I’m looking forward to seeing some of you all in person at some of these fantastic camps!
–Darol
June 15 – 21, 2025
Kaufman Bluegrass Kamp, Knoxville, TN
This is a surprisingly mellow camp that many folks have returned to for decades now. A bigger camp on a really nice college campus with lots of amenities and better-than-usual food. Some well-known instructors here! https://www.flatpik.com/steve-kaufmans-acoustic-kamp
June 29-July 5
Swannanoa Fiddle Week (also Mandolin and Banjo week!) Black Mountain, NC
Best camp food; another venerable camp in a beautiful location: a college in the Blue Ridge with a working farm.
Great, memorable faculty performances every night. LOTS of jamming til all hours all over campus.
https://swangathering.com/our-programs/fiddle-week/
July 20–24, 2025
Rockygrass Academy, Lyons, CO
It’s a pleasure and a joy to be back at the spectacular-in-every-way Rockygrass Academy in 2025, with my band Mr Sun. This event may already be sold out. It’s one of the most popular music camps in the US. It’s also the only one of these camps that could possibly involve a tent.
https://bluegrass.com/rga
August 20 – 25, 2025.
Casey Driessen’s Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp Brevard, NC
For really serious fiddle players and jazz and pop violinists, this camp is at the top of the list. World-Class faculty, and every style is treated as something to go beyond. One of my favorite camps ever.
https://www.blueridgefiddlecamp.com/