Oldtime Music Beyond Facebook

A friend just posted a request for more old-time and bluegrass music festival posts in a Facebook group... one of many that try to meet that need.

My reply... (Also an excuse to try updating this blog with a copy of a Facebook post, using only my phone. Until I go through one at a time to turn them into hyperlinks, link addresses may require copying and pasting, not just clicking. Hard to tell on this tiny screen.)

Feeling your pain... I just don't trust Facebook for reliable calendar-type information. So much duplication, but so much confusion about when and how things appear in groups, notices & on your/my timeline!

But even the "open web" calendars by non-profits have holes in them. Not sure Hoppin John Convention http://hoppinjohn.org (or the 50-band Shakori Hills concert/fest at same venue a month later?) is on any of the NC lists below.... as well as being exempt for the Va and WVa lists!

Here are a few items from my jumbled venue,  event and organization bookmark list. But I don't envy any of the list keepers!
:-(

Va.

https://www.myswva.org/tcr

http://FloydCountryStore.com

http://www.virginia.org/directory/Events/?regionid=8&categories=91&start=8-29-2016&end=9-12-2016

West Va.

Http://mountainmusictrail.com

N.C.

http://hoppinjohn.org

http://www.blueridgemusicnc.com/find-music/all-events

https://nationalfolkfestival.com

https://www.pinecone.org

Tenn.

 https://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/appalachian-cultural-music-association-mountain-music-museum

http://www.etsu.edu/cas/das/bluegrass/

 http://festivalnet.com/music_festivals.html/Tennessee-music-festivals

That last one is an membership & ad-supported national monster that I just stumbled on...

But it it doesn't miss http://Louiebluie.org  Sept. 24, even if it doesn't have an obvious link to the event's own site!