Founded in 1991, we are Warren Wilson College’s educational program of summer folk arts workshops held on our campus in the Swannanoa Valley near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Each year, we offer a variety of week-long programs in various forms of folk music and dance over a five-week period in July and August, taught by some of the finest folk artists and instructors in the world.
We invite you to join us.
Our 2024 dates are here!
WEEK 1, June 30-July 6
Fiddle Week
Mando & Banjo Week
WEEK 2, July 7-13
Trad. Song Week
WEEK 3, July 14-20
Celtic Week
WEEK 4, July 21-27
Old-Time Week
WEEK 5, July 28-Aug. 3
Contemporary Folk Week
Guitar Week
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