests, and most of all - YOU!

Schedule of the Event:

April 3, 2025

6:30 - 10 PM at THE HOOK & LADDER / ZEN ARCADE in MINNEAPOLIS

Partner Event! Country Gospel Jamboree and Kickoff Party with McKain Lakey and Kevin Gamble and friends. Tickets available through the Hook and Ladder.

April 4, 2025

6 - 11 PM at CHARLES THOMPSON MEMORIAL HALL in ST. PAUL

- Doors open at 5:30pm

- Social Hour with music by Mumblin Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators 6 - 7 PM!

- Friday Night Concert with music by festival performers including Pop Wagner & Bob Bovee, Sweet Milk & Peaches (Jesse Downs & Liz Voz), lynx lynx (Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg), Danielle Enblom, and Steam Machine (with special guests). Concert starts at 7:30 PM.

- Open and Hosted Jams from 7 PM - 11 PM

April 5, 2025

9 AM - 6PM at CELTIC JUNCTION in St. PAUL

- Doors open at 9am

- Full day of hands-on workshops from 10am - 4pm including fiddle, banjo, midwest music history and collections, old time guitar, mandolin, singing, clogging, line dancing, back-up piano, and many more. See the full list of workshops HERE!

- Hosted and open jams

- Cajun music workshop and beginner jam (offsite event at Showtime Studio - see workshops page for more info)

- All ages drop-in Crankie Making with Olli Johnson

- Concert sets by festival performers

- Family Dance with Sue Hulsether, 3:30 - 5 pm

- Dwight Lamb Jam and happy hour - a memorial jam session celebrating fiddle tunes played, preserved, and passed on by National Heritage Fellow Dwight Lamb (1934 - 2024). Come play along, or hang out and listen. Led by Dwight’s longtime apprentice and friend, Bill Peterson. 4 - 6 pm.

7 PM - midnight at CELTIC JUNCTION in ST. PAUL

- Doors for the evening open at 7pm

- Evening dances and lots of room for jamming!

- Polka, Waltz, Schottische hour with the Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers from 7 - 8pm

- Performance by the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers 7:30 PM

- Scandinavian Jam with Vidar Skrede & Patrik Ahlberg

- Square Dance (& ALBUM RELEASE PARTY!!) with Chirps Smith and Swampers Revenge, with dance calling by Dot Kent, Jesse Downs, Sue Hulsether, Ann Carter, Laura Idle, Liz Voz, Bob Walser, and more. From 8PM onwards! No experience necessary, all are welcome.

- Cajun Dance party with Shawn Glidden and friends

April 6, 2025

10 AM - 12 PM at SHOWTIME STUDIO & COFFEE  in ROSEVILLE

Partner Event! Beginner Jam: Join the members of the Waconia Old Time Jam for a beginner jam at Showtime Studio & Coffee in Roseville. Jam tempos will be slower than an experienced jam and focus on old time tunes in the keys of A, D, and G, played by ear together with no breaks.

12 PM - 4PM at MERLIN’S REST in MINNEAPOLIS

Calling all festival participants - come join us for the first annual Twin Town Talent Contest! Sign up to share a talent, or just come by Merlin’s Rest, grab some brunch and cheer on the contestants! All types of talents welcome - instruments, bands, singing, dancing, jokes, stunts, etc.

Sign up HERE!

April 7, 2025

7:00 - 10:00 PM at EAGLES CLUB #34 in MINNEAPOLIS

- Festival edition of the one and only Monday Night Square Dance!  

- All are welcome, no dance experience necessary, all dances will be taught and called.

- Live music by Colin Harris, Maxine Gerber, Adam Kiesling, and friends, and fantastic calling by Laura Idle and Sue Hulsether!

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Date: April 4-7, 2025

Location: Various Location in Minnesota

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