Previous events
A Steve & Ruth online live concert event Sunday at 12:45 pm EDT.
Online/ Virtual QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival
June 5 & 6 for a global virtual event with live workshops & concerts from your favorite dulcimer and ukulele instructors. Steve and Ruth will be instructors at this worldwide event online/live
Steve and Ruth Smith
Steve and Ruth Smith (in person) concerts & festival appearances CANCELLED until further notice
Due to the Covid19 virus situation, all of Steve and Ruth's LIVE concert and festival appearances are cancelled until further notice.
Steve and Ruth Smith LIVE concerts & festival appearances CANCELLED until further notice
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Due to the Covid-19 virus situation, Steve and Ruth Smith LIVE concerts & festival appearances CANCELLED until further notice.
February 7 & 8 - The Florida Acoustic Winter Gathering is a celebration of acoustic and folk music in central Florida that offers workshops for both beginner and experienced musicians. Also, there is an instructors concert on Saturday evening.
January 10 & 11
Dayton Dulcimer Society Festival, Dayton, Ohio
Hawaii
Hawaii, Nov. 29-Dec 3 Oahu (Main Island), Dec 4-16 Hawaii Kona (Big Island)
We will be returning for our yearly tour of Hawaii. We'll be performing various private and public performances. We lived and performed nightly at resorts in Hawaii from 1975-1990.
YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
Black Mountain Music Festival, 84 Blue Ridge Circle, Black Mountain, North Carolina
This is one of our favorite festivals and we get to enjoy a whole week together in classes during the day. The evening concerts are great fun - you never know what might happen! We'll be one of the many vendors there, too. Come see the Master Works "Ruth Smith" model: http://steveandruth.com/ruth_smith_model_hd/.
Sept. 18-22. Winfield, Kansas
Walnut Valley Festival, 918 Main Street, Winfield, KS
The Walnut Valley Festival runs 5 days each September that include hands on music related workshops, four stages providing over 200 hours of live professionally performed acoustic music, 8 different acoustic instrument championship contests – including the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship. Music lovers come to this event in South central Kansas from around the world.
Live Drive at Five
WPAQ Radio, WPAQ Broadcast Studios, Mt. Airy, NC
You can listen live online at https://www.wpaq740.com/listen-online/
We will be performing live in studio for the entire hour from 5-6 pm EDT, 4-5 pm CDT, 3-4 pm MDT, 2-3 pm PDT
WPAQ radio "Voice of the Blue Ridge" is a Traditional, Roots, and Bluegrass music radio station started in 1948 in Mt. Airy, NC. and continues to be one of the few radio stations nationwide programming traditional Appalachian roots music on a daily basis PLEASE GIVE A LISTEN to our performance on their August 2 "Live Drive at Five" online worldwide at https://www.wpaq740.com/listen-online/.
Listen free online
Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest
Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest, Evart, Michigan
A true "original" festival with tons of classes for all levels and great evening concerts. Vending offers a huge variety of dulcimer-related items. Come see us at our booth where we'll have the new Master Works "Ruth Smith" model dulcimer for sale and/or custom order! http://steveandruth.com/ruth_smith_model_hd/
Kentucky Music Week
Kentucky Music Week, Bardstown, KY
An annual staple in the dulcimer world, this weeklong festival offers a really huge variety of classes and concerts in the evenings. It's like a homecoming week! If you need any dulcimer gear, this is a great festival to pick something up and we'll be vending, also. Talk to Ruth about the new Master Works "Ruth Smith" model: http://steveandruth.com/ruth_smith_model_hd/.
June 8 & 9
Gebhard Woods Dulcimer and Traditional Music Festival, Goold Park, Northern Avenue, Morris, IL
We enjoy this festival which is centrally located in IL - that means YOU can come! Two days of classes along with concerts all day! We enjoy the hour long concerts by all the artists as you get to really hear their music.
Dulcimer Jamboree
Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View, AR
Come join us in Arkansas! It's been 8 years and we're looking forward to returning to this terrific festival. Wonderful workshops and great concerts!
Kona, Hawaii (Big Island) January 16-28)
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (January 10-15)
Honolulu, Hawaii
June 8 & 9
Heartland Dulcimer Fest, 1811 N. Miles St, Elizabethtown, KY
This is a great annual music festival with jams, concerts and workshops. Join us in E-Town!
Workshops and Concerts
Black Mountain Music Festival, Black Mountain, NC
A fantastic week of instruction, jamming, and concerts! Ruth will be teaching a fun beginning bootcamp, and Steve will be teaching banjo and guitar.
“Pickin n Porch” Concert
Wood n Strings Pickin’ Porch, 7645 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN
Workshops and Concerts
Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest, Evart, MI
Join us in Evart, MI for a great 4 days of workshops, jamming and concerts!