Links of Interest

Note: since originally posting these links, some are no longer good. If you know of corrections, please contact the Festival Director.

New Mexico Dulcimer Festival Sponsors

(We are grateful to our sponsors, past and present)


New Mexico Dulcimer Association   All-volunteer organization that produces the New Mexico Dulcimer Festival.
Apple Mountain MusicWhile the store front in Albuquerque closed February 2018, they are still operating on-line. Give them a call.
Music Guild of New MexicoFor the love of music, the Music Guild of New Mexico supports, promotes, and encourages nonprofit musical organizations that will educate, enhance, engage, and enrich the quality of our New Mexico community.
Urban Enhancement Trust FundThe UETF is a public endowment created by the Albuquerque City Council in 1983 to fund both capital and cultural projects. In 2004, the City Council amended the ordinance to provide that all funds available from the endowment should be directed to cultural projects.

Other Area Music Festivals


If you want your festival listed here, please contact the Festival Director.

MayAlbuquerque, NMRio Grande Valley Celtic Festival & Highland Games
AugustSanta Fe, NMSanta Fe Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival
September    Santa Fe, NMSanta Fe Renaissance Fair
OctoberAlbuquerque, NM   Albuquerque Folk Festival
Various - see website   Edgewood, NMWildlife West Nature Park Music Events (look under Main Events)

Western US Festivals with Dulcimers


(Arizona?)

Redwood Dulcimer Day   Santa Cruz, CA
SCDH Harvest Festival of DulcimersRedondo Beach, CA
Music in the Mountains FestivalGreen Valley Lake, CA

Rocky Mountain Fiddle CampSnow Mountain Ranch (near Winter Park, CO)
Colorado Dulcimer FestivalLittleton, CO (Denver area, formerly Fort Collins)

(Idaho?)

PDC Annual Winter WarmerBonner Springs, KS
GPDA Winfield Warm-up PicnicWinfield, KS
The Walnut Valley FestivalWinfield, KS - including National dulcimer championships

(Montana?)

Omaha Fiddle and Dulcimer Weekend
Omaha, NE - website?

(Nevada?)

New Mexico Dulcimer FestivalAlbuquerque, NM - You're here!
Red River Dulcimer Festival Red River, NM

(North Dakota?)

Winter Creek Reunion Dulcimer FestivalBennington, OK

Kindred GatheringDexter, OR (location moves)
Menucha Dulcimer FestivalCorbett, OR - was this formerly the Columbia River Gorge Mountain Dulcimer Festival in Portland, OR?
Dulcimer Week in the WallowasJoseph, OR

(South Dakota?)

Lone Star State Dulcimer FestivalGlen Rose, TX - including Texas State dulcimer championships
Bayou City Old Time Music & Dulcimer FestivalHouston, TX
General Sam Houston Folk FestivalHuntsville, TX
Hill Country Acoustic Music CampKerrville, TX
Texas Dulcimer RetreatMadisonville, TX - website?
Palestine Old-Time Music & Dulcimer FestivalPalestine, TX
Southeast Texas (SETX) Dulcimer FestivalSilsbee, TX

(Utah?)

(Washington?)

(Wyoming?)



Southwest Dulcimer Clubs


Unfortunately, the club links we had displayed sent you to the original EverythingDulcimer.com listings where are no longer available.

Dulcimer Event/Festival Listings


We're always interested in finding new websites that list duclimer festivals and events. Tell us if you know of any others.

Stephen Seifert's Dulcimer Events
Stephen Kiefer's event list
Dulcimer.net's event list


Dulcimer Resources On Line


Dulcimer Clubs, Dealers, & Teachers   Just what it says
Dulcimer Player NewsWebsite and magazine resource, the only of it's kind
Everything DulcimerWas the most popular dulcimer site on the web - forums, builder/teachers/festivals/club lists, music and articles, classifieds. Unfortunately, Bruce Ford who maintained the site for years had to backoff, and stopped updating the site June 2018. Not affilliated with the original site, the website was rewritten in January 2020 to host similar information. We're happy for this wonderful dulcimer community resource with a familiar name!
Mel Bay Dulcimer SessionsMonthly webzine with wonderful archives
Friends of the Mountain DulcimerOn-line mountain dulcimer community
DulciForumEstablished in Fall of 2018, the forum is attempting to fill the gap that was left when the original EverythingDulcimer's Forum had to be stopped. Check it out!