This page is dedicated to providing information concerning Concerts, Festivals, Hard-to-find music and instruments, and other information concerning traditional music in and around the Ft. Worth - Dallas area. If you have questions, or information that you think should be available, please let us know.


Concert Links Concerts Accoustic Bands
Festival Links Music/Instrument Sources Dulcimer Teachers

Accoustic Jams

REPEATS (Musical Links and Other Like Stuff)


Regularly Scheduled Accoustic Instrument Jams

 

Sam Houston's Friends of Traditional Music, present

Old Time Jam and Concert in Huntsville

Fourth Saturday 4 pm to Midnight
Concert from 7-9

 

Harps, Hammers and Friends

www.harpshammersandfriends.com
Third weekend in January

 



Concert Links in and around North Texas

Celtic Heritage Festival

SCMA Concert Listings

Tin Roof Tango Concert Listings



Local Bands Featuring Traditional Music, Celtic Music....

Sweet Song String Band

Time Was

Prairie Land String Band

Tin Roof Tango

Heirloom



Concerts in and around North Texas


 


Musical Festivals in and around North Texas

Lone Star State Dulcimer Festival

Winter Festival of Accoustic Music

North Texas Irish Festival


Winter Creek Reunion
(Free Festival)

Bennington, OK
(20 miles east of Durant, OK)
(about 2 hours north of Dallas, TX)

Acoustic Instrument Jamming Friday Night and all day Saturday

For Details e-mail Laurel Hemrick

 

Annual Huntsville Dulcimer Retreat
first weekend in January
Sam Houston St. Univ., Huntsville, TX

All Day Jams

Square Dance
Vendors
For a flier or info contact: Barry & Linda Evans
Sweet Sounds Dulcimer House
11129 US Hwy 90 West
Beaumont, TX 77713
phone 1-877-860-0848
or 1-409-866-0848
fax 1-409-860-3278
www.dulcimerhouse.com
E-Mail: SSDulcHse@aol.com

Palestine Old Time Music and Dulcimer Festival

Last Weekend in March
Museum for East Texas Culture, Palestine, TX

Work Shops, Jam Sessions, Concerts

For a flier or info contact: Jerry L. Wright
P.O. Box 46,
Kennard, TX 75847
phone - 936-655-2945
e-mail - pickin@aol.com
www.geocities.com/palestinefestival

Bayou City
Old Time Music and Duclimer Festival

Third Weekend in July

First Babtist Church - North Houston
4422 Lauder Road
Houston, TX

For more information contact Gordon White (281) 449-1632



North Texas Folk Instrument/Music Sources

Hammered/Mountain Dulcimers

Wood-N-Strings

1-888-752-9243

 David's Dulcimers
Rt. 2 Box 264
Bennington, OK 74232
(580) 847-2822

Hudson Dulcimers
Hudson Musical Instruments
Rick and Melissa Hudson
3715 Ash Creek Rd
Wilburton, OK 74578
(918) 465-1548

E-Mail: Rick Hudson

 Flat Ridge Hammer Dulcimer Co.
(c/o Dana Hamilton)
904 Houston
Arlington, TX 76012
817-275-3872
E-Mail: banjoist@juno.com

 Heavenly Strings
311 Co. Rd. 311 P.O. Box 1383
Glen Rose, TX 76043
254-897-9058
E-Mail: heavenlystrings@aol.com

  
Other Folk Instruments

Wood-N-Strings
1-888-752-9243

 The Geoffrey Harp School
The Geoffrey Harp School
507 Church Street
Grapevine, Texas 76051
817-251-1385 voice + fax 866-877-HARP toll free

E-Mail: bard@ev1.net

 Heavenly Strings
311 Co. Rd. 311 P.O. Box 1383
Glen Rose, TX 76043
254-897-9058
E-Mail: heavenlystrings@aol.com

  


Other Music/Instrument Sources

 Mountain Music Shoppe
11200 Johnson Drive
Shawnee, KS 66203
E-Mail: JCurley171@aol.com

 Sweet Sounds Dulcimer House,
11129 US Highway 90 West,
Beaumont, Texas 77713.
phone 1-877-860-0848
or 1-409-866-0848
fax 1-409-860-3278
E-Mail: SSDulcHse@aol.com



Dulcimer Teachers in North Texas

Mountain Dulcimer:


Cheryl Turner
Fort Worth, TX
(817) 297-7854
(Private Lessons and Group Lessons available - all ages)
E-Mail: davidcherylturner@sbcglobal.net

Debbie Porter
Pittsburge, TX
(903) 856-2714
Private Lessons
Group Lessons 1st Sat of every Month at Pittsburg Texas Community Room
Group Lessons at Northeast Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant, TX
E-Mail: lyricsmama@aol.com

Karen Detjen
DeSoto, TX 75115
(972) 296-5200
Private & Group Lessons
Classes also available through Mtn. View and Cedar Valley Community College
E-Mail: dulcidog@comcast.net

Hammered Dulcimer:

Cheryl Turner
Fort Worth, TX
(817) 297-7854
(Private Lessons and Group Lessons available - all ages)
E-Mail: davidcherylturner@sbcglobal.net

David Moran
Dallas, TX
972-662-6256
E-Mail: dwmoran@aol.com

Other Accoustic Instruments:

 

Group Lessons:

Fourth Saturday Dulicmer Days
Courtyard Cafe in Denton, TX
222 West Hickory Suite 103 (Just off the Square)

Beginning Hammered Workshops 10 am to 11:15 am
Intermediate / Adv Intermediate Hammered 11:30 am to 12:45 pm
Cost: $15/person/session, advanced registration required, enrollment limited.

 

Other Instruments and Teachers for the entire US can be found on the Music Teachers List.

The Fiddle Goddess News and Review
(Includes the Complementary Banjo Page)

Davy Crockett Dulcimer Society

Texas Music Events Calendar

Sam Houston's Friends of Traditional Music

The Hammered Dulcimer Page

Mel Bay Publications

Digital Traditions Folksong Database Search Page

Orthey Autoharps

Hammered Dulcimers, Etc.

If you have a favorite musical link, please send it to us so that we can share it with others!


Concert Links Concerts Accoustic Bands
Festival Links Music/Instrument Sources Dulcimer Teachers

Accoustic Jams

REPEATS (Musical Links and Other Like Stuff)

LSSDS Main Page Winter Festival of Accoustic Music Lone Star State Dulcimer Festival

This page last updated 9/17/2007.

For questions or comments, contact [Mail Envelope Image]David Turner.